[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 240 (Thursday, December 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75242-75243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21293]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0311; FRL-8255-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notice of Supplemental 
Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product; EPA ICR No. 0278.09, 
OMB Control No. 2070-0044

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 review and approval. 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 January 16, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0311, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001, and (2) OMB by mail 
to: 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, 7506P, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; 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 May 10, 2006 (71 FR 27240), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OPP-EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0311, which is available for online 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP 
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 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 EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the Docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Notice of Supplemental Distribution of a Registered 
Pesticide Product.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0278.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0044.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2007. 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.
    Abstract: This information collection activity provides the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with notification of supplemental 
registration of distributors of pesticide products. Section 3(e) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (see 7 
U.S.C. 136a(e)), allows pesticide registrants to distribute or sell a 
registered pesticide product under a different name instead of or in 
addition to his own. Such distribution and sale is termed 
``supplemental distribution'' and the product is termed a ``distributor 
product.'' EPA is responsible for the regulation of pesticides as 
mandated by FIFRA, as amended. EPA requires the pesticide registrant to 
submit a supplemental statement (EPA Form 8570-5, Notice of 
Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product) when the 
registrant has entered into an agreement with a second company that 
will distribute the registrant's product under the second company's 
name and product name.

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Responses to this collection of information are therefore mandatory 
(see 40 CFR 152.132).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
15 minutes 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Pesticide registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1720.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 595.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Cost: $46,555.62.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 405 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is an adjustment that reflects 
EPA's expectation that only 2,479 notices will be submitted to the 
Agency annually over the next 3 years, versus the 4,000 notices EPA had 
previously expected to receive on an annual basis.

    Dated: December 7, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-21293 Filed 12-13-06; 8:45 am]
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