[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54339-54340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22196]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0887; FRL-9196-9; EPA ICR No. 0616.10; OMB Control No.
2070-0052]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Requirement for Child-
Resistant Packaging
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-
2009-0887, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP), 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: Scott Drewes, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, (7506P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-347-0107; 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 procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010 (75 FR 9594), EPA sought comments
on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-2009-0887, 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. This docket facility is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the OPP Regulatory Public Docket 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
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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: Compliance Requirement for Child-Resistant Packaging.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0616.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0052.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010.
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: This ICR is designed to provide the EPA with assurances
that the packaging of pesticide products sold and distributed to the
general public in the United States meets standards set forth by the
Agency pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Unless a pesticide product qualifies for an exemption, if
the product meets certain criteria regarding toxicity and use, it must
be sold and distributed in child-resistant packaging. Section 25(c)(3)
of FIFRA authorizes EPA to establish standards for packaging of
pesticide products and pesticidal devices to protect children and
adults from serious illness or injury resulting from accidental
ingestion or contact. The law requires that these standards are
designed to be consistent with those under the Poison Prevention
Packaging Act, administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC). Pesticide registrants must certify to the Agency that the
packaging or device meets these standards. EPA reviews a registrant's
child-resistant packaging (CRP) certification to determine if there are
human safety/health risk concerns. Exemption requests are reviewed to
ascertain if there is a health risk, and if CRP is technically
feasible, practicable, and appropriate.
Responses to this collection of information are mandatory under
authority of 40 CFR part 157.34. Although submission of confidential
information is not required as a part of this information collection,
there has been at least one instance where confidential data have been
submitted voluntarily as supporting material for an exemption request
from CRP compliance requirements. When any trade secret or Confidential
Business Information (CBI) is provided to EPA, such information is
protected from disclosure under section 10 of FIFRA. Data submitted to
EPA is handled strictly in accordance with the provisions of the FIFRA
Confidential Business Information Manual.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.2
hours per response. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of this
estimate, which is only briefly summarized here, and is available in
the public docket.
Respondents/Affected Entities: All registrants of pesticide
products meeting the use criteria which trigger Child-Resistant
Packaging (CRP) requirements.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,165.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,893.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $261,237.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,420 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects EPA's expectation of an
increase in the number of responses driven by an influx of CRP
certifications associated with the implementation of the registration
review program. In addition, the exclusive use period for certain
pesticide chemicals is expiring. Registrants with products using these
chemicals will now be required to provide their own CRP test data,
which will have to be reviewed for human safety/health risk concerns.
The total burden hours per response for compliance with the CRP
requirements decreased from 4.94 hours to 4.20 hours. The average
burden estimate for CRP exemptions has increased. However, the
distribution of responses has changed, resulting in a net shift from
more burdensome to less burdensome type responses. This change is an
adjustment.
Dated: August 28, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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