[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54337-54338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22187]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0886; FRL-9196-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Submission of Unreasonable
Adverse Effects Information Under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2); EPA ICR No.
1204.11, OMB Control No. 2070-0039
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 7,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0886, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Pesticide Public Regulatory Docket at Potomac Yard,
7502P, 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 G. Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-305-5454; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 24, 2010, EPA sought comments on the renewal ICR,
(75 FR 8336), 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-OPP-2009-0886, which is available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Pesticides Public
Regulatory Docket, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Room S-4400
Arlington, VA, 22202. The Pesticide Public Reading Room is open from 8
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room 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: Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information under
FIFRA Section 6(a)(2).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1204.11, OMB Control No. 2070.0039.
ICR Status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to
expire on October 31, 2010. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this
submission is
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pending at OMB. This ICR is for an ongoing information collection
activity. 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 Final Rule
and in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9
or by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection
instrument or form, if applicable.
Abstract: Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), requires pesticide registrants to submit
information to the Agency which may be relevant to the balancing of the
risks and benefits of a pesticide product. The statute requires the
registrant to submit any factual information that it acquires regarding
adverse effects associated with its pesticidal products, and it is up
to the Agency to determine whether or not that factual information
constitutes an unreasonable adverse effect. In order to limit the
amount of less meaningful information that might be submitted to the
Agency, the EPA has limited the scope of factual information that the
registrant must submit. The agency's regulations at 40 CFR part 159
provide a detailed description of the reporting obligations of
registrants under FIFRA section 6(a)(2).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about
117 hours per respondent. 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: Pesticide Registrants.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1733.
Frequency of Response: As necessary.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 203,236.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,793,027.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 35,920 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This adjustment reflects the increase of the
number of registrants of active products (1,733 versus 1,720) and an
increase in the estimated burden to account for additional employees
being trained.
Dated: August 27, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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