[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75092-75094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29219]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0480 ; FRL-8379-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal and 
Consolidation of Several Currently Approved Collections; Comment 
Request; Pesticide Registration Fees Program; EPA ICR No. 2330.01, OMB 
Control No. 2070-new

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 EPA is planning to 
submit a request to renew and

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consolidate several existing approved Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting 
the consolidated ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting 
comments on specific aspects of this information collection. The 
consolidated ICR, entitled: ``Pesticide Registration Fees Program'' and 
identified by EPA ICR No. 2330.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-new, will 
consolidate the following currently approved ICRs: ``Product 
Registration Maintenance Fees'' (EPA ICR No. 1214.07, OMB Control No. 
2070-0100) and ``Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers (PRIA)'' (EPA ICR 
No. 2147.03, OMB Control No. 2070-0167).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 9, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0480, by one of the following methods:
     Federal Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0480. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, 
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index 
available in http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, 
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other 
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet 
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac 
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 
operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 
number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rame Cromwell, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9068; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-
mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What Information is EPA Particularly Interested in?

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of PRA, EPA specifically solicits 
comments and information to enable it to:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility.
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected.
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from 
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of 
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork 
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.

II. What Should I Consider when I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific 
examples.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used 
that support your views.
    4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you 
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
    5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
    6. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
    7. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified 
under DATES.
    8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket 
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page 
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal 
Register citation.

III. What Do I Need to Know About PRA?

    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information subject to PRA approval 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB 
control numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), after appearing in the preamble of the final 
rule, are further displayed either by publication in the Federal 
Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 
collection instruments or form, if applicable. The display of OMB 
control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in a list 
at 40 CFR 9.1.
    PRA defines burden to mean the total time, effort, or financial 
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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.

IV. What ICR Does this Request Apply to?

    Title: Pesticide Registration Fees Program.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2330.01, OMB Control No. 2070-new.
    ICR status: This ICR reflects the consolidation of the following 
currently approved ICRs: ``Product Registration Maintenance Fees'' (EPA 
ICR No. 1214.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0100; scheduled to expire on 
November 30, 2010) and ``Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers (PRIA)'' 
(EPA ICR No. 2147.03, OMB Control No. 2070-0167; scheduled to expire on 
October 31, 2010).
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR are 
pesticide registrants holding currently active registrations under the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 3 
and section 24(c), which are subject to this information collection 
activity. These include pesticide companies and state governments, 
which may be identified by pesticide and other agricultural chemical 
manufacturing (North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
code 325320) and regulation of agricultural marketing and commodities 
(NAICS code 9641).
    Abstract: The proposed consolidation information collection reports 
the paperwork burden hours and costs for State initiated under either 
Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers (PRIA) or Pesticide Product 
Registration Maintenance Fee. PRIA authorizes EPA to process requests 
for waivers of fees. 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 Project Number 4 (IR-4). State and Federal 
agencies are exempt from the payment of fees. Maintenance fees are 
collected from pesticides registrants as required by law. Respondents 
complete and submit EPA Form 8570-30 indicating the respondent's 
liability for the registration maintenance fee. Annually the Agency 
provides registrants a list of the registered products currently 
registered with the Agency. Registrants are provided the opportunity to 
review the list, determine its accuracy, and remit payment of 
maintenance fee. The list of products has space identified for making 
those products to be supported and those products that are to be 
cancelled. The registrants are also instructed to identify any products 
on the list which they believe to be transferred to another company and 
to add to the list any products which the company believes to be 
registered that are not the Agency-provided list. The failure to pay 
the required fee for a product will result in cancellation of that 
product's registration.
    Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average a 
combined 2,109 hours annually. The consolidated ICR, a copy of which is 
available in the docket, provides a detailed explanation of this 
estimate, which is only briefly summarized here:
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 2,109.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 10,013 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $647,703. This ICR does not involve 
any capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.

V. Are There Changes in the Estimates from the Last Approvals?

    The consolidation of these ICRs will not result in a change of the 
10,013 hours in the total estimated combined respondent burden that is 
currently approved by OMB.

VI. What is the Next Step in the Process for this ICR?

    EPA will consider the comments received and amend the consolidated 
ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB 
for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue 
another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 
announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity for the 
public to submit additional comments for OMB consideration.
    If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.


    Dated: December 2, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances.
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