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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0642; FRL–9536–01– 

OCSPP] 

Calcium Sulfate; Exemption From the 

Requirement of a Tolerance 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance for residues of calcium sulfate 

when used as an inert ingredient in 

antimicrobial formulations applied to 

food-contact surfaces in public eating 

places, dairy-processing equipment, and 

food-processing equipment and utensils, 

limited to 100 parts per million (ppm) 

in the final formulation. Exponent, Inc. 

on behalf of Tygrus, LLC, submitted a 

petition to EPA under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

requesting establishment of an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. This regulation eliminates the 

need to establish a maximum 

permissible level for residues of calcium 

sulfate when used in accordance with 

this exemption. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

March 11, 2022. Objections and requests 

for hearings must be received on or 

before May 10, 2022, 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: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0642, is 

available at https://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pesticide Programs 

Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) 

in the Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

open to visitors by appointment only. 

For the latest status information on 

EPA/DC services and access, visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marietta Echeverria, Registration 

Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; main 

telephone number: (703) 305–7090; 

email address: RDFRNotices@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. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

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 Office of the Federal 

Register’s e-CFR site at https://

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40. 

C. How can I file an objection or hearing 

request? 

Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 

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

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

objections. 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–2021–0642 in the subject line on 

the first page of your submission. All 

objections and requests for a hearing 

must be in writing and must be received 

by the Hearing Clerk on or before May 

10, 2022. Addresses for mail and hand 

delivery of objections and hearing 

requests are provided in 40 CFR 

178.25(b). 

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 (excluding 

any Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)) for inclusion in the public docket. 

Information not marked confidential 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be 

disclosed publicly by EPA without prior 

notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your 

objection or hearing request, identified 

by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2021–0642, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Petition for Exemption 

In the Federal Register of November 

23, 2021 (86 FR 66512) (FRL–8792–05), 

EPA issued a document pursuant to 

FFDCA section 408, 21 U.S.C. 346a, 

announcing the filing of a pesticide 

petition (PP IN–11565) by Exponent, 

Inc., 1150 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 

1100, Washington, DC 20036 on behalf 

of Tygrus, LLC, 1132 E. Big Beaver 

Road, Troy, MI 48083. The petition 

requested that 40 CFR 180.940(a) be 

amended by establishing an exemption 

from the requirement of a tolerance for 

residues of calcium sulfate when used 

as an inert ingredient in antimicrobial 

formulations applied to food-contact 

surfaces in public eating places, dairyprocessing equipment, and foodprocessing equipment and utensils, 

limited to 100 parts per million (ppm) 

in the final formulation. That document 

referenced a summary of the petition 

prepared by Exponent, Inc. on behalf of 

Tygrus, LLC, the petitioner, which is 

available in the docket, https://

www.regulations.gov. There were no 

comments received in response to the 

notice of filing. 

III. Inert Ingredient Definition 

Inert ingredients are all ingredients 

that are not active ingredients as defined 

in 40 CFR 153.125 and include, but are 

not limited to, the following types of 

ingredients (except when they have a 

pesticidal efficacy of their own): 

Solvents such as alcohols and 

hydrocarbons; surfactants such as 


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polyoxyethylene polymers and fatty 

acids; carriers such as clay and 

diatomaceous earth; thickeners such as 

carrageenan and modified cellulose; 

wetting, spreading, and dispersing 

agents; propellants in aerosol 

dispensers; microencapsulating agents; 

and emulsifiers. The term ‘‘inert’’ is not 

intended to imply nontoxicity; the 

ingredient may or may not be 

chemically active. Generally, EPA has 

exempted inert ingredients from the 

requirement of a tolerance based on the 

low toxicity of the individual inert 

ingredients. 

IV. Aggregate Risk Assessment and 

Determination of Safety 

Section 408(c)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA 

allows EPA to establish an exemption 

from the requirement for a tolerance (the 

legal limit for a pesticide chemical 

residue in or on a food) only if EPA 

determines that the tolerance is ‘‘safe.’’ 

Section 408(c)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA 

defines ‘‘safe’’ to mean that ‘‘there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result from aggregate exposure to the 

pesticide chemical residue, including 

all anticipated dietary exposures and all 

other exposures for which there is 

reliable information.’’ This includes 

exposure through drinking water and in 

residential settings but does not include 

occupational exposure. Section 

408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to 

give special consideration to exposure 

of infants and children to the pesticide 

chemical residue in establishing a 

tolerance and to ‘‘ensure that there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result to infants and children from 

aggregate exposure to the pesticide 

chemical residue. . . .’’ 

EPA establishes exemptions from the 

requirement of a tolerance only in those 

cases where it can be clearly 

demonstrated that the risks from 

aggregate exposure to pesticide 

chemical residues under reasonably 

foreseeable circumstances will pose no 

harm to human health. In order to 

determine the risks from aggregate 

exposure to pesticide inert ingredients, 

the Agency considers the toxicity of the 

inert in conjunction with possible 

exposure to residues of the inert 

ingredient through food, drinking water, 

and through other exposures that occur 

as a result of pesticide use in residential 

settings. If EPA is able to determine that 

a tolerance is not necessary to ensure 

that there is a reasonable certainty that 

no harm will result from aggregate 

exposure to the inert ingredient, an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance may be established. 

Consistent with FFDCA section 

408(c)(2)(A), and the factors specified in 

FFDCA section 408(c)(2)(B), EPA has 

reviewed the available scientific data 

and other relevant information in 

support of this action. EPA has 

sufficient data to assess the hazards of 

and to make a determination on 

aggregate exposure for calcium sulfate 

including exposure resulting from the 

exemption established by this action. 

EPA’s assessment of exposures and risks 

associated with calcium sulfate follows. 

A. Toxicological Profile 

EPA has evaluated the available 

toxicity data and considered their 

validity, completeness, and reliability as 

well as the relationship of the results of 

the studies to human risk. EPA has also 

considered available information 

concerning the variability of the 

sensitivities of major identifiable 

subgroups of consumers, including 

infants and children. Specific 

information on the studies received and 

the nature of the adverse effects caused 

by calcium sulfate as well as the noobserved-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL) 

and the lowest-observed-adverse-effectlevel (LOAEL) from the toxicity studies 

can be found at https://

www.regulations.gov in the document 

‘‘Calcium Sulfate; Human Health Risk 

Assessment and Ecological Effects 

Assessment to Support Proposed 

Exemption from the Requirement of a 

Tolerance When Used as an Inert 

Ingredient in Pesticide Formulations’’ in 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021– 

0642. 

Acute oral toxicity, primary dermal 

and eye irritation, acute inhalation 

toxicity and dermal sensitization studies 

are available for calcium sulfate. The 

acute oral toxicity of calcium sulfate is 

low. The acute oral LD50 (lethal dose) 

in rats is greater than 2,000 milligrams/ 

kilogram (mg/kg). Acute inhalation 

toxicity is also low; the LC50 (lethal 

concentration) in rats is greater than 

2.61 milligrams/liter (mg/L). A study 

conducted in rabbits indicates it is not 

irritating to the skin or eye. A study 

conducted in the guinea pig indicates it 

is not a dermal sensitizer. 

Based on the toxicity database for 

calcium sulfate, no toxicity is observed 

in a combined repeated dose toxicity 

study with the reproduction/ 

developmental screening test in rats at 

the limit dose of 1,000 mg/kg/day. No 

mutagenicity is seen in the Ames or in 

the mammalian erythrocyte 

micronucleus tests. 

Neurotoxicity and immunotoxicity 

toxicity studies for calcium sulfate are 

not available for review. However, no 

evidence of neurotoxicity or 

immunotoxicity is seen in the available 

studies. 

B. Toxicological Points of Departure/ 

Levels of Concern 

The available toxicity studies indicate 

that calcium sulfate has a very low 

overall toxicity. No toxicity was 

observed in any of the available studies. 

Since no endpoint of concern was 

identified for the acute and chronic 

dietary exposure assessment and short 

and intermediate dermal and inhalation 

exposure, a quantitative risk assessment 

for calcium sulfate is not necessary. 

C. Exposure Assessment 

1. Dietary exposure from food and 

feed uses. In evaluating dietary 

exposure to calcium sulfate, EPA 

considered exposure under the 

proposed exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance and from 

existing uses. EPA assessed dietary 

exposures from calcium sulfate in food 

as follows: 

Dietary exposure (food and drinking 

water) to calcium sulfate may occur 

following ingestion of foods with 

residues from use in accordance with 

this exemption (e.g., ingesting foods that 

come in contact with surfaces treated 

with pesticide formulations containing 

calcium sulfate), as well as nonpesticidal uses in food (see 21 CFR 

184.1230). However, a quantitative 

dietary exposure assessment was not 

conducted since a toxicological 

endpoint for risk assessment was not 

identified. 

2. From non-dietary exposure. The 

term ‘‘residential exposure’’ is used in 

this document to refer to nonoccupational, non-dietary exposure 

(e.g., textiles (clothing and diapers), 

carpets, swimming pools, and hard 

surface disinfection on walls, floors, 

tables). 

Calcium sulfate may be used in 

pesticide products and non-pesticide 

products that may be used in and 

around the home (e.g., for lawn and 

garden pest control, indoor pest control) 

and in personal care products. A 

quantitative residential exposure 

assessment was not conducted since a 

toxicological endpoint for risk 

assessment was not identified. 

3. Cumulative effects from substances 

with a common mechanism of toxicity. 

Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA 

requires that, when considering whether 

to establish, modify, or revoke a 

tolerance, the Agency consider 

‘‘available information’’ concerning the 

cumulative effects of a particular 

pesticide’s residues and ‘‘other 

substances that have a common 

mechanism of toxicity.’’ 

Based on the lack of toxicity in the 

available data, calcium sulfate and its 


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metabolites are not expected to share a 

common mechanism of toxicity with 

other chemicals; therefore, section 

408(b)(2)(D)(v) does not apply. 

D. Safety Factor for Infants and 

Children 

Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA 

provides that EPA shall apply an 

additional tenfold margin of safety for 

infants and children in the case of 

threshold effects to account for prenatal 

and postnatal toxicity and the 

completeness of the database unless 

EPA concludes that a different margin of 

safety will be safe for infants and 

children. Based on the lack of threshold 

effects, EPA has not identified any 

toxicological endpoints of concern and 

is conducting a qualitative assessment 

of calcium sulfate. The qualitative 

assessment does not use safety factors 

for assessing risk, and no additional 

safety factor is needed for assessing risk 

to infants and children. Based on an 

assessment of calcium sulfate, EPA has 

concluded that there are no 

toxicological endpoints of concern for 

the U.S. population, including infants 

and children. 

E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of 

Safety 

Taking into consideration all available 

information on calcium sulfate, EPA has 

determined that there is a reasonable 

certainty that no harm will result to the 

general population, or to infants and 

children, from aggregate exposure to 

calcium sulfate residues. Therefore, the 

establishment of an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance under 40 CFR 

180.940(a) for residues of calcium 

sulfate when used as an inert ingredient 

in antimicrobial pesticide formulations 

applied to food-contact surfaces in 

public eating places, dairy-processing 

equipment, and food-processing 

equipment and utensils limited to 100 

ppm in the final formulation, is safe 

under FFDCA section 408. 

V. Other Considerations 

Analytical Enforcement Methodology 

An analytical method is not required 

for enforcement purposes since the 

Agency is not establishing a numerical 

tolerance for residues of calcium sulfate 

in or on any food commodities. EPA is 

establishing a limitation on the amount 

of calcium sulfate that may be used in 

antimicrobial pesticide formulations 

applied to food-contact surfaces in 

public eating places, dairy-processing 

equipment, and food-processing 

equipment and utensils. This limitation 

will be enforced through the pesticide 

registration process under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (‘‘FIFRA’’), 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. EPA 

will not register any such antimicrobial 

pesticide formulation that exceeds 100 

ppm of calcium sulfate when ready for 

use. 

VI. Conclusions 

Therefore, an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance is established 

under 40 CFR 180. 940(a) for calcium 

sulfate when used as an inert ingredient 

in antimicrobial formulations applied to 

food-contact surfaces in public eating 

places, dairy-processing equipment, and 

food-processing equipment and utensils 

limited to 100 ppm in the final 

formulation. 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action establishes a tolerance 

exemption under FFDCA section 408(d) 

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 action has been exempted from 

review under Executive Order 12866, 

this action 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 action 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 FFDCA section 408(d), such as 

the tolerance exemption in this final 

rule, do not require the issuance of a 

proposed rule, the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.), do not apply. 

This action 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 FFDCA 

section 408(n)(4). 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 action. In 

addition, this action does not impose 

any enforceable duty or contain any 

unfunded mandate as described under 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1501 et 

seq.). 

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 

(NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

VIII. Congressional Review Act 

Pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 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 the rule in the Federal 

Register. This action 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 3, 2022. 

Marietta Echeverria, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

Therefore, for the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR 

chapter I as follows: 

PART 180—TOLERANCES AND 

EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE 

CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. In § 180.940, amend table 1 to 

paragraph (a) by adding in alphabetical 

order an entry for ‘‘Calcium Sulfate’’ to 

read as follows: 


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§ 180.940 Tolerance exemptions for active 

and inert ingredients for use in 

antimicrobial formulations (Food-contact 

surface sanitizing solutions) 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a) 

Inert ingredients CAS Reg. No. Limits 

*******

Calcium Sulfate ........................ 7778–18–9 ............................... When ready for use, the end-use concentration is not to exceed 100 ppm. 

*******

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket Nos. 18–143, 10–90, 14–58; FCC 

19–95; FRS 75184] 

The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

the Connect USVI Fund, Connect 

America Fund, ETC Annual Reports 

and Certifications; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects an 

error in the regulatory text of a Federal 

Register document that took major steps 

to promote the deployment of advanced, 

hardened networks in the Territories by 

allocating nearly a billion dollars in 

Federal universal service support in 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The summary was published in the 

Federal Register on November 7, 2019, 

and this document corrects the final 

regulations in that document. 

DATES: Effective March 11, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, (202) 418–7400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

summary contains a correction to the 

regulatory text of a Federal Register 

document, 84 FR 59937, November 7, 

2019. The full text of the Federal 

Communications Commission’s 

(Commission or FCC) Report and Order 

and Order on Reconsideration in WC 

Docket Nos. 18–143, 10–90, 14–58; FCC 

19–95, released on September 30, 2019, 

is available for public inspection during 

regular business hours in the FCC 

Reference Center, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. See also the 

Commission’s notification of intent to 

correct published at 85 FR 78814, 

December 7, 2020, and the 

announcement of effective date 

published at 87 FR 9453, February 22, 

2022. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54 

Communications common carriers, 

Health facilities, Infants and children, 

internet, Libraries, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Schools, 

Telecommunications, Telephone. 

Accordingly, 47 CFR part 54 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendment: 

PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 54 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 

205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 

1004, 1302, and 1601–1609, unless otherwise 

noted. 

■ 2. In § 54.316, revise paragraph (b)(7) 

to read as follows: 

§ 54.316 Broadband deployment reporting 

and certification requirements for high-cost 

recipients. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(7) Recipients of Uniendo a Puerto 

Rico Fund Stage 2 fixed and Connect 

USVI Fund fixed Stage 2 fixed support 

shall provide: On an annual basis by the 

last business day of the second calendar 

month following each service milestone 

in § 54.1506, a certification that by the 

end of the prior support year, it was 

offering broadband meeting the requisite 

public interest obligations specified in 

§ 54.1507 to the required percentage of 

its supported locations in Puerto Rico 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands as set forth 

in § 54.1506. The annual certification 

shall quantify the carrier’s progress 

toward or, as applicable, completion of 

deployment in accordance with the 

resilience and redundancy 

commitments in its application and in 

accordance with the detailed network 

plan it submitted to the Wireline 

Competition Bureau. 

* * * * * 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 11 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–LE–2022–0004; 

FF09L00200–FX–LE12200900000] 

RIN 1018–BF67 

Civil Penalties; 2022 Inflation 

Adjustments for Civil Monetary 

Penalties 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service or we) is issuing this 

final rule, in accordance with the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) guidance, to adjust for inflation 

the statutory civil monetary penalties 

that may be assessed for violations of 

Service-administered statutes and their 

implementing regulations. We are 

required to adjust civil monetary 

penalties annually for inflation 

according to a formula specified in the 

Inflation Adjustment Act. This rule 

replaces the previously issued amounts 

with the updated amounts after using 

the 2022 inflation adjustment multiplier 

provided in the OMB guidance. 

DATES: This rule is March 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: This rule may be found on 

the internet at https:// 


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