[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71288-71289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6589]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-2005-0087; FRL-8003-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment 
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides, EPA ICR Number 0161.10, OMB 
Control Number 2070-0027

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 the submission of an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval and provides an additional public review and 
comment opportunity. This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2006. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 28, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2005-
0087, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Nathanael R. Martin, Field and 
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506C, 
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].

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 April 20, 2005, (70 FR 20540), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment which is 
addressed in the supporting statement.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPP-2005-0087, which is available for viewing online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or in person at the Public Information and Records 
Integrity Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs Docket, Rm. 119, Crystal 
Mall 2, 1801 S. 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. 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 go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered 
Pesticides.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0161.10, OMB Control Number 2070-0027.
    Abstract: This information collection program is designed to enable 
EPA to provide notice to foreign purchasers of unregistered pesticides 
exported from the United States that the pesticide product cannot be 
sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires an exporter of any 
pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold under FIFRA 
section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the foreign purchaser 
acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the pesticide is not 
registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the United States. A copy 
of this statement must be transmitted to an appropriate official of the 
government in the importing country. The purpose of the purchaser 
acknowledgment statement requirement is to notify the government of the 
importing country that a pesticide judged hazardous to human health or 
the environment, or for which no such hazard assessment has been made, 
will be imported into that country. This information is submitted in 
the form of annual or per-shipment statements to

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EPA, which maintains original records and transmits copies thereof to 
appropriate government officials of the countries which are importing 
the pesticide.
    Burden Statement: Under the PRA, ``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 
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.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of this estimate, which is 
only briefly summarized in this notice. The annual public burden for 
this ICR is estimated to be 24,700. The following is a summary of the 
estimates taken from the ICR:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: All exporters of unregistered 
pesticides.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: Annual or per-shipment.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,700.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $2,134,400.
    Changes in the Estimates: The total annual respondent burden cost 
for this ICR is estimated to be $2,134,400, an increase of $232,000 
over the present ICR. This slight increase in respondent burden cost is 
due to adjustments in labor rates.

    Dated: October 3, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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