[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 241 (Monday, December 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76025-76026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29637]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0255; FRL-8751-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment 
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 0161.11, OMB Control 
No. 2070-0027

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been

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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 14, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0255, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by mail--Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Nathanael R. Martin, Field and 
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-305-6475; 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 June 11, 2008 (73 FR 33081) EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment on this ICR 
during the 60-day comment period and addressed them 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-OPP-2008-0255, which is available for online viewing at 
http://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. 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 telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered 
Pesticides
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0161.11, OMB Control No. 2070-0027.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2009. 
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: This information collection program is designed to enable 
EPA to provide notice to foreign purchasers of unregistered pesticides 
exported from the United States that the pesticide product cannot be 
sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires an exporter of any 
pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold under FIFRA 
section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the foreign purchaser 
acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the pesticide is not 
registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the United States. A copy 
of this statement must be transmitted to an appropriate official of the 
government in the importing country. The purpose of the purchaser 
acknowledgment statement requirement is to notify the government of the 
importing country that a pesticide judged hazardous to human health or 
the environment, or for which no such hazard assessment has been made, 
will be imported into that country. This information is submitted in 
the form of annual or per-shipment statements to EPA, which maintains 
original records and transmits copies thereof to appropriate government 
officials of the countries which are importing the pesticides. Pursuant 
to 40 CFR part 168, responses to this collection of information are 
mandatory.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.06 
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: Manufacturers of pesticides and 
other agricultural chemicals, exporters of unregistered pesticide 
products.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 50.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,492 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $1,574,306.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: The total estimated annual respondent 
burden for this ICR renewal is 24,492 hours, a reduction of 208 hours 
from the 24,700 total estimated burden hours in the currently-approved 
ICR. This change is an adjustment and reflects a decrease in the 
estimated average annual number of Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment 
Statements that will be submitted to EPA.

    Dated: December 8, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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