[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13186-13187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6509]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6310-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Application, 
Notification and Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507 
(a)(1)(D)), this document announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) for the Application for Registration of Pesticide-
Producing Establishments, and the Pesticides Report for Pesticide-
Producing Establishments described 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 
burden and cost; and it includes the forms. Also included is the 
Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments, 
which EPA uses to notify the company of their newly registered 
pesticide-producing establishments, and the assignment of their 
Establishment Number(s).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 0160.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Pesticide Registration Application, 
Notification and Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments; (OMB 
Control No. 2070-0078; EPA ICR No. 0160.06).
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must 
collect information on pesticide-producing establishments in order to 
meet the statutory requirements of Section 7 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA requires 
producers of pesticide products, active ingredients, and devices to 
register their establishments with EPA and to submit an initial report, 
and thereafter, annually report on the types and amounts of products 
produced. The purpose of this notice is to request renewal of the 
collection process and reporting processes for the

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Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA 
Form 3540-8), the Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A), and the Pesticides Report for 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16).
    Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments 
information, collected on EPA Form 3540-8, is a one-time requirement 
for all pesticide-producing establishments. The reporting of pesticide 
production information collected on the Pesticides Report for 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments, EPA Form 3540-16, is required 
within 30 days of receipt of the Notification of Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A); and then 
annually thereafter, on or before March 1. The information is entered 
and stored in EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance 
(OECA)/Office of Compliance (OC) Section Seven Tracking System (SSTS), 
a computerized data processing and record-keeping system.
    The Office of Compliance/OECA collects the establishment and 
pesticide production information for compliance oversight and risk 
assessment. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide 
enforcement and compliance staffs, OECA, and the Office of Pesticide 
Programs (OPP) within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances (OPPTS), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), other Federal agencies, 
States under Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public.
    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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 01/05/99 
(64 FR 499), and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be an average 
of 18 minutes for a one time response for the Application for 
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8), 
and 1 hour and 26 minutes for the annual yearly response for the 
Pesticides Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 
3540-16). There is no public burden associated with the Notification of 
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A) 
because EPA completes this form. 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 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 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. The burden associated with this ICR is described below:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide producing establishments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,262.
    Frequency of Response: One time and yearly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,173 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0
    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 EPA ICR No. 0160.06 and OMB Control No. 2070-0078 in any 
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Office of Regulatory Management, Regulatory Information 
Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 8, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6509 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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