[Federal Register: September 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 182)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0259; FRL-8717-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Registration of
Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-
8) and Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16); EPA ICR No. 0160.09, OMB Control No.
2070-0078
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 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 20,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
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OECA-2008-0259 by one of the following methods:
(1) www.regulations.gov (follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments);
(2) By e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov;
(3) Fax: (202) 566-1511;
(4) Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC), Mail
code: 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
(5) Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center
(ECDIC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket Center's normal hours of operation,
and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Nogle, Office of Compliance,
Agriculture Division (2225A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-4154; fax number: (202) 564-0085; e-mail address:
nogle.robin@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 14, 2008 (73 FR 20042), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0259, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 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 202-566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing and
Device-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8) and Pesticide Report
for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments (EPA Form
3540-16).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0160.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0078.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) section 7(a) requires that any person who produces pesticides
or pesticide devices subject to the Act must register with the
Administrator of EPA the establishment in which the pesticide or the
device is produced. This section further requires that application for
registration of any establishment shall include the name and address of
the establishment and of the producer who operates such an
establishment. EPA Form 3540-8, Application for Registration of
Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to
collect the establishment registration information required by this
section.
FIFRA section 7(c) requires that any producer operating an
establishment registered under section 7 report to the Administrator
within 30 days after it is registered, and annually thereafter by March
1st for certain pesticide/device production and sales/distribution
information. The producers must report which types and amounts of
pesticides, active ingredients, or devices are currently being
produced, were produced during the past year, and sold or distributed
in the past year. The supporting regulations at 40 CFR part 167 provide
the requirements and time schedules for submitting production
information. EPA Form 3540-16, Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing
and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the pesticide
production information required by section 7(c) of FIFRA.
Establishment registration information, collected on EPA Form 3540-
8, is a one-time requirement for all pesticide-producing and device-
producing establishments. Pesticide and device production information,
reported on EPA Form 3540-16, is required to be submitted within 30
days after the company is notified of their pesticide-producing or
device-producing establishment number, and annually thereafter on or
before March 1st.
Burden Statement
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average about 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
which have subsequently changed; 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: 13,250.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,250.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,158.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,415,159. There are no annualized
capital or O&M costs associated with
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this ICR since all equipment associated with this ICR is present as
part of ordinary business practices.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 358 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: September 12, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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