Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514-0014
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Atrazine, Simazine, and Propazine Registration Review; Draft Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluations
Posted Date: 2020-12-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86556-86557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28828]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514; FRL-10018-29]

Atrazine, Simazine, and Propazine Registration Review; Draft 
Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluations; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of November 6, 
2020, opening a 60-day comment period on the draft nationwide 
biological evaluations for the registration review of the pesticides 
atrazine, simazine, and propazine relative to the potential effects on 
threatened and endangered species and their designated critical 
habitats. This document extends the comment period for 45 days, from 
January 5, 2021 to February 19, 2021.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2020-0514 must be received on or before February 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of November 6, 2020 (85 FR 71071) (FRL-
10015-77).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Perry, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0128; email address: 
perry.tracy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of November 6, 2020 
(85 FR 71071) (FRL-10015-77), which opened a 60-day public comment 
period for the draft nationwide biological evaluations for the 
registration review of the pesticides atrazine, simazine, and propazine 
relative to the potential effects on threatened and endangered species 
and their designated critical habitats. As noted in that document, the 
schedule for conducting the atrazine and simazine biological 
evaluations was negotiated as part of a partial settlement agreement 
pursuant to a joint

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stipulation filed on October 18, 2019 and entered by the court on 
October 22, 2019, in Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. EPA et 
al. (N.D. Ca) (3:11-cv-00293). EPA stated in this settlement that it 
would also include propazine in this group of effects determinations. 
EPA is hereby extending the public comment period, which was set to end 
on January 5, 2021, to February 19, 2021.
    After considering a number of requests to extend the comment period 
received from various stakeholders, EPA is extending the comment period 
for the following reasons: (1) The length, complexity, and highly 
technical nature of the draft biological evaluations; (2) the need for 
some stakeholders to engage experts familiar with the subject matter to 
assist them with providing comments; (3) the large number of 
stakeholders potentially impacted by the draft biological evaluations; 
(4) the importance of soliciting feedback from stakeholders who may be 
affected; and (5) the stakeholders' need for additional time to review 
and develop constructive comments for these complex and lengthy 
documents.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of November 6, 2020. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    Dated: December 8, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-28828 Filed 12-29-20; 8:45 am]
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