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Proposed Agreement may be obtained 

from Andrew S. Goldman (3RC41), 

Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

Comments should reference the ‘‘New 

Jersey Fireworks Superfund Site, 

Proposed Settlement Agreement’’ and 

‘‘EPA CERCLA Docket No. CERC–03– 

2017–0138CR,’’ and should be 

forwarded to Andrew S. Goldman at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew S. Goldman (3RC41), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 

Phone: (215) 814–2487; 

Goldman.andrew@epa.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

Karen Melvin, 

Director, Hazardous Site Cleanup Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20313 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0180; FRL–9967–59] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting for the 

Clarification of Charge Questions on 

PBPK 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a three-hour 

meeting of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) 

to review and consider the scope and 

clarity of the draft charge questions for 

the October 24–27, 2017 SAP Meeting 

on physiologically-based 

pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to 

address pharmacokinetic differences 

between and within species. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 2, 2017, from approximately 2 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (EST). This is an open 

public meeting that will be conducted 

via webcast using Adobe Connect and 

telephone. Registration is required to 

attend this meeting. Please visit: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sap to register. 

Comments. Written comments on the 

scope and clarity of the draft charge 

questions should be submitted by noon 

on September 27, 2017. FIFRA SAP may 

not be able to fully consider written 

comments submitted after noon on 

September 27, 2017. Requests to make 

oral comments at the meeting should be 

submitted on or before noon on 

September 27, 2017 by registering at 

http://www.epa.gov/sap. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION or contact 

the Designated Federal Official (DFO) 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Webcast. This meeting will be 

webcast only. Please refer to the FIFRA 

SAP Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sap 

for information on how to access the 

webcast. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to allow 

EPA time to process your request. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting: This meeting will 

be webcast only. Please refer to the 

following Web site to register and for 

information on how to access the 

webcast: http://www.epa.gov/sap. 

Comments. Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0180, 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. 

Requests for special accommodations. 

Submit requests for special 

accommodations to the DFO listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Marquea D. King, DFO, Office of 

Science Coordination and Policy 

(7201M), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: 202–564–3626; email address: 

king.marquea@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and 

FIFRA. 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 CBI 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. If your 

comments contain any information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected, please contact the DFO listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT to obtain special instructions 

before submitting your comments. 

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 may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

it is imperative that you identify docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0180 in 

the subject line on the first page of your 

request. 

1. Written comments. Written 

comments should be submitted, using 

the instructions in ADDRESSES and Unit 

I.B., on or before noon on September 27, 

2017, to provide FIFRA SAP the time 

necessary to consider and review the 

written comments. FIFRA SAP may not 

be able to fully consider written 

comments submitted after noon on 

September 27, 2017. 

2. Oral comments. Registration is 

required to attend this meeting. Please 

visit: http://www.epag.gov/sap to 

register. Each individual or group 

wishing to make brief oral comments to 

FIFRA SAP may submit their request by 

registering on or before noon September 

27, 2017. Oral comments before FIFRA 

SAP are limited to approximately 5 

minutes due to the time constraints of 

this webcast. 

II. Background 

A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP Virtual 

Meeting on PBPK Charge Questions 

FIFRA SAP serves as the primary 

scientific peer review mechanism of 

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and 


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1The term ‘‘state’’ is defined in this document as 

defined in CERCLA section 101(27). 

2The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ is defined in this 

document as it is defined in CERCLA section 

101(36). Intertribal consortia, as defined in the 

Federal Register Notice at 67 FR 67181, November 

4, 2002, are also eligible for funding under CERCLA 

section 128(a). 

3Categorical grants are issued by the U.S. 

Congress to fund state and local governments for 

narrowly defined purposes. 

4The Agency may waive any provision of this 

guidance that is not required by statute, regulation, 

Executive Order or overriding Agency policies. 

Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is 

structured to provide scientific advice, 

information and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on pesticides 

and pesticide-related issues as to the 

impact of regulatory actions on health 

and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a 

Federal advisory committee established 

in 1975 pursuant to FIFRA and operates 

in accordance with requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. Appendix). FIFRA SAP is 

composed of a permanent panel 

consisting of seven members who are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator 

from nominees provided by the National 

Institutes of Health and the National 

Science Foundation. The FIFRA SAP is 

assisted in their reviews by ad hoc 

participation from the Science Review 

Board (SRB). As a scientific peer review 

mechanism, FIFRA SAP provides 

comments, evaluations, and 

recommendations to improve the 

effectiveness and quality of analyses 

made by Agency scientists. The FIFRA 

SAP strives to reach consensus 

however, is not required to reach 

consensus in its recommendations to 

the Agency. 

B. Public Meeting 

During the meeting scheduled for 

October 2, 2017, the FIFRA SAP will 

review and consider the Charge 

Questions for the Panel’s October 24–27, 

2017 Meeting on Physiologically Based 

Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling. The 

SAP will receive a short background 

briefing including the EPA’s history and 

current position on the use of PBPK 

modeling. In addition, the panel 

members will have the opportunity to 

comment on the scope and clarity of the 

draft charge questions. Subsequent to 

this meeting, final charge questions will 

be provided for the FIFRA SAP’s 

deliberation on the white papers and 

supplemental information during the inperson meeting to be held on October 

24–27, 2017. 

C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting 

Minutes 

EPA’s background documents, charge 

questions to the FIFRA SAP, and the 

meeting agenda will be available before 

or on September 13, 2017. In addition, 

the Agency may provide additional 

background documents as additional 

materials become available. You may 

obtain electronic copies of most meeting 

documents, including FIFRA SAP 

composition (i.e., members and ad hoc 

members for this meeting) and the 

meeting agenda, at http://

www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA 

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

sap. 

FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting 

minutes approximately 90 calendar days 

after the meeting. The meeting minutes 

will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/sap and may 

be accessed in the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 

301 et seq. 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

Inza Graves, 

Acting, Director, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy. 

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Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 

128(a); Notice of Grant Funding 

Guidance for State and Tribal 

Response Programs for FY2018 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will accept requests, from 

October 15, 2017 through December 15, 

2017, for grants to establish and 

enhance State and Tribal Response 

Programs. This notice provides 

guidance on eligibility for funding, use 

of funding, grant mechanisms and 

process for awarding funding, the 

allocation system for distribution of 

funding, and terms and reporting under 

these grants. EPA has consulted with 

state and tribal officials in developing 

this guidance. 

The primary goal of this funding is to 

ensure that state and tribal response 

programs include, or are taking 

reasonable steps to include, certain 

elements of a response program and 

establishing a public record. Another 

goal is to provide funding for other 

activities that increase the number of 

response actions conducted or overseen 

by a state or tribal response program. 

This funding is not intended to supplant 

current state or tribal funding for their 

response programs. Instead, it is to 

supplement their funding to increase 

their response capacity. 

For fiscal year 2018, EPA will 

consider funding requests up to a 

maximum of $1.0 million per state or 

tribe. Subject to the availability of 

funds, EPA regional personnel will be 

available to provide technical assistance 

to states and tribes as they apply for and 

carry out these grants. 

DATES: This action is applicable as of 

October 15, 2017. EPA expects to make 

non-competitive grant awards to states 

and tribes which apply during fiscal 

year 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Mailing addresses for EPA 

Regional Offices and EPA Headquarters 

can be found at www.epa.gov/ 

brownfields and at the end of this 

Notice. Funding requests may be 

submitted electronically to the EPA 

Regional Offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency 

Management, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, (202) 566–2745 or 

the applicable EPA Regional Office 

listed at the end this Notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

Section 128(a) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA), as amended, authorizes a 

noncompetitive $50 million grant 

program to establish and enhance state 1

and tribal 2 response programs. CERCLA 

section 128(a) response program grants 

are funded with categorical 3 State and 

Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) 

appropriations. Section 128(a) 

cooperative agreements are awarded and 

administered by the EPA regional 

offices. Generally, these response 

programs address the assessment, 

cleanup, and redevelopment of 

brownfields sites and other sites with 

actual or perceived contamination. This 

document provides guidance that will 

enable states and tribes to apply for and 

use Fiscal Year 2018 section 128(a) 

funds.4

The Catalogue of Federal Domestic 

Assistance entry for the section 128(a) 

State and Tribal Response Program 

cooperative agreements is 66.817. This 

grant program is eligible to be included 

in state and tribal Performance 

Partnership Grants under 40 CFR part 

35 Subparts A and B, with the exception 

of funds used to capitalize a revolving 

loan fund for brownfield remediation 


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