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Subject: Federal Register - Presidential Task Force 

Presidential Task Force - Pollinators' listening sessions announced.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0806; FRL-9918-77]
Pollinator Health Task Force; Notice of
Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: As part of the U.S.
Government's efforts to promote the
health of honey bees and other
pollinators, the Pollinator Health Task
Force (the Task Force) is soliciting
stakeholder input on best management
practices including pesticide risk
mitigation, public-private partnerships,
research, education opportunities,
pollinator habitat improvements, and
other actions that the Task Force should
consider in developing a Federal
strategy to reverse pollinator losses and
help restore populations to healthy
levels. EPA and the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) will
host two listening sessions in order to
solicit stakeholder input to the Federal
strategy.
DATES: Meetings: The meetings will be
held on November 12, 2014, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m., eastern standard time, and
November 17, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m., eastern standard time.
Comments: Written comments must
be received on or before close of
business November 24, 2014.
Request for accommodations: To
request accommodation of a disability,
please contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT,
preferably at least 10 days prior to themeeting, to give EPA and USDA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
ADDRESSES: Meetings: The November 12,
2014 meeting will be held at EPA, 1
Potomac Yard South, 2777 Crystal Dr.,
Arlington, VA, in the lobby-level
Conference Center. Individuals
attending the November 12, 2014
meeting must bring appropriate
identification with them to the meeting.
Identification requirements are available
at: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/
csb*page/updates/2014/new-id.html.
The November 17, 2014 meeting will
be held at USDA, 4700 River Rd.,
Riverdale, MD 20737.
Webinar: Stakeholders will be able to
participate in the listening sessions via
webinar. Instructions for webinar
participation will be made available at
http://www2.epa.gov/pollinatorprotection
prior to the first listening
session.
Comments: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0806, by
one of the following methods:
* Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov<http://www.regulations.gov>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
* Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
* Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at http://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html<http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html>.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Nevola, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-8037; email address:
nevola.joseph at epa.gov<mailto:nevola.joseph at epa.gov>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of particular
interest to persons who work in
agricultural settings or persons who are
concerned about pollinator health. You
may be potentially affected by this
action if you belong to any of the
following entities: Agricultural workers
and farmers; pesticide industry and
trade associations; beekeepers;
environmental, consumer, and farm
worker groups; State, local, and tribal
governments; academia; public health
organizations; conservation
organizations; and the public.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD-ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD-ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
II. Background
The Task Force was created by
President Barack Obama to develop a
Federal strategy to promote the health of
honey bees and other pollinators. Cochaired
by the USDA and the EPA, the
Task Force includes membership from
the Department of State, the Department
of Defense, the Department of the
Interior, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the Department of
Transportation, the Department of
Energy, the Department of Education,
the Council on Environmental Quality,
the Domestic Policy Council, the
General Services Administration, the
National Science Foundation, the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the Delta Regional Authority,
the Smithsonian, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
the National Security Council staff, the
Office of Management and Budget, the
Office of Science and Technology
Policy. The National Pollinator Health
Strategy (the strategy) will include
explicit goals, milestones, and metrics
to measure progress. The strategy will
include the following components:
1. A pollinator research action plan.
2. A public education plan.
3. Public-private partnerships.
Another critical piece of the strategy
will focus on increasing and improving
pollinator habitat. For additional
information regarding the strategy,
please see: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
the-press-office/2014/06/20/
presidential-memorandum-creatingfederal-
strategy-promote-healthhoney-
b.
The Task Force is particularly
interested in hearing about
opportunities for public-private
partnerships to augment actions on
research, education, and habitat
expansion and improvement. To this
end, and with emphasis on actions of
substantial potential impact or
amenability to scaling, the Task Force
welcomes information on existing
partnerships and opportunities for new
partnerships, accompanied, where
possible, with implementation details
and recommendations.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: October 28, 2014.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-26096 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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