[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46533-46534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17663]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2003-0298, FRL-7796-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 1693.03/OMB Control No. 2070-0142; Plant-
Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects 
Reporting

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: Plant-
Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects 
Reporting; EPA ICR No. 1693.03; OMB Control No. 2070-0142. 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 September 2, 
2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo Smoot, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (703) 305-5454; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2003-
0298, to (1) 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, Mailcode: 7502C, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

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 
October 15, 2003 (67 FR 66392). 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-2003-0298, which is available for public viewing at the Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 
2, 1801 Bell St., 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. Please note, EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or on 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.

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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.
    ICR Title: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and 
Adverse Effects Reporting
    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on July 31, 2004. 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: On January 16, 2001, EPA promulgated a final rule that 
addresses the regulatory status of pesticidal substances that are 
produced by plants (plant-incorporated protectants). This Information 
Collection Request (ICR) covers the two information collection related 
provisions contained in the final rule: the provision that requires 
registrants that make Confidential Business Information (CBI) claims to 
substantiate such claims when they are made, and the provision that 
requires manufacturers of plant-incorporated protectants exempted from 
requirements of registration under the final rule to report adverse 
effects to the Agency.
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to average about 22 hours per response. According to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act, ``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. For this 
collection, it is the time reading the regulations, planning the 
necessary data collection activities, conducting tests, analyzing data, 
generating reports and completing other required paperwork, and 
storing, filing, and maintaining the data. The 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 number for this information collection appears at the 
beginning and the end of this document. In addition OMB control numbers 
for EPA's regulations, after initial display in the final rule, are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the 
ICR:
    Respondents/affected entities: Persons or companies involved with 
agricultural biotechnology that may develop and market plant 
incorporated protectants.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 14.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 303.
    Estimated total annual burden costs: $27,572.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total estimated 
annual respondent burden for this ICR has decreased 1,067 hours, from 
1,370 hours to 303; and the cost has decreased $92,420, from $119,992 
to $27,572, because the previous ICR included an estimated 1,067 hours 
for respondents to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the 
rule, which was promulgated in 2001. This decrease is explained more 
fully in the ICR.

List of Subjects:

    EPA, pesticides, pesticide registration, information collection.

Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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