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Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–1381; fax number: 

202–566–1336; email address: 

mcshane.john@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The National Estuary 

Program (NEP) involves collecting 

information from the state or local 

agency or nongovernmental 

organizations that receive funds under 

Sec. 320 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

The regulation requiring this 

information is found at 40 CFR part 35. 

Prospective grant recipients seek 

funding to develop or oversee and 

coordinate implementation of 

Comprehensive Conservation 

Management Plans (CCMPs) for 

estuaries of national significance. In 

order to receive funds, grantees must 

submit an annual workplan to EPA 

which are used to track performance of 

each of the 28 estuary programs 

currently in the NEP. 

EPA provides funding to NEPs to 

support long-term implementation of 

CCMPs if such programs pass a program 

evaluation process. The primary 

purpose of the program evaluation 

process is to help EPA determine 

whether the 28 programs included in 

the National Estuary Program (NEP) are 

making adequate progress implementing 

their CCMPs and therefore merit 

continued funding under Sec. 320 of the 

Clean Water Act. EPA also requests that 

each of the 28 NEPs receiving Sec. 320 

funds report information that can be 

used in the GPRA reporting process. 

This reporting is done on an annual 

basis and is used to show environmental 

results that are being achieved within 

the overall NEP Program. This 

information is ultimately submitted to 

Congress along with GPRA information 

from other EPA programs. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are those state or local agencies 

or nongovernmental organizations in the 

National Estuary Program (NEP) who 

receive grants under Section 320 of the 

Clean Water Act. 

Respondent’s Obligation to Respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit 

(Section 320 of the Clean Water Act). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 28 

(total). 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Total Estimated Burden: 4,900 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total Estimated Cost: $221,970 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is 

decrease of 933 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to the fact 

that the respondents are not required to 

submit a program evaluation package in 

2016, as a result of modifications made 

by EPA to the Program Evaluation 

Guidance and a redistribution of the 

number of NEPs to be reviewed each 

evaluation cycle. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0780; FRL–9904–99] 

Amendment of a Pesticide 

Experimental Use Permit; Notice of 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application from Monsanto 

Company requesting to amend 524– 

EUP–104 experimental use permit (EUP) 

for the plant-incorporated protectants 

(PIPs) corn event MON 87411 in 

combination with single and combined 

traits against lepidoptera and corn 

rootworm (CRW). The Agency has 

determined that the amendment request 

for the permit may be of regional and 

national significance. Therefore, 

because of the potential significance, 

and pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 

of receipt and is seeking comments on 

this application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 12, 2014. Submit 

your comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number and the EUP 

File Symbol as shown in the body of 

this document, by one of the following 

methods: 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number and the EUP File Symbol as 

shown in the body of this document, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD), 

(7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 


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will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the amended EUP request, and if 

issued, the conditions under which it is 

to be conducted. Any issuance of an 

amended EUP will be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

Therefore, pursuant to 40 CFR 

172.11(a), the Agency has determined 

that the following amended EUP 

application may be of regional and 

national significance, and therefore is 

seeking public comment on the 

following amended EUP application: 

524–EUP–104. (EPA–HQ–OPP–2012– 

0780). On March 1, 2013, EPA approved 

an application from Monsanto 

Company, 800 Lindbergh Blvd., St. 

Louis, MO 63167, for an experimental 

use permit (EPA Reg. No. 524–EUP–104) 

for the PIPs corn events MON 87410 and 

MON 87411. A notice of issuance of the 

EUP was published in the Federal 

Register on November 21, 2013 (78 FR 

69849) (FRL–9403–1) . The corn events 

MON 87410 and Mon 87411 were 

approved for experimental use in 

combination with single and combined 

traits that produce active ingredients 

derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) 

and target lepidoptera and corn 

rootworm (CRW). The EUP allowed 

planting through February 28, 2015. 

In a subsequent application, dated 

October 3, 2013, Monsanto has 

proposed to amend this permit (524– 

EUP–104) to plant MON 87411 in 

combination with other single- and 

combined-event PIPs that have been 

previously registered. The acreage to be 

planted under the proposed amendment 

over the 2-year period (2014–2016) are: 

13,300 acres of event combinations 

containing MON 87411, 7,032 acres of 

other unregistered PIP combinations, 

11,057 acres of registered PIPs to be 

used in comparators, and 14,653 acres 

of non-PIP and border plants. 

The PIP events comprising the single 

or combined trait products in this EUP 

include MON 89034, TC1507, MIR162, 

MON 88017, DAS–59122–7, and MON 

87411. The proposed new corn event, 

MON 87411, contains a suppression 

cassette with an inverted repeat 

sequence (DvSnf7) derived from 

Diabrotica virgifera. The expression of 

the DvSnf7 suppression cassette results 

in the formation of a double stranded 

RNA (dsRNA) transcript. The 

researchers postulate that when PIPproduced Dv49 dsRNA is consumed by 

the pest, it down regulates the targeted 

pest’s Snf7 gene, resulting in CRW 

mortality. MON 87411 also produces the 

Cry3Bb1 protein to protect against CRW 

larval feeding. 

The Bt proteins to be used in the 

single or combination traits in the 

proposed amended EUP include 

Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, Cry IF, Vip3Aa20, 

Cry3Bb1, and Cry34Abl/Cry35Abl. The 

environmental and human health safety 

of these proteins has been 

demonstrated, and they are respectively 

exempted from the requirement of a 

tolerance (40 CFR 174.502, 174.519, 

174.520, 174.501, 174.518, 174.506). A 

permanent tolerance exemption has 

been established for nucleic acids that 

are part of the PIPs proposed for testing, 

including the dsRNA from MON 87411 

(40 CFR 174.507). 

The tests will be conducted in the 

U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and in the 

states including: Alabama, Arkansas, 

California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, 

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, 

Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South 

Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 

Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. 

Proposed protocols for the EUP 

include: (1) Seed development and 

increase for future testing including 

nursery observations of traits in various 

genetic backgrounds; and (2) product 

characterization work, including 

phenotypic and agronomic observations, 

efficacy, yield benefit evaluations and 

regulatory data generation. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: December 30, 2013. 

G. Jeffrey Herndon, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request (3064– 

0143) 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the revision of an existing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. chapter 35). On October 22, 

2013, (78 FR 62631), the FDIC requested 

comment for 60 days on a proposal to 


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