[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70581-70582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24095]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0558; FRL-8504-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Producers of Pesticides Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPA ICR No. 0143.10, OMB 
Control No. 2070-0028

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 January 11, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2007-0558, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Mail Code: 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 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: Robin Nogle, Office of Compliance/
Agriculture Division, Mail Code: 2225A, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-4154; fax number: (202) 564-0085; 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 August 20, 2007 (72 FR 46462), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the 
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-OECA-2007-0558, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket is 202-566-0226.
    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: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides Under 
Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0143.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0028.
    ICR Status: 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. 
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a 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: Producers of pesticides must maintain certain records 
with respect to their operations and make such records available for 
inspection and copying as specified in section 8 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and in regulations 
at 40 CFR Part 169. This information collection is mandatory under 
FIFRA section 8. It is used by the Agency to determine compliance with 
the Act. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide enforcement 
and compliance staffs, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance (OECA), and the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) within the 
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), as well 
as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), and other Federal agencies, States under 
Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
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: Producers of pesticides for sale or 
distribution in the United States.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,400.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 26,800.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,227,976. There are no annualized 
capital or O&M costs associated with this ICR since all equipment 
associated with this ICR is present as part of ordinary business 
practices.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 893 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is an adjustment due to a change in 
the number of respondents since the last ICR.

    Dated: December 4, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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