[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44527-44528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18107]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6837-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Notice of Supplemental Distribution of a 
Registered Pesticide Product

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: Notice of Supplemental 
Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product, (EPA ICR No. 0278.07, 
OMB No. 2070-0044). The ICR, which expires on September 30, 2000 and is 
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection 
and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the 
actual data collection instrument. The Agency is requesting that OMB 
renew approval of the ICR for a three year period.

DATES: Addition comments may be submitted on or before August 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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. 0278.07 and OMB Control 
No. 2070-0044.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0278.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0044, to the following addresses; Ms. Sandy Farmer, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division 
(2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Notice of Supplemental Distribution 
of a Registered Pesticide Product (EPA) ICR No. 0278.07; OMB Control 
No. 2070-0044) expiring on September 30, 2000. This is a request to 
renew a currently approved information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.12.
    Abstract: This collection activity provides the Agency with 
notification of supplemental registration of distributors of pesticide 
products. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, the Agency) is 
responsible for the regulation of pesticides as mandated by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. Section 
3(3) of FIFRA allows pesticide registrants to distribute or sell a 
registered pesticide product under a different name instead of or in 
addition to his own. Such distribution and sale is termed 
``supplemental distribution'' and the product is termed ``distributor 
product.'' EPA requires the pesticide registrant to submit a 
supplemental statement (EPA Form 8570-5) when the registrant has 
entered into an agreement with a second company that will distribute 
the registrant's product under the second company's name and product 
name. Since the last approval, EPA has not changed the substance or the 
method of collection for this activity.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 
minutes per response. Under the PRA, ``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 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 ICR provides a detailed 
explanation of this estimate, which is only briefly summarized in this 
notice. 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 December 
29, 1999 (64 FR 73040). No comments were received on this ICR during 
the comment period. The following is a summary of the estimates taken 
from the ICR:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide Registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5000.
    Frequency of Response: As needed per event.
    Estimated total number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Costs: $118,350.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: The total burden associated with this 
ICR has decreased from 1,500 hours in the 1997 ICR to 1,250 for this 
ICR. This adjustment represents an improved estimate of the volume of 
responses received by the Agency. According to the procedures 
prescribed in 5 CFR

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1320.12, EPA has submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any 
comments related to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 
30 days of this notice, as described above.

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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