[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72163-72164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30758]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2002-0321; FRL-7417-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 0595.08/OMB Control No. 2070-0055; Notice 
of Pesticide Registration by States To Meet a Special Local Need Under 
FIFRA Section 24(c)

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: Notice of 
Pesticide Registration by States to Meet a Special Local Need Under 
FIFRA Section 24(c); EPA ICR No. 0595.08; OMB Control No. 2070-0055. 
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection activity and its expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 3, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Vogel, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (703) 305-6475; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. The Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
December 12, 2001 (66 FR 64249). EPA received one comment on this ICR 
during the 60-day comment period, and that comment is addressed in the 
ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2002-0321 (formerly Docket Control No. OPP-00753), which is 
available for public viewing at the Public Information and Records 
Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1921 
Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA. This docket facility is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. 
The docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805. An electronic version of 
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Office of 
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency (7502C), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001, Attention: Docket ID 
Number OPP-2002-0321; and (2) Mail your comments to OMB at: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    ICR Title: Notice of Pesticide Registration by States to Meet a 
Special Local Need (SLN) Under FIFRA Section 24(c) (EPA ICR 0595.08, 
OMB Control No. 2070-0055).
    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on November 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 data collection program is designed to provide the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, the Agency) with the necessary 
data to review approval of State-issued pesticide registrations. The 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), section 
24(c) authorizes the States to register additional uses of federally 
registered pesticides for distribution and use within the State to meet 
a special local need (SLN). A State-issued registration under FIFRA 
section 24(c) is deemed a Federal registration for the purposes of the 
pesticide's use within the State's boundaries. A State must notify EPA, 
in writing, of any

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action it takes, i.e., issues, amends, or revokes, a State 
registration. The Agency has 90 days to disapprove the registration. In 
such cases, the State is responsible for notifying the affected 
registrant.
    Burden Statement: 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: State and territorial governments 
(the 50 states plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, Guam and the islands of the Pacific Territory, and American 
Samoa).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 60.
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 5-
6.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 18,200.
    Estimated total annual burden costs: $1,585,150.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The Agency revised its 
burden estimates for both States and applicants based on information 
received during the public comment period and in consultation with 
respondents. The average applicant response burden decreased by 29 
hours while the average State response burden increased by 11.5 hours, 
resulting in a net decrease in burden for the activities associated 
with this ICR. EPA estimates that the overall respondent burden has 
decreased from 24,604 hours to 18,200 hours, a decrease in burden of 
6,404 hours. These changes are 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: November 22, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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