[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43879-43880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17517]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0737; FRL-9534-7]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Standards for Pesticide Containers and 
Containment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Standards for Pesticide 
Containers and Containment'' (EPA ICR No. 1632.04; OMB Control No. 
2070-0133) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through July 31, 2013. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection activity and its 
expected burden and costs. Copies of the ICR and related documents are 
available in the docket.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2012-0737, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rame Cromwell, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703 308-9068; fax number: 
703 508-3884; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This information collection request covers the 
information collection activities associated with the container design 
and residue removal requirements and containment structure 
requirements. With respect to the container design and residue removal 
requirements, the information collection activities are associated with 
the requirement that businesses subject to the container regulations 
(pesticide registrants) and repackaging regulations (pesticide 
registrants and refillers) maintain records of test data, cleaning 
procedures, certain data when a container is refilled, and other 
supporting information. These records are subject to both call-in by 
EPA and on-site inspection by EPA and its representatives.
    EPA has not established a regular schedule for the collection of 
these records, and there is no reporting. With respect to the 
containment structure requirements, the information collection 
activities are associated with the requirement that businesses subject 
to the containment structure regulations maintain records of the: (1) 
Monthly inspection and maintenance of each containment structure and 
all stationary bulk containers; (2) duration over which non-stationary 
bulk containers holding pesticide and not protected by a secondary 
containment unit remain at the same location; and (3) construction date 
of the containment structure.
    The businesses subject to the containment structure regulations 
include agrichemical retailers and refilling establishments, custom 
blenders and commercial applicators of agricultural pesticides. The 
records have to be maintained by the owners and operators of such 
businesses. There is no regular schedule for the collection of either 
of these records, nor does EPA anticipate a call-in of records at some 
future date. Instead, the records would be available to inspectors to 
ensure that businesses are in compliance with containment requirements. 
These inspections are generally conducted by the states, which enforce 
FIFRA regulations through cooperative agreements with EPA.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include pesticide registrants and businesses who formulate 
pesticide products or pesticide formulation intermediates (NAICS code 
325320), farm supply wholesalers (NAICS code 422910), swimming pool 
applicators (NAICS codes 561790,453998, and 235990), and agricultural 
(aerial and ground) commercial applicators (NAICS code 115112).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory under sections 3, 8, 
19, and 25 of the Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136f, 136q, and 136w).
    Estimated number of respondents: 23,586.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 169,660 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $6,248,079 (per year), includes $5,561,578 
for container regulations and $686,501 for containment regulations.
    Changes in the Estimates: The renewal of this ICR will result in an 
overall decrease of 4,890.5 hours in the total estimated respondent 
burden indentified in the currently approved ICR. This decrease 
reflects three revisions to the estimated annual burden. First, EPA 
received very few waiver requests for complying with the non-refillable 
container regulations, so the estimated rate of registrants requesting 
waivers decreases from 5% to 1%. The decrease in estimated waiver 
requests resulted in a corresponding decrease in the associated burden. 
Second, since registrant repacking activities are similar to the 
repacking activities conducted by refillers and swimming pool supply 
companies, EPA increased the average annual burden per registrant 
respondent from 1 hour to 12.5 hours per respondent to be consistent 
with the average burden per refiller or swimming pool supply company. 
Third, for entities subject to the containment requirements, some 
activities in the previous ICR were one-time activities completed by 
the compliance date of August 16, 2009. This ICR includes only the 
ongoing annual information collection activities for the containment 
requirements,

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resulting in a corresponding decrease in the estimated annual burden 
per respondent from the previous ICR. These changes are adjustments.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-17517 Filed 7-19-13; 8:45 am]
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