[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Application,
Notification and Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) for the Application for Registration of Pesticide-
Producing Establishments, and the Pesticides Report for Pesticide-
Producing Establishments described below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden and cost; and it includes the forms. Also included is the
Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments,
which EPA uses to notify the company of their newly registered
pesticide-producing establishments, and the assignment of their
Establishment Number(s).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 10, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 0160.07 and OMB
Control Number 2070-0078, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and
to the 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 OR A COPY: Contact Susan Auby at EPA by phone
at (202) 566-1672, by email at auby.susan@epa.gov, or download off the
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0160.07.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Pesticide Registration Application, Notification and Report
for Pesticide-Producing Establishments; (OMB Control No. 2070-0078; EPA
ICR No. 0160.07).
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must
collect information on pesticide-producing establishments in order to
meet the statutory requirements of Section 7 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA requires
producers of pesticide products, active ingredients, and devices to
register their establishments with EPA and to submit an initial report,
and thereafter, annually report on the types and amounts of products
produced. The purpose of this notice is to request renewal of the
collection process and reporting processes for the
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Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA
Form 3540-8), the Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A), and the Pesticides Report for
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16).
Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments
information, collected on EPA Form 3540-8, is a one-time requirement
for all pesticide-producing establishments. The reporting of pesticide
production information collected on the Pesticides Report for
Pesticide-Producing Establishments, EPA Form 3540-16, is required
within 30 days of receipt of the Notification of Registration of
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A); and then
annually thereafter, on or before March 1. The information is entered
and stored in EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(OECA)/Office of Compliance (OC) Section Seven Tracking System (SSTS),
a computerized data processing and record-keeping system.
The Office of Compliance/OECA collects the establishment and
pesticide production information for compliance oversight and risk
assessment. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide
enforcement and compliance staffs, OECA, and the Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP) within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances (OPPTS), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), other Federal agencies,
States under Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 11/26/2001
(66 FR 59017), and no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be an average
of 18 minutes for a one time response for the Application for
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8),
and 1 hour and 26 minutes for the annual yearly response for the
Pesticides Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form
3540-16). There is no public burden associated with the Notification of
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A)
because EPA completes this form. 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 burden associated with this ICR is described below:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide producing establishments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,412.
Frequency of Response: One time and yearly.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,959 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0160.07 and OMB Control No. 2070-0078 in any
correspondence.
Dated: May 29, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14486 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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