[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4656-4657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1657]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0281; FRL-9258-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Plant-Incorporated Protectants;
CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting; EPA ICR No. 1693.07,
OMB Control No. 2070-0142
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 February 25,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2010-0281, to (1) EPA online
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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: 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On May 5, 2010, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (75 FR
24690) pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment, which is
addressed in the ICR. 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-2010-0281, 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. This docket facility is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for this docket is 703-305-5805.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, to 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: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and
Reporting Risk/Benefit Information.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1693.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0142.
ICR Status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2011. Under OMB regulations at 5 CFR
1320.12(b)(2), the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is 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: This ICR addresses the two information collection
requirements described in regulations pertaining to pesticidal
substances that are produced by plants (plant-incorporated protectants
(PIPs)) and which are codified in 40 CFR part 174. A PIP is defined as
``the pesticidal substance that is intended to be produced and used in
a living plant and the genetic material necessary for the production of
such a substance.'' Many, but not all, PIPs are exempt from
registration requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Registrants sometimes include in a submission
to EPA for registration of a PIP information that they claim to be
confidential business information (CBI). CBI is protected by FIFRA and
generally cannot be released to the public unless authorized after
following the procedures in 40 CFR part 2. Under 40 CFR part 174,
whenever a registrant claims that information submitted to EPA in
support of a registration application for PIPs contains CBI, the
registrant must substantiate such claims when they are made. In
addition, manufacturers of PIPs that are otherwise exempted from the
requirements of registration must report risk benefit information of
the PIP to the Agency. Such reporting will allow the Agency to
determine whether further action is needed to prevent unreasonable
adverse effects to public health and the environment. Submission of
this information is mandatory and supplied on occasion.
Burden Statement: The annual respondent burden for the collection
of information associated with the substantiation at the time of
submission for CBI claims related to a PIP registration application is
estimated to average 21.5 hours per submission, and the annual
respondent burden for the collection of information associated with the
reporting of adverse effects for exempted PIPs is estimated to average
7 hours per submission. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). The
following is a summary of the burden and cost information for this ICR:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Producers and importers of PIPs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 389.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $26,875.00.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 86 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is an adjustment resulting from an
increase in the estimated number of PIPs applications. EPA expects that
the level of activity will continue.
Dated: January 20, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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