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area south of San Miguel, Santa Rosa 

and Santa Cruz Islands. 

The Coast Guard has identified a 

potential safety enhancement by 

increasing predictability of vessel traffic 

patterns in this area with an established 

vessel routing system. When vessels 

follow predictable and charted routing 

measures such as a TSS, congestion may 

be reduced, and mariners may be better 

able to predict where vessel interactions 

may occur and act accordingly. 

This study will assess whether the 

creation of a vessel routing system is 

necessary to increase the predictability 

of vessel movements, which may 

decrease the potential for collisions, oil 

spills, and other events that could 

threaten the marine environment. 

IV. Timeline, Study Area, and Process 

of This PARS 

The Eleventh Coast Guard District 

will conduct this PARS. The study will 

begin upon publication of this notice 

and should take 6 to 12 months to 

complete. 

The study area will be the area with 

a northern boundary at 34°30′ N; a 

western boundary 121°00′ W; a southern 

boundary at 33°15′ N; and an eastern 

boundary along the shoreline. This area 

encompasses the TSSs in the Santa 

Barbara Channel and in the approaches 

to Los Angeles-Long Beach and the 

approach to the San Pedro Channel from 

the Pacific Ocean, particularly the area 

south of San Miguel, Santa Rosa and 

Santa Cruz Islands and north of San 

Nicholas, Santa Barbara, and Santa 

Catalina Islands where an increase in 

vessel traffic has been identified. 

As part of this study, we will analyze 

vessel traffic density, agency and 

stakeholder experience in vessel traffic 

management, navigation, ship handling, 

and effects of weather. We encourage 

you to participate in the study process 

by submitting comments in response to 

this notice. 

We will publish the results of the 

PARS in the Federal Register. It is 

possible that the study may validate 

existing vessel routing measures and 

conclude that no changes are necessary. 

It is also possible that the study may 

recommend one or more changes to 

enhance navigational safety and the 

efficiency of vessel traffic management. 

The recommendations may lead to 

future rulemakings or appropriate 

international agreements. 

Possible Scope of the Recommendations 

We are attempting to determine the 

scope of any safety problems associated 

with vessel transits in the study area. 

We expect that information gathered 

during the study will help us identify 

any problems and appropriate solutions. 

The study may recommend that we— 

• Maintain the current vessel routing 

measures, 

• Modify the existing traffic 

separations schemes; 

• Create one or more precautionary 

areas; 

• Create one or more inshore traffic 

zones; 

• Establish area(s) to be avoided; 

• Create deep-draft routes; 

• Establish a regulated navigation 

Area (RNA) with specific vessel 

operating requirements to ensure safe 

navigation near shallow water; and 

• Identify any other appropriate 

ships’ routing measures. 

Questions 

To help us conduct the port access 

route study, we request information that 

will help answer the following 

questions, although comments on other 

issues addressed in this notice are also 

welcome. In responding to a question, 

please explain your reasons for each 

answer and follow the instructions 

under ‘‘Public Participation and Request 

for Comments’’ above. 

1. What navigational hazards do 

vessels operating in the study area face? 

Please describe. 

2. Are there strains on the current 

vessel routing system, such as 

increasing traffic density? Please 

describe. 

3. Are modifications to existing vessel 

routing measures needed to improve 

traffic management efficiency in the 

study area? If so, please describe. 

4. What costs and benefits are 

associated with the potential study 

recommendations listed above? What 

measures do you think are most costeffective? 

5. What impacts, both positive and 

negative, would changes to existing 

vessel routing measures or establishing 

new routing measures have on the study 

area? 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 U.S.C. 1223(c) and 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: March 11, 2010. 

J.R. Castillo, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Eleventh Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7815 Filed 4–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0770; FRL–8820–3] 

Chlorantraniliprole; Extension of TimeLimited Pesticide Tolerances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation extends the 

time-limited tolerances for indirect or 

inadvertent residues of the insecticide 

chlorantraniliprole (3-bromo-N–[4- 

chloro-2-methyl-6- 

[(methylamino)carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3- 

chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5- 

carboxamide) in or on grain, cereal, 

forage, fodder, and straw, group 16; 

leek; onion, green; onion, Welsh; 

peanut, hay; shallot; soybean, forage; 

soybean, hay; and vegetable, leaves of 

root and tuber, group 2 at 0.20 parts per 

million (ppm). The current tolerances 

are set to expire on April 10, 2010. This 

rule extends the expiration/revocation 

date of these time-limited tolerances for 

an additional 4–year period, to April 10, 

2014. 

DATES: This regulation is effective April 

7, 2010. Objections and requests for 

hearings must be received on or before 

June 7, 2010, and must be filed in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also 

Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2008–0770. All documents in the 

docket are listed in the docket index 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in the electronic docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

Facility telephone number is (703) 305– 

5805. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Chao, Registration Division (7505P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8735; e-mail address: 

chao.julie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Electronic Access to 

Other Related Information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of 40 CFR part 180 

through the Government Printing 

Office’s e-CFR site at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr. 

C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing 

Request? 

Under section 408(g) of Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 

U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

objections. The EPA procedural 

regulations which govern the 

submission of objections and requests 

for hearings appear in 40 CFR part 178. 

You must file your objection or request 

a hearing on this regulation in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, you must 

identify docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2008–0770 in the subject line on 

the first page of your submission. All 

requests must be in writing, and must be 

mailed or delivered to the Hearing Clerk 

on or before June 7, 2010. 

In addition to filing an objection or 

hearing request with the Hearing Clerk 

as described in 40 CFR part 178, please 

submit a copy of the filing that does not 

contain any CBI for inclusion in the 

public docket that is described in 

ADDRESSES. Information not marked 

confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 

may be disclosed publicly by EPA 

without prior notice. Submit your 

copies, identified by docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0770, by one of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

II. Background and Statutory Findings 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register of June 26, 2009 (74 FR 

30470) (FRL–8413–6), EPA amended 40 

CFR 180.628 by establishing timelimited tolerances for indirect or 

inadvertent residues of 

chlorantraniliprole in or on cowpea, 

forage and hay at 0.20 ppm; field pea, 

vines and hay at 0.20 ppm; cereal grain, 

forage, fodder and straw, crop group 16 

at 0.20 ppm; grass, forage, fodder and 

hay, crop group 17 at 0.20 ppm; 

vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, crop 

group 2 at 0.20 ppm; leek at 0.20 ppm; 

nongrass animal feed, forage, fodder, 

straw and hay, crop group 18 at 0.20 

ppm; okra at 0.70 ppm; onion, green at 

0.20 ppm; onion, welsh at 0.20 ppm; 

peanut, hay at 0.20 ppm; shallot at 0.20 

ppm; soybean, forage and hay at 0.20 

ppm; strawberry at 1.2 ppm; and 

sugarcane, sugar at 0.20 ppm, with an 

expiration date of April 10, 2010. 

In the Federal Register of February 3, 

2010 (75 FR 5526) (FRL–8809–3), 

permanent tolerances were established 

for various commodities and crop 

groups, including vegetables, foliage of 

legume, except soybean, crop group 7A, 

forage and hay (includes cowpea, forage 

and hay; field pea, vines and hay); grass, 

forage, fodder and hay, crop group 17; 

okra; strawberry; and sugarcane, cane 

and molasses. Therefore, the previously 

established time-limited tolerances for 

cowpea, forage and hay; field pea, vines 

and hay; grass, forage, fodder and hay, 

crop group 17; okra; strawberry; and 

sugarcane were deleted. 

The Agency, acting on its own 

initiative, is extending the current 

remaining time-limited tolerances for 

indirect or inadvertent residues of 

chlorantraniliprole in or on cereal grain, 

forage, fodder, and straw, crop group 16 

at 0.20 ppm; leek at 0.20 ppm; onion, 

green at 0.20 ppm; onion, welsh at 0.20 

ppm; peanut, hay at 0.20 ppm; shallot 

at 0.20 ppm; soybean, forage and 

soybean, hay at 0.20 ppm; and 

vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, crop 

group 2 at 0.20 ppm. The current 

tolerances are set to expire on April 10, 

2010. This rule extends the expiration/ 

revocation date of these time-limited 

tolerances for an additional 4–year 

period, to April 10, 2014. This extension 

will provide additional time for the 

registrant to submit data to support 

permanent tolerances on these 

commodities. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This final rule establishes a tolerance 

under section 408(d) of FFDCA in 

response to a petition submitted to the 

Agency. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has exempted these types 

of actions from review under Executive 

Order 12866, entitled Regulatory 

Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993). Because this final rule 

has been exempted from review under 

Executive Order 12866, this final rule is 

not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, 

entitled Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collections subject to OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., nor does it require any special 

considerations under Executive Order 

12898, entitled Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

Since tolerances and exemptions that 

are established on the basis of a petition 

under section 408(d) of FFDCA, such as 

the tolerances in this final rule, do not 

require the issuance of a proposed rule, 

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the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 

seq.) do not apply. 

This final rule directly regulates 

growers, food processors, food handlers, 

and food retailers, not States or tribes, 

nor does this action alter the 

relationships or distribution of power 

and responsibilities established by 

Congress in the preemption provisions 

of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. As such, 

the Agency has determined that this 

action will not have a substantial direct 

effect on States or tribal governments, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States or tribal 

governments, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government or between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined 

that Executive Order 13132, entitled 

Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999) and Executive Order 13175, 

entitled Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 

67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply 

to this final rule. In addition, this final 

rule does not impose any enforceable 

duty or contain any unfunded mandate 

as described under Title II of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(UMRA) (Public Law 104–4). 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 

(NTTAA), Public Law 104–113, section 

12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

IV. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of this final rule in the 

Federal Register. This final rule is not 

a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: March 26, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

■ Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

§ 180.628 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 180.628, amend the table in 

paragraph (d) by revising the expiration/ 

revocation dates ‘‘4/10/10’’ to read ‘‘4/ 

10/14,’’ each time it appears. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7744 Filed 4–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0553; FRL–8817–9] 

Flutolanil; Pesticide Tolerances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes 

tolerances for residues of flutolanil in or 

on cotton and soybean. Nichino 

America, Inc. requested these tolerances 

under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). 

DATES: This regulation is effective April 

7, 2010. Objections and requests for 

hearings must be received on or before 

June 7, 2010, and must be filed in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also 

Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2009–0553. All documents in the 

docket are listed in the docket index 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in the electronic docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

Facility telephone number is (703) 305– 

5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Jones, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 

9424; e-mail address: 

jones.lisa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to those engaged in the 

following activities: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather to provide a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Electronic Access to 

Other Related Information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of EPA’s tolerance 

regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through 

the Government Printing Office’s e-CFR 

cite at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr. 

To access the OPPTS harmonized test 

guidelines referenced in this document 

electronically, please go http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppts and select ‘‘Test 

Methods and Guidelines.’’ 

C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing 

Request? 

Under section 408(g) of FFDCA, 21 

U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

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