[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: 
perry.tracy@epa.gov.

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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