[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0558; FRL-8504-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for
Producers of Pesticides Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPA ICR No. 0143.10, OMB
Control No. 2070-0028
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 11,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2007-0558, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Mail Code:
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
by mail to: 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 CONTACT: Robin Nogle, Office of Compliance/
Agriculture Division, Mail Code: 2225A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564-4154; fax number: (202) 564-0085; e-mail address:
nogle.robin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 20, 2007 (72 FR 46462), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0558, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket is 202-566-0226.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides Under
Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0143.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0028.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Producers of pesticides must maintain certain records
with respect to their operations and make such records available for
inspection and copying as specified in section 8 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and in regulations
at 40 CFR Part 169. This information collection is mandatory under
FIFRA section 8. It is used by the Agency to determine compliance with
the Act. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide enforcement
and compliance staffs, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (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), and 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2
hours per response. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Producers of pesticides for sale or
distribution in the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,400.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 26,800.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,227,976. There are no annualized
capital or O&M costs associated with this ICR since all equipment
associated with this ICR is present as part of ordinary business
practices.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 893 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is an adjustment due to a change in
the number of respondents since the last ICR.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-24095 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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