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The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an eSubscription link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

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Online service, please email FERC

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Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20196 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0729; FRL–9966–50] 

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: Carfentrazoneethyl, clodinafop-propargyl, copper 

compounds, cyclanilide, flumicloracpentyl, metaflumizone, nitrapyrin, 

noviflumuron, pendimethalin, 

spinetoram, spinosad, and sodium, 

calcium, and potassium hypochlorites. 

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 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. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number for the specific pesticide of 

interest provided in the table in Unit II, 

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:

For pesticide specific information, 

contact: The Chemical Review Manager 

for the pesticide of interest identified in 

the table in Unit II. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–8827; email address: 

friedman.dana@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 the 

table in Unit II. 

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 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

II. 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 

the following table, and opens a 60-day 

public comment period on the proposed 

interim decisions. For noviflumuron, 

this notice also opens a comment period 

on the ecological risk assessment. 

TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED

Registration review case name 

and No. Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact information 

Carfentrazone-ethyl, Case Number 7422.EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0815 ..... Jordan Page, page.jordan@epa.gov, (703) 347–0467. 

Clodinafop-propargyl, Case Number 7250.EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0424 ..... Wilhelmena Livingston, livingston.wilhelmena@epa.gov, (703) 308–8025. 

Copper Compounds, Case Numbers 0636, 0649, 4025, 4026.EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0212 ..... Jordan Page, page.jordan@epa.gov, (703) 347–0467, Kimberly Wilson, 

wilson.kimberly@epa.gov, (703) 347–0495. 

Cyclanilide, Case Number 7018 .. EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0153 ..... Leigh Rimmer, rimmer.leigh@epa.gov, (703) 347–0553. 

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Registration review case name 

and No. Docket ID No. Chemical review manager and contact information 

Flumiclorac-pentyl, Case Number 

7232.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0084 ..... Christian Bongard, bongard.christian@epa.gov, (703) 347–0337. 

Metaflumizone, Case Number 

7446.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0417 ..... Nathan Sell, sell.nathan@epa.gov, (703) 347–8020. 

Nitrapyrin, Case Number 0213 .... EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0170 ..... Thomas Harty, harty.thomas@epa.gov, (703) 347–0338. 

Noviflumuron, Case Number 

7434.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0566 ..... Kyle Morford, morford.kyle@epa.gov, (703) 347–8895. 

Pendimethalin, Case Number 

0187.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0219 ..... Nicole Zinn, zinn.nicole@epa.gov, (703) 308–7076. 

Sodium, Calcium, and Potassium 

Hypochlorites, Case Numbers 

0029, 5076.

EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0004 

and EPA–HQ–OPP–2014– 

0157.

Jessica Bailey, bailey.jessica@epa.gov, (703) 347–0148. 

Spinetoram, Case Number 7448 EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0666 ..... Roy Johnson, johnson.roy@epa.gov, (703) 347–0492. 

Spinosad, Case Number 7421 .... EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0667 ..... Maria Piansay, piansay.maria@epa.gov, (703) 308–8063. 

The registration review docket for a 

pesticide includes earlier documents 

related to the registration review case. 

For example, the review opened with a 

Preliminary Work Plan, for public 

comment. A Final Work Plan was 

placed in the docket following public 

comment on the Preliminary Work Plan. 

The documents in the dockets 

describe EPA’s rationales for conducting 

additional risk assessments for the 

registration review of the pesticides 

included in the table in Unit II, as well 

as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings 

and consideration of possible risk 

mitigation measures. These proposed 

interim registration review decisions are 

supported by the rationales included in 

those documents. 

Following public comment, the 

Agency will issue interim or final 

registration review decisions for the 

pesticides listed in the table in Unit II. 

The registration review program is 

being conducted under congressionally 

mandated time frames, and EPA 

recognizes the need both to make timely 

decisions and to involve the public. 

Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

(7 U.S.C. 136a(g)) required EPA to 

establish by regulation procedures for 

reviewing pesticide registrations, 

originally with a goal of reviewing each 

pesticide’s registration every 15 years to 

ensure that a pesticide continues to 

meet the FIFRA standard for 

registration. The Agency’s final rule to 

implement this program was issued in 

August 2006 and became effective in 

October 2006, and appears at 40 CFR 

part 155, subpart C. The Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act of 2003 

(PRIA) was amended and extended in 

September 2007. FIFRA, as amended by 

PRIA in 2007, requires EPA to complete 

registration review decisions by October 

1, 2022, for all pesticides registered as 

of October 1, 2007. 

The registration review final rule at 40 

CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum 

60-day public comment period on all 

proposed interim registration review 

decisions. This comment period is 

intended to provide an opportunity for 

public input and a mechanism for 

initiating any necessary amendments to 

the proposed interim decision. All 

comments should be submitted using 

the methods in ADDRESSES, and must be 

received by EPA on or before the closing 

date. These comments will become part 

of the docket for the pesticides included 

in the table in Unit II. Comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not 

required to consider these late 

comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and may provide a ‘‘Response to 

Comments Memorandum’’ in the 

docket. The interim registration review 

decision will explain the effect that any 

comments had on the interim decision 

and provide the Agency’s response to 

significant comments. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http://

www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

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

Dated: August 22, 2017. 

Charles Smith, 

Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242; EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2016–0226; FRL–9965–80] 

Pesticides; Final Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Two Pesticide 

Registration Notices Related to 

Resistance Management 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is announcing the availability of 

two final Pesticide Registration Notices 

(PRNs) entitled, ‘‘Guidance for Pesticide 

Registrants on Pesticide Resistance 

Management Labeling’’ and ‘‘Guidance 

for Herbicide Resistance Management 

Labeling, Education, Training, and 

Stewardship.’’ The Agency signed these 

final PRNs, identified as 2017–1 and 

2017–2 respectively, on August 24, 

2017. PRNs are issued by the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform 

pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registrationrelated decisions, and to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. PRN 2017–1, which 

updates PRN 2001–5, provides guidance 

for registrants to follow when 

developing resistance management 

information to include on their 

pesticide labels. PRN 2017–2 

communicates the Agency’s current 

thinking and approach to address 

herbicide-resistant weeds by providing 

guidance on labeling, education, 

training, and stewardship for herbicides 

undergoing registration review or 

registration (i.e., new herbicide active 

ingredients, new uses proposed for use 

on herbicide-resistant crops, or other 

case-specific registration actions). The 

Agency requested comment on both of