[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20106]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5549-1]
OMB Review of Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal
Request for OMB No. 2070-0052
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 Office of Pesticide Programs,
within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, has
forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled: Compliance
Requirement for the Child-Resistant Packaging (OMB Control No. 2070-
0052; EPA ICR No. 0616.06) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected cost and burden; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument. The
Agency is requesting the renewal of the existing approval, which is
scheduled to expire on October 31, 1996. A Federal Register notice
proposing this submission and providing 60 days for public comment on
the request and the contents of this ICR was issued on May 15, 1996 (61
FR 24486). EPA did not receive any comments during the comment period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 6, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0616.06.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the following addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy Branch (2137), 401
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, with a copy also sent to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 616.06 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0052 in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved
information collection activity.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 616.06 and OMB No. 2070-0052.
Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on October
31, 1996.
Title: Compliance Requirement for the Child-Resistant Packaging
Act.
Abstract: Section 25 (c)(3) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) establishes standards for the packaging of
pesticides or devices to protect children and adults from serious
illness or injury resulting from accidental ingestion or contact with
these pesticides or devices. These standards are designed to be
consistent with those under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act,
administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The
Poison Prevention Packaging Act previously included the packaging of
pesticides, but was amended in 1976 to exclude them and that
responsibility now rests with EPA.
EPA's child-resistant packaging (CRP) regulations reference the
CPSC packaging standards and protocol testing procedures for CRP to
avoid duplicative testing of packages for pesticidal and nonpesticidal
purposes.
To ensure that all pesticide registrants are in compliance with the
revised effectiveness standards and protocol test procedures, by
January 21, 1998 all registrants subject to CRP (unless exempted under
40 CFR 157.24) must submit (1) a new certification and (2) a
description of the type of package used and its designation using the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard D3475-95
``Standard Classification of Child-Resistant Packages''. The ASTM
Standard D3475-95 provides uniform terminology and universal
descriptions of various types of CRPs. The statements ``I certify that
the packaging used for this product meets the standards of 40 CFR
157.32, including the revised effectiveness standards in 16 CFR
1700.15(b), when tested by the revised testing procedures in 16 CFR
1700.20, as published in 60 FR 37710 (July 21, 1995),'' and ``the type
of package is a (describe closure) with (describe method of using
closure), ASTM Type ____ with a (describe bottle),'' will suffice for
this purpose.
After January 21, 1998 CRP certification will usually be conducted
only when a registrant notifies EPA by application of their intention
to either change packaging, enter the residential market, or otherwise
become subject to CRP regulations.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.7
hours per response. This estimate 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; train personnel to
respond to a collection of information; search existing data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information. No person is 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
displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Registrants of household pesticides.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 449 registrants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 763 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Dated: August 1, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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