[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18983-18984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7138]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0616; FRL-8299-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Submission of Unreasonable 
Adverse Effects Information Under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2); EPA ICR Number 
1204.10; OMB Control Number 2070-0039

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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3501 et seq.), this document announces that a request to renew an 
existing 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: Comments may be submitted on or before May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0616, both to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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: Kathryn Boyle, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-305-6304; 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 62429), 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-2006-0616, 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: Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information Under 
FIFRA Section 6(a)(2)
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection, which is scheduled to expire on May 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: Section 6(a)(2) of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act requires pesticide registrants to submit information to 
the Agency which may be relevant to the balancing of the risks and 
benefits of a pesticide product. The statute requires the registrant to 
submit any factual information that it acquires regarding adverse 
effects associated with its pesticidal products, and it is up to the 
Agency to determine whether or not that factual information constitutes 
an unreasonable adverse effect. Responses to this collection are 
mandatory. The authority for this information collection is section 
6(a)(2) of FIFRA, with regulations codified in 40 CFR part 159. 
Information submitted to EPA in response to this information collection 
may be protected from disclosure under FIFRA section 10.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 97.3 
hours per registrant (respondent). 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. 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: 1,720.
    Frequency of Response: As needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 167,316.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $9,809,591.
    Changes in the Estimates: This ICR renewal request reflects an 
increase of approximately 11,677 burden hours from that which is 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens, to 
an annual respondent burden of 167,316 hours at a cost of $9,809,591 
(in 2006 dollars). The change in burden reflects a number of 
adjustments. For this renewal ICR, there are now fewer registrants of 
active products (1,720 versus 1,877) and therefore fewer employees to 
be trained (17,200 versus 18,770) than reflected in the existing ICR.
    Total burden hour estimates associated with studies are reduced 
because the estimated number of study submissions is reduced from 325 
studies to 240. Burden estimates associated with the number of incident 
reports, however, are increased because of the increased volume of 
incident reporting (17%). Overall, considering both the decrease in 
studies and the increase in incidents, the total burden hours increased 
from 155,639 to 167,316.

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