[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13785]
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[Federal Register: June 7, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4890-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
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 Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted 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 cost and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or to obtain
a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Title: Training Verification Program for Implementation of the
Revised Federal Work Protection Standards. (ICR No: 0277.09; OMB No:
2070-0060). This is a request for the approval of revised burden hours
for requirements under Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The current approval expires on February
28, 1995.
Abstract: On August 21, 1992, EPA issued final regulations revising
its Worker Protection Standards (WPS) for agricultural pesticides (40
CFR part 170 and 40 CFR part 156, subpart K). The revised regulations
strengthen the requirements for the protection of agricultural workers
and pesticide handlers from hazards of pesticides used on farms, on
forests, in nurseries and in greenhouses. The regulations require that
each agricultural worker and pesticide handler be trained in pesticide
safety to reduce the risk of pesticide poisoning and other injuries.
The WPS specified what safety information must be provided to
workers and handlers; the WPS also provides for the issuance of EPA-
approved WPS training certificates upon completion of training. This
certification process allows employers to verify that workers and
handlers have received WPS safety training. However, to relieve
agricultural employers from the responsibilities of retraining migrant
workers and handlers, the EPA offers a Training Verification Program
(TVP) that involves the issuance of training verification cards. The
TVP is optional for states; a state that wants to participate will
submit an agreement form to the EPA and will request the number of
verification cards it needs to implement the program. While this does
not place any additional burden on the states, the TVP does require
trainers to create and maintain records of rosters containing the names
of the trainees. The upward revision in burden hours requested in this
ICR reflects these trainer requirements under the TVP.
The Agency will use the additional information for verification
purposes and to provide a mechanism to standardize the worker pesticide
safety training program across the agricultural industry.
Burden statement: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 10 minutes per respondent to
prepare a roster, and 5 minutes per respondent to file a roster
annually. This estimate includes the time to review instructions and
review the collection of information.
Respondents: Trainers of agricultural workers and pesticide
handlers.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 10,000.
Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24,990 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the
burden to:
Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy
Branch (PM-223Y), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460
and
Matthew Mitchell, Office of Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503.
Dated: June 1, 1994.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 94-13785 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
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