[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10089-10090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03864]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0446; FRL-9922-66-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Certification of Pesticide Applicators 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Certification of Pesticide 
Applicators (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0155.12, OMB Control No. 2070-
0029) 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 revision of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through February 28, 2015. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 43039) on July 24, 2014 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2014-0446, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our

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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: Lily G. Negash, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Field & External Affairs Division, 7605P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-347-8515; fax number: 703-305-5884; 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 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers 
certification programs for pesticide applicators under section 11 of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA 
allows EPA to classify a pesticide as ``restricted use'' if the 
pesticide meets certain toxicity or risk criteria. Due to the potential 
of improperly applied restricted use pesticides (RUPs) to harm human 
health or the environment, pesticides under this classification may be 
purchased and applied only by ``certified applicators'' or by persons 
under the direct supervision of certified applicators. The completion 
of a certification program or test is required in order to become a 
certified applicator.
    Personally identifying information (PII) is collected in the 
process of certifying individuals to apply RUPs as private or 
commercial applicators. This information is collected to differentiate 
between individuals sharing the same names and is subject to Agency-
wide security requirements governing all Privacy Act database systems 
at EPA.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form 8500-17 and EPA Form 8500-17-N.
    Respondents/affected entities: Registrants, commercial and private 
applicators, and dealers of restricted use pesticides; Indian tribes 
and State regulators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (FIFRA Sections 3 & 
11).
    Estimated number of respondents: 421,000 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 1,320,254 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $42,637,865 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 415 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This net decrease is due to EPA's updates to burden 
estimates, addition of a recently-implemented optional, voluntary 
offering, and a change in the number of entities whose certification 
programs are directly overseen by EPA. This change is both an 
adjustment and the result of a program change.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-03864 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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