[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0567; FRL 9926-57-OEI]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Program Public Sector 
Collections (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): Pesticide Program Public Sector 
Collections (FIFRA Sections 18 & 24(c)), identified by EPA ICR No. 
2311.02 and OMB Control No. 2070-0182. 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 briefly summarized in this document. EPA did not receive any 
comments in response to the previously provided public review 
opportunity issued in the Federal Register on September 17, 2014 (79 FR 
55791). With this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days 
for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0567, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     To 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 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rame Cromwell, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9068; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on May 31, 
2015. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 covers the paperwork burden associated with two 
types of pesticide registration requests made by states, U.S. 
Territories, or Federal agencies under the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136a et seq.: (1) 
Emergency exemption requests, which allow for an unregistered use of a 
pesticide; and (2) Requests by states to register a pesticide use to 
meet a special local need (SLN).
    FIFRA section 18 allows EPA to grant emergency exemptions to 
states, U.S. Territories, and Federal agencies to allow an unregistered 
use of a pesticide for a limited time if EPA determines that emergency 
conditions exist. Section 18 requests include unregistered pesticide 
use exemptions for specific agricultural, public health, and quarantine 
purposes. FIFRA section 24(c) allows EPA to grant permission to a 
particular state to register additional uses of a federally registered 
pesticide for distribution and use within that state to meet a SLN.
    Form numbers: EPA Form No. 8570-25; EPA Form No. 8570-4.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are pesticides registrants, which may be identified by North 
American Classification System (NAICS) codes 325320 (pesticide and 
other agricultural chemical manufacturing), and 9241 (governments that 
administer environmental quality programs).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. Required to obtain 
EPA permission under FIFRA sections 18 and 24(c).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 980 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 34,175 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $2,332,954 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the number of 
burden hours estimated per respondent, as compared with that identified 
in the ICR currently approved by OMB. However, the total burden is 
being adjusted to reflect a change in the estimated number of 
applications EPA projects might be submitted in the next three years. 
Although submitting a request under FIFRA section 18 and 24(c) is not 
mandatory, making it difficult to provide a precise estimate of how 
many submissions will be received in the future, EPA used the 
submissions received in recent years to help estimate the potential 
number of future submissions. The result is a slight increase in the 
average number of FIFRA section 18 submissions projected per year, from 
128 to 185; and a small decrease in the average number of FIFRA section 
24(c) petitions projected for annual submissions, from about 325 to 
305. The increased burden is the total annual respondent burden for 
FIFRA section 18 submissions increased from 12,672 hours to 18,315 
hours; while the total annual respondent burden for FIFRA section 24(c) 
submissions decreased from 16,900 to 15,860 hours. The net result is an 
increase of 4,603 hours in the total burden (i.e., from 29,572 to 
34,175).

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

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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