[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18982-18983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7136]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0636; FRL-8298-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Fee 
Waivers, EPA ICR Number 2147.03, OMB Control Number 2070-0167

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

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(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 May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0636, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: OPP Regulatory 
Public Docket (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 
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: Joseph Hogue, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-9072; 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 October 25, 2006 (71 FR 62431), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments on this ICR 
during the 60-day comment period. 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-2006-0636, which is available for online viewing at 
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 
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 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 will allow EPA to process 
requests for waivers of fees under the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act of 2003 (PRIA). The ICR covers the collection 
activities associated with requesting a fee waiver and involves 
requesters submitting a waiver request, information to demonstrate 
eligibility for the waiver, and certification of eligibility. Waivers 
are available for small businesses, for minor uses, and for actions 
solely associated with the Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4 
(IR-4). State and federal agencies are exempt from the payment of fees. 
Information collected will allow EPA to determine whether to grant a 
waiver of registration fees, according to requirements of PRIA. 
Responses to the collection of information are required to obtain a fee 
waiver. Data and/or information submitted to the Agency in conjunction 
with service fee waiver requests may be claimed as trade secret or 
commercial or financial information and will be protected from 
disclosure under FIFRA section 10 and the associated regulation as 
contained in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 37 
hours per response for first-time applicants, 12 hours per response for 
applicants requesting another fee waiver or reduction within the same 
fee billing cycle, and 27 hours per response for applicants that have 
applied for a fee waiver in a prior billing cycle but not in the 
current billing cycle. 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 that seek a 
registration fee waiver.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 389.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,368.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Cost: $521,903.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,302 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the fact that the 
distribution of responses among the three different response types has 
been adjusted, with a higher percentage of responses in the lower-
burden types. The distribution among response types was estimated in 
the currently approved ICR, as it was a new requirement, whereas this 
proposed renewal uses actual values based on experience. This change is 
an adjustment.

    Dated: April 6, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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