[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3397-3399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1909]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5411-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Pesticides
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 the three Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) described below have been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review to extend the existing OMB
approval. These three ICRs from the Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances, are individually abstracted below: (1) Data Call-
In for Special Review Chemicals (OMB Control No. 2070-0057; EPA ICR No.
922.05), (2) Export Policy: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement
of Unregistered Pesticides (OMB Control No. 2070-0027; EPA ICR No.
161.07), and (3) Notice of Pesticide Registration by States to meet a
Special Local Need under FIFRA Section 24(c) (OMB Control No. 2070-
0055; EPA ICR No. 595.06). These ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, they include the actual data collection instrument. A
Federal Register notice proposing this submission and seeking public
comments on these three ICRs was published on September 29, 1995 (60 FR
50577). EPA did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 1, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and reference the appropriate EPA ICR number (ICR No. 922.05, ICR
No. 161.07, or ICR No. 595.06).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(1) Title: Data Call-In for Special Review Chemicals (OMB Control
No. 2070-0057; EPA ICR No. 922.05). This is a request for extension of
a currently approved information collection which expires on March 31,
1996.
Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungcide, and Rodenticide Act as
amended (FIFRA) mandates that EPA register pesticide products. Under
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FIFRA, EPA may require pesticide registrants to generate and submit
data to the Agency where such data are needed to assess whether
registration of an existing pesticide causes an unreasonable adverse
effect on human health or the environment. Pesticide registrants must
generate and report the required data.
The purpose of this information collection activity is for EPA's
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to obtain data to assess whether
certain pesticides pose unreasonable adverse effects on human health or
the environment, and therefore should continue to be registered. Data
may consist of toxicology studies, fish and wildlife studies,
environmental fate studies, chemistry studies or other data needed to
analyze the potential risks and benefits associated with pesticide
chemicals. EPA gathers much of the additional information needed to
reassess a chemical by requesting data from the registrant under FIFRA
sec. 3(c)(2)(B).
No third party notification or public disclosure burden is
associated with this collection.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of pesticide
chemicals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 32.
Frequency of Response: Once per event.
Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 920 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 29,440 hours.
(2) Title: Export Policy: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides. (OMB Control No. 2070-0027; EPA
ICR No. 161.07). This is a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection which expires on March 31, 1996.
Abstract: Section 17 of FIFRA requires an exporter of any pesticide
not registered under FIFRA to obtain a signed statement from the
foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the
pesticide is not registered for use in the United States and cannot be
sold in the United States. The purpose of the foreign purchaser
acknowledgment statement (FPAS) requirement is to ensure that the
government of the importing country is notified that a pesticide judged
hazardous to human health or the environment, or for which no such
hazard assessment has been made, will be imported into that country.
This information is submitted by the exporter in the form of annual or
per-shipment statements to the EPA, which maintains original records
and transmits copies thereof to appropriate government officials of the
countries which are importing the pesticides.
EPA is also including in this renewal of the ICR an estimate of the
burden imposed by export labeling requirements, which meet the
definition of third party labeling. The labeling requirement may be met
by supplemental labeling attached to either the product container or
the shipping container.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Exporters of pesticides.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per event.
Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 14.6 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,217 hours.
(3) Title: Notice of Pesticide Registration by States to Meet a
Special Local Need (SLN) under FIFRA Section 24(c) (OMB Control No.
2070-0055; EPA ICR No. 595.06). This is a request for extension of a
currently approved information collection which expires on April 30,
1996.
Abstract: FIFRA Section 24(c) authorizes the States to register
additional uses of federally registered pesticides for distribution and
use within the State to meet a special local need. A State-issued
registration under FIFRA section 24(c) is deemed a federal
registration, for the purposes of the pesticide's use within the
State's boundaries. A State must notify EPA, in writing, of any action
it takes, i.e., issues, amends, or revokes, a state registration. The
Agency has 90 days to disapprove the registration. In such cases, the
State is responsible for notifying the affected registrant. EPA
requires this information to ensure that the States do not issue any
registrations that might conflict with other requirements in FIFRA, or
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which require that a
tolerance exist for any pesticide used on a food or feed commodity. The
States are required by federal regulation to collect from the
manufacturer, or grower group, adequate information to support the
section 24(c) application for registration or amendment. Both the State
and the applicant are required to keep records for as long as the
registration is active. In this case, the manufacturer, or grower
group, represents a third party. The information collected from the
third party is required to obtain a benefit, while that collected from
the States by EPA is mandatory.
Respondents/Affected Entities: The States, which are defined to
include Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam
and the islands of the Pacific Territory, and American Samoa;
Manufacturers of pesticide chemicals; and Grower groups.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 550.
Frequency of Response: Once per event.
Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 70.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38,775 hours.
Burden Statement: 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 purpose 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. 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 these collections of information was published on September
29, 1995 (60 FR 50577). No comments were received.
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 following addresses. Please
refer to the appropriate EPA ICR number or OMB Control Number in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory
Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20460.
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20503.
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Dated: January 25, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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