[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2213-2214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00744]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0231; FRL-9936-04-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement
of Unregistered Pesticides
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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):
``Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered
Pesticides'' (FPAS) and identified by EPA ICR No. 0161.13 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0027. 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 in this document. EPA has addressed the comments received in
response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in
the Federal Register on May 8, 2015 (80 FR 26554). With this
submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0231, 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: Scott Drewes, Field and External
Affairs, (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0107; 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 January
31, 2016. 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
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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 information collection request is designed to enable
the EPA to provide notice to foreign purchasers of unregistered
pesticides exported from the United States that the pesticide product
cannot be sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires an
exporter of any pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold
under FIFRA section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the
foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the
pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the
United States. A copy of this FPAS must be transmitted to an
appropriate official of the government in the importing country. This
information is submitted in the form of annual or per-shipment
statements to the EPA, which maintains original records and transmits
copies thereof to appropriate government officials of the countries
which are importing the pesticide. This information collection request
also includes the burden imposed by export labeling requirements, which
meet the definition of third-party disclosure. In addition to the
export notification for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA requires that
all pesticides include appropriate labeling. There are different
requirements for registered and unregistered products. This information
collection has been constant since the implementation of the 1993
pesticide export policy governing the export of pesticides, devices,
and active ingredients used in producing pesticides.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are individuals or entities that produce and export
pesticides.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 50.
Frequency of response: Annual or on occasion.
Estimated total burden: 17,993 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Estimated total costs: $ 1,224,655 (per year), includes no
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 6,477 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of
burden estimates for this collection based upon historical information
on the number of responses per year. Based upon revised estimates, the
number of exported products has decreased from 3,600 to 2,411, with a
corresponding decrease in the associated burden. This change is an
adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-00744 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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