[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56049-56050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20979]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0017; FRL-7814-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Producers of Pesticides Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as Amended (FIFRA), EPA ICR Number 
0143.08, OMB Control Number 2070-0028

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

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review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2004. 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 October 18, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0017, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance (2225A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-4146; fax number: (202) 564-0085; 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 March 31, 2004 (69 FR 16916), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments 
received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2004-0017, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the ECDIC is (202) 566-1927. 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: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides under 
section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as 
amended (FIFRA).
    Abstract: Producers of pesticides must maintain certain records 
with respect to their operations and make such records available for 
inspection and copying as specified in section 8 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and in regulations 
at 40 CFR Part 169. This information collection is mandatory under 
FIFRA section 8. It is used by the Agency to determine compliance with 
the Act. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide enforcement 
and compliance staffs, OECA, and the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 
within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 
(OPPTS), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food 
and Drug Administration (FDA), other Federal agencies, States under 
Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public.
    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 2 
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 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: Producers of pesticides.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,953.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,907.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,107,524, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a increase of 1,235 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment in the 
estimates of the number of respondents.

    Dated: September 6, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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