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conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (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. The following list of North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes is not intended 

to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 

guide to help readers determine whether 

this document applies to them. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include: 

• Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and 

Hunting NAICS code 11 

• Utilities NAICS code 22 

• Professional, Scientific and Technical 

NAICS code 54 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West 

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. Background 

On a biannual interval, an 

Environmental Modeling Public 

Meeting is held for presentation and 

discussion of current issues related to 

modeling pesticide fate, transport, and 

exposure for risk assessment in a 

regulatory context. Meeting dates and 

abstract requests are announced through 

the ‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list 

server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_

forums/. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Do not submit any information 

in your request that is considered 

Confidential Business Information (CBI). 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received 

on or before October 20, 2017. 

IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting 

Assessing Exposure and Risk to 

Pollinators and Plants: The 2017 Fall 

EMPM will provide a forum for 

presentations on methods for assessing 

pesticide exposure and risk to 

pollinators and plants. Potential 

pollinator topics include novel risk 

assessment approaches and advances in 

model development. In regard to 

terrestrial and wetland plants, potential 

topics include the status of the EPA’s 

new exposure model and investigations 

of variability inherent in seedling 

emergence and vegetative vigor toxicity 

studies. Updates on ongoing topics will 

also be provided, e.g., synergy, fumigant 

guidance, seed exposure modeling for 

terrestrial vertebrates, the Spatial 

Aquatic Model (SAM), and methods for 

interpreting pesticide surface water 

monitoring data. 

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

Dated: October 2, 2017. 

Marietta Echeverria, 

Director, Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21784 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2005–0023; FRL—9968–27– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Clean 

Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed 

Programs (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Clean Water 

Act Section 404 State-Assumed 

Programs’’ (EPA ICR No. 0220.13, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0168) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension, which is currently 

approved through November 30, 2017. 

Public comments on the ICR renewal 

were requested via the Federal Register 

(82 FR 30861) published on July 3, 

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 November 9, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2005–0023, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email ow-docket@

epa.gov, 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: 

Kathy Hurld, Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans, and Watersheds, Wetlands 

Division (4502T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–1269; fax 

number: 202–566–1349; email address: 

hurld.kathy@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 about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Section 404(g) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) authorizes states and 

tribes to assume the section 404 permit 

program for discharges of dredged or fill 

material into certain Waters of the U.S. 

This ICR covers the collection of 

information EPA needs to perform its 

program approval and oversight 

responsibilities and the state/tribe needs 

to implement its program. 

To request to assume the CWA section 

404 permit program, states/tribes must 

demonstrate that they meet the statutory 

and regulatory requirements (40 CFR 

233) for an approvable program. 

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must be submitted by the state/tribe to 

EPA to request assumption and must be 

sufficient to enable EPA to undertake a 

thorough analysis of the state/tribal 

program. Once the required information 

and documents are submitted and EPA 

has a complete assumption request 

package, the statutory time clock for 

EPA’s decision to either approve or 

disapprove the state/tribe’s assumption 

request starts. The information 

contained in the assumption request 

submission is provided to the Army 

Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and U.S. National 

Marine Fisheries Service and to the 

public for review and comment. 

States/tribes with assumed programs 

must be able to issue permits that assure 

compliance with all applicable statutory 

and regulatory requirements, including 

the 404(b)(1) Guidelines. Sufficient 

information must be provided in the 

application so that states/tribes and 

federal agencies reviewing the permit 

can evaluate, avoid, minimize and 

compensate for any anticipated impacts 

resulting from the proposed project. 

EPA’s assumption regulations establish 

required elements that must be included 

in the state/tribe’s permit application, so 

that sufficient information is available 

to make a thorough analysis of 

anticipated impacts. (40 CFR 233.30). 

These minimum information 

requirements generally reflect the 

information that must be submitted 

when applying for a section 404 permit 

from the Army Corps of Engineers. 

EPA has an oversight role for assumed 

404 permitting programs to ensure that 

state/tribal programs comply with 

applicable requirements and that state/ 

tribal permit decisions adequately 

consider, avoid, minimize and 

compensate for anticipated impacts. 

States/tribes must evaluate their 

programs annually and submit the 

results in a report to EPA. EPA’s 

assumption regulations establish 

minimum requirements for the annual 

report (40 CFR 233.52). 

The information included in the state/ 

tribe’s assumption request and the 

information included in a permit 

application is made available for public 

review and comment. The information 

included in the annual report to EPA is 

made available to the public. EPA does 

not make any assurances of 

confidentiality for this information. 

(CWA section 404(h); CWA section 

404(j); 40 CFR 230.10, 233.20, 233.21, 

233.34, and 233.50; and 33 CFR 325) 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: States/ 

tribes requesting assumption of the 

CWA section 404 permit program; 

states/tribes with approved assumed 

programs; and permit applicants in 

states/tribes with assumed programs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit (40 

CFR 233). 

Estimated number of respondents: 2 

states/tribes requesting program 

assumption; 11,900 permit applications; 

and 4 states/tribes that will submit an 

annual report. 

Frequency of response: Once for 

states/tribes to request assumption; 

annually for states/tribes submitting the 

annual report; and once for permit 

applicants when requesting a permit. 

Total estimated burden: 119,707 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: Costs to states 

for assumed Section 404 permit 

programs will vary widely by state and 

permit, however there are no capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 28,747 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase reflects an increase 

in hours spent reviewing each permit. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice: 2017–6009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Banks of 

the United States (EXIM), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

Agencies to comment on the proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Application for Short Term Letter 

of Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy 

is used to determine the eligibility of the 

applicant and the transaction for EXIM 

assistance under its insurance program. 

EXIM customers are able to submit this 

form on paper or electronically. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 11, 2017 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically on 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail 

to Mardel West, Export-Import Bank of 

the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

collection of information is necessary, 

pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1), to 

determine eligibility of the applicant for 

EXIM assistance. 

The application tool can be reviewed 

at: https://www.exim.gov/sites/default/ 

files/pub/pending/eib92-34.pdf. 

Title and Form Number: EIB 92–34 

Application for Short-Term Letter of 

Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy. 

OMB Number: 3048–0009. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: This form is used by 

a financial institution (or broker acting 

on its behalf) to obtain approval for 

coverage of a short-term letter of credit. 

The information allows the EXIM staff 

to make a determination of the 

eligibility of the applicant and 

transaction for EXIM assistance under 

its programs. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S. 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 11. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hr. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11. 

Frequency of Reporting of Use: On 

occasion. 

Government Expenses: 

Reviewing Time per Year: 11 hours. 

Average Wages per Hour: $42.50. 

Average Cost per Year: $468 

(time*wages). 

Benefits and Overhead: 20%. 

Total Government Cost: $561. 

Bassam Doughman, 

IT Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21769 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0944] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 


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