[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56047-56048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20977]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0111, FRL-7814-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 0922.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0057; Data 
Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review Programs

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: Data Call-Ins 
for the Special Review and Registration Review Programs; EPA ICR No. 
0922.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0057. 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 October 18, 
2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathanael Martin, 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].

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2004-
0111, 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 
June 1,

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2004 (69 FR 30901). EPA received one comment on this ICR during the 60-
day comment period and it has been addressed in the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2004-0111, 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. 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: Data Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review 
Programs

    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on October 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: This information collection will enable EPA to collect 
the necessary data (e.g., various scientific studies related to certain 
pesticides) to assess whether the continued registration of an existing 
pesticide causes an unreasonable adverse effect on human health or the 
environment. This information collection will also enable EPA to 
collect certain company data about pesticide registrants that may be 
needed in order to verify eligibility for waivers and exemptions. The 
special review process is set in motion when EPA has reason to believe 
that the use of a pesticide may result in unreasonable adverse effects 
to human health or the environment. The goal of this process is to 
reduce the risks posed by a pesticide to an acceptable level while 
taking into consideration the benefits provided by the use of the 
pesticide. This ICR also includes the information collection related to 
the Registration Review Program. The Food Quality Protection Act of 
1996 (FQPA), which amended the two primary statutes regulating 
pesticides, i.e., the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and 
FIFRA, established the Registration Review Program. Under FIFRA section 
3(g), EPA must now periodically review all pesticide registrations. In 
doing so, the Agency is authorized to use FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to 
require pesticide registrants to generate and submit data to the Agency 
where such data is needed to assess whether unreasonable risk to human 
health or the environment.
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to be 64,699 hours. 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: Pesticide and other agricultural 
chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325320), e.g., Businesses engaged in the 
manufacture of pesticides.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 61.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 64,699.
    Estimated total annual labor costs: $5,851,894.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: This ICR renewal 
request will result in a net decrease in the annual respondent burden 
of 6,433 hours (from 71,132 hours to 64,699 hours) from the previous 
ICR because the Agency expects to issue fewer special review data-call-
ins over the next three years. Although respondent labor rates have 
increased when compared with the previous ICR, annual cost estimates 
have decreased from $6,072,472 to $5,851,894, again due to a decrease 
in the number of special review data call-in notices to be issued.

    Dated: September 4, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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