[Federal Register: February 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 2001.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Mail Code 2225A, OECA/OC/AD, Washington, DC 20460. A copy
of this ICR may be obtained from Stephen Howie, tel: (202) 564-4146; e-
mail: howie.stephen@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, tel: (202) 564-4146;
FAX: (202) 564-0085; e-mail: howie.stephen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which produce pesticides.
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides under
section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as
amended (FIFRA). ICR Number 0143.07. OMB Control Number 2070-0028.
Expires 8/31/01.
Abstract: Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) states that the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency may prescribe regulations requiring
producers, registrants and applicants for registration to maintain such
records with respect to their operations and the
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effective enforcement of this Act as the Administrator determines are
necessary for the effective enforcement of FIFRA and to make such
records available for inspection and copying as specified in the
statute. The regulations at 40 CFR part 169 (Books and Records of
Pesticide Production and Distribution) specify the following records
that producers must keep and the disposition of those records:
Production data for pesticides, devices, or active ingredients
(including pesticides produced pursuant to an experimental use permit);
receipt by the producer of pesticides, devices, or active ingredients
used in producing pesticides; delivery, moving, or holding of
pesticides; inventory; domestic advertising for restricted use
pesticides; guarantees; exports; disposal; human testing; and tolerance
petitions. Additionally, section 8 gives the Agency inspectional
authority to monitor the validity of research data (including raw
data), including data developed in accordance with Good Laboratory
Practice Standards, and used to support pesticide registration. The EPA
or States/Indian Tribes operating under Cooperative Enforcement
Agreements make use of the records required by section 8 through
periodically inspecting them to help determine FIFRA compliance of
those subject to the provisions of the Act. In addition, producers
themselves make use of such records in order to comply with reporting
requirements under FIFRA section 7 and 40 CFR 167.85. (Those reporting
requirements, concerning the types and amounts of pesticides produced
annually at each producing site, are addressed in the ICR entitled
``Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments,'' OMB Docket
Number 2000-0029.)
Since most of the records required to be maintained are likely to
be collected and maintained in the course of good business practice,
the records are generally stored on site at either the establishment
producing the pesticide or at the place of business of the person
holding the registration. However, the registrant may decide to
transfer records relating to disposal of pesticides and human testing
to EPA for storage because of a twenty year retention requirement for
the records. 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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden: The average annual burden to the industry over the next
three years is estimated to be 2 person hours per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 12,336.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,336.
Frequency of Responses: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,672.
There are no capital/startup costs or operating and maintenance
(O&M) costs associated with this ICR since all equipment associated
with this ICR is present as part of ordinary business practices.
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.
Dated: January 22, 2001.
Richard Colbert,
Director, Agriculture Division, Office of Compliance, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
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