[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77979-77980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32133]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0021; FRL-7425-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0152.07 (OMB No. 2070-0020) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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: Notices of Arrival of 
Pesticides and Devices (OMB Control No. 2070-0020, EPA ICR No. 
0152.07). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 21, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, Office of Compliance, 
2225A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4146; fax number: 
(202) 564-0085; 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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
July 16, 2002 (67 FR 46663-4), and no comments were received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2002-0021, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. 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: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 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

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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 www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Title: Notices of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices (OMB Control 
No. 2070-0020, EPA ICR No. 0152.07). This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection scheduled to expire on December 31, 2002. 
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: The U.S. Customs regulations at 19 CFR 12.112 require 
that an importer desiring to import pesticides into the United States 
shall, prior to the shipment's arrival, submit a Notice of Arrival of 
Pesticides and Devices (EPA Form 3540-1) to EPA who will determine the 
disposition of the shipment. After completing the form, EPA returns the 
form to the importer, or his agent, who must present the form to 
Customs upon arrival of the shipment at the port of entry. This is 
necessary to insure that EPA is notified of the arrival of pesticides 
and devices as required by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 17(c) and has the ability to examine 
such shipments to determine that they are in compliance with FIFRA. The 
information is used by EPA Regional pesticide enforcement and 
compliance staffs, OECA, and the Department of Treasury. An agency may 
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.3 
hours 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Importers of Pesticide and Devices.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18,500.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,550 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $396,085.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,450 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment in the 
number of respondents, based on a survey of responses reported to the 
EPA Regions in calendar year 2002.

    Dated: December 2, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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