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be necessary to make a reference or 

equivalent method determination. The 

confidentiality of any submitted 

information identified as confidential 

business information by the applicant 

will be protected in full accordance 

with 40 CFR part 53.15 and all 

applicable provisions of 40 CFR part 2. 

Estimated number of respondents: 22 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $687,044 (per 

year), includes $140,121 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in the hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. 

Dated: August 7, 2017. 

Timothy H. Watkins, 

Deputy Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18766 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0713; FRL–9966–11] 

Nominations to the Augmented 

Science Advisory Committee on 

Chemicals (SACC); Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency published a notice 

with the names and affiliations of 

additional candidates for consideration 

for the Science Advisory Committee on 

Chemicals (SACC) on August 3, 2017. 

Public comments were requested to be 

received by the Docket Identification 

Number: EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0713. 

This document extends the public 

comment period from September 5, 

2017 to September 17, 2017. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 17, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions provided under ADDRESSES

in the Federal Register document of 

August 3, 2017 (82 FR 36132) (FRL– 

9965–53). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamue Gibson, M.S., Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–7642; email address: 

gibson.tamue@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register document of August 3, 2017 

(82 FR 36132) (FRL–9965–53). In that 

document, of the names and affiliations 

of additional candidates for membership 

to the SACC with a request for public 

comments by September 5, 2017. This 

document extends the public comment 

due date to September 17, 2017. 

To submit comments, or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions provided under ADDRESSES

in the Federal Register document of 

August 3, 2017. If you have any 

questions, consult the DFO listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625 et. seq.; 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2 et. seq. 

Dated: August 17, 2017. 

Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18778 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0671; FRL–9963–53] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Notifications, 

Non-Notifications and Minor 

Formulation Amendments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled 

‘‘Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 

2017–XX: Notifications, Nonnotifications and Minor Formulation 

Amendments.’’ PR Notices are issued by 

the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 

to inform pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registration 

related decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This particular draft PR 

Notice provides updated guidance to PR 

Notice 98–10, in line with current 

regulatory statutes (PRIA) to the 

registrant and other interested parties 

for notifications, non-notifications and 

minor formulation amendments. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0671, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael L. Goodis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who are required to submit data under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), are required to 

register pesticides. Since other entities 

may also be interested, the Agency has 

not attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

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 


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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. 

C. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A copy of the draft PR notice is 

available in the docket under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2016–0671. 

II. What guidance does this PR Notice 

provide? 

This draft PR Notice provides 

guidance to the registrant concerning 

the process for notifications, nonnotifications and minor formulation 

amendments. This proposed notice 

updates and clarifies the scope of 

changes accepted by notification, nonnotification and minor formulation 

amendments for all pesticide products. 

This notice supersedes both PR Notices 

95–2 and 98–10 in their entirety. As per 

40 CFR 152.46, EPA may determine that 

certain minor modifications to a 

registration having no potential to cause 

unreasonable adverse effects to the 

environment may be accomplished by 

notification or without notification to 

the Agency. Since the issuance of PR 

Notice 98–10, various regulatory and 

statutory changes have taken place. In 

particular, the Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Act (PRIA), the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Renewal Act 

(PRIA 2), Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Extension Act (PRIA 3), 

and pending Pesticide Registration 

Enhancement Act of 2017 (PRIA 4) has 

resulted in a need for EPA to revise the 

notification procedures. Certain actions 

previously accepted under PR Notice 

98–10 are now actions scheduled by the 

PRIA action tables. EPA is issuing this 

notice to align the notification program 

with the requirements of the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) and 

PRIA and to clarify the processes for 

accepting minor, low risk registration 

amendments to be accomplished 

through notification, non-notification or 

as accelerated amendments, previously 

established in PR Notice 98–10. EPA 

believes these changes will be useful to 

registrants as it presents a clarified and 

consolidated explanation for 

accomplishing these registration 

changes. No significant impacts or costs 

are expected as a result of this proposed 

PR Notice. However, the Agency is 

especially requesting impacted parties 

to provide through comments available 

information on projected cost 

implications of this draft updated 

guidance. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) burdens associated with revisions 

to the PR Notice are accounted for in the 

current ICR entitled: Application for 

New and Amended Pesticide 

Registration, OMB ICR 2070–0060; EPA 

No. 0277.17. As noted above, no 

increase or decrease in the current PRA 

burden inventory is anticipated. 

III. Do PR Notices contain binding 

requirements? 

The PR Notice discussed in this 

notice is intended to provide guidance 

to EPA personnel and decision makers 

and to pesticide registrants. While the 

requirements in the statutes and Agency 

regulations are binding on EPA and the 

applicants, this PR Notice is not binding 

on either EPA or pesticide registrants, 

and EPA may depart from the guidance 

where circumstances warrant and 

without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide 

registrants may assert that the guidance 

is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

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

Dated: August 2, 2017. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18765 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9967–00–OA] 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Chemical Assessment Advisory 

Committee (CAAC) to receive a briefing 

from the EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) on 

the content and presentation of 

assessment products to be released at 

early stages of development of draft 

assessments. These products represent 

an update to the materials released for 

the purposes of early stakeholder 

engagement, as outlined in the ‘‘IRIS 

enhancements’’ (2013). These materials 

are expected to add transparency to 

draft assessment development, while 

simultaneously increasing throughput 

and responsiveness to Agency needs. 

DATES: The public face-to-face meeting 

will be held from Wednesday, 

September 27, 2017 through Thursday, 

September 28, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m., (Eastern time) daily. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at Residence Inn Arlington Capital 

View, 2850 S. Potomac Ave., Arlington, 

VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

further information concerning the 

meeting may contact Dr. Suhair Shallal, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB 

Staff Office, by telephone at (202) 564– 

0257 or shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board, as well as any updates 

concerning the meeting announced in 

this notice, can be found at the EPA 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA) codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB CAAC will hold a public 

meeting to receive a briefing from the 

EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) on 

the content and presentation of 

assessment products to be released at 

early stages of draft development. These 

products represent an update to the 

materials released for the purposes of 

early stakeholder engagement, as 

outlined in the ‘‘IRIS enhancements’’ 

(2013). These materials are expected to 

add transparency to draft assessment 

development, while simultaneously 

increasing throughput and 

responsiveness to Agency needs. The 

CAAC will provide advice to the 

Administrator through the chartered 

SAB. 

The NCEA continues to incorporate 

improvements in response to 

recommendations from the National 

Research Council and the SAB to (1) 

improve the scientific integrity of 

assessments; (2) improve the 


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