[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31307-31308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12392]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6700-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1911.01 to OMB for Review and Approval

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) entitled: Data Acquisition for Anticipated Residue and Percent of 
Crop Treated (EPA ICR No. 1911.01), 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 approve this new ICR 
for a three year period. A Federal Register notice announcing the 
Agency's intent to seek OMB approval for this new ICR and a 60-day 
public comment opportunity, requesting comments on the request and the 
contents of the ICR, was issued on August 4, 1999 (64 FR 42362). EPA 
did not receive any comments on this ICR during the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Sandy Farmer by phone at 
202-260-2740, or via e-mail at ``[email protected]'', or download a 
copy of the ICR off the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/icr. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1911.01.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1911.01, to the 
following addresses:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Data Acquisition for Anticipated Residue and Percent of Crop 
Treated.
    Abstract: Under this ICR, EPA will issue a DCI to affected 
registrants under the authority of FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B). Currently, 
there are two main categories of applications subject to this 
collection: those requiring submission of a full complement of 
supporting data, (e.g., new chemicals, and biorationals); and those 
requiring submission of little or no data, (e.g., ``me-too'' products) 
for previously registered chemicals and use patterns. Applicants for a 
``me-too'' product (i.e., a pesticide claimed to be substantially 
similar in composition and use to a product previously registered by 
the EPA) may be required only to use EPA Form 8570-34 (``Certification 
with Respect to Citation of Data'') and EPA Form 8570-35 (``Data 
Matrix'') to certify that the applicant intends to rely on data 
previously submitted to the EPA by another producer, the applicant has 
contacted the appropriate company (owning the data that the applicant 
is referencing), and the applicant has offered to pay reasonable 
compensation for the use of the data.
    If EPA relies on ARs data when establishing or reassessing a 
tolerance, it must issue a DCI, and if the EPA used the percent of crop 
treated data estimates for a tolerance action, it may issue a DCI. A 
DCI is a letter sent to the registrant explaining the data submission 
requirement, requests specific data, sets out a time frame for a 
response to EPA, and provides applicable forms and guidelines to assist 
the registrant with the completion of the DCI request. A registrant 
must respond within 90 days of receipt of the DCI. The response must 
describe plans to submit the required data in accordance with time 
frame specified, and, if applicable, contain suggested protocols for 
monitoring studies. Failure to generate the requested data, or respond 
to the DCI in a timely manner could result in Agency action to modify 
or revoke the tolerance.

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    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to range from 59 hours to 13,636 hours per response, 
depending on the type of DCI.
    According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, ``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. For this collection, it is the time reading the 
regulations, planning the necessary data collection activities, 
conducting tests, analyzing data, generating reports and completing 
other required paperwork, and storing, filing, and maintaining the 
data. The 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 number for this 
information collection appear at the beginning and the end of this 
document. In addition OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations, after 
initial display in the final rule, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 
CFR Chapter 15.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide registrants.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 31.
    Frequency of Response: Once. Five years after tolerance decision.
    Estimated number of annual responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 29,807 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Burden Costs: $2,773,866.

    Dated: May 10, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-12392 Filed 5-16-00; 8:45 am]
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