[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18988-18989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7143]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0632; FRL-8299-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Experimental Use 
Permit to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only, EPA 
ICR Number 0276.13, OMB Control Number 2070-0040

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 May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0632, 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: Cameo Smoot, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-305-5454; 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 62436), 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-2006-0632, 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: Application for Experimental Use Permit to Ship and Use a 
Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR 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: This information collection provides the EPA with the 
data necessary to determine whether to issue an experimental use permit 
(EUP) under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. FIFRA requires that before a 
pesticide product may be distributed or sold in the U.S. it must be 
registered by EPA. However, section 5 authorizes EPA to issue 
experimental use permits which allow pesticide companies to temporarily 
ship pesticide products for experimental use for the purpose of 
gathering data necessary to support the application for registration

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of a pesticide product. In general, EUP's are issued either for a 
pesticide not registered with the Agency or for a registered pesticide 
for a use not registered with the Agency. The permit applications are 
voluntarily submitted to the Agency, however applicants must submit the 
applicable information to be granted a permit.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
10 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 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 and other 
agricultural chemical manufacturing.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 757.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Cost: $48,237.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens.

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