[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9845-9846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3507]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6944-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; EPA ICR No. 1503.04; 
Submission to OMB; 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 (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: Data 
Acquisition for Registration (EPA ICR No. 1503.04; OMB No. 2070-0122). 
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection activity and its expected burden and costs. The 
Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on August 2, 
2000 (65 FR 47491). EPA received no comments on this ICR during the 60-
day comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 14, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing the proper ICR numbers to: 
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460; And send a copy of your 
comments 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 at EPA by phone on 202-
260-2740, by e-mail: [email protected] or access the ICR at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1503.04; OMB Control 
No. 2070-0122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    ICR Title: Data Acquisition for Registration (EPA ICR 1503.04, OMB 
Control No. 2070-0122).
    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 2001. EPA 
is asking OMB to approve this ICR for three years. 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: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136) requires the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA, the Agency) to register pesticides prior to distribution and sale 
within the United States. FIFRA also requires applicants for pesticide 
registration to provide EPA with the data needed to assess whether the 
registration of a pesticide would cause unreasonable adverse effects on 
human health or the environment, and grants EPA the authority to 
require registrants to provide additional data to maintain an existing 
registration.
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to range from 6,267 hours to 54,288 hours per response, 
depending on the type of DCI.
    According to 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. 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 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 PRA, 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.
    The following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the 
ICR:
    Respondents/affected entities: 20.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 9.
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1-
2.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 91,196.

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    Estimated total annual Non-labor burden costs: $0.

    Dated: February 1, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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