[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41702-41703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14282]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0053; FRL-7940-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration 
Application, Notification and Report for Pesticide Producing 
Establishments (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0160.08, OMB Control Number 
2070-0078

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2005. 
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 August 19, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0053, 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 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 January 26, 2005 (70 FR 3700), 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-2004-0053, 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) 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,

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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: Pesticide Registration Application, Notification and Report 
for Pesticide Producing Establishments (Renewal).
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must 
collect information on pesticide-producing establishments in order to 
meet the statutory requirements of Section 7 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA requires 
producers of pesticide products, active ingredients, and devices to 
register their establishments with EPA and to submit an initial report, 
and thereafter, annually report on the types and amounts of products 
produced. The purpose of this notice is to request renewal of the 
collection process and reporting processes for the Application for 
Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8), 
the Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments 
(EPA Form 3540-8A), and the Pesticides Report for Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16).
    Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments 
information, collected on EPA Form 3540-8, is a one-time requirement 
for all pesticide-producing establishments. The reporting of pesticide 
production information collected on the Pesticides Report for 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments, EPA Form 3540-16, is required 
within 30 days of receipt of the Notification of Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8A); and then 
annually thereafter, on or before March 1. The information is entered 
and stored in EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance 
(OECA)/Office of Compliance (OC) Section Seven Tracking System (SSTS), 
a computerized data processing and record-keeping system.
    The Office of Compliance/OECA collects the establishment and 
pesticide production information for compliance oversight and risk 
assessment. 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 1.5 
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: 13,000.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,800.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,240,961, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a increase of 841 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: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14282 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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