[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3700-3701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1375]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0053, FRL-7863-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8); Notification of Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A) and Pesticide 
Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16); EPA 
ICR Number: 0160.08, OMB Control Number 2070-0078

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2005. 
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0053, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: Enforcement and Compliance 
Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, telephone number: (202) 
564-4146; fax number: (202) 564-0085; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OECA-2004-0053, which is available for 
public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 
(202) 564-1927. An electronic version of the public docket is available 
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, 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 within 
60 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.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which produce pesticides.
    Title: EPA Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8); Notification of Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A) and Pesticide 
Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16). EPA 
ICR Number: 0160.08, OMB Control Number 2070-0078. Scheduled to expire 
on July 31, 2005.
    Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) section 7(a) requires that any person who produces pesticides 
or active ingredients subject to the Act must register with the 
Administrator of EPA

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the establishment in which the pesticide is produced. This section 
further requires that the application for registration of any 
establishment shall include the name and address of the establishment 
and of the producer who operates such an establishment. EPA Form 3540-
8, Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments, 
is used to collect the establishment registration information required 
by this section.
    FIFRA section 7(c) requires that any producer operating an 
establishment registered under section 7 report to the Administrator 
within 30 days after it is registered, and annually thereafter by March 
1st for certain pesticide/device production and sales/distribution 
information. The producers must report which types and amounts of 
pesticides, active ingredients, or devices are currently being 
produced, were produced during the past year, sold or distributed in 
the past year. The supporting regulations at 40 CFR part 167 provide 
the requirements and time schedules for submitting production 
information. EPA Form 3540-16, Pesticide Reports for Pesticide-
Producing Establishments, is used to collect the pesticide production 
information required by section 7(c) of FIFRA.
    Establishment registration information, collected on EPA Form 3540-
8, is a one-time requirement for all pesticide-producing 
establishments. Pesticide production information, reported on EPA Form 
3540-16, is required to be submitted within 30 days of receipt of the 
Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA 
Form 3540-8A), and annually thereafter on or before March 1.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden: The average annual burden to the industry over the next 
three years is estimated to be 2 person hours per response.
    Respondents/affected entities: 13,000.
    Estimated number of respondents: 13,000.
    Frequency of responses: 1.
    Estimated total annual hour burden: 26,000.
    There are no capital/startup costs or operating and maintenance 
(O&M) costs associated with this ICR since all equipment associated 
with this ICR is present as part of ordinary business practices.
    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.

    Dated: January 10, 2005.
Richard Colbert,
Director, Agriculture Division, Office of Compliance, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
[FR Doc. 05-1375 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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