[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3397-3399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1909]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5411-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Pesticides

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 three Information Collection 
Requests (ICRs) described below have been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review to extend the existing OMB 
approval. These three ICRs from the Office of Prevention, Pesticides 
and Toxic Substances, are individually abstracted below: (1) Data Call-
In for Special Review Chemicals (OMB Control No. 2070-0057; EPA ICR No. 
922.05), (2) Export Policy: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement 
of Unregistered Pesticides (OMB Control No. 2070-0027; EPA ICR No. 
161.07), and (3) Notice of Pesticide Registration by States to meet a 
Special Local Need under FIFRA Section 24(c) (OMB Control No. 2070-
0055; EPA ICR No. 595.06). These ICRs describe the nature of the 
information collections and their expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, they include the actual data collection instrument. A 
Federal Register notice proposing this submission and seeking public 
comments on these three ICRs was published on September 29, 1995 (60 FR 
50577). EPA did not receive any comments in response to that notice.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and reference the appropriate EPA ICR number (ICR No. 922.05, ICR 
No. 161.07, or ICR No. 595.06).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    (1) Title: Data Call-In for Special Review Chemicals (OMB Control 
No. 2070-0057; EPA ICR No. 922.05). This is a request for extension of 
a currently approved information collection which expires on March 31, 
1996.
    Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungcide, and Rodenticide Act as 
amended (FIFRA) mandates that EPA register pesticide products. Under 

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FIFRA, EPA may require pesticide registrants to generate and submit 
data to the Agency where such data are needed to assess whether 
registration of an existing pesticide causes an unreasonable adverse 
effect on human health or the environment. Pesticide registrants must 
generate and report the required data.
    The purpose of this information collection activity is for EPA's 
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to obtain data to assess whether 
certain pesticides pose unreasonable adverse effects on human health or 
the environment, and therefore should continue to be registered. Data 
may consist of toxicology studies, fish and wildlife studies, 
environmental fate studies, chemistry studies or other data needed to 
analyze the potential risks and benefits associated with pesticide 
chemicals. EPA gathers much of the additional information needed to 
reassess a chemical by requesting data from the registrant under FIFRA 
sec. 3(c)(2)(B).
    No third party notification or public disclosure burden is 
associated with this collection.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of pesticide 
chemicals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 32.
    Frequency of Response: Once per event.
    Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 920 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 29,440 hours.
    (2) Title: Export Policy: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment 
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides. (OMB Control No. 2070-0027; EPA 
ICR No. 161.07). This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved information collection which expires on March 31, 1996.
    Abstract: Section 17 of FIFRA requires an exporter of any pesticide 
not registered under FIFRA to obtain a signed statement from the 
foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the 
pesticide is not registered for use in the United States and cannot be 
sold in the United States. The purpose of the foreign purchaser 
acknowledgment statement (FPAS) requirement is to ensure that the 
government of the importing country is notified that a pesticide judged 
hazardous to human health or the environment, or for which no such 
hazard assessment has been made, will be imported into that country. 
This information is submitted by the exporter in the form of annual or 
per-shipment statements to the EPA, which maintains original records 
and transmits copies thereof to appropriate government officials of the 
countries which are importing the pesticides.
    EPA is also including in this renewal of the ICR an estimate of the 
burden imposed by export labeling requirements, which meet the 
definition of third party labeling. The labeling requirement may be met 
by supplemental labeling attached to either the product container or 
the shipping container.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Exporters of pesticides.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once per event.
    Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 14.6 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,217 hours.
    (3) Title: Notice of Pesticide Registration by States to Meet a 
Special Local Need (SLN) under FIFRA Section 24(c) (OMB Control No. 
2070-0055; EPA ICR No. 595.06). This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved information collection which expires on April 30, 
1996.
    Abstract: FIFRA Section 24(c) authorizes the States to register 
additional uses of federally registered pesticides for distribution and 
use within the State to meet a special local need. A State-issued 
registration under FIFRA section 24(c) is deemed a federal 
registration, for the purposes of the pesticide's use within the 
State's boundaries. A State must notify EPA, in writing, of any action 
it takes, i.e., issues, amends, or revokes, a state registration. The 
Agency has 90 days to disapprove the registration. In such cases, the 
State is responsible for notifying the affected registrant. EPA 
requires this information to ensure that the States do not issue any 
registrations that might conflict with other requirements in FIFRA, or 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which require that a 
tolerance exist for any pesticide used on a food or feed commodity. The 
States are required by federal regulation to collect from the 
manufacturer, or grower group, adequate information to support the 
section 24(c) application for registration or amendment. Both the State 
and the applicant are required to keep records for as long as the 
registration is active. In this case, the manufacturer, or grower 
group, represents a third party. The information collected from the 
third party is required to obtain a benefit, while that collected from 
the States by EPA is mandatory.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: The States, which are defined to 
include Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam 
and the islands of the Pacific Territory, and American Samoa; 
Manufacturers of pesticide chemicals; and Grower groups.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 550.
    Frequency of Response: Once per event.
    Estimated Annual Burden per Respondent: 70.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38,775 hours.
    Burden Statement: 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 purpose 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; 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. 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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on these collections of information was published on September 
29, 1995 (60 FR 50577). No comments were received.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques, to the following addresses. Please 
refer to the appropriate EPA ICR number or OMB Control Number in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory 
Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460.

    and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20503.


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    Dated: January 25, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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