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certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

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 pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the Administrator determines that 

emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The South 

Dakota Department of Agriculture has 

requested the Administrator to issue a 

specific exemption for the use of 

amitraz in beehives to control varroa 

mites. Information in accordance with 

40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part 

of this request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that the beekeeping industry in 

South Dakota is threatened by varroa 

mite, a devastating pest found in bees. 

According to the applicant, varroa mites 

are developing resistance to pesticides 

currently available to control this pest. 

South Dakota is a top ranking honey 

producing state and the beekeeping 

industry is important to South Dakota’s 

economy. Varroa mite outbreaks are also 

associated with colony virus problems. 

The Applicant proposes to make no 

more than two treatments (plastic strips 

impregnated with amitraz) per year in 

beehives in all counties throughout 

South Dakota. Approximately 250,000 

honeybee colonies could be treated in 

South Dakota, requiring 500,000 strips 

for a single varroa mite treatment. The 

total amount of pesticide that could be 

used is 250,000 grams active ingredient. 

The proposed treatment schedule would 

allow for the plastic strips to be hung in 

the beehives during the spring or fall if 

varroa mite infestations have reached 

treatment threshold. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing section 

18 of FIFRA require publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing: 

A use of a pesticide which was 

voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) 

of FIFRA, and which poses a risk 

similar to the risk which was 

voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) 

of FIFRA. The notice provides an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

application. 

The Agency will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the South Dakota 

Department of Agriculture. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: September 7, 2010. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9201–7] 

Announcement of the Board of 

Trustees for the National 

Environmental Education Foundation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency; Office of External Affairs and 

Environmental Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Environmental 

Education Foundation (NEEF) was 

created by Section 10 of Public Law 

#101–619, the National Environmental 

Education Act of 1990. It is a private 

501(c)(3) non-profit organization 

established to promote and support 

education and training as necessary 

tools to further environmental 

protection and sustainable, 

environmentally sound development. It 

provides the common ground upon 

which leaders from business and 

industry, all levels of government, 

public interest groups, and others can 

work cooperatively to expand the reach 

of environmental education and training 

programs beyond the traditional 

classroom. The Foundation supports a 

grant program that promotes innovative 

environmental education and training 

programs; it also develops partnerships 

with government and other 

organizations to administer projects that 

promote the development of an 

environmentally literal public. The 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, as 

required by the terms of the Act, 

announces the following appointment to 

the National Environmental Education 

Foundation Board of Trustees. The 

appointee is Decker Anstrom, President 

(retired), Landmark Communications 

and former Chairman of The Weather 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice of 

Appointment, please contact Ms. Ruth 

McCully, Director, Office of 

Environmental Education, Office of 

External Affairs and Environmental 

Education (1704A) U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. General information 

concerning NEEF can be found on their 

Web site at: http://www.neefusa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Considerations: Great care 

has been taken to assure that this new 

appointee not only has the highest 

degree of expertise and commitment, 

but also brings to the Board diverse 

points of view relating to environmental 

education. This appointment is a fouryear term which may be renewed once 

for an additional four years pending 

successful re-election by the NEEF 

nominating committee. 

This appointee will join the current 

Board members which include: 

• JL Armstrong (NEEF Vice Chair), 

National Manger, Toyota Motor Sales, 

USA, Inc. 

• Raymond Ban, Executive Vice 

President, The Weather Channel. 

• Holly Cannon, Principal, Beveridge 

and Diamond, P.C. 

• Phillipe Cousteau, Co-Founder and 

CEO, EarthEcho International. 

• Arthur Gibson (NEEF Chair), Vice 

President, Environment, Health and 

Safety, Baxter Healthcare Corporation. 

• Kenneth Olden, Chairman, Avon 

Foundation Scientific Advisory Board. 

• Trish Silber, President, Aliniad 

Consulting Partners, Inc. 

• Bradley Smith, Dean, Huxley 

College of the Environment, Western 

Washington University. 

• Kenneth Strassner (NEEF 

Treasurer), Vice President, Global 

Environment, Safety, Regulatory and 

Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark 

Corporation. 

• Diane Wood (NEEF Secretary), 

President, National Environmental 

Education Foundation. 

Background: Section 10 (a) of the 

National Environmental Education Act 

of 1990 mandates a National 

Environmental Education Foundation. 

The Foundation is established in order 

to extend the contribution of 

environmental education and training to 

meeting critical environmental 

protection needs, both in this country 

and internationally; to facilitate the 

cooperation, coordination, and 

contribution of public and private 

resources to create an environmentally 

advanced educational system; and to 

foster an open and effective partnership 

among Federal, State, and local 

government, business, industry, 

academic institutions, community based 

environmental groups, and international 

organizations. 

The Foundation is a charitable and 

nonprofit corporation whose income is 

exempt from tax, and donations to 

which are tax deductible to the same 

extent as those organizations listed 

pursuant to section 501(c) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The 

Foundation is not an agency or 

establishment of the United States. The 

purposes of the Foundation are— 

(A) Subject to the limitation contained 

in the final sentence of subsection (d) 

herein, to encourage, accept, leverage, 

and administer private gifts for the 

benefit of, or in connection with, the 

environmental education and training 

activities and services of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency; 

(B) To conduct such other 

environmental education activities as 

will further the development of an 

environmentally conscious and 

responsible public, a well-trained and 

environmentally literate workforce, and 

an environmentally advanced 

educational system; 

(C) To participate with foreign entities 

and individuals in the conduct and 

coordination of activities that will 

further opportunities for environmental 

education and training to address 

environmental issues and problems 

involving the United States and Canada 

or Mexico. 

The Foundation develops, supports, 

and/or operates programs and projects 

to educate and train educational and 

environmental professionals, and to 

assist them in the development and 

delivery of environmental education 

and training programs and studies. 

The Foundation has a governing 

Board of Directors (hereafter referred to 

in this section as ‘the Board’), which 

consists of 13 directors, each of whom 

shall be knowledgeable or experienced 

in the environment, education and/or 

training. The Board oversees the 

activities of the Foundation and assures 

that the activities of the Foundation are 

consistent with the environmental and 

education goals and policies of the 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

with the intents and purposes of the 

Act. The membership of the Board, to 

the extent practicable, represents 

diverse points of view relating to 

environmental education and training. 

Members of the Board are appointed by 

the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

Within 90 days of the date of the 

enactment of the National 

Environmental Education Act, and as 

appropriate thereafter, the 

Administrator will publish in the 

Federal Register an announcement of 

appointments of Directors of the Board. 

Such appointments become final and 

effective 90 days after publication in the 

Federal Register. The directors are 

appointed for terms of 4 years. The 

Administrator shall appoint an 

individual to serve as a director in the 

event of a vacancy on the Board within 

60 days of said vacancy in the manner 

in which the original appointment was 

made. No individual may serve more 

than 2 consecutive terms as a director. 

Dated: September 2, 2010. 

Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator. 

Decker Anstrom 

In 1987 Decker Anstrom joined the 

National Cable Television Association 

(NCTA) as Executive Vice President; he 

became President and CEO in 1994. 

During his tenure he led the cable 

industry’s efforts that helped result in 

the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 

1999, Mr. Anstrom joined The Weather 

Channel Companies as President and 

CEO. In 2002 he became President of 

Landmark Communications, a privately 

held diversified media company that 

owned newspapers, local television 

stations, database centers and print and 

classified advertising businesses as well 

as The Weather Channel Companies. In 

that position he also served as Chairman 

of The Weather Channel Companies, at 

which time he helped introduce new 

programming regarding climate change. 

In addition, Mr. Anstrom served on 

numerous community non-profit and 

cable industry boards, including NCTA, 

which he chaired for two years. He 

retired in late 2008 as President of 

Landmark Communications and 

Chairman of The Weather Channel 

Companies. He currently serves on the 

Board of Directors of Comcast 

Corporation, two non-profit 

environmental groups, Island Press and 

Climate Central, and an educational 

non-profit organization, the Institute for 

Educational Leadership. 

Prior to working at Landmark, Mr. 

Anstrom had a long career in public 

service in the communications industry. 

During the Carter Administration, he 

served as a senior staff member in the 

White House Office of Management and 

Budget, working on the creation of the 

U.S. Department of Education, and later 

in the White House Office of 

Presidential Personnel. He subsequently 

joined and became President of Public 

Strategies where he directed a broad 

range of public policy and economic 


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analyses for investment banking, 

corporate and non-profit clients. 

Mr. Anstrom also holds a B.A. from 

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, and 

attended one year of graduate school at 

the Woodrow Wilson School of Public 

and International Affairs, Princeton 

University, Princeton, NJ. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009-0727; FRL–8839–6] 

Lauryl Sulfate Salts Registration 

Review Final Decision; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s final registration 

review decision for the pesticide, lauryl 

sulfate salts (also known as sodium 

lauryl salts), case 4061. 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, that the pesticide can perform its 

intended function without causing 

unreasonable adverse effects on human 

health or the environment. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

pesticide specific information, contact: 

Monisha Harris, Chemical Review 

Manager, Antimicrobials Division 

(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308-0410; fax number: (703) 308- 

8090; e-mail address: 

harris.monisha@epa.gov. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Lance Wormell, Antimicrobials Division 

(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 603-0523; fax number: (703) 308– 

8090; e-mail address: 

wormell.lance@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 listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0727. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. Background 

A. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this 

notice announces the availability of 

EPA’s final registration review decision 

for the lauryl sulfate salts. Sodium 

lauryl sulfate (PC Code 079011) is the 

only active ingredient in case 4061. 

There is one registered product that 

contains sodium lauryl sulfate as an 

active ingredient. The product, 

Kleenex® Brand Antiviral Tissues, 

contains 2.02% sodium lauryl sulfate 

and is registered by Kimberly-Clark 

Global Sales, LLC (EPA Reg. No. 9402- 

10). The tissues also contain citric acid 

as an active ingredient at 7.51%. 

Products containing sodium lauryl 

sulfate as an active ingredient were first 

registered in 1948 and sodium lauryl 

sulfate is widely used as an 

intentionally-added inert ingredient in 

pesticide products. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.57, a 

registration review decision is the 

Agency’s determination whether a 

pesticide meets, or does not meet, the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) standard for 

registration. EPA has considered lauryl 

sulfate salts in light of the FIFRA 

standard for registration. The Final 

Decision document in the docket 

describes the Agency’s rationale for 

issuing a registration review final 

decision for lauryl sulfate salts. 

In addition to the final registration 

review decision document, the 

registration review docket for lauryl 

sulfate salts also includes other relevant 

documents related to the registration 

review of this case. The combined final 

work plan and proposed registration 

review decision was posted to the 

docket and the public was invited to 

submit any comments or new 

information. During the 60–day 

comment period, no public comments 

were received. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), the 

registration review case docket for 

lauryl sulfate salts will remain open 

until all actions required in the final 

decision have been completed. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of lauryl sulfate salts are 

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

oppsrrd1/registration_review/laurylsulfate/index.html. 

B. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Registration review, Pesticides and 

pests, Antimicrobials, Lauryl Sulfate 

Salts. 

Dated: September 2, 2010. 

Joan Harrigan-Farrelly 

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0588; FRL–8843–6] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Rescheduled Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this 

notice to reschedule the 3–day meeting 


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