[Federal Register: December 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 240)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2003-0003; FRL-7599-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for
Certified Applicators Using 1080 Collars for Livestock Protection; EPA
ICR No. 1249.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0074
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31,
2003. 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 January 14,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2003-
0003, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA, Office of Pesticide
Programs, Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Vogel, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506C, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
305-6475; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail address: vogel.nancy@epa.gov.
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 February 19, 2003, (68 FR 8013), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments
received in the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPP-2003-0003, which is available for public viewing at the
Pesticides Docket, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 Jefferson
Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket
telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will
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be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in
the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators Using
1080 Collars for Livestock Protection.
Abstract: This information collection activity will enable EPA to
obtain the information needed to track the use of registered 1080
collars and the record keeping requirements imposed by an
administrative judge in October 1982 and confirmed by the Agency in
1983. This ICR affects the States of Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota,
and Wyoming that monitor the program plus one additional registrant.
Applicators who are certified to apply Livestock Protection Collars
must keep records of: (a) Number of collars purchased; (b) number of
collars placed on livestock; (c) number of collars punctured or
ruptured; (d) apparent cause of puncture or rupture; (e) number of
collars lost or unrecovered; (f) number of collars in use and in
storage; and (g) location and species data on each animal poisoned as
an apparent result of the toxic collar. This ICR pertains to monitoring
activities associated with collar use and to the preparation and
submission of an annual monitoring report to EPA that are over and
above requirements that are either conditions of registration or
obligations associated with the handling and regulation of any
restricted use pesticide product.
Applicators maintain records, and the registrants/lead agencies do
monitoring studies and submit the reports. These records are monitored
by either the State lead agencies or registrants. EPA receives annual
monitoring reports from registrants or State lead agencies.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about
40 hours per certified applicator, 77 hours per State, and 9 hours per
registrant. 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: Pesticide applicators using 1080
collars for livestock protection; three state agencies; one pesticide
registrant.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40
Frequency of Response: Annual
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,753
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $30,460.
Changes in the Estimates: The total annual respondent burden is
decreased by 1,600 hours. This change reflects a burden adjustment and
is explained in the ICR.
Dated: December 4, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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