[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35924-35925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14184]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6709-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Data Generation for Pesticide Re-registration

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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR), has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Data Generation 
for Pesticide Re-registration, OMB No. 2070-0107, expiration date May 
30, 2000. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection 
activity and its expected burden and costs; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1504.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Angela Hofmann at (202) 260-2922.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Data Generation for Pesticide Reregistration OMB Control No. 
2070-0107, EPA ICR No. 1504.04, expiration date May 30, 2000.
    Abstract: Pursuant to section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA must assess 
health and safety data for all pesticide active ingredients originally 
registered before November 1, 1984, to determine whether such 
pesticides' use poses unreasonable risks to human health or the 
environment. In addition, the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), 
requires the Agency to reassess all existing tolerances (maximum limits 
for pesticide residues in food or feed) to ensure that they meet the 
safety standard in FPQA.
    Currently, EPA is implementing Phase 5 of the Reregistration 
Program. In this final stage, the Agency is actively reviewing the 
studies submitted for each pesticide and determining whether or not the 
pesticide is eligible for reregistration--that is, whether the data 
base is substantially complete, and the pesticide does not cause 
unreasonable adverse effects to people or the environment when used in 
accordance with approved labeling. EPA is also reassessing tolerances 
for any related food uses, and considering whether the pesticide meets 
the new safety standard in FQPA.
    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 June 16, 
1999 (64 FR 32225; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,024 
hours per response. 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

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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: Pesticide registrants seeking re-
registration.
    Estimated number of potential Responses: 30.
    Frequency of response: Once, after the Record of Decision is 
issued.
    Estimated total annual Respondent burden: 90,725 hours.
    Estimated total annual Capital, O&M costs: 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. 1504.04 and OMB Control No. 2070-0107 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 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: May 22, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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