[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49666-49667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24378]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7069-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 0596.07; Application and Summary Report 
for FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemption for Pesticides

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: Application and 
Summary Report for Emergency Exemption for Pesticides (EPA ICR 
No.0596.07; OMB No. 2070-0032). 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 December 20, 2000 (65 FR 79823). EPA 
received no comments on this ICR during the 60-day comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 29, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing the proper ICR number, 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

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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. 0596.07; OMB Control 
No. 2070-0032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

ICR Title: Application and Summary Report for Emergency Exemption 
for Pesticides

(EPA ICR 0596.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0032)

ICR Status

    This is a request for extension of an existing approved collection 
that is currently scheduled to expire on September 30, 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

    This information collection activity is designed to provide EPA 
with necessary data to evaluate an application for permission to 
temporarily ship and use a pesticide product for an unregistered use to 
mitigate an emergency situation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of 
that product in allaying the emergency. The state lead agency, 
territorial government, or federal agency evaluates the need to submit 
an emergency exemption application, and submit these applications to 
EPA for unregistered uses of pesticides they believe are warranted. The 
uses are requested for a limited period of time to address the 
emergency situation only. Applications for Section 18 emergency 
exemptions are submitted at the discretion of a state, U.S. territory, 
or federal agency. Should one of these entities apply for the 
emergency, then the information and data described in the ICR must be 
submitted to EPA.

Burden Statement

    The annual respondent burden for collection of information 
associated with the rule is estimated to average 99 hours per 
application. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 ICR provides a detailed explanation of the information 
collection activity and the corresponding burden estimate, which is 
only briefly summarized here.
    Respondents/affected entities: States, US territories, and Federal 
Agencies that regulate pesticides or pesticide products.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 60.
    Frequency of response: As necessary, when a pest emergency is 
identified by the respondents.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 10 
annually.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 59,400.
    Estimated total annual non-labor costs: $0.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total annual burden 
associated with this ICR has increased 15,934 hours, from 43,466 hours 
in the previous ICR to 59,400 hours for this ICR. This change reflects 
a substantial increase in the number of FIFRA Section 18 emergency 
exemption applications submitted to the Agency and is described in 
detail in the ICR. The estimated burden per application, which 
decreased slightly due to an arithmetic correction to the estimate in 
the previous ICR, is otherwise unchanged.
    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 20, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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