[Federal Register: November 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 227)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2005-0087; FRL-8003-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides, EPA ICR Number 0161.10, OMB
Control Number 2070-0027
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces the submission of an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval and provides an additional public review and
comment opportunity. This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2006. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. The
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 28,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2005-
0087, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Nathanael R. Martin, Field and
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506C,
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.
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 April 20, 2005, (70 FR 20540), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment which is
addressed in the supporting statement.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPP-2005-0087, which is available for viewing online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket
, or in person at the Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs Docket, Rm. 119, Crystal
Mall 2, 1801 S. 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. 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, 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 go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered
Pesticides.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0161.10, OMB Control Number 2070-0027.
Abstract: This information collection program is designed to enable
EPA to provide notice to foreign purchasers of unregistered pesticides
exported from the United States that the pesticide product cannot be
sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires an exporter of any
pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold under FIFRA
section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the foreign purchaser
acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the pesticide is not
registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the United States. A copy
of this statement must be transmitted to an appropriate official of the
government in the importing country. The purpose of the purchaser
acknowledgment statement requirement is to notify the government of the
importing country that a pesticide judged hazardous to human health or
the environment, or for which no such hazard assessment has been made,
will be imported into that country. This information is submitted in
the form of annual or per-shipment statements to
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EPA, which maintains original records and transmits copies thereof to
appropriate government officials of the countries which are importing
the pesticide.
Burden Statement: Under the PRA, ``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 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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized in this notice. The annual public burden for
this ICR is estimated to be 24,700. The following is a summary of the
estimates taken from the ICR:
Respondents/Affected Entities: All exporters of unregistered
pesticides.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Frequency of Response: Annual or per-shipment.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,700.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $2,134,400.
Changes in the Estimates: The total annual respondent burden cost
for this ICR is estimated to be $2,134,400, an increase of $232,000
over the present ICR. This slight increase in respondent burden cost is
due to adjustments in labor rates.
Dated: October 3, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E5-6589 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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