[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58842-58843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20441]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0860; FRL-8483-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Plant-Incorporated Protectants; 
CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting; EPA ICR No. 1693.05, 
OMB Control No. 2070-0142

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. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 16, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0860, 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 March 14, 2007 (72 FR 11862), 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-2006-0860, 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, confidential business information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and 
Adverse Effects Reporting
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1693.05, OMB Control No. 2070-0142
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a

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currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR addresses the two information collection 
requirements described in regulations pertaining to pesticidal 
substances that are produced by plants (plant-incorporated protectants) 
and which are codified in 40 CFR part 174. A plant-incorporated 
protectant is defined as ``the pesticidal substance that is intended to 
be produced and used in a living plant and the genetic material 
necessary for the production of such a substance.'' Many, but not all, 
plant-incorporated protectants are exempt from registration 
requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA). Registrants sometimes include in a submission to EPA for 
registration of a plant-incorporated protectant, information that they 
claim to be confidential business information (CBI). CBI is protected 
by FIFRA and generally cannot be released to the public. Under 40 CFR 
part 174, whenever a registrant claims that information submitted to 
EPA in support of a registration application for plant-incorporated 
protectants contains CBI, the registrant must substantiate such claims 
when they are made, rather than provide it later upon request by EPA. 
In addition, manufacturers of plant-incorporated protectants that are 
otherwise exempted from the requirements of registration must report 
adverse effects of the plant-incorporated protectant to the Agency. 
Such reporting will allow the Agency to determine whether further 
action is needed to prevent unreasonable adverse effects to the 
environment. Submission of this information is mandatory.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7 
hours for an adverse effects report and 21.5 hours for substantiation 
of a CBI claim, 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: Producers and importers of plant-
incorporated protectants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 303.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $20,879, includes no annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the number of hours 
in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: October 10, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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