[Federal Register: September 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 184)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities; EPA ICR No. 1204.08;
Submission to OMB; Additional Opportunity to Comment
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 the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Submission of
Unreasonable Effects Information Under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) (EPA No.
1204.08; OMB No. 2070-0039). The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection activity and its
expected burden and costs. The Federal Register document required under
5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information
was published on March 8, 2000 (65 FR. 12227). EPA did not receive any
comments on this ICR during the comment period.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 23,
2000.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing the proper ICR numbers, to:
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; and a copy of your
comments 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: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on 202-
260-2740, by e-mail: farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or by mail at the address
below. You may also access the ICR at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm.
Refer to EPA ICR No. 1204.08 or OMB Control No. 2070-0039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information Under
FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) (EPA ICR No. 1204.08, OMB No. 2070-0039).
Request: This is a request to extend an existing approved
collection, currently scheduled to expire on September 30, 2000. Under
5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while the submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: This ICR covers the requirements under section 6(a)(2) of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for
pesticide registrants to submit information to the Agency which may be
relevant to the balancing of the risks and benefits of a pesticide
product. On September 19, 1997 the Agency published final regulations
in the Federal Register (62 FR 49370) that provided a detailed
description of the reporting obligations of registrants under FIFRA
section 6(a)(2). The regulations became effective on the deferred date
of August 17, 1998 (63 FR 41192). There are no forms associated with
this collection.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information that is subject to approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's information
collections appear on the collection instruments (i.e., form or
instructions), in the Federal Register notices for related rulemakings
and ICR notices, and, if the collection is contained in a regulation,
in a table of OMB approval numbers in 40 CFR part 9.
Burden Statement: The total annual public burden for this
collection of information is estimated to be 166,266 hours. Under the
PRA, ``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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the information
collection activity and the corresponding burden estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here.
Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide Registrants, identified by
the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code as
325320 (Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing).
Estimated total annual number of potential responses: 260.
Frequency of response: As necessary, when applicable information is
available to respondent.
Estimated total number of responses for each respondent: 1 to 3.
Estimated total annual burden: 166,266 hours.
Estimated total annual non-labor costs: $0.
Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total burden
associated with this ICR has increased 45,504 hours, from 120,762 hours
in the previous ICR to 166,266 hours for this ICR. This change reflects
several adjustments to the ICR calculations which are described in
detail in the ICR.
According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has
submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any comments related
to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 30 days of this
notice, as described above.
Dated: September 15, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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