Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0199-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Kansas State Plan for Certification of Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Notice of Approval
Posted Date: 2003-06-23T04:00Z

36984
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
119
/
Friday,
June
20,
2003
/
Notices
transport
of
contaminants
from
the
spent
ore
and
its
drain
down
solutions,
including
metals
uptake
through
the
food
chain,
and
more
detailed
information
on
the
proposed
closure
process;
existing
water
quality;
impacts
to
air
quality,
including
mercury
emissions;
and
mitigation
and
monitoring
measures.

Final
EISs
ERP
No.
F
 
AFS
 
F65035
 
WI,
Cayuga
Project
Area,
Various
Resource
Management
Projects,
Implementation,
Chequamegon­
Nicolet
National
Forest,
Great
Divide
Ranger
District,
Ashland
County,
WI.
Summary:
EPA
has
no
objections
to
the
FEIS
since
design
features
will
avoid
and
reduce
potential
impacts,
and
the
project
is
consistent
with
the
Forest
Management
Plan.
ERP
No.
F
 
AFS
 
J65373
 
MT,
Canyon
Lake
Dam
and
Wyant
Lake
Dam
Project,
Access
to
their
Facilities
with
Prescribe
Terms
and
Conditions,
Authorization,
Canyon
Creek
Irrigation
District
(
CCID),
Bitterroot
National
Forest,
Selway
Bitterroot
Wilderness,
Ravalli
County,
MT.
Summary:
EPA
expressed
environmental
concerns
about
potential
sedimentation
and
wetlands
impacts
that
may
occur
during
dam
breaching
and
repair
work,
and
noted
the
need
for
completed
permits
and
authorizations
prior
to
construction.
ERP
No.
F
 
FHW
 
E40787
 
AL,
Memphis
to
Atlanta
Corridor
Study,
Alabama
State
Line
to
I
 
65,
Funding
and
U.
S.
Army
COE
Section
404
Permit
Issuance,
Colbert,
Franklin,
Lauderdale,
Lawrence,
Limestone
and
Morgan
Counties,
AL.
Summary:
EPA
continues
to
have
environmental
concerns
regarding
the
preferred
alternative,
specially
related
to
protect
impacts
associated
with
wetlands
and
aquatic
resources,
storm
water,
noise,
relocations,
and
other
natural
habitat
impacts.
EPA
recommends
that
commitments
for
wetland
and
aquatic
resource
mitigation
be
included
in
the
ROD
and
mitigation
for
noise
and
relocation
impacts
should
be
considered
further.
ERP
No.
F
 
FHW
 
E40793
 
00,
Appalachian
Corridor
I
 
66
Highway
Construction,
US
23/
119
south
of
Pikeville,
KY
eastward
to
the
King
Coal
Highway
southeast
of
Matewan,
Funding
and
U.
S.
Army
COE
Section
404
Permit
Issuance,
Pike
County,
KY
and
Mingo
County,
WV.
Summary:
EPA
continues
to
have
environmental
concerns
with
the
proposed
project.
Specifically,
EPA
recommends
that
avoidance
and/
or
mitigation
of
wetlands
and
stream
impacts
should
be
monitored
and
addressed
as
the
project
progresses.
Furthermore,
EPA
recommends
that
impacts
to
ecosystems
from
the
conversion
of
woodlands
should
be
monitored
and
addressed
as
necessary.
ERP
No.
F
 
NPS
 
E65061
 
FL,
Biscayne
National
Park
General
Management
Plan
Amendment,
Evaluation
of
the
Effects
of
Several
Alternatives
for
a
Long­
Term
Management
Plan,
Stillsville,
Biscayne
National
Park,
Homestead,
Miami­
Dade
County,
FL.
Summary:
EPA
fully
supports
National
Park
Service's
two
leasing
alternatives
of
the
Stillsville
structures
with
appropriate
waste
water
and
trash
management.
ERP
No.
F
 
NPS
 
J61022
 
MT,
Glacier
National
Park
 
Going­
to­
Sun
Road
Rehabilitation
Plan
to
Protect
and
Preserve
a
National
Historic
Landmark,
Waterton­
Glacier
International
Peace
Park,
The
World's
First
International
Peace
Park,
A
World
Heritage
Site,
MT.
Summary:
EPA
did
not
identify
any
potential
environmental
impacts
requiring
substantive
changes
to
the
proposal
and
expressed
lack
of
objections.
ERP
No.
F
 
SFW
 
E91013
 
FL,
Proposed
Rulemaking
for:
The
Incidental
Take
of
Small
Numbers
of
Florida
Manatees
(
Trichechus
manatus
latirostris)
Resulting
from
Government
Programs
Related
to
Watercraft
Access
and
Watercraft
Operation
in
the
State
of
Florida,
FL.
Summary:
EPA
supports
the
U.
S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service's
Preferred
Alternative
that
proposes
legislation
allowing
unintentional
taking
of
small
numbers
of
Florida
manatees
in
three
regional
populations.
ERP
No.
FA
 
FHW
 
J40030
 
UT,
US
 
189,
Wildwood
to
Heber
Valley,
between
the
junctions
with
UT
 
92
and
US
 
40,
Funding,
Utah
and
Wasatch
Counties,
UT.
Summary:
No
formal
comment
letter
was
sent
to
the
preparing
agency.
ERP
No.
F
 
FHW
 
B50013
 
RI,
Sakonnet
River
Bridge
Rehabilitation
or
Replacement
Project,
Portsmouth
&
Tiverton,
Newport
County,
RI.
Summary:
EPA
has
no
significant
objections
to
the
preferred
alternative.

Dated:
June
17,
2003.

Joseph
C.
Montgomery,

Director,
NEPA
Compliance
Division,
Office
of
Federal
Activities.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
15672
Filed
6
 
19
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0199;
FRL
 
7312
 
4]

Kansas
State
Plan
for
Certification
of
Applicators
of
Restricted
Use
Pesticides;
Notice
of
Approval
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
the
Federal
Register
of
April
15,
2003
(
68
FR
0073)
(
FRL
 
7299
 
2),
EPA
issued
a
notice
of
intent
to
approve
an
amended
Kansas
Plan
for
the
certification
of
applicators
of
restricted
use
pesticides.
In
the
notice
EPA
solicited
comments
from
the
public
on
the
proposed
action
to
approve
the
amended
Kansas
Plan.
The
amended
Certification
Plan
Kansas
submitted
to
EPA
contained
programmatic
changes
to
its
current
Certification
Plan.
The
proposed
amendments
establish
new
requirements
for
the
recertification
of
pesticide
applicators.
No
comments
were
received
and
EPA
hereby
approves
the
amended
Kansas
Plan.
ADDRESSES:
The
amended
Kansas
Certification
Plan
can
be
reviewed
at
the
locations
listed
under
Unit
I.
B.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
John
Tice,
Water,
Wetlands,
and
Pesticides
Division,
WWPD/
PEST,
100
Centennial
Mall
N.,
Room
289,
Lincoln,
NE
68508;
telephone
number:
(
402)
437
 
5080;
email
address:
Tice.
john@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may,
however,
be
of
interest
to
those
involved
in
agriculture
and
anyone
involved
with
the
distribution
and
application
of
pesticides
for
agricultural
purposes.
Others
involved
with
pesticides
in
a
non­
agricultural
setting
may
also
be
affected.
In
addition,
it
may
be
of
interest
to
others,
such
as,
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
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.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

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Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
119
/
Friday,
June
20,
2003
/
Notices
B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0199
which
references
the
original
documents
in
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0078.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
In
addition
to
the
sources
listed
in
this
unit,
you
may
obtain
copies
of
the
amended
Kansas
Certification
Plan,
other
related
documents,
or
additional
information
by
contacting:
1.
John
Tice
at
the
address
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.
2.
Jeanne
Fox,
Kansas
Department
of
Agriculture,
109
SW
9th
St.,
Third
Floor,
Topeka,
KS
66612;
telephone
number:
(
785)
296
 
2265;
e­
mail
address:
jfox@
kda.
state.
ks.
us.
3.
Jeanne
Heying,
Field
and
External
Affairs
Division
(
7506C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308
 
3240;
e­
mail
address:
heying.
jeanne@
epa.
gov.

II.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?
EPA
is
approving
the
amended
Kansas
Certification
Plan.
This
approval
is
based
upon
the
EPA
review
of
the
Kansas
Plan
and
finding
it
in
compliance
with
FIFRA
and
40
CFR
part
171.
Further,
there
were
no
public
comments
submitted
to
the
earlier
Federal
Register
notice
soliciting
comments.
The
amended
Kansas
Certification
Plan
is
therefore
approved.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Education,
Pests
and
pesticides.

Dated:
June
11,
2003.
James
B.
Gulliford,
Regional
Administrator,
Region
VII.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
15670
Filed
6
 
19
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7515
 
8]

Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
(
Fourth
External
Review
Draft)

AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
a
draft
for
public
review
and
comment.

SUMMARY:
On
or
about
June
30,
2003,
the
National
Center
for
Environmental
Assessment
(
NCEA),
within
EPA's
Office
of
Research
and
Development,
will
make
available
for
public
review
and
comment
a
fourth
external
review
draft
of
a
revised
EPA
document,
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter.
Under
sections
108
and
109
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
the
purpose
of
the
revised
document
is
to
provide
an
assessment
of
the
latest
scientific
information
on
the
effects
of
airborne
particulate
matter
(
PM)
on
the
public
health
and
welfare,
for
use
in
EPA's
current
review
of
the
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards
(
NAAQS)
for
PM.
DATES:
Comments
on
the
draft
document
must
be
submitted
in
writing
no
later
than
August
31,
2003.
Send
the
written
comments
to
the
Project
Manager
for
Particulate
Matter,
National
Center
for
Environmental
Assessment­
RTP
(
B243
 
01),
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Research
Triangle
Park,
NC
27711.
ADDRESSES:
A
copy
of
the
EPA
document,
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
(
Fourth
External
Review
Draft),
consisting
of
two
volumes,
will
be
available
on
CD
ROM
from
NCEA
 
RTP.
Contact
Ms.
Diane
Ray
by
phone
(
919
 
541
 
3637),
fax
(
919
 
541
 
1818),
or
email
(
ray.
diane@
epa.
gov)
to
request
the
document.
Please
provide
the
document's
title,
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
(
Fourth
External
Review
Draft),
and
the
EPA
numbers
for
each
of
the
two
volumes
(
EPA/
600/
P
 
99/
002aD
and
EPA/
600/
P
 
99/
002bD),
as
well
as
your
name
and
address,
to
facilitate
processing
of
your
request.
Internet
users
will
be
able
to
download
a
copy
from
the
NCEA
Web
site
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ncea.
Hard
copies
of
the
draft
document
can
also
be
made
available
upon
request
to
Ms.
Ray.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Dr.
Robert
Elias,
National
Center
for
Environmental
Assessment­
RTP
(
B243
 
01),
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Research
Triangle
Park,
NC
27711;
telephone:
919
 
541
 
4167;
fax:
919
 
541
 
1818;
e­
mail:
elias.
robert@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
is
in
the
process
of
updating,
and
revising
where
appropriate,
the
document
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
as
issued
in
1996.
Sections
108
and
109
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
require
that
EPA
carry
out
a
periodic
review
and
revision,
where
appropriate,
of
the
air
quality
criteria
and
the
NAAQS
for
``
criteria''
air
pollutants
such
as
PM.
Details
of
EPA's
plans
for
the
review
of
the
NAAQS
for
PM
were
initially
announced
in
a
previous
Federal
Register
notice
(
62
FR
55201,
October
23,
1997).
EPA
made
a
First
External
Review
Draft
of
the
updated
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
available
in
1999
for
review
by
members
of
the
public
and
the
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
(
CASAC)
(
64
FR
57884,
October
27,
1999).
Following
that
public
review
and
a
meeting
of
the
CASAC
in
December
1999
(
64
FR
61875,
November
15,
1999),
EPA
revised
the
document
in
response
to
CASAC
and
public
comments,
as
well
as
to
reflect
additional
new
studies
on
PM
effects
that
were
not
available
in
time
for
the
First
External
Review
Draft.
In
April
2001,
EPA
made
a
Second
External
Review
Draft
of
Air
Quality
Criteria
for
Particulate
Matter
available
for
public
and
CASAC
review
(
66
FR
18929,
April
12,
2001).
Following
that
public
review
and
a
second
CASAC
meeting
in
July
2001
(
66
FR
34924,
July
2,
2001),
EPA
again
revised
the
document
in
response
to
CASAC
and
public
comments
and
to
reflect
more
new
PM
studies
that
had
become
available.

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