[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-30685]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0479; FRL-9916-07]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Work Plan 
and Report Template 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), this 
document announces that EPA is planning to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
The ICR, entitled ``Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Work 
Plan and Report Template'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2511.01 and 
OMB Control No. 2070-NEW, represents a new request. Before submitting 
the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection that is 
summarized in this document. The ICR and accompanying material are 
available in the docket for public review and comment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0479, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo Smoot, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7605P) Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5454, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?

    Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 
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

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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 information collection activity or ICR does this action apply 
to?

    Title: Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Work Plan and 
Report Template.
    ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2511.01.
    OMB control number: OMB Control No. 2070-NEW.
    ICR status: This is a new information collection activity. 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 Code of Federal Regulations (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 for certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR describes the burden activities for the 
collection of information for the pre-award burden activity for 
creating a work plan and the post-award and after-the-grant award 
activities related to reporting accomplishments to implement EPA's 
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act State and Tribal 
Assistance Grant (STAG) program (7 U.S.C. 136u). The ICR augments 
another ICR that is currently approved under OMB control number 2030-
0020 and that accounts for the current PRA burden for the minimum 
management requirements for all recipients of EPA grants or cooperative 
agreements (assistance agreements). The new ICR describes the paperwork 
activities associated specifically with the FIFRA program specific 
activities, including the use of a standardized electronic reporting 
template that was developed in conjunction with the States and EPA 
Regions for the collection of this information. Responses to this 
collection of information are mandatory (40 CFR parts 30 and 31).
    Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 39 
hours per response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). The ICR, 
which is available in the docket along with other related materials, 
provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities and the 
burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State, local governments, tribes and 
U.S. territories. Entities potentially affected by this ICR are 
grantees of Federal funds participating in the FIFRA and STAG program 
(7 U.S.C. 136u).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 81
    Frequency of response: On occasion
    Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 2
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,318 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $233,280. No capital investment or 
maintenance and operational costs are related to this action.

III. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?

    EPA will consider the comments received and amend the 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 document pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 
announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit 
additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or 
the approval process, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.

    Dated: December 22, 2014.
James Jones,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-30685 Filed 12-31-14; 8:45 am]
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