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your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Wayne Cascio, 

Director, Center for Public Health & 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29865 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0158; FRL–11254–01– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–ZA43 

Preliminary Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plan 16 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Preliminary 

Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 

(Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public 

comment. The Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires the EPA to biennially publish 

a plan for new and revised effluent 

limitations guidelines and pretreatment 

standards, after public review and 

comment. Preliminary Plan 16 discusses 

the EPA’s 2022 and 2023 annual 

reviews of effluent guidelines and 

pretreatment standards, presents its 

preliminary review of specific industrial 

categories, and provides an update on 

the analyses and tools that the EPA is 

continuing to enhance to further 

improve its annual review and biennial 

planning process. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2024–0158, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/(our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA 

Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.—4:30 p.m., Monday—Friday 

(except Federal Holidays). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the process for this action, see the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doruntine ̈ Rexhepi, Engineering and 

Analysis Division, Office of Water, 

4303T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 566–2532; email address: 

rexhepi.doruntine@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2024– 

0158, at https://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method), or the other 

methods identified in the ADDRESSES

section. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from the 

docket. The EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit to EPA’s docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI), 

Proprietary Business Information (PBI), 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). Please visit 

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

commenting-epa-dockets for additional 

submission methods; the full EPA 

public comment policy; information 

about CBI, PBI, or multimedia 

submissions; and general guidance on 

making effective comments. 

II. General Information 

A. Supporting Documents 

A key document providing additional 

information is the Preliminary Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 16 document. 

Supporting documents providing 

further details are also available for 

review. 

B. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. The EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2024–0158. The official public docket is 

the collection of materials that are 

available for public viewing at the Water 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ 

DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20004. 

2. Electronic Access. You can access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

Government online source for Federal 

regulations at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

3. Internet access. Copies of the 

supporting documents are available at 

https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. 

III. How Is This Document Organized 

The outline of this document follows. 

A. Legal Authority. 

B. Request for Public Comments and 

Information. 

A. Legal Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, 

et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 

304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b), and 

308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 

1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 

1317(b), and 1318. 

B. Request for Public Comments and 

Information 

The EPA invites comment on the 

entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In 


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particular, the EPA invites comment on 

the following topics (see Preliminary 

Plan 16 for more information on these 

topics): 

1. The order weighted average 

analysis including: the metrics used in 

the analysis to evaluate the industrial 

category rankings, the inclusion/ 

exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual 

review rankings, and results of the 2022 

and 2023 annual rankings. 

2. The findings of the preliminary 

category reviews, specifically the 

findings for Battery Manufacturing, 

Centralized Waste Treatment, and Oil 

and Gas Extraction Categories. 

3. The preliminary category review 

schedule and tools described to support 

the EPA’s review of effluent guidelines. 

4. The capabilities, performance, and 

costs of treatment technologies for 

industrial wastewater to support the 

Agency’s technology reviews. 

5. The announcement made within 

Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA’s intent 

to prepare a generic ICR to support 

effluent guidelines planning and 

rulemakings. 

6. The announcement made within 

Preliminary Plan 16 of an online form 

on the CWA methods website to request 

new analytical methods for wastewater 

and surface waters. 

7. The announcements made within 

Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new 

studies. 

Bruno Pigott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0092; FRL–12319–01– 

OCSPP] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests to 

Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 

Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing 

a notice of receipt of requests by the 

registrants to voluntarily cancel certain 

pesticide registrations. EPA intends to 

grant these requests at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the requests, or unless the registrants 

withdraw their requests. If these 

requests are granted, any sale, 

distribution, or use of the products 

listed in this notice will be permitted 

after the registrations have been 

cancelled only if such sale, distribution, 

or use is consistent with the terms as 

described in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 16, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0092, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://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. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Green, Registration Division 

(7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–2707; email address: 

green.christopher@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. 

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 

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

comments.html. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of requests from registrants to 

cancel certain pesticide products 

registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 

U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). 

The registrations are listed in sequence 

by registration number (or company 

number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 of 

this unit. 

Unless the Agency determines that 

there are substantive comments that 

warrant further review of the requests or 

the registrants withdraw their requests, 

EPA intends to issue an order in the 

Federal Register canceling the affected 

registrations. 

TABLE 1—REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients 

10163–195 ........ 10163 Botran Technical ......................................................... Dicloran (031301/99–30–9)—(95%). 

69117–2 ............ 69117 Greyhound Insecticide ................................................ Abamectin (122804/71751–41–2)—(2%). 

The registrant of 10163–195, has 

requested to sell and distribute existing 

stocks for 18-months after the effective 

date of cancellation. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrants 

of the products in Table 1 of this unit, 

in sequence by EPA company number. 

This number corresponds to the first 

part of the EPA registration number of 

the products listed in this unit. 


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