[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 150 (Thursday, August 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47724-47725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19686]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6844-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0922.06 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request

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 Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration 
Review Programs (EPA ICR No. 0922.06, OMB No. 2070-0057) has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
cost and burden. 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 March 24, 1999 (64 FR 14229). No comments were 
received on this ICR during the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 5, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments 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.

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. You can download the ICR from the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0922.06 and OMB Control 
No. 2070-0057.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following information collection 
activity has been submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 
5 CFR 1320.12. EPA is asking OMB to approve this ICR for three years.
    Title: Data Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review 
Programs.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0922.06; OMB Control No. 2070-0057.
    ICR Status: This ICR involves a collection activity that is 
currently approved and is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2000, 
and a new collection activity. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 
and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information 
that is subject to approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control 
numbers for EPA's information collections appear on the collection 
instruments or instructions, in the Federal Register notices for 
related rulemakings and ICR notices, and, if the collection is 
contained in a regulation, in a table of OMB approval numbers in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: The EPA is responsible for the registration of pesticides 
as mandated by FIFRA. The information collection document discusses 
activities for the Special Review Program and the new Registration 
Review Program. The Special Review Program has been a part of the 
existing ICR activities for sometime while the new Registration Review 
Program is an addition to the ICR. Currently, as part of the on-going 
administrative process under section 6 of FIFRA, registrants are 
required to submit additional information to EPA regarding unreasonable 
adverse effects on the environment from the use of the pesticide. EPA 
may also determine that additional information is needed from the 
registrant to maintain an existing registration. When the Agency 
identifies a hazard or a potential hazard from the use of a pesticide 
that was not known at the time of registration, this information 
collection is used in the Special Review Program to determine whether 
regulatory actions are needed.
    The Registration Review Program was created by the Food Quality 
Protection Act in 1996. Under the new Registration Review Program, EPA 
must periodically review all pesticide registrations (see section 3(g) 
of FIFRA). Therefore, continued registration of all pesticides, 
regardless of whether a hazard or potential hazard is identified, 
requires that the Agency obtain additional data, if necessary, and 
assess the information necessary for it to determine whether a 
registration should continue.
    Burden: 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:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide Registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 68.
    Frequency of Response: One time and only as needed.
    Estimated Total/Average Number of Responses: 1.5 to 8.

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    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 71,132 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Non-Labor Costs: $0.
    Changes in the Burden Estimates: The total burden associated with 
this ICR has decreased from 127,741 hours to 71,132. This net reduction 
is associated with a program increase of 63,780 hours and a decreasing 
adjustment of 120,389 hours. This change is discussed in detail in the 
ICR.
    According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 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.
    After providing a 30 day opportunity for additional comments from 
the public, OMB will review and take action on the Agency's request. 
Periodically, EPA publishes a notice in the Federal Register listing 
recent OMB actions on the Agency's ICR submissions. If you have any 
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    Dated: July 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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