[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15563-15564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7354]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 5178-2]


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 April 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, please refer to EPA ICR #0277.10.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

    Title: Application for New or Amended Registration. (ICR No: 
0277.10; OMB No: 2070-0060). This ICR requests renewal of an existing 
clearance.
    Abstract: EPA is responsible under section 3 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for registering 
pesticide products on the basis of scientific data adequate to show 
that, when used according to label directions, they will not pose 
unreasonable risk to human health, wildlife, or the environment--
including endangered species.
    Burden statement: The public burden is broken into 6 components: 
The first is reporting the activities required in the registration of a 
new, never-before-registered chemical; there are approximately 200 
respondents in this component and they average 80 burden hours each. 
The second component involves about 15,000 registrants who are required 
to report on previously registered or ``me-too'' pesticides; these are 
less information-intensive and require an average of 8 hours per 
response. The third component is comprised of applicants for ``reduced-
risk'' new active ingredients; it involves fewer than 20 applicants at 
160 hours each. The fourth component involves a quarter hour each for 
approximately 36,000 training sessions in the Training Verification 
Program, which is part of the Worker Protection Standard.
    The fifth component includes the respondent burden associated with 
the [[Page 15564]] labeling requirements for termiticide and 
flammability. We estimate that there will be approximately 300 
respondents spending an average of 5 hours to meet these requirements.
    The sixth component is the generic burden associated with future 
policy changes. Over the period of clearance we expect to modify 
reporting requirements to better serve the needs of the applicants; we 
have provided 50,000 hours for this contingency.
    Respondents: Respondents includes applicants for: (1) pesticide 
registrations for new never-before-registered chemicals, (2) ``reduced-
risk'' new active ingredients, and (3) monitoring and reporting on 
labeling activities. Respondents also include trainers (organizations 
and individuals) for monitoring and reporting on the Training 
Verification Program.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 38,000.
Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 1.4.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 199,000 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, (please refer to EPA ICR #0277.10 and OMB #2070-0060) to:

Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #0277.10, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Information Policy Branch--2136, 401 M Street SW., Washington, D.C. 
20460

      and

Tim Hunt, OMB #2070-0060, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
D.C. 20503.

    Dated: March 20, 1995.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 95-7354 Filed 3-23-95; 8:45 am]
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