[Federal Register: July 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0053; FRL-7940-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration
Application, Notification and Report for Pesticide Producing
Establishments (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0160.08, OMB Control Number
2070-0078
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2005.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 19,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0053, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance (2225A) , Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
202-564-4146; fax number: 202-564-0085; e-mail address:
howie.stephen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On January 26, 2005 (70 FR 3700), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments
received.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2004-0053, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927. 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. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper,
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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.
Title: Pesticide Registration Application, Notification and Report
for Pesticide Producing Establishments (Renewal).
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must
collect information on pesticide-producing establishments in order to
meet the statutory requirements of Section 7 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA requires
producers of pesticide products, active ingredients, and devices to
register their establishments with EPA and to submit an initial report,
and thereafter, annually report on the types and amounts of products
produced. The purpose of this notice is to request renewal of the
collection process and reporting processes for the Application for
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8),
the Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments
(EPA Form 3540-8A), and the Pesticides Report for Pesticide-Producing
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16).
Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments
information, collected on EPA Form 3540-8, is a one-time requirement
for all pesticide-producing establishments. The reporting of pesticide
production information collected on the Pesticides Report for
Pesticide-Producing Establishments, EPA Form 3540-16, is required
within 30 days of receipt of the Notification of Registration of
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A); and then
annually thereafter, on or before March 1. The information is entered
and stored in EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(OECA)/Office of Compliance (OC) Section Seven Tracking System (SSTS),
a computerized data processing and record-keeping system.
The Office of Compliance/OECA collects the establishment and
pesticide production information for compliance oversight and risk
assessment. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide
enforcement and compliance staffs, OECA, and the Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP) within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances (OPPTS), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), other Federal agencies,
States under Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public.
An 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 OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
hours per response. 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. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 13,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,800.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,240,961, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a increase of 841 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment in the
estimates of the number of respondents.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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