[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69683-69684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30888]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0003; FRL-7599-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Certified Applicators Using 1080 Collars for Livestock Protection; EPA 
ICR No. 1249.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0074

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 14, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2003-
0003, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Public Information and Records Integrity Branch, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Vogel, Field and External 
Affairs Division, 7506C, 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. On February 19, 2003, (68 FR 8013), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments 
received in the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2003-0003, which is available for public viewing at the 
Pesticides Docket, 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. 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

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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.
    Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators Using 
1080 Collars for Livestock Protection.
    Abstract: This information collection activity will enable EPA to 
obtain the information needed to track the use of registered 1080 
collars and the record keeping requirements imposed by an 
administrative judge in October 1982 and confirmed by the Agency in 
1983. This ICR affects the States of Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, 
and Wyoming that monitor the program plus one additional registrant. 
Applicators who are certified to apply Livestock Protection Collars 
must keep records of: (a) Number of collars purchased; (b) number of 
collars placed on livestock; (c) number of collars punctured or 
ruptured; (d) apparent cause of puncture or rupture; (e) number of 
collars lost or unrecovered; (f) number of collars in use and in 
storage; and (g) location and species data on each animal poisoned as 
an apparent result of the toxic collar. This ICR pertains to monitoring 
activities associated with collar use and to the preparation and 
submission of an annual monitoring report to EPA that are over and 
above requirements that are either conditions of registration or 
obligations associated with the handling and regulation of any 
restricted use pesticide product.
    Applicators maintain records, and the registrants/lead agencies do 
monitoring studies and submit the reports. These records are monitored 
by either the State lead agencies or registrants. EPA receives annual 
monitoring reports from registrants or State lead agencies.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
40 hours per certified applicator, 77 hours per State, and 9 hours per 
registrant. 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: Pesticide applicators using 1080 
collars for livestock protection; three state agencies; one pesticide 
registrant.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40
    Frequency of Response: Annual
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,753
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $30,460.
    Changes in the Estimates: The total annual respondent burden is 
decreased by 1,600 hours. This change reflects a burden adjustment and 
is explained in the ICR.

    Dated: December 4, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-30888 Filed 12-12-03; 8:45 am]
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