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6Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate 

the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization, 

including whether a proposed project is not 

inconsistent with the public interest and whether 

the Commission’s environmental analysis for the 

permit order complied with NEPA. 

7Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

certificate complied with the National 

Environmental Policy Act.6 At the time 

a pipeline requests an extension of time, 

orders on certificates of public 

convenience and necessity are final and 

the Commission will not re-litigate their 

issuance.7 The OEP Director, or his or 

her designee, will act on all of those 

extension requests that are uncontested. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically may 

mail similar pleadings to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on July 14, 2022. 

Dated: June 29, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0511; FRL–9986–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, 

Unreasonable Delay Claim Regarding 

Petition Concerning Treated Seeds and 

Treated Article Exemption 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Administrator’s March 18, 2022, 

Memorandum entitled Consent Decrees 

and Settlement Agreements to Resolve 

Environmental Claims Against the 

Agency, notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree that resolves 

Center for Food Safety, et al. v. U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, a 

case in the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California 

(3:21–cv–09640–JSC) that alleges EPA 

unreasonably delayed responding to a 

petition for rulemaking, submitted to 

EPA on or around April 26, 2017, 

relating to the regulatory exemption of 

pesticide treated seed. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2022–0511 online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number 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, see the ‘‘Additional 

Information about Commenting on the 

Proposed Consent Decree’’ heading 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Aranda, Pesticides and Toxic 

Substances Law Office; telephone (202) 

564–3186; email address 

aranda.amber@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0511) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

Prior to this lawsuit being filed, EPA 

received a petition on or around April 

26, 2017, requesting that EPA (1) amend 

40 CFR 152.25(a) to exclude seeds for 

planting coated with systemic pesticides 

intended to kill pests of the plant, or, (2) 

in the alternative, publish a formal 

agency interpretation in the Federal 

Register stating that 40 CFR 152.25(a) 

does not apply to seeds for planting 

coated with systemic pesticides 

intended to kill pests of the plant, and 

(3) aggressively enforce FIFRA’s 

numerous pesticide registration and 

labeling requirements for each separate 

crop seed product that is coated with a 

neonicotinoid or other systemic 

insecticidal chemical (hereinafter, this 

petition will be referred to as the ‘‘2017 

Petition’’ and the three requests 

enumerated in this paragraph will be 

referred to as the ‘‘2017 Petition 

Requests’’). EPA sought public comment 

on the 2017 Petition. See ‘‘Pesticides; 

Petition Seeking Rulemaking or a 

Formal Agency Interpretation for 

Planted Seeds Treated with Systemic 

Insecticides; Request for Comment,’’ 83 

FR 66260 (December 26, 2018) (the 

‘‘Request for Comment’’). EPA received 

approximately 100 substantive 

comments. Plaintiffs filed a Complaint 

on December 14, 2021, alleging that 

EPA’s failure to respond to the petition 

constitutes an unreasonable delay under 

Section 706(1) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 706(1). 

This proposed consent decree states 

that no later than September 30, 2022, 

the appropriate EPA official shall, by 


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letter, either grant, deny, or grant in part 

and deny in part each of the 2017 

Petition Requests. Court approval of this 

proposed consent decree would resolve 

all claims in this case except for the 

claim for the costs of litigation, 

including reasonable attorneys’ fees. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties to the litigation in 

question. EPA or the Department of 

Justice may withdraw or withhold 

consent to the proposed consent decree 

if the comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the APA or FIFRA. 

Unless EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent should be 

withdrawn, the terms of the proposed 

consent decree will be affirmed and 

entered with the Court. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2022– 

0511 via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. 

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) 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. 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-epadockets. For additional information 

about submitting information identified 

as CBI, please contact the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment. This ensures 

that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, email address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

Dated: June 30, 2022. 

Randolph L. Hill, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 

at 10:00 a.m. and its continuation at the 

conclusion of the open meeting on July 

14, 2022. 

PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC and virtual (this 

meeting will be a hybrid meeting). 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

* * * * * 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Authority: Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Laura E. Sinram, 

Acting Secretary and Clerk of the 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14436 Filed 7–1–22; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, 

July 14, 2022. 

PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing 

Room, Room 511, 1331 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Suite 504 North, 

Washington, DC 20004 (enter from F 

Street entrance). 

Note that workplace policies 

instituted to address the COVID–19 

pandemic may restrict the ability of 

some participants to take part in the 

argument in-person. Those participants 

will join the argument through a 

videoconference involving all other 

participants who are appearing inperson. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will hear oral argument in 

the matter Peabody Midwest Mining, 

LLC and Butler employed by Peabody 

Midwest Mining, LLC, Docket Nos. 

LAKE 2019–0023, 2019–0122, 2019– 

0361. (Issues include whether the Judge 

erred in concluding that the operator 

violated standards when it failed to 

immediately de-energize equipment and 

stop work when it encountered high 

methane levels, whether the violations 

were significant and substantial, and 

whether a supervisor was liable for 

individual penalties.) 

Pursuant to the Commission’s 

COVID–19 Workplace Safety Plan, inperson attendance shall be limited to 

persons participating in the oral 

argument process (e.g., Chair and 

Commissioners, parties and their 

representatives, Commission employees 

providing support for the meeting). 

Non-participating individuals may 

listen to the meeting by calling the 

phone number listed below in this 

notice. 

Any person attending this oral 

argument who requires special 

accessibility features and/or auxiliary 

aids, such as sign language interpreters, 

must inform the Commission in advance 

of those needs. Subject to 29 CFR 

2706.150(a)(3) and § 2706.160(d). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFO: 

Emogene Johnson (202) 434–9935/(202) 


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