[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12231-12232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5626]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6547-7]


Pesticides; Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) To Ship 
and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only; Submission of EPA 
ICR No. 0276.09 to OMB for Review and Approval; Agency Information 
Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) entitled: Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) 
to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only, (EPA ICR 
No. 0276.09, OMB No. 2070-0040) has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the OMB 
procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
cost and burden. The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years 
the existing approval for this ICR, which was scheduled to expire on 
November 31, 1999, and has been extended until May 31, 2000. A Federal 
Register notice announcing the Agency's intent to seek OMB approval for 
this ICR and a 60-day public comment opportunity, requesting comments 
on the request and the contents of the ICR, was issued on September 15, 
1999 (64 FR 50081). EPA did not receive any comments on this ICR during 
the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, contact Sandy 
Farmer by phone at (202) 260-2740, or via e-mail at 
``[email protected]'', or using the address indicated below. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 0276.09 and OMB Control No. 2070-0040. For 
technical questions about the ICR contact Angela Hofmann at (202) 260-
2922.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to:

Ms Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and to:
     
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

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Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Review Requested: This is a request to renew 
a currently approved information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
    Title: Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and 
Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only.
    Abstract: This information collection program provides the EPA with 
the data necessary to determine whether to issue an experimental use 
permit under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. FIFRA requires that before a 
pesticide product may be distributed or sold in the U.S. it must be 
registered by EPA. However, section 5 authorizes EPA to issue 
experimental use permits which allow pesticide companies to temporarily 
ship pesticide products for experimental use for the purpose of 
gathering data necessary to support the application for registration of 
a pesticide product. In general, EUP's are either issued for a 
pesticide not registered with the Agency or for a registered pesticide 
for a use not registered with the Agency.
    The information collected and reported under an EUP is a summary of 
that which is routinely submitted in connection with registration. The 
EUP allows for large scale field testing, if necessary, in order to 
collect sufficient data to support registration. An EUP is not required 
if the person conducting the tests does not expect to receive benefits 
in pest control.
    EPA Form 8570-17, Application For An Experimental Use Permit To 
Ship And Use A Pesticide For Experimental Purposes Only, is filed by 
the prospective registrant for a permit to generate information or data 
necessary to register a pesticide under section 3 of FIFRA. This 
information from the applicant is necessary in order to grant and 
effectively monitor the EUP. Beyond the information as supplied on EPA 
Form 8570-17, is a final report on the results of the experimental 
program which includes information such as: amount of the product 
applied; the crops or sites treated; any observed adverse effects; any 
adverse weather conditions which may have inhibited the program; the 
goals achieved; and the disposition of containers, unused pesticide 
material, and affected food/feed commodities.
    If the food/feed treated under the terms of an experimental use 
permitted are to be shipped in commerce, the applicant must also submit 
a petition for temporary tolerance pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This program is more fully described in ICR 
No. 2070-0024, ``Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) Petitions for Pesticides 
on Food/Feed and New Inert Ingredients, EPA No. and not covered under 
this ICR. In addition, the activities related to pesticide 
registration, e.g., labeling and recordkeeping, are covered by a 
separate ICR (EPA ICR No. 0277; OMB Control No. 2070-0060).
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for the 
Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and Use a 
Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only regulation is estimated to 
average 10.10 hours per application. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: EUP applicants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: Only when an application is made.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 757.
    Estimated Total Annualized Labor Costs: $61,297.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: The change in respondent burden hours, 
from 1,303 to 757 hours per year is a result of the estimated reduction 
in the number of annual respondents, from 110 to 75. The change in 
annual respondent labor cost is a result of the estimated increase in 
hourly rates. --

    Dated: March 2, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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