[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65152-65153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25592]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0824; FRL-10001-83-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Establishment 
Application, Notification of Registration, and Pesticide Production 
Reports for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Establishment 
Application, Notification of Registration, and Pesticide Production 
Reports for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments 
(EPA ICR Number 0160.12, OMB Control Number 2070-0078) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2020. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 6, 2019 
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 December 26, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2011-0824 to: (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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: Michelle Yaras, Office of Compliance, 
Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Pesticides, Waste, 
and Toxics Branch (2225A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-4153; email: [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

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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 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) Section 7(a) requires that any person who produces pesticides 
or pesticide devices subject to the Act must register with the 
Administrator of EPA the establishment in which the pesticide or the 
device is produced. This Section further requires that application for 
registration of any establishment shall include the name and address of 
the establishment and of the producer who operates such an 
establishment. EPA Form 3540-8, Application for Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to 
collect the establishment registration information required by this 
Section.
    FIFRA Section 7(c) requires that any producer operating an 
establishment registered under Section 7 report to the Administrator 
within 30 days after it is registered, and annually thereafter by March 
1st for certain pesticide/device production and sales/distribution 
information. The producers must report which types and amounts of 
pesticides, active ingredients, or devices are currently being 
produced, were produced during the past year, and sold or distributed 
in the past year. The supporting regulations at 40 CFR part 167 provide 
the requirements and time schedules for submitting production 
information. EPA Form 3540-16, Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing 
and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the pesticide 
production information required by Section 7(c) of FIFRA.
    Establishment registration information, collected on EPA Form 3540-
8, is a one-time requirement for all pesticide-producing and device-
producing establishments. Pesticide and device production information, 
reported on EPA Form 3540-16, is required to be submitted within 30 
days after the company is notified of their pesticide-producing or 
device-producing establishment number, and annually thereafter on or 
before March 1st.
    In January 2016, EPA launched an additional voluntary option for 
pesticide establishments to electronically register their 
establishments and report their production through EPA's Central Data 
Exchange (CDX).
    Form Numbers: EPA Forms 3540-8 and 3540-16.
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide-producing and device-
producing establishments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 167).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,063.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 27,136.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,955,029. There are no annualized 
capital or O&M costs associated with this ICR since all equipment 
associated with this ICR is present as part of ordinary business 
practices.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,057 hours in 
burden due to the wholesale reassessment of the burden covered by this 
ICR based on to the option of electronic submission, which began in 
2016. Some adjustments resulted from corrections of clerical or 
computational errors in the previous ICR renewal supporting statement. 
All other adjustments to the burden estimates resulted from (1) 
adjustments in the salary computation for industry to reflect current 
wage scales, (2) adjustments for inflation, (3) adjustment to the 
number of respondents, and (4) adjustments based on differences in 
submitting information through the paper form or the eReporting system.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-25592 Filed 11-25-19; 8:45 am]
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