[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56048-56049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20978]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0092, FRL-7814-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 2147.02; OMB Control No. 2070-0167; 
Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers

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: Pesticide 
Registration Fee Waivers; EPA ICR Number: 2147.02; OMB Control Number: 
2070-0167. 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.

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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-
0092, 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 
March 25, 2003 (69 FR 15322). 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-2004-0092, which is available for public viewing at the Public 
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 
2, 1801 S. Bell Street, 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 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.
    ICR Title: Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers.
    ICR Status: This is a request for extension of an existing approved 
collection that is currently scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004. 
EPA is asking OMB to approve this ICR for three years. Under OMB 
regulations at 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(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 allow the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) to process requests for waivers of fees under 
the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA). The ICR 
covers the collection activities associated with requesting a fee 
waiver and involves requesters submitting a waiver request, information 
to demonstrate eligibility for the waiver, and certification of 
eligibility. Waivers are available for small businesses, for minor 
uses, and for actions solely associated with the Inter-Regional 
Research Project Number 4 (IR-4). State and federal agencies are exempt 
from the payment of fees. This ICR provides burden hour and labor cost 
estimates for both applicants for fee waivers and EPA employees who 
process and approve or deny waiver requests. Responses to this 
information collection activity are required only to obtain or retain a 
benefit (i.e., a reduction or waiver of fees).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
30 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 
includes the time needed to read the new regulation, review 
instructions, plan activities, assemble pertinent materials, and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information. 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.
    The following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the 
ICR:
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide registrants.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 1,565.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 10,670.
    Estimated total annual labor costs: $899,360.
    Changes in the ICR Since the Last Approval: The total estimated 
annual respondent burden for this ICR has decreased 10,930 hours (from 
21,600 to 10,670), due mainly to an adjustment of the burden hour 
estimates resulting from the Agency's consultation efforts. Estimated 
costs have decreased almost $980,000 (from $1,879,200 to $899,360) for 
the same reason. These decreases are explained more fully in the ICR.

    Dated: September 8, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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