[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75233-75235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32055]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0004; FRL-7603-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Experimental Use 
Permit (EUP) to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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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 29, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2003-
0004, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: (1) Public Information and 
Records Integrity Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency (7502C), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001 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. The Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 
soliciting comments on this collection of information published on 
February 26, 2003 (68 FR 8887). EPA received no comments on this ICR 
during the 60-day comment period.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2003-0004, which is available for public viewing at the Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs, 
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 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: Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and 
Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only.
    Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) requires that before a pesticide product may be distributed or 
sold in the U.S., it must be registered by EPA. However, section 5 of 
FIFRA authorizes EPA to issue experimental use permits (EUPs) to allow 
companies to transfer, sell or distribute unregistered pesticide 
products labeled for experimental use for the purpose of gathering data 
necessary to support the application for registration. This information 
collection program is designed to provide EPA with data necessary to 
determine whether to issue an EUP under section 5 of FIFRA.
    The information collected and reported under an EUP is a summary of 
that which is routinely submitted in connection with registration. The 
EUP allows for large scale field testing, if necessary in order to 
collect sufficient data to support registration. An EUP is not required 
if the person conducting the tests limits testing to laboratories or 
greenhouses; limited replicated field trials and other tests whose 
purpose is only to assess the pesticide's potential efficacy, toxicity 
or other properties, and does not expect to receive benefits in pest 
control.
    The EUP applicant must submit information describing the who, what, 
where, when and how the experimental use permit will be used. Such 
information would include, but not limited to, the applicant's name and 
address, the proposed program, rate of applications, data (including 
identity of the chemical composition, toxicity, efficacy) and the 
proposed labeling for the product. This information from the applicant 
is necessary in order to grant and effectively monitor the EUP. A final 
report is submitted on the results of the experimental program which 
includes information such as: amount of the product applied; the crops 
or sites treated; any observed adverse effects; any adverse weather 
conditions which may have inhibited the program; the goals achieved; 
and the disposition of containers, unused pesticide material, and 
affected food/feed commodities.
    In addition, applicants are required to use EPA Form 8570-17 
(Application for an Experimental Use Permit to Ship and Use a Pesticide 
for Experimental Purposes Only), and EPA Form 8570-4 (Confidential 
Statement of Formula) for the EUP application.
    The authority for this information collection is section 5 of 
FIFRA. Compliance regulations are contained in 40 CFR part 172. CBI 
submitted to EPA in response to this information collection is 
protected from disclosure under FIFRA section 10.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 about 
10 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

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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 registrants who wish to 
obtain an EUP to ship and use a pesticide for experimental purposes 
only.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: As needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 757 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $64,950.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: December 12, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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