[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19023-19024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10647]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. STD-96-0002]


Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 
CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978), this notice announces the Agricultural 
Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and 
revision to a currently approved information collection in support of 
its regulations, Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators 
of Federally Restricted Use Pesticides (7 CFR Part 110).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Poli, Chief, Pesticide Records 
Branch, Science and Technology Division, AMS, 8700 Centreville Road, 
Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20110, (703) 330-7826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators of 
Federally Restricted Use Pesticides.
    OMB Number: 0581-0164.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 1996.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The regulations, ``Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Certified Applicators of Federally Restricted Use Pesticides,'' require 
certified pesticide applicators to maintain records of federally 
restricted use pesticide applications for a period of 2 years. The 
regulations also provide for access to pesticide records or record 
information by Federal or State officials, or by licensed health care 
professionals when needed to treat an individual who may have been 
exposed to restricted use pesticides, and penalties for enforcement of 
the recordkeeping and access provisions.
    The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 
101-624; 7 U.S.C. 136i-1), referred to as the FACT Act, directs and 
authorizes the Department to develop regulations which establish 
requirements for recordkeeping by all certified applicators of 
federally restricted use pesticides. A certified applicator is an 
individual who is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) or a State under cooperative agreement with EPA to use or 
supervise the use of restricted use pesticides.
    Section 1491 of the FACT Act directs and authorizes the Secretary 
of Agriculture to ensure compliance with regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe, including levying penalties, for failure to comply with 
such regulations.
    Because this is a regulatory program with enforcement 
responsibility, USDA must ensure that certified applicators are 
maintaining restricted use pesticide application records for the 2 year 
period required by the FACT Act. To accomplish this, USDA must collect 
information through personal inspections of certified applicator's 
restricted use pesticide application records.
    The information collected is used only by authorized 
representatives of the USDA (AMS, Science and Technology Division's 
national staff, other designated Federal employees, and designated 
State supervisors and their staffs), which are designated access to the 
record information through section 1491, subsection (b) of the FACT 
Act. The information is used to administer the Federal Pesticide 
Recordkeeping Program. The Agency is the primary user of the 
information, and the secondary user is each designated State agency 
which has a cooperative agreement with AMS.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated as follows:
    (a) Approximately 760,000 certified private applicators 
(recordkeepers) apply restricted use pesticides. It is estimated that 
on an average certified private applicators have a total annual burden 
of .35 hours per recordkeeper.
    (b) There are approximately 384,000 certified commercial 
applicators nationally who are required to provide copies of restricted 
use pesticide application records to their clients. It is estimated 
that certified commercial applicators have a total annual burden of 
1,892,352 hours.
    (c) It is estimated that State agency personnel who work through 
cooperative agreements with AMS, to inspect certified private 
applicator's records have a total annual burden of 9,280 hours.
    Respondents: Certified private and commercial applicators, State 
governments or employees, and Federal agencies or employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,144,064--The total number of 
respondents includes approximately 384,000 certified commercial 
applicators, 760,000 certified private applicators (recordkeepers) and 
designated state agency personnel utilized to inspect certified private 
applicator's records.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The estimated number 
of responses per respondent is as follows:
    (a) It is estimated that certified private applicators 
(recordkeepers), record on an average 5 restricted use pesticide 
application records annually.
    (b) It is estimated that certified commercial applicators provide 
616 copies of restricted use pesticide records to their clients 
annually.
    (c) State agency personnel, who work under cooperative agreements 
with AMS to conduct restricted use pesticide record inspections have 
approximately 4,832 responses annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,171,712 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Bonnie 
Poli, Pesticide Records Branch, at (703) 330-7826.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques, or other forms of information technology. Comments may be 
sent to: Bonnie Poli, Chief, Pesticide Records Branch, Science and 
Technology Division, AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 8700 
Centreville Rd, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20110. All responses to this 
notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. 
All comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
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