[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55072-55073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22493]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0923; FRL-8719-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Data Call-In Program;
EPA ICR No. 2288.01, OMB Control No. 2070--New
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 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 and
consolidate three existing approved Information Collection Requests
(ICRs). The consolidation ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
These ICRs are scheduled to expire on 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 October 24,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2007-0923, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by mail Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
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: Cameo Gianne Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-305-5454; fax number: 703-308-5884; e-mail
address: [email protected].
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 16, 2008 (73 FR 2907), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment and has
addressed the comment received in the supporting statement. A copy of
the public comment is part of the docket for this action. 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-OPP-2007-0923, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory
Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Pesticide Data Call-In Program.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2288.01, OMB Control No. 2070-new.
ICR Status: This ICR consolidates and renews the information
collection activities described in the following currently approved
ICRs, which are each scheduled to expire on September 30, 2008: ``Data
Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review Programs'' (EPA
ICR No. 0922.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0057); ``Data Generation for
Pesticide Reregistration'' (EPA ICR No. 1504.05, OMB Control No. 2070-
0107); and ``Data Acquisition for Anticipated Residue and Percent of
Crop Treated'' (EPA ICR No. 1911.02, OMB Control No. 2070-0164). 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, 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: Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), every pesticide product must be registered with EPA. An
applicant for registration must supply data to demonstrate that the
pesticide product will not cause ``unreasonable adverse effects'' on
humans or to the environment. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), EPA must determine, from data supplied by the
applicant or registrant, that the level of pesticide residues in food
and feed will be safe for human consumption, defined as ``a reasonable
certainty that no harm'' will result from exposures to pesticide
residues. Although data is provided with the initial applications, the
Agency issues Data Call-Ins (DCIs) when it has determined that more
information is necessary to make the necessary decision pursuant to the
mandates in FIFRA and FFDCA.
The programs represented in this proposed ICR renewal and
consolidation share a common statutory authority, section 3(c)(2)(B) of
FIFRA, which authorizes EPA to require pesticide registrants to
generate and submit data to the Agency, when such data are needed to
maintain an existing registration of a pesticide. EPA's determination
that additional data are needed can occur for various reasons, with the
following four reasons being the most common:
(1) Reregistration program. Section 4 of FIFRA requires EPA to re-
assess the health and safety data for all pesticide active ingredients
registered before November 1, 1984, to ``reregister'' them, i.e.,
determine whether these ``older'' pesticides meet the criteria for
registration that would be expected of a pesticide being registered
today for the
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first time. FIFRA section 4 directs EPA to use FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B)
authority to obtain the required data. While most Reregistration
Eligibility Decisions are expected to be completed by 2008, the Agency
may still need to issue DCIs after FY 2008 to close out the program.
(2) Registration review program. Section 3(g) of FIFRA contains
provisions to help achieve the goal of reviewing each pesticide every
15 years to assure that the pesticide continues to pose no risk of
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. FIFRA
section 3(g) instructs EPA to use the FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B)
authority to obtain the required data.
(3) Special review program. Though rare, EPA may conduct a Special
Review if EPA believes that a pesticide poses risks of unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the environment. Section 3(c)(2)(B)
of FIFRA provides a means of obtaining any needed data.
(4) Anticipated residue/percent crop treated information. Under
section 408 of FFDCA, before a pesticide may be used on food or feed
crops, the Agency must establish a tolerance for the pesticide residues
on that crop or established an exemption from the requirement to have a
tolerance. Section 408(b)(2)(E) and (F) of FFDCA authorize the use of
anticipated or actual residue (ARs) data and percent crop treated (PCT)
data to establish, modify, maintain, or revoke a tolerance for a
pesticide. The FFDCA requires that if AR data are used, data must be
reviewed five years after a tolerance is initially established. If PCT
data are used, the FFDCA affords EPA the discretion to obtain
additional data if any or all of several conditions are met.
The Agency issues DCIs when it has determined that more information
is necessary to make decision about pesticides pursuant to the mandates
in FIFRA and FFDCA. Agency decisions requiring additional data are
based on the data requirements set forth in 40 CFR parts 150 through
180, with the majority of the data requirements captured in 40 CFR part
158.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range form 59
to 13,636 hours per response, depending on the review program and type
of DCI issued. 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: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include pesticide registrants, which may be identified by the
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 32532,
pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing.
Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
Estimated No. of Potential Respondents: 1,643.
Estimated No. of Total Annual Responses: 184.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 262,301 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $12,506,726.
Changes in the Estimates: The total estimated burden for this
consolidated renewal ICR is 262,301 hours, which reflects a net
decrease of 106,030 hours per year for this consolidated renewal ICR
over the combined burden estimates for the currently approved ICRs. The
primary cause of this reduction is the fact that EPA's Reregistration
program is ending and that the Agency thus expects to issue fewer
reregistration DCIs. The decreased burden associated with the reduction
in the number of reregistration DCIs that will be issued is somewhat
offset by an expected burden increase related to increase in the number
of registration review DCIs that will be issued. These changes are
adjustments. The Agency is also including a new category of DCIs for
enforcement and unanticipated incidents. Although EPA expects that the
issuance of this type of DCI will be rare, the related burdens
represent a program change. The Supporting Statement includes detailed
analyses of these revised estimates.
Dated: September 15, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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