[Federal Register: September 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 187)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2004-0110, FRL-7820-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB;
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 1504.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0107; Data
Generation for Pesticide Reregistration
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Data Generation
for Pesticide Reregistration; EPA ICR No. 1504.05; OMB Control No.
2070-0107. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 28,
2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathanael Martin, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 305-6475; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-mail
address: martin.nathanael@epa.gov.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2004-
0110, to: (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7502C, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. The Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
June 2, 2004 (69 FR 31095). EPA received one public comment on this ICR
during the 60-day comment period and has addressed it in the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPP-2004-0110, which is available for public viewing at the Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall
2, 1801 Bell St., 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. An electronic
version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET)
at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then
key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. Please note, EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made
available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and
without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI,
or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute.
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that
is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket
.
ICR Title: Data Generation for Pesticide Reregistration.
ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004.
EPA is asking OMB to approve this ICR for three years. Under 5 CFR
1320.12(b)(2), the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while the submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: This information collection activity enables EPA to
fulfill the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended in 1988, which mandates that EPA
reregister pesticides originally registered before November 1, 1984.
Section 4 of FIFRA, as amended, establishes a process and a schedule
for the development of the information EPA needs (e.g., various
scientific studies related to certain pesticides) to assess whether the
reregistration of a pesticide or pesticide product would cause an
unreasonable adverse effect on human health or the environment.
Pesticide registrants seeking reregistration must generate and report
the required data according to specified time tables.
This information collection will also enable EPA to collect certain
company data about pesticide registrants that may be needed in order to
verify eligibility for certain waivers and exemptions. The information
collection allows EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to obtain
data needed by OPP scientists to assess and characterize pesticide
risks, and for risk managers to determine whether and under what
conditions pesticides may be reregistered and to reassess existing
tolerances as required by Section 408 of the Federal Food Drug and
Cosmetic Act to ensure that they meet the standards established by law.
Data collected may consist of toxicology studies, residue chemistry
studies, fish and wildlife studies, environmental fate studies, or
other data needed to analyze the potential risks associated with
pesticide chemicals and products. This collection also supports the
Agency's reassessment of food tolerances associated with
reregistration. Responses to this information collection activity are
generally required in order to maintain a benefit (i.e., in order to
reregister certain pesticides).
Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is
estimated to average about 596 hours per response to an EPA request for
confirmatory data, 2,560 hours per response for an EPA request for
product-specific data, 596 hours per response for any voluntarily
submitted data considered to be ``low burden'' and 3,587 hours per
response for any voluntarily submitted data considered to be ``high
burden.'' According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, ``burden'' means
the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. For this collection, it is the time reading the
regulations, planning the necessary data collection activities,
conducting tests, analyzing data, generating reports and completing
other required paperwork, and storing, filing, and maintaining the
data. The agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
The following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the
ICR:
Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide and other agricultural
chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325320), e.g., Businesses engaged in the
manufacture of pesticides.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 1,565.
Frequency of response: As needed.
Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 275,063.
Estimated total annual labor costs: $24,529,295.
Changes in the ICR since the last approval: The estimated annual
burden for this ICR has increased by 184,338 hours (from 90,725 hours
to 275,063 hours) related primarily to an increase of the average
number of chemicals for which EPA will annually request certain data
before they may be reregistered. This increase is an adjustment and is
explained in detail in the ICR.
Dated: September 21, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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