Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2017 / Proposed Rules 47423 

FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 

346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a 

pesticide petition (PP 5F8408) by OAT 

AGRIO Company requesting that 40 CFR 

part 180 be amended by establishing 

tolerances on various agricultural 

commodities for residues of the 

fungicide, flutianil. That petition (PP 

5F8408) has since been amended to also 

request an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance for indirect 

or inadvertent residues of all food 

commodities for which the EPA does 

not have established tolerances. 

Additionally, several revisions were 

made to both the commodity 

terminology and the tolerance level for 

certain commodities. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. 

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Michael Goodis, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22115 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 711 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0597; FRL–9968–94; 

RIN 2070–AK31] 

Chemical Data Reporting; 

Requirements for Inorganic Byproduct 

Chemical Substances; Notice of Public 

Meeting; Cancellation and Public Input 

Opportunity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Rulemaking committee meeting; 

Cancellation of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: EPA published a document in 

the Federal Register of August 18, 2017 

(82 FR 39402) concerning meetings of 

the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

(Committee). This document cancels the 

meeting scheduled for October 25–26, 

2017. The Committee decided at the 

September 13–14, 2017, meeting that it 

could not reach consensus, has 

concluded its discussions, and that the 

fourth meeting, scheduled for October 

25–26, 2017, is not needed. Though the 

Committee has concluded its 

discussions, EPA is providing an 

opportunity for the public to offer input 

about approaches that would reduce 

burden associated with the reporting of 

inorganic byproducts while maintaining 

the Agency’s ability to receive the 

information it needs to understand 

exposure. The docket established for the 

negotiated rulemaking public meetings 

will be open to receive public input for 

60 days following publication of this 

document. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0597, 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: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 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: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the cancellation 

of this meeting may contact Jonah 

Richmond, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), Conflict Prevention and 

Resolution Center, Office of General 

Counsel, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0210; email address: 

Richmond.jonah@epa.gov. General 

information about the Committee, as 

well as any updates concerning the 

information included in this document, 

may be found at https://www.epa.gov/ 

chemical-data-reporting/negotiatedrulemaking-committee-chemical-datareporting-requirements. 

For technical information contact: 

Susan Sharkey, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8789; 

email address: sharkey.susan@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you manufacture 

(including manufacture as a byproduct 

chemical substance and including 

import) chemical substances listed on 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) Inventory. The following list of 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes are 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this action may 

apply to them: 

1. Chemical manufacturers and 

importers (NAICS codes 325 and 

324110; e.g., chemical manufacturing 

and processing and petroleum 

refineries). 

2. Chemical users and processors who 

may manufacture a byproduct chemical 

substance (NAICS codes 22, 322, 331, 

and 3344; e.g., utilities, paper 

manufacturing, primary metal 

manufacturing, and semiconductor and 

other electronic component 

manufacturing). 

If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Request for Input. Though the 

Committee has concluded its 

discussions and will not reconvene, 

EPA encourages public input on ways to 

decrease the burden associated with the 

reporting of inorganic byproducts while 

maintaining the Agency’s ability to 

receive the information it needs to 

understand exposure. EPA is opening 

for 60 days the docket identified in this 

document to receive this public input. 

2. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http://

www.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 

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 

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C. 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–OPPT–2016–0597, is available 

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

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. 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 OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. Background 

EPA is giving notice that the Agency 

is cancelling the remaining scheduled 

meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking 

Committee, and no further meetings are 

planned. The objective of this 

Committee was to negotiate toward 

consensus on proposed regulatory 

language limiting chemical data 

reporting requirements, under TSCA 

section 8(a), for manufacturers of any 

inorganic byproduct chemical 

substances when such byproduct 

chemical substances are subsequently 

recycled, reused, or reprocessed. This 

meeting is cancelled because the 

Committee determined that it was not 

able to reach consensus on regulatory 

approaches and has concluded its 

discussions. This Negotiated 

Rulemaking process was required by 

TSCA section 8(a)(6), as amended by the 

Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for 

the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act). 

This Committee was a statutory 

advisory committee under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2 § 9(a)(1). In accordance with section 

9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. I § 9(c), EPA 

prepared a charter for the establishment 

of the Negotiated Rulemaking 

Committee. Copies of the Committee’s 

charter were filed with the appropriate 

congressional committees and the 

Library of Congress. The Committee met 

on June 8 and 9, 2017 (82 FR 25790) 

(FRL–9961–92); August 16 and 17, 2017 

(82 FR 25790); and September 13 and 

14, 2017 (82 FR 39402) (FRL–9965–96). 

The Committee’s charter and those 

meetings’ agendas and materials are 

available in the docket supporting this 

activity (EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0597) 

and online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

chemical-data-reporting/negotiatedrulemaking-committee-chemical-datareporting-requirements. 

The Committee, established on June 5, 

2017, had an objective to negotiate a 

proposed rule that would limit chemical 

data reporting requirements under 

section 8(a) of TSCA, as amended by the 

Lautenberg Act, for manufacturers of 

any inorganic byproduct chemical 

substances when such byproduct 

chemical substances are subsequently 

recycled, reused, or reprocessed. The 

purpose of the Committee was to 

conduct discussions in a good faith 

attempt to reach consensus on proposed 

regulatory language. This negotiation 

process was required by section 8(a)(6) 

of TSCA. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: October 4, 2017. 

Nancy B. Beck, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 229 

[Docket No. 170303230–7924–01] 

RIN 0648–BG72 

List of Fisheries for 2018 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes its 

proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 

2018, as required by the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The 

LOF for 2018 reflects new information 

on interactions between commercial 

fisheries and marine mammals. NMFS 

must classify each commercial fishery 

on the LOF into one of three categories 

under the MMPA based upon the level 

of mortality and serious injury of marine 

mammals that occurs incidental to each 

fishery. The classification of a fishery on 

the LOF determines whether 

participants in that fishery are subject to 

certain provisions of the MMPA, such as 

registration, observer coverage, and take 

reduction plan (TRP) requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2017–0031, by either of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. 

1. Go to www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017- 

0031, 

2. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields. 

3. Enter or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter N/ 

A in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristy Long, Office of Protected 

Resources, 301–427–8402; Allison 

Rosner, Greater Atlantic Region, 978– 

281–9328; Jessica Powell, Southeast 

Region, 727–824–5312; Dan Lawson, 

West Coast Region, 562–980–3209; 

Suzie Teerlink, Alaska Region, 907– 

586–7240; Kevin Brindock, Pacific 

Islands Region, 808–725–5146. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the 

hearing impaired may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Eastern time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

What is the List of Fisheries? 

Section 118 of the MMPA requires 

NMFS to place all U.S. commercial 

fisheries into one of three categories 

based on the level of incidental 

mortality and serious injury of marine 

mammals occurring in each fishery (16 

U.S.C. 1387(c)(1)). The classification of 

a fishery on the LOF determines 

whether participants in that fishery may 

be required to comply with certain 

provisions of the MMPA, such as 

registration, observer coverage, and take 


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