35766 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2016 / Notices 

Form Numbers: Production Operator 

Survey (Part 1); Detailed Facility Survey 

(Part 2). 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents affected by this action are 

owners/operators of oil and natural gas 

facilities. Part 1 of this ICR is 

specifically requesting information for 

facilities in the onshore petroleum and 

natural gas production industry 

segment. Part 2 of this ICR is 

specifically requesting information for 

facilities in the following industry 

segments: Onshore petroleum and 

natural gas production, onshore 

petroleum and natural gas gathering and 

boosting, onshore natural gas 

processing, onshore natural gas 

transmission compression, onshore 

natural gas transmission pipelines, 

underground natural gas storage, LNG 

storage and LNG import and export 

equipment. The ICR is not requesting 

information for the offshore petroleum 

and natural gas production industry 

segment or from the natural gas (local) 

distribution industry segment. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

The information collection in Parts 1 

and 2 is being conducted by the EPA’s 

Office of Air and Radiation pursuant to 

section 114 of the CAA, to assist the 

Administrator of the EPA in developing 

emissions standards for oil and natural 

gas facilities pursuant to the CAA. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

The estimated number of respondents 

for Part 1 is 22,500 operators 

representing approximately 698,800 

facilities (total). The estimated number 

of respondents for Part 2 is 3,385. 

Frequency of response: This is a onetime survey. 

Total estimated burden: The 

estimated industry burden is 116,438 

hours for Part 1 and 111,485 hours for 

Part 2. Therefore, the cumulative 

industry burden for all parts of this ICR 

is estimated to be 227,923 hours. The 

estimated cumulative Agency burden to 

administer this ICR (all parts) is 17,947 

hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: The estimated 

costs for the oil and natural gas industry 

is $16,476,182 for Part 1 and 

$23,673,312 for Part 2. The resulting 

total industry costs for all parts of this 

ICR is estimated to be $40,149,494, 

which includes $11,302,500 in 

operating and maintenance (O&M) costs 

to cover mailing hard copies of Part 1 

responses and contracting services for 

storage vessel feed material flashing 

analyses as part of Part 2 responses. The 

estimated cumulative Agency costs to 

administer this ICR (all parts) is 

$960,793, which includes $144,618 in 

O&M costs to send certified CAA 

section 114 letters to all respondents 

selected for Part 1 and Part 2 surveys 

with electronic return receipt. 

Changes in Estimates: This is a new 

ICR, so this section does not apply. 

Dated: May 12, 2016. 

Peter Tsirigotis, 

Director, Sector Policies and Programs 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242; FRL–9946–52] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 

Resistance Management Labeling 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled 

‘‘Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on 

Pesticide Resistance Management 

Labeling.’’ PR Notices are issued by the 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

inform pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registration 

related decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice 

provides guidance for registrants to 

follow when developing resistance 

management information to include on 

their pesticide labels. This draft PR 

Notice would update the guidance in PR 

Notice 2001–5. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242, 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.html. 

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: 

Nikhil Mallampalli, Biological and 

Economic Analysis Division (7503P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–1924; email address: 

mallampalli.nikhil@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 are required to submit data under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or are required 

to register pesticides. Since other 

entities may also be interested, 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 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

comments.html. 

C. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A copy of the draft PR Notice 

‘‘Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on 

Pesticide Resistance Management 

Labeling’’ and any related or supporting 

information are available in the docket 

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under docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242. 

II. Overview of the Agency’s Effort To 

Address Pesticide Resistance 

Pesticides can be used to control a 

variety of pests, such as insects, weeds, 

rodents, bacteria, fungi, etc. Over time 

many pesticides have gradually lost 

their effectiveness because pests have 

developed resistance—a significant 

decrease in sensitivity to a pesticide, 

which reduces the field performance of 

these pesticides. The Agency is 

concerned about resistance issues and 

believes that managing the development 

of pesticide resistance, in conjunction 

with alternative pest-management 

strategies and Integrated Pest 

Management programs, is an important 

part of sustainable pest management. To 

address the growing issue of resistance 

and preserve the useful life of 

pesticides, the Agency is beginning to 

embark on a more widespread effort and 

several activities that are aimed at 

combating and slowing the development 

of pesticide resistance. 

One such activity, which is the 

subject of this FR Notice, is today’s 

release and request for comment on 

draft PR Notice 2016–X, ‘‘Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 

Resistance Management Labeling.’’ Draft 

PR Notice 2016–X updates PR Notice 

2001 and applies to all conventional, 

agricultural pesticides (i.e., herbicides, 

fungicides, bactericides, insecticides, 

and acaricides). This draft PR Notice 

focuses on pesticide labels and is aimed 

at improving information about how 

pesticide users can minimize and 

manage pest resistance. 

Another such activity, involves the 

release of draft PR Notice 2016–XX, 

‘‘Guidance for Herbicide Resistance 

Management Labeling, Education, 

Training, and Stewardship.’’ Draft PR 

Notice 2016–XX applies to herbicides, 

and communicates the Agency’s current 

thinking and approach to address 

herbicide-resistant weeds by providing 

guidance on labeling, education, 

training, and stewardship for herbicides 

undergoing registration review or 

registration (i.e., new herbicide actives, 

new uses proposed for use on herbicideresistant crops, or other case-specific 

registration actions). Draft PR Notice 

2016–XX will also be published in 

today’s Federal Register. In the future, 

the Agency plans to evaluate other types 

of pesticides (e.g. fungicides, 

bactericides, insecticides, and 

acaricides) to determine whether and 

what guidance may be appropriate for 

these types pesticides. If the Agency 

releases future guidance on these other 

types of pesticides, we plan to seek 

input from the public. 

III. What guidance does this PR Notice 

provide? 

Draft PR Notice 2016–X, which 

revises and updates PR Notice 2001–5, 

applies to all conventional, agricultural 

pesticides (i.e., herbicides, fungicides, 

bactericides, insecticides and 

acaricides). The updates in draft PR 

Notice 2016–X focus on pesticides 

labels and are aimed at improving 

information about how pesticide users 

can minimize and manage pest 

resistance. The draft PR Notice 2016–X 

updates PR Notice 2001–5 with the 

following three categories of changes: 

• Provides additional guidance, and 

recommended format, for resistance 

management statements or information 

to place on labels. 

• Includes references to external 

technical resources for guidance on 

resistance management (e.g., 

professional scientific societies, 

resistance action committees for 

different types of pesticides). 

• Updates the instructions on how to 

submit changes to existing labels in 

order to enhance resistance management 

language. 

This draft PR Notice also references 

draft revisions to Chapter 11.VI.G of 

EPA’s Label Review Manual (LRM), 

which illustrates the generic format for 

resistance management labeling along 

with examples of various labeling 

scenarios that registrants may 

encounter. The Agency requests 

comments on the updates to this draft 

PR Notice and this chapter of the LRM. 

IV. Do PR Notices contain binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

notice is intended to provide guidance 

to EPA personnel and decision-makers, 

as well as pesticide registrants. While 

the requirements in the statute and 

Agency regulations are binding on EPA 

and the applicants, this PR Notice is not 

binding on either EPA or pesticide 

registrants, and EPA may depart from 

the guidance where circumstances 

warrant and without prior notice. 

Likewise, pesticide registrants may 

assert that the guidance is not 

appropriate generally or not applicable 

to a specific pesticide or situation. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: May 23, 2016. 

Jack E. Housenger, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226; FRL–9946–53] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Herbicide 

Resistance Management Labeling, 

Education, Training, and Stewardship 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled 

‘‘Guidance for Herbicide Resistance 

Management Labeling, Education, 

Training, and Stewardship.’’ PR Notices 

are issued by the Office of Pesticide 

Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide 

registrants and other interested persons 

about important policies, procedures, 

and registration-related decisions, and 

serve to provide guidance to pesticide 

registrants and OPP personnel. This 

draft PR Notice (2016–XX) 

communicates the Agency’s approach to 

addressing herbicide-resistant weeds by 

providing guidance on labeling, 

education, training, and stewardship for 

herbicides undergoing registration 

review or registration (i.e., new 

herbicide and actives, new uses 

proposed for use on herbicide-resistant 

crops, or other case-specific registration 

actions. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226, 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.html. 

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: Bill 

Chism, Biological and Economic 

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