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at 202–564–7273 or 

kaiser.alicia@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Alicia Kaiser, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: May 27, 2011. 

Alicia Kaiser, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14192 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0639; FRL–8874–5] 

2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (Tris Nitro); Notice of 

Receipt of Requests for Amendments 

To Terminate Uses; Notice of 

Withdrawal/Vacation of Order To 

Amend Registrations To Terminate 

Certain Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of requests for 

amendments by registrants to terminate 

uses in certain pesticide registrations. 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a 

registrant of a pesticide product may at 

any time request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be amended to terminate 

one or more uses. FIFRA further 

provides that, before acting on the 

requests, EPA must publish a notice of 

receipt of any request in the Federal 

Register. The Agency is also issuing a 

Notice of Withdrawal/Vacation of the 

‘‘2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (Tris Nitro) Order to 

Amend Registrations to Terminate 

Certain Uses’’ published in the Federal 

Register on September 22, 2010. The 

Final Order dated September 22, 2010 

was issued in error and EPA is 

withdrawing/vacating that Order. 

DATES: The terminations are effective 

July 8, 2011, unless the Agency receives 

a written withdrawal request on or 

before July 8, 2011. The Agency will 

consider a withdrawal request 

postmarked no later than July 8, 2011. 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

terminated should contact the 

applicable registrant on or before July 8, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal 

request, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2009–0639, by one of the 

following methods: 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Von-Dem Hagen, 

Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 305– 

6785; e-mail address: vondemhagen.rebecca@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 persons who 

produce or use pesticides, the Agency 

has not attempted to describe all the 

specific entities that may be affected by 

this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the information in this notice, 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0639. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of requests for amendments 

from a registrant to terminate uses in 

certain pesticide registrations. These 

registrations are listed in Table 1 of this 

unit by registration number, product 

name, active ingredient, and specific 

uses requested to be terminated. 

In this Federal Register Notice, the 

Agency is also issuing a Notice of 

Withdrawal/Vacation of the ‘‘2- 

(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (tris nitro) Order to Amend 

Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses’’ 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 22, 2010 (75 FR 57780) 

(FRL–8843–4). In letters dated 

November 19, 2009, Dow Chemical 

Company requested to amend to 

terminate certain uses of its affected Tris 

Nitro pesticide product registrations. On 

June 23, 2010 (75 FR 35807) (FRL– 

8829–3), the Agency published a 

Federal Register Notice announcing 

receipt of the requests from the 

registrant to amend to terminate certain 

uses. After a 30-day comment period in 

which no comments were received, the 

Agency published the ‘‘2- 

(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (Tris Nitro); Order to 

Amend Registrations to Terminate 

Certain Uses’’ in the Federal Register on 

September 22, 2010. However, a letter 

from Dow Chemical Company dated 

February 25, 2010 requesting to 

officially withdraw the use termination 

requests was not processed in a timely 

manner; therefore, the September 22, 

2010 Order, which included all uses 

listed in Table 1 of this unit in addition 

to use in or on livestock and poultry 

premises, was issued in error. In this 

Federal Register notice, the September 

22, 2010 Order is being withdrawn/ 

vacated by the Agency. 

TABLE 1.—REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

Registration No. Product name Company Uses to be terminated 

464–657 ............................ Tris NitroTM Solid Industrial 

Bacteriostat.

The Dow Chemical Company.Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints; Resin/latex/ 

polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products. 


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TABLE 1.—REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS—Continued 

Registration No. Product name Company Uses to be terminated 

464–658 ............................ Tris NitroTM Brand of 50% 

AqueousTris (hydroxymethyl) 

nitromethane.

The Dow Chemical Company.Use in metalworking fluids; Latex paints; Resin/latex/ 

polymer emulsions; Specialty industrial products. 

464–663 ............................ Tris NitroTM Brand of 50% 

Aqueous Tris 

(hydroxymethyl) nitromethane.

The Dow Chemical Company.Use in paints, emulsions and thickener solutions; 

Use in metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative 

for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents and polishes containing 

water. 

464–668 ............................ Tris NitroTM Brand of 25% 

Aqueous Tris 

(hydroxymethyl) nitromethane.

The Dow Chemical Company.Use in metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative for 

packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, 

such as detergents and polishes containing water. 

464–679 ............................ Tris NitroTM Brand .................... The Dow Chemical Company.Use in paints, emulsions, and thickener solutions; 

Use in metalworking fluids; Use as a preservative 

for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions, such as detergents and polishes containing 

water; Use in pulp and paper-mill process water 

systems. 

Users of these products who desire 

continued use on crops or sites being 

terminated should contact the 

applicable registrant before July 8, 

2011to discuss withdrawal of the 

application for amendment. This 30-day 

period will also permit interested 

members of the public to intercede with 

registrants prior to the Agency’s 

approval of the terminations. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the products listed in Table 1 of this 

unit, in sequence by EPA company 

number. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANT REQUESTING

AMENDMENTS TO TERMINATE USES

IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Company No. Company name and 

address 

464 ............................ The Dow Chemical 

Company, 1803 

Building, Midland, 

MI 48674. 

III. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be amended to 

terminate one or more uses. The FIFRA 

further provides that, before acting on 

the requests, EPA must publish a notice 

of receipt of any such requests in the 

Federal Register. Thereafter, the 

Administrator may approve such 

requests. 

FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) requires that 

EPA provide a 180–day comment period 

on a request for voluntary cancellation 

or termination of any minor agricultural 

use before granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrant requests a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The EPA Administrator determines 

that continued use of the pesticide 

would pose an unreasonable adverse 

effect on the environment. 

The 2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3- 

propanediol (tris nitro) registrant has 

requested that EPA waive the 180–day 

comment period. Accordingly, EPA will 

provide a 30–day comment period on 

the requests to amend to terminate uses. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Requests 

Any registrant who chooses to 

withdraw a request for use termination 

must submit the withdrawal in writing 

to Rebecca von dem Hagen using the 

methods in ADDRESSES. The Agency will 

consider written withdrawal requests 

postmarked no later than July 8, 2011. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

If the requests for amendments to 

terminate uses are granted, the Agency 

will publish a cancellation order in the 

Federal Register. As part of any 

cancellation order, the Agency would 

expect to authorize the registrant to sell 

or distribute product under the 

previously approved labeling for a 

period of 18 months after the effective 

date of the use terminations, unless 

other restrictions have been imposed, as 

in special review actions. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Antimicrobials, 2-

(hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-

propanediol, Tris Nitro. 

Dated: May 26, 2011. 

Joan Harrigan-Farrelly, 

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) ways to further reduce the 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees. 


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