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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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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