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TABLE—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED—Continued 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20327 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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 

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PRNs on June 3, 2016 (81 FR 35766 and 

81 FR 35767). Today’s final PRNs reflect 

consideration of public comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions or information related to PRN 

2017–1, contact Nikhil Mallampalli, 

Biological and Economic Analysis 

Division (7503P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–1924; email address: 

mallampalli.nikhil@epa.gov. 

For questions or information related 

to PRN 2017–2, contact Bill Chism, 

Biological and Economic and Analysis 

Division (7503P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8136; email address: 

chism.bill@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 submit data under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) or 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. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The dockets for PRN 2017–1 and PRN 

2017–2, identified by docket 

identification (ID) numbers EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2016–0242 and EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2016–0226, respectively, are available 

either electronically through http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OPP Docket in the Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), West William Jefferson Clinton 

Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

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 OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. What guidance do these PRNs 

provide? 

A. PRN 2017–1 

PRN 2017–1 (entitled ‘‘Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 

Resistance Management Labeling’’) is 

aimed at improving information on 

pesticide labels to help pesticide users 

minimize and manage pest resistance. 

PRN 2017–1 updates PRN 2001–5 with 

the following categories of changes: (a) 

Provides additional guidance to 

registrants, and a recommended format 

for resistance-management statements or 

information to place on labels; (b) 

includes references to external technical 

resources for guidance on resistance 

management; and (c) updates the 

instructions on how to submit changes 

to existing labels in order to enhance 

resistance-management language. PRN 

2017–1 also discusses what pesticides 

are covered by the PRN. 

PRN 2017–1 addresses end-use 

herbicide, fungicide/bactericide, or 

insecticide/acaricide products that are 

intended for agricultural and certain 

non-cropland areas under commercial 

or government-sponsored pest 

management. The recommendations in 

PRN 2017–1 are for both products that 

are pending registration and currently 

registered products. In particular, the 

PRN applies to all field use agricultural 

pesticide products, as well as pesticides 

which are labeled for greenhouse 

production, sod farms, ornamental 

crops, aquatic vegetation, rights-of-way, 

and pest management along roadways. 

This guidance is not intended to apply 

to products labeled for use by the 

general consumer, such as residential 

use pesticides. 

B. PRN 2017–2 

PRN 2017–2 (entitled ‘‘Guidance for 

Herbicide Resistance Management 

Labeling, Education, Training, and 

Stewardship’’) communicates the 

Agency’s approach to address the 

development of herbicide-resistant 

weeds by providing guidance on 

labeling, education, training, and 

stewardship for herbicides undergoing 

registration review or registration (i.e., 

new herbicide actives, new uses 

proposed for use on herbicide-resistant 

crops, or other case-specific registration 

actions). It is part of a holistic, 

proactive, multi-stakeholder approach 

to slow the development and spread of 

herbicide-resistant weeds, and prolong 

the useful lifespan of herbicides and 

related technology. PRN 2017–2 

articulates a combination of labeling 

and educational activities that are 

intended to slow the progression of 

development of resistant weeds. 

PRN 2017–2 applies to end-use 

herbicide products used in agriculture, 

including commercial turf and sod 

farms, and ornamental production that 

is in the open. It also applies to nonagricultural use sites such as golf 

courses, aquatic vegetation, rights-ofway and vegetation management along 

roadways. This PRN does not apply to 

herbicide products labeled for use by 

the general consumer, such as 

residential use pesticides. Technical 

and manufacturing use products are 

expressly excluded. 

III. What comments did EPA receive on 

these PRNs? 

A. PRN 2017–1 

The Agency received 19 comment 

letters on the PRN 2017–1 from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 

grower groups, professional scientific 

societies, registrants, resistance action 

committees (RACs), and the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). There was general agreement 

among commenters that additional 

resistance management information on 

labels would be useful, especially the 

routine inclusion of a pesticide’s mode 

of action group, which is established by 

the various RACs. A few RACs 

disagreed with some of the suggested 

label statements in the guidance, 

particularly for fungicides and 

insecticides. Some commenters 

expressed concern and confusion about 

whether non-agricultural pesticides are 

covered and whether all of the guidance 

in the PRN is mandatory for registrants 

or pesticide users. The Agency has 

considered the various comments in 

finalizing PRN 2017–1 and developed a 

response to comments document (Ref 

1.), which can be found under docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0242. 

B. PRN 2017–2 

The Agency received 27 comment 

letters on the herbicide resistance 

management PRN 2017–2 from NGOs, 

crop groups, professional societies, 

registrants, RACs, and USDA. Most 

commenters generally agreed that 

pesticide labels should provide 

additional resistance management 

information. Several commenters 

proposed a single category of concern 

for resistance to develop instead of the 

proposed three categories of concern 

(low, moderate, and high) based on the 

potential for weeds to develop herbicide 

resistance with increasing elements for 

resistance management as the level of 

concern increased. Many commenters 

were against having the registrants 

provide additional information to the 

user/grower listing the weeds that are 

resistant to the herbicide(s) in the 

product. Some commenters expressed 

concern on whether non-agricultural 

pesticides are covered. The Agency has 

considered the various comments in 

finalizing PRN 2017–2 and developed a 

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response to comments document (Ref. 

2.), which can be found under docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226. 

IV. Do PRNs contain binding 

requirements? 

The PRNs discussed in this notice are 

intended to provide guidance to EPA 

personnel and pesticide registrants. 

While the requirements in the statutes 

and Agency regulations are binding on 

EPA and the applicants, these PRNs are 

not binding on either EPA or pesticide 

registrants, and EPA may depart from 

these PRNs where circumstances 

warrant and without prior notice. 

Likewise, pesticide registrants may 

assert that the guidance in these PRNs 

is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

V. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this notice. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

USEPA, 2017a. Response to Comments 

Received on PRN 2016–X: Draft Guidance 

for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 

Resistance Management Labeling. 

USEPA, 2017b. Response to Comments 

Received on PRN 2016–XX: Draft Guidance 

for Herbicide Resistance Management 

Labeling, Education, Training, and 

Stewardship. 

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

Dated: August 28, 2017. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20331 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL–9968–04– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; ICR 

Supporting Statement Information 

Collection Request for National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System (NPDES) Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘ICR 

Supporting Statement Information 

Collection Request for National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 0229.23, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0004) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2017. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (82FR29549) on June 

29, 2017 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

A fuller description of the ICR is given 

below, including its estimated burden 

and cost to the public. An agency may 

not conduct or sponsor and a person is 

not required to respond to a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 23, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Weiss, State and Regional Branch, 

Water Permits Division, OWM Mail 

Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0742; fax number: 

(202) 564–9544; email address: 

weiss.kevin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information, visit http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: This ICR estimates the 

burden and costs associated with the 

information collection requirements of 

the NPDES program, identifies the types 

of activities regulated under the NPDES 

program, describes the roles and 

responsibilities of state governments 

and the Agency, and presents the 

program areas that address the various 

types of regulated activities. This 

renewal also incorporates the burden 

and costs for seven more NPDES 

programs, which were previously 

contained in separate ICRs, including: 

Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB 

Control No. 2040–0250; EPA ICR 

Number 1989.09); Pesticide Applicators 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0284; EPA ICR 

Number 2397.02); National Pretreatment 

Program (OMB Control No. 2040–0009; 

EPA ICR Number 0002.15); Cooling 

Water Intake Structures Phase I—New 

Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0241; 

EPA ICR Number 1973.06); Cooling 

Water Intake Structures at Phase III 

Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0268, 

EPA ICR No. 2169.05); Cooling Water 

Intake Structures Existing Facilities 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0257; EPA ICR 

No. 2060.07); and NPDES Electronic 

Reporting Rule (OMB Control No. 2020– 

0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02). 

Permit applications and other 

respondent reports may contain 

confidential business information. If a 

respondent does consider this 

information to be of a confidential 

nature, the respondent may request that 

such information be treated as 

confidential. All confidential data will 

be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 

122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s 

Security Manual part III, chapter 9, 

dated August 9, 1976. 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

industrial point source discharger of 

pollutants, including but not limited to 

publicly owned and privately owned 

treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), 

industrial dischargers to POTWs and 

PrOTWs, sewage sludge management 

and disposal operations, small and large 

vessels, airports with deicing 

operations, dischargers of stormwater, 

construction sites, municipalities, 

pesticide applicators, local and state 

goverments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 

307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 

510 of the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality 

Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section