[Federal Register: February 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 31)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0320; FRL-8529-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application and Summary Report
for an Emergency Exemption for Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 0596.09, OMB
Control No. 2070-0032
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 March 17,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP
2007-0032, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by mail Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency 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: Cameo Gianne Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-305-5454; fax number: 703-308-5884; e-mail
address: smoot.cameo@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 June 4, 2007 (72 FR 30794), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-OPP-2007-0320, which is available
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for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: Application and Summary Report for an Emergency Exemption
for Pesticides.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0596.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0032.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 29, 2008.
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: Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to grant emergency exemptions to states and Federal agencies to
allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time if EPA
determines that emergency conditions exist. A Section 18 action arises
when growers and others encounter a pest problem on a site for which
there is either no registered pesticide available, or for which there
is a registered pesticide that would be effective but is not yet
approved for use on that particular site. Section 18 also allows states
to submit requests to EPA to grant unregistered pesticide use
exemptions for public health and quarantine reasons. Responses to this
collection of information are mandatory.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83
hours per application and 16 hours per summary report. 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: State Agency, U.S. Territory, or
Federal Agency.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 60.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 49,500 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $2,472,770.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no change in the 49,500 hours
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified
in the ICR currently approved by OMB.
Dated: February 7, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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