[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39714-39715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14482]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 0277.13/OMB Control No. 2070-0060; 
Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration

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 for 
New and Amended Pesticide Registration; EPA ICR No. 0277.13; OMB 
Control No. 2070-0060. 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 September 18, 2001 (66 FR 48130). EPA received no comments 
on this ICR during the 60-day comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 10, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Susan Auby at EPA by phone at 
(202) 566-1672, by email at [email protected], or access the ICR at 
http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 0277.13; OMB 
Control No. 2070-0060.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing the proper ICR numbers to:

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Ms. Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822T), 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    ICR Title: Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration 
(EPA ICR 0277.13, OMB Control No. 2070-0060).
    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 2002. EPA 
is asking OMB to approve this ICR for three years. Under 5 CFR 
1320.12(b)(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 of a 
pesticide product as required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide 
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136). Under FIFRA, EPA must 
evaluate pesticides thoroughly before they can be marketed and used in 
the United States to ensure that they will not pose unreasonable 
adverse effects to human health and the environment. Pesticides that 
meet this test are granted a license or ``registration'' which permits 
their distribution, sale and use according to requirements set by EPA 
to protect human health and the environment. An individual or entity 
wanting to obtain a registration for a pesticide product must submit an 
application package consisting of information relating to the identity 
and composition of the product, proposed labeling, and supporting data 
(or compensation for others' data) for the product as outlined in 40 
CFR part 158. The EPA bases registration decisions for pesticides on 
its evaluation of a battery of test data provided primarily by 
applicants for registration. Required studies include testing to show 
whether a pesticide has the potential to cause unreasonable adverse 
human health or environmental effects.
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to be 152,974 hours, with individual respondent burden 
ranging from 14 hours to194 hours per submission, depending upon the 
type of registration activity involved. 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 following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the 
ICR:
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide Manufactures Applying for 
Registration.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 2,100.
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 3.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 152,974
    Estimated total annual non-labor costs: $0.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total annual burden 
associated with this ICR has decreased by 34,666 hours, from 187,640 
hours in the previous ICR to 152,974 hours for this renewal ICR. The 
change is primarily related to a decrease in the number of responses 
required by one of the pesticide registration divisions, and is 
described 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.

    Dated: May 29, 2002
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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