[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 184 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57185-57186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24315]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities; EPA ICR No. 1214.05; 
Submission to OMB; Additional Opportunity To Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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: Pesticide 
Product Registration Maintenance Fee (EPA No. 1214.05; OMB Control No. 
2070-0100). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. 
A Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this information collection was issued on March 8, 2000 (65 
FR 12225). EPA did not receive any comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 23, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1215.05 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0100, to the following addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division 
(2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on 202-
260-2740, by e-mail: [email protected], or using the address 
indicated below. You may also access the ICR at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm. Refer to EPA ICR No 1214.05 or OMB Control No. 2070-0100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Pesticide Product Registration Maintenance Fee (EPA No. 
1214.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0100).
    Request: This is a request for the extension of an existing 
collection activity, the approval for which is currently schedule to 
expire on September 30, 2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the Agency may 
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while the 
submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: This information collection program provides a practical 
means of communication between the pesticide registrants and the Agency 
to facilitate the proper collection of the pesticide product 
registration maintenance fees as required by section 4(i)(5) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as 
amended. Each registrant of a pesticide product originally registered 
before November 1, 1984 is required to complete a filing form and 
submit their fee payment by January 15 of each year. The pesticide 
registrant (respondents) complete and submit EPA Form 8570-30 
indicating the respondent's liability for the registration maintenance 
fee for pesticide products registered by that firm. The failure to pay 
the required fee for a product will result in cancellation of that 
product.

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    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 as part of the collection instruments (i.e., form or 
instructions), in the Federal Register notices for related rulemaking 
and ICR notices, and, if the collection is contained in a regulation, 
in a table of OMB approval numbers in 40 CFR part 9.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average about one hour 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 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 the burden and cost 
estimates for this ICR, which are only briefly summarized here:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,977.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, by January 15.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,858 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-labor Burden Costs: $0.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total burden 
associated with this ICR has decreased 130 hours, from 1,988 hours in 
the previous ICR to 1,858 for this ICR. This adjustment in the 
estimated burden reflects a decrease in the number of potential 
respondents which has been adjusted to match the number of actual 
respondents in 1999. The activity itself, and the per activity and per 
respondent burden estimates have not changed.
    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.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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