Carbaryl and Methomyl Registration Review; Draft Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluations; Extension of Comment Period

• Citation: 85 FR 23352
• Record Number: 2020-08877
• Published date: 27 April 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 23352-23353]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-08877]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                [EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0090; FRL-10008-47]
                Carbaryl and Methomyl 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 March 17, 2020,
                opening a 60-day comment period on the draft nationwide biological
                evaluations (BEs) for the registration review of the pesticides
                carbaryl and methomyl 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 May 18, 2020 to
                July 2, 2020.
                DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
                HQ-OPP-2020-0090, must be received on or before July 2, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in
                the Federal Register document of March 17, 2020 (85 FR 15168) (FRL-
                10006-38).
                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:
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
                period established in the Federal Register document of March 17, 2020
                (85 FR 15168) (FRL-10006-38), which opened a 60-day public comment
                period for the draft nationwide biological evaluations (BEs) for the
                registration review of the pesticides carbaryl and methomyl 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 carbaryl and methomyl BEs was negotiated as part of
                a partial settlement agreement pursuant to a joint 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 is hereby extending the public comment period, which was
                set to end on May 18, 2020 to July 2, 2020.
                 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 draft BEs are complex and highly
                technical; (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 BEs; (4) the importance of soliciting feedback from
                stakeholders who may be affected; (5) the stakeholders' need for
                additional time to review and develop constructive comments for these
                complex and lengthy Bes; and (6) the carbaryl and methomyl BEs are the
                first ones where EPA applied the Revised Method, which was updated to
                reflect input from public comments and released in March along with the
                draft carbaryl and methomyl BEs.
                 To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the
                detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register
                document of March 17, 2020. If you have questions, consult the person
                listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
                 Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
                 Dated: April 22, 2020.
                Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
                Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
                Prevention.
                [FR Doc. 2020-08877 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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