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TABLE 1—PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS—Continued 

Registration review case name and No. Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact information 

Metaldehyde ............................................

Case Number 0576 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0649 ................... Rachel Eberius, Eberius.Rachel@epa.gov, 703–347–0492. 

MGK–264 (N-octyl bicycloheptene 

dicarboximide).

Case Number 2430 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0415 ................... Andrew Muench, Muench.Andrew@epa.gov, 703–347– 

8263. 

Nosema locustae ....................................

Case Number 4104 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0065 ................... Andrew Queen, Queen.Andrew@epa.gov, 703–308–8135. 

Oxadiazon ...............................................

Case Number 2485 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0782 ................... Theodore Varns, Varns.Theodore@epa.gov, 703–347– 

8589. 

Oxyfluorfen ..............................................

Case Number 2490 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0778 ................... R. David Jones, Jones.Rdavid@epa.gov, 703–305–6725. 

Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) .......................

Case Number 2525 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0498 ................... James Douglass, Douglass.James@epa.gov, 703–347– 

8630. 

Pyrethrins ................................................

Case Number 2580 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0885 ................... Jordan Page, Page.Jordan@epa.gov, 703–347–0467. 

Tembotrione ............................................

Case Number 7273 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0063 ................... Carolyn Smith, Smith.Carolyn@epa.gov, 703–347–8325. 

Topramezone ..........................................

Case Number 7268 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0127 ................... Kelsi Grogan, Grogan.Kelsi@epa.gov, 703–347–8970. 

Ulocladium oudemansii (U3 Strain) ........

Case Number 6520 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0313 ................... Monica Thapa, Thapa.Monica@epa.gov, 703–347–8688. 

The registration review docket for a 

pesticide includes earlier documents 

related to the registration review case. 

For example, the review opened with a 

Preliminary Work Plan, for public 

comment. A Final Work Plan was 

placed in the docket following public 

comment on the Preliminary Work Plan. 

The documents in the dockets 

describe EPA’s rationales for conducting 

additional risk assessments for the 

registration review of the pesticides 

included in the tables in Unit IV, as well 

as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings 

and consideration of possible risk 

mitigation measures. These proposed 

interim registration review decisions are 

supported by the rationales included in 

those documents. Following public 

comment, the Agency will issue interim 

or final registration review decisions for 

the pesticides listed in Table 1 in Unit 

IV. 

The registration review final rule at 40 

CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 

60-day public comment period on all 

proposed interim registration review 

decisions. This comment period is 

intended to provide an opportunity for 

public input and a mechanism for 

initiating any necessary amendments to 

the proposed interim decision. All 

comments should be submitted using 

the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be 

received by EPA on or before the closing 

date. These comments will become part 

of the docket for the pesticides included 

in the Tables in Unit IV. Comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not 

required to consider these late 

comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and may provide a ‘‘Response to 

Comments Memorandum’’ in the 

docket. The interim registration review 

decision will explain the effect that any 

comments had on the interim decision 

and provide the Agency’s response to 

significant comments. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http://

www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

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

Dated: July 26, 2021. 

Mary Reaves, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16516 Filed 8–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0316; FRL–8734–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Agricultural Worker 

Protection Standard Training, 

Notification and Recordkeeping 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces the availability of 

and solicits public comment on an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

that EPA is planning to submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The ICR, entitled: ‘‘Agricultural 

Worker Protection Standard Training, 

Notification, and Recordkeeping’’ and 

identified by EPA ICR No. 2491.05 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–0190, represents 

the renewal of an existing ICR that is 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2022. 

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 

review and approval under the PRA, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the information collection 

that is summarized in this document. 

The ICR and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0316, 

online through the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at 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. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

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

dockets. 

Please note that due to the public 

health concerns related to COVID–19, 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and 

Reading Room is closed to visitors with 

limited exceptions. The staff continues 

to provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC and 


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docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 

(7101), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 

34–0159; email address: siu.carolyn@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Agricultural Worker Protection 

Standard Training, Notification, and 

Recordkeeping. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2491.05. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0190. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2022. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) estimates the 

recordkeeping and third-party response 

burden of paperwork activities that 

covers the information collection 

requirements contained in the Worker 

Protection Standard (WPS) regulations 

at 40 CFR part 170. The requirements in 

40 CFR part 170 were established to 

protect agricultural workers and 

pesticide handlers from the hazards of 

pesticides used in the production of 

agricultural plants on agricultural 

establishments. The paperwork 

activities include respondent activities 

associated with training and notification 

of pesticide-related information for 

workers who enter pesticide-treated 

areas after pesticide application to 

perform crop-related tasks, as well as for 

handlers who mix, load, and apply 

pesticides. Agricultural employers and 

commercial pesticide handling 

establishments (CPHEs) are responsible 

for providing required training, 

notifications and information to their 

employees to ensure worker and 

handler safety. 

In 2015 (80 FR 67495, November 2, 

2015 (FRL–9931–81), EPA revised the 

requirements associated with training 

for workers and handlers, improved 

posting of pesticide-treated areas, 

required additional information for 

workers before they enter a pesticidetreated area while a restricted entry 

interval (REI) is in effect, access to more 

general and application-specific 

information about pesticides used on 

the establishment, and revised 

recordkeeping of training to improve 

enforceability and compliance. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 6 minutes per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Respondents affected by the collection 

activities under this ICR are agricultural 

employers on agricultural 

establishments, including employers in 

farms as well as in nursery, forestry, and 

greenhouse establishments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR 170. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: Approximately 985,000 

agricultural establishments and 

approximately 1,995,000 agricultural 

workers/handlers. 

Frequency of response: Annually or 

on occasion, depending on the activity. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: Varies. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

10,449,889 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$ 486,621,459. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $ 0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no change in the number of 

hours requested and those identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

There is an estimated increase of 3,220 

respondents, which is the result of a 

correction to the Agency’s previously 

reported bottom-line annual estimates. 

Although the full burden analysis for 

the currently approved ICR properly 

accounted for burden imposed on these 

respondents, these respondents were 

inadvertently omitted from the total 

number of respondents reported to 

OMB. This change is an adjustment. 

In addition, this ICR reflects a change 

in format. OMB has requested that EPA 

move towards using the 18-question 

format for ICR Supporting Statements 

used by other federal agencies and 

departments and is based on the 

submission instructions established by 

OMB in 1995, replacing the alternate 

format developed by EPA and OMB 

prior to 1995. The Agency does not 

believe that this change in format 

resulted in substantive changes to the 

information collection activities or 

related estimated burden and costs. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 


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Dated: July 27, 2021. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16493 Filed 8–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0720; FRL–8675–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Registration Review; Draft 

Human Health and/or Ecological Risk 

Assessments for Several Pesticides; 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s draft human health 

and/or ecological risk assessments for 

the registration review of copper 8 

quinolinolate, DCNA, nabam, 

triadimefon and triadimenol. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, to 

the docket identification (ID) number for 

the specific pesticide of interest 

provided in the Table in Unit IV., using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

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. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, are available at 

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

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For pesticide specific information 

contact: The Chemical Review Manager 

for the pesticide of interest identified in 

the Table in Unit IV. 

For general questions on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–7106; email address: 

biscoe.melanie@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, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, 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 applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

Chemical Review Manager identified in 

the Table in Unit IV. 

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. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticides 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. Background 

Registration review is EPA’s periodic 

review of pesticide registrations to 

ensure that each pesticide continues to 

satisfy the statutory standard for 

registration, that is, the pesticide can 

perform its intended function without 

unreasonable adverse effects on human 

health or the environment. As part of 

the registration review process, the 

Agency has completed comprehensive 

draft human health and/or ecological 

risk assessments for all pesticides listed 

in the Table in Unit IV. After reviewing 

comments received during the public 

comment period, EPA may issue a 

revised risk assessment, explain any 

changes to the draft risk assessment, and 

respond to comments and may request 

public input on risk mitigation before 

completing a proposed registration 

review decision for the pesticides listed 

in the Table in Unit IV. Through this 

program, EPA is ensuring that each 

pesticide’s registration is based on 

current scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. 

III. Authority 

EPA is conducting its registration 

review of the chemicals listed in the 

Table in Unit IV pursuant to section 3(g) 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Procedural Regulations for Registration 

Review at 40 CFR part 155, subpart C. 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among 

other things, that the registrations of 

pesticides are to be reviewed every 15 

years. Under FIFRA, a pesticide product 

may be registered or remain registered 

only if it meets the statutory standard 

for registration given in FIFRA section 

3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used 

in accordance with widespread and 

commonly recognized practice, the 

pesticide product must perform its 

intended function without unreasonable 

adverse effects on the environment; that 

is, without any unreasonable risk to 

man or the environment, or a human 

dietary risk from residues that result 

from the use of a pesticide in or on food. 

IV. What action is the Agency taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice 

announces the availability of EPA’s 

human health and/or ecological risk 

assessments for the pesticides shown in 

Table 1 and opens a 60-day public 

comment period on the risk 

assessments. 


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