[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 232 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63750-63751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28973]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0264; FRL-9088-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notice of Supplemental 
Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product; EPA ICR No. 0278.10, 
OMB Control No. 2070-0044

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 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 4, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0264, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Regulatory 
Public Docket (7502P), 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: Lily Negash, Field and External 
Affairs Division, (7506P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
347-8515; 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 24, 2009 (74 FR 30073), 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-2009-0264, 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 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.
    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: Notice of Supplemental Distribution of a Registered 
Pesticide Product.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0278.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0044.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2010. 
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.
    Abstract: This information collection activity provides the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with notification of supplemental 
registration of distributors of pesticide products. EPA is responsible 
for the regulation of pesticides as mandated by the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. Section 
3(e) of FIFRA (see 7 U.S.C. 136a(e)), allows pesticide registrants to 
distribute or sell a registered pesticide product under a different 
name instead of or in addition to his own. Such distribution and sale 
is termed ``supplemental distribution'' and the product is termed a 
``distributor product.'' EPA requires the pesticide registrant to 
submit a supplemental statement (EPA Form 8570-5, Notice of 
Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product) when the 
registrant has entered into an agreement with a second company that 
will distribute the registrant's product under the second company's 
name and product name. 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 about 
15 minutes 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: Individuals or firms engaged in 
activities related to the registration and supplemental distribution of 
a pesticide product.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,895.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 455.

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    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $36,952, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 140 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is an adjustment due to the 
decrease in the number of applications the Agency expects to receive in 
the next 3 years. EPA expects to receive a projected 584 fewer annual 
responses, based on a year-over-year decrease in the number of 
responses received in the 2006-2008 fiscal years. The Agency estimates 
that it will receive an average of 1,895 supplemental registrations 
annually for the next three years.

    Dated: November 23, 2009.
John Moses, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
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