[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 1960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00249]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0619; FRL-10016-62-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal Request 
Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide 
Program Public Sector Collections (FIFRA Sections 18 & 24(c)) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Program 
Public Sector Collections (FIFRA Sections 18 & 24(c)) (EPA ICR Number 
2311.04 and OMB Control Number 2070-0182), 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 ICR, which is 
currently approved through February 28, 2021. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on August 17, 2020 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: Comments must be received on or before February 10, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing docket 
identification (ID) number EPA- HQ-OPP-2017-0619, online using http://www.regulations.gov.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 
(7101M), Office of Program Support, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 347-0159; 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: This ICR covers the paperwork burden under the PRA that 
is associated with two types of pesticide registration requests made by 
States, U.S. Territories, or Federal agencies. Specifically, this ICR 
covers emergency exemption requests, which allow for an unregistered 
use of a pesticide, and State registrations of a pesticide use to meet 
a special local need (SLN). FIFRA section 18 authorizes 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. FIFRA Section 18 requests 
include unregistered pesticide use exemptions for specific 
agricultural, public health, quarantine and crisis purposes. FIFRA 
Section 24(c) authorizes any particular State to register additional 
uses of a federally registered pesticide for distribution and use 
within that state to meet a SLN.
    Form Numbers: 8570-25 & 8570-4.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: States and Federal government 
agencies and pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical 
manufacturing.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA Sections 
3 and 11.
    Frequency of response: On Occasion.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 283.
    Estimated total burden: 25,753 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $ 1,829,103 (per year), includes no 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the number of hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified 
in the ICR currently approved by OMB.

    Dated: December 11, 2020.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-00249 Filed 1-8-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P