[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29990-29991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14589]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6105-9]
Pesticides; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0596.06 to OMB; Agency
Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) entitled: Application and Summary Report for an Emergency
Exemption for Pesticides, [EPA ICR No. 0596.06, OMB No. 2070-0032] has
been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval pursuant to the OMB procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR
which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated cost and burden.
The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing
approval for this ICR, which is scheduled to expire on May 31, 1998
(However, an expiration date extension request through August 31, 1998
is pending OMB approval). A Federal Register notice announcing the
Agency's intent to seek OMB approval for this ICR and a 60-day public
comment opportunity, requesting comments on the request and the
contents of the ICR, was issued on March 4,1998 (63 FR 10606). EPA did
not receive any comments on this ICR during the comment period.
Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 2, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA (202) 260-2740,
and refer to EPA ICR No 0596.06 and OMB Control No. 2070-0032, to the
following address:
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0596.06 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0032, to the following addresses:
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory
Information Division (Mail Code: 2137), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington,
DC 20460
And to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved
information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0596.06; OMB Control No. 2070-0032.
Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on May 31,
1998 (However, an expiration date extension request through August 31,
1998 is pending OMB approval).
Title: Application and Summary Report for an Emergency Exemption
for Pesticides.
Abstract: Under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act, the EPA may temporarily authorize states,
territories, and Federal agencies to ship and use unregistered
pesticides in emergency situations. To ensure that an emergency
situation actually exists, and that use of the pesticide will not pose
an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment, the EPA
requires exemption applicants to explain the circumstances
necessitating the emergency use and to provide details on the pesticide
and its proposed application. Following the application of the
pesticide, applicants must submit a report to the EPA describing the
pesticide treatment, and its effectiveness as well as any adverse
effects.
Burden Statement: The information covered by this request is
collected when an emergency situation becomes apparent and only upon
receipt of an emergency exemption application. Small businesses are not
eligible to apply to this program. The public burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 103 hours per
response for reporting and 2 hours per record keeper annually. This
estimate includes the initial request for an emergency exemption and
the time needed to complete and submit the summary report after the
pesticide application. It also includes 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. No person is 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
displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are states, territories and Federal agencies.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 422.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 43,466 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is an increase of 12,978 hours
in the total estimated respondent burden as compared with that
identified in the
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information collection request most recently approved by OMB, from
30,488 hours currently to an estimated 43,466 hours. At the time of the
last clearance of this ICR in May 1995, EPA estimated the burden for
respondents to be 30,488 hours annually, an increase of 12,978 hours
from the burden total in the OMB inventory at the time. The increase in
burden reflects the increase in the number of petitions requesting a
FIFRA section 18 exemption. Based on currently available information,
this change represents an increase in annual respondents from 296 to
422.
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
document, as described above.
Dated: May 27, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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