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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: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible 

for the regulation of pesticides under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). The EPA regulations at 40 

CFR part 26 protect subjects of ‘‘thirdparty’’ human research (i.e., research 

that is not conducted or supported by 

the EPA). In addition to other 

protections, the regulations require 

affected entities to submit information 

to EPA and an institutional review 

board (IRB) prior to initiating, and to the 

EPA upon the completion of, certain 

studies that involve human research 

participants. The information collection 

activity consists of activity-driven 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for those who intend to 

conduct research for submission to EPA 

under the pesticide laws. If such 

research involves intentional exposure 

of human subjects, these individuals 

(respondents) are required to submit 

study protocols to the EPA and a 

cognizant local Human Subjects IRB 

before such research is initiated so that 

the scientific design and ethical 

standards that will be employed during 

the proposed study may be reviewed 

and approved. Also, respondents are 

required to submit information about 

the ethical conduct of completed 

research that involved human subjects 

when such research is submitted to the 

EPA. This renewal ICR estimates the 

third-party response burden from 

complying with the requirements in 40 

CFR part 26. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 10,242 hours 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: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are any entities that submits protocols 

and study reports for environmental 

research involving human subjects 

under FIFRA and/or FFDCA. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR part 26. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 5 annually for research 

involving intentional exposure of 

human subjects and 5 annually for all 

other submitted research with human 

subjects. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

10,242 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $ 

1,051,0896. 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? 

The estimated respondent burden 

remains 10,242 hours, which is the 

same as that approved by OMB for the 

existing ICR. The anticipated number of 

responses per year is based on the 

submissions to the Agency in the recent 

past and recognition that some of the 

studies underway will be submitted 

prior to the start of the renewal period. 

The annual burden per activity is 

estimated to be 1,446 hours per 

response for research involving 

intentional exposure of human subjects, 

and 12 hours per response for all other 

research with human subjects. 

In addition, OMB has requested that 

EPA move towards using the 18- 

question format for ICR Supporting 

Statements used by other federal 

agencies and departments and that 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 expect this change in format to 

result 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. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18836 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015; FRL–8820–01– 

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 

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 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 February 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015, 

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. 

Submit written withdrawal request by 

mail to: Registration Division (7502P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

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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 http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Green, Registration Division 

(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 

347–0367; 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 

http://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)). 

These 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 all of the 

affected registrations. 

TABLE 1—REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients 

228–564 .......................... 228 Brazen Herbicide ............ Clopyralid, monoethanolamine salt & Triclopyr, triethylamine salt. 

71368–103 ...................... 71368 NUP–12060 .................... Flumioxazin. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and addresses of record for all 

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 

numbers of the products listed in this 

unit. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION

EPA Company No. Company name and address 

228 .................................................. NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560. 

71368 .............................................. NuFarm, Inc., Agent Name: NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 

27560. 

III. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of 

a pesticide product may at any time 

request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be canceled. FIFRA further 

provides that, before acting on the 

request, EPA must publish a notice of 

receipt of any such request in the 

Federal Register. 

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that before acting 

on a request for voluntary cancellation, 

EPA must provide a 30-day public 

comment period on the request for 

voluntary cancellation or use 

termination. In addition, FIFRA section 

6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(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 registrants request 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 registrants in Table 2 of Unit II 

have not requested that EPA waive the 

180-day comment period. Accordingly, 

EPA will provide a 180-day comment 

period on the proposed requests. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for cancellation should submit 

such withdrawal in writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products 

have been subject to a previous 

cancellation action, the effective date of 

cancellation and all other provisions of 

any earlier cancellation action are 

controlling. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products that are 

currently in the United States and that 

were packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the cancellation action. Because the 

Agency has identified no significant 

potential risk concerns associated with 

these pesticide products, upon 

cancellation of the products identified 

in Table 1 of Unit II, EPA anticipates 

allowing registrants to sell and 

distribute existing stocks of these 

products for 1 year after publication of 

the Cancellation Order in the Federal 

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prohibited from selling or distributing 

the pesticides identified in Table 1 of 

Unit II, except for export consistent with 

FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for 

proper disposal. Persons other than 

registrants will generally be allowed to 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks 

until such stocks are exhausted, 

provided that such sale, distribution, or 

use is consistent with the terms of the 

previously approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the canceled products. 

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

Dated: August 27, 2021. 

Daniel Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18911 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765; FRL–8900–01– 

ORD] 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

Executive Committee Meeting— 

September 2021 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

series of virtual meetings of the Board 

of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

Executive Committee (EC) to review the 

draft reports of the Homeland Security 

(HS) and Safe and Sustainable Water 

Resources (SSWR) subcommittees and 

discuss Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances (PFAS). 

DATES:

1. The meetings will be held over five 

days via videoconference: 

a. Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT). This meeting 

will cover the HS and SSWR draft 

reports; 

b. Wednesday, September 29, 2021 

from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT); and 

c. Thursday, September 30, 2021 from 

12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). These meetings 

will cover PFAS. 

Attendees must register by September 

13, 2021. 

2. A BOSC deliberation on PFAS will 

be held on October 8, 2021, from 11 a.m. 

to 2 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must register 

by October 7, 2021. 

3. A final deliberation on PFAS will 

be held on October 20, 2021, from 11 

a.m. to 2 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must 

register by October 19, 2021. 

Meeting times are subject to change. 

This series of meetings are open to the 

public. Comments must be received by 

September 13 to be considered by the 

Executive Committee. Requests for the 

draft agenda or making a presentation at 

the meeting will be accepted until 

September 13. 

ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to 

connect to the videoconference will be 

provided upon registration at https://

epa-bosc-ec-mtg.eventbrite.com. 

Submit your comments to Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765 by one 

of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

D Note: Comments submitted to the 

www.regulations.gov website are 

anonymous unless identifying 

information is included in the body of 

the comment. 

• Email: Send comments by 

electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@

epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2015–0765. 

D Note: Comments submitted via 

email are not anonymous. The sender’s 

email will be included in the body of 

the comment and placed in the public 

docket which is made available on the 

internet. 

Instructions: All comments received, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov. Information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

will not be included in the public 

docket and should not be submitted 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

For additional information about the 

EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/. 

Public Docket: Publicly available 

docket materials may be accessed 

Online at www.regulations.gov. 

Copyrighted materials in the docket 

are only available via hard copy. The 

telephone number for the ORD Docket 

Center is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Tom 

Tracy, via phone/voicemail at: (202) 

564–6518; or via email at: tracy.tom@

epa.gov. 

Any member of the public interested 

in receiving a draft agenda, attending 

the meeting, or making a presentation at 

the meeting should contact Tom Tracy 

no later than September 13, 2021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is a 

federal advisory committee that 

provides advice and recommendations 

to EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development on technical and 

management issues of its research 

programs. Meeting agendas and 

materials will be posted to https://

www.epa.gov/bosc. 

Proposed agenda items for the 

meeting include, but are not limited to, 

the following: Review the HS and SSWR 

draft reports and PFAS. 

Information on Services Available: 

For information on translation services, 

access, or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Tom Tracy at 

(202) 564–6518 or tracy.tom@epa.gov. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Tom Tracy at 

least ten days prior to the meeting to 

give the EPA adequate time to process 

your request. 

Authority: Public Law 92–463, 1, Oct. 

6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770. 

Mary Ross, 

Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy 

and Engagement. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18842 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0319; FRL–8770–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Asbestos-Containing 

Materials in Schools and Asbestos 

Model Accreditation Plans 

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: ‘‘AsbestosContaining Materials in Schools and 

Asbestos Model Accreditation Plans’’ 

and identified by EPA ICR No. 1365.12 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0091, 

represents the renewal of an existing 

ICR that is scheduled to expire on May 

31, 2022. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval under the 

PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 


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