25260 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 82 / Thursday, April 28, 2022 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R06–OW–2022–0371; FRL–9257–01– 

R6] 

Proposed Issuance of the NPDES 

General Permit for Discharges From 

Hydrostatic Testing of New and 

Existing Vessels in New Mexico 

(NMG270000), Oklahoma (OKG27F000), 

and Indian Country Within the States 

of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and 

Louisiana (TXG27I000, OKG27I000, 

NMG27I000, & LAG27I000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed NPDES 

General Permit Issuance. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 6 Water Division, 

is proposing for public comment the 

issuance of a National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

general permit authorizing discharges 

resulting from the hydrostatic testing of 

new and existing vessels (e.g., pipelines, 

storage tanks, etc.) in New Mexico 

(NMG270000) and Oklahoma 

(OKG27F000). This authorization also 

covers Indian Country within the States 

of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and 

Louisiana (TXG27I000, OKG27I000, 

NMG27I000, & LAG27I000). 

To determine whether your facility, 

company, business, organization, etc., 

may be affected by this action, you 

should carefully examine the 

applicability criteria in Part I, Section 

A.3 of the draft permit. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed for technical 

information in the preceding FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before June 27, 

2022. 

Proposed Documents: A copy of the 

proposed permit and the fact sheet 

which sets forth principal facts and the 

significant factual, legal, and policy 

questions considered in the 

development of the proposed general 

permit may be obtained via the internet 

at: https://www.epa.gov/publicnotices. 

To obtain hard copies of these 

documents or any other information in 

the administrative record, please contact 

Ms. Evelyn Rosborough using the 

contact information provided below. 

Other Legal Requirements 

A. State/Tribal Certification 

Under section 401(a)(1) of the CWA, 

EPA may not issue an NPDES permit 

until the State or Tribe in which the 

discharge will occur grants or waives 

certification to ensure compliance with 

appropriate requirements of the CWA 

and State/Tribal law. EPA will seek 

certification from the New Mexico 

Environment Department, Oklahoma 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

and the respective Tribe within the 

States of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico 

and Louisiana prior to issuing a final 

permit. EPA is the certifying authority 

and certifies the permit for areas where 

neither a state nor tribe has CWA 

401(a)(1) certification authority. 

B. Other Regulatory Requirements 

This is a first-time permit issuance. 

EPA had conducted evaluations 

required by Coastal Zone Management 

Act, Endangered Species Act, 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

Historic Preservation Act, Paperwork 

Reduction Act, and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. These requirements are 

discussed in the fact sheet. 

How do I comment on this proposal? 

Comment Submittals: You may send 

comments, identified by Docket ID. No. 

EPA–R06–OW–2022–0371 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

preferred method). 

• By Email: Send comments by email 

to rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov. Include 

Docket ID. No EPA–R06–OW–2022– 

0371 in the subject line of the email. 

• By Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Deliver comments to U.S. EPA, Attn: 

Evelyn Rosborough, 1201 Elm Street, 

Dallas, Texas 75270. 

• We encourage the public to submit 

comments via www.Regulations.gov or 

via email as there may be a delay in 

processing mail and hand deliveries 

will be accepted by appointment only 

due to public health concerns related to 

COVID–19. 

• Please submit your comments 

within the specified time period cited in 

the DATES section of this document. 

Comments received after the close of the 

comment period will be marked ‘‘late’’. 

The EPA is not required to consider 

these late comments. All comments 

received by the EPA in accordance with 

this section by the ending date of the 

comment period will be considered by 

the EPA before a final decision is made 

regarding permit issuance. 

• 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 or 

email any information you consider to 

be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) 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). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. 

For Technical Information Contact: 

Maria Okpala, NPDES Permitting 

Section (6WD–PE), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1201 Elm Street, 

Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75270; Telephone: 

(214) 665–3152; email address: 

okpala.maria@epa.gov. 

Administrative record: All documents 

and references used in the development 

of this permit are part of the 

Administrative Record for this permit. 

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 material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available materials are available either 

electronically or in hard copy from Ms. 

Evelyn Rosborough at the address 

above. The Administrative Record may 

also be viewed at the EPA Region 6 

Offices from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. For more information on 

scheduling a time to view the Record or 

to obtain copies of available documents, 

please contact Ms. Evelyn Rosborough 

at 214–665–7515 or rosborough.evelyn@

epa.gov. 

Public Hearings 

All persons have the right to provide 

written comments during the public 

comment period. However, interested 

persons may request a public hearing 

pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12 concerning 

the proposed permit. Requests for a 

public hearing must be sent or delivered 

in writing to the same address as 

provided above for public comments 

prior to the close of the comment 

period. Requests for a public hearing 

must state the nature of the issues 

proposed to be raised in the hearing. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12, EPA shall 

hold a public hearing if it finds, on the 

basis of requests, a significant degree of 

public interest in a public hearing on 


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the proposed permit. If EPA decides to 

hold a public hearing, a public notice of 

the date, time and place of the hearing 

will be made at least 30 days prior to the 

hearing. Any person may provide 

written or oral statements and data 

pertaining to the proposed permit at the 

public hearing. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq. 

Charles W. Maguire, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09017 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0750; FRL–9741–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Registration Review; 

Proposed Interim Decisions for Several 

Pesticides; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s proposed interim 

registration review decisions and opens 

a 60-day public comment period on the 

proposed interim decisions for the 

following pesticides: Captan, copper 8- 

quinolinolate; dazomet; diuron; 

fluometuron; folpet; garlic oil; pasteuria 

species; pelargonic acid, salts, and 

esters, fatty acid monoesters, capric 

acid, and caprylic acid; porcine zona 

pellucida (PZP); propiconazole; 

pseudomonas syringae; and 

trimethylamine and trimethylamine 

hydrochloride. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 27, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number for the specific pesticide of 

interest provided in Table 1 in Unit IV. 

of this document, using 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 or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

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

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

open to visitors by appointments. 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 information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Melanie Biscoe, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; 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 for the 

pesticide of interest identified in Table 

1 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 on 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/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

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 proposed interim 

decisions for all pesticides listed in 

Table 1 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 1 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 

proposed interim registration review 

decisions for the pesticides shown in 

Table 1 and opens a 60-day public 


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