[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57907-57908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21702]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2004-0110, FRL-7820-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB; 
Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 1504.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0107; Data 
Generation for Pesticide Reregistration

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 Generation 
for Pesticide Reregistration; EPA ICR No. 1504.05; OMB Control No. 
2070-0107. 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 28, 
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-
0110, 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.

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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 2, 2004 (69 FR 31095). EPA received one public comment on this ICR 
during the 60-day comment period and has addressed it in the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2004-0110, 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 Generation for Pesticide Reregistration.
    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 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 activity enables EPA to 
fulfill the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended in 1988, which mandates that EPA 
reregister pesticides originally registered before November 1, 1984. 
Section 4 of FIFRA, as amended, establishes a process and a schedule 
for the development of the information EPA needs (e.g., various 
scientific studies related to certain pesticides) to assess whether the 
reregistration of a pesticide or pesticide product would cause an 
unreasonable adverse effect on human health or the environment. 
Pesticide registrants seeking reregistration must generate and report 
the required data according to specified time tables.
    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 certain waivers and exemptions. The information 
collection allows EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to obtain 
data needed by OPP scientists to assess and characterize pesticide 
risks, and for risk managers to determine whether and under what 
conditions pesticides may be reregistered and to reassess existing 
tolerances as required by Section 408 of the Federal Food Drug and 
Cosmetic Act to ensure that they meet the standards established by law. 
Data collected may consist of toxicology studies, residue chemistry 
studies, fish and wildlife studies, environmental fate studies, or 
other data needed to analyze the potential risks associated with 
pesticide chemicals and products. This collection also supports the 
Agency's reassessment of food tolerances associated with 
reregistration. Responses to this information collection activity are 
generally required in order to maintain a benefit (i.e., in order to 
reregister certain pesticides).
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for this ICR is 
estimated to average about 596 hours per response to an EPA request for 
confirmatory data, 2,560 hours per response for an EPA request for 
product-specific data, 596 hours per response for any voluntarily 
submitted data considered to be ``low burden'' and 3,587 hours per 
response for any voluntarily submitted data considered to be ``high 
burden.'' 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 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: 1,565.
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 275,063.
    Estimated total annual labor costs: $24,529,295.
    Changes in the ICR since the last approval: The estimated annual 
burden for this ICR has increased by 184,338 hours (from 90,725 hours 
to 275,063 hours) related primarily to an increase of the average 
number of chemicals for which EPA will annually request certain data 
before they may be reregistered. This increase is an adjustment and is 
explained in detail in the ICR.

    Dated: September 21, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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