Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0585-0051
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Glyphosate Registration Review; Draft Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluations
Posted Date: 2021-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4067-4068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00862]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0585; FRL-10018-47]

Glyphosate 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 27, 
2020, opening a 60-day comment period on the draft nationwide 
biological evaluations for the registration review of the pesticide 
glyphosate 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 26, 2021 
to March 12, 2021.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2020-0585 must be received on or before March 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of November 27, 2020 (85 FR 76071) (FRL-
10017-03).

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 27, 
2020 (85 FR 76071) (FRL-10017-03), which opened a 60-day public comment 
period for the draft nationwide biological evaluations for the 
registration review of the pesticide glyphosate 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 BEs was negotiated as part of 
a partial settlement agreement pursuant to a joint stipulation filed on 
October 18, 2019 and entered by the

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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 that settlement 
that it would also include the herbicides propazine and glyphosate in 
this group of effects determinations. The Agency has completed a 
comprehensive, nationwide draft BE for the use of glyphosate relative 
to the potential effects on listed species and their designated 
critical habitats.
    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 this BE document. This document 
extends the comment period for 45 days, from January 26, 2021 to March 
12, 2021.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 
document of November 27, 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 16, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-00862 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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