[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 237 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57758-57759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22589]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0049; FRL-13123-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking (New)
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), Bilingual Pesticide
Labeling (EPA ICR Number 7795.01, OMB Control Number 2070-NEW) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on July 21, 2025. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 12, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2025-0049, to EPA online using 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.
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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, Office of Critical
Mission Operations (Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 566-1205; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new
collection. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on July 21, 2025, during a 60-day comment period (90 FR 34269). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 is a new information collection activity that covers
the paperwork burden for tracking the adoption of bilingual labeling of
pesticide products. This ICR was developed as part of a requirement by
the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). PRIA was enacted in
2004 and established a new system for registering pesticides including
fees and guaranteed decision times, along with funding for farmworker
protection activities. PRIA was reauthorized in 2007, 2012, 2019, and
most recently on December 29, 2022 (PRIA 5). PRIA 5 amended the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require
bilingual language translation for parts of the end-use pesticide
product labels where translation is available in the EPA Spanish
Translation Guide for Pesticide Labeling (or the Spanish Translation
Guide). PRIA 5 requires that each registered pesticide product released
for shipment include either the bilingual language translation for
parts of the labeling contained in EPA's Spanish Translation Guide on
the pesticide product container, or a link to such translation via
scannable technology or other electronic methods readily accessible on
the product label. Currently, bilingual labeling is implemented through
a non-notification process (see PR Notice 98-10, entitled
``Notifications, Non-Notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments''
dated October 22, 1998). The non-notification process means that a
product label may be updated with Spanish translations without
notifying EPA (or EPA reviewing the label), if that is the only change
being made to the label. Non-notification label changes are not
systematically tracked by EPA. However, PRIA 5 also requires EPA to
``develop and implement, and make publicly available, a plan for
tracking the adoption of the bilingual labeling.'' In response, EPA has
developed a plan for tracking the adoption of the bilingual labeling.
Public comments were originally requested on the draft plan during a
30-day comment period beginning on January 2, 2025 (90 FR 99 (FRL-
12231-01)).
In addition to the ICR, EPA is publishing a final Pesticide
Registration Notice (PRN), ``Establishment of a Plan to Track the
Adoption of Bilingual Labeling on End Use Pesticide Product Labels'',
which provides guidance and clarification to pesticide registrants and
the public on how the Agency will track the adoption of bilingual
labeling. While the requirements in the FIFRA and EPA regulations are
binding on EPA and applicants, the PRN is not binding on EPA personnel,
pesticide registrants and applicants, or the public. EPA may depart
from the guidance where circumstances warrant and without prior notice.
Likewise, pesticide applicants may assert that the guidance is not
appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide product
or registration decision. Registrants and applicants may propose
alternatives to the guidance provided in any application to the Agency.
Form number: PFN-8500-31.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include pesticide importers, pesticide manufacturers and
government establishments responsible for agricultural pest and weed
regulation.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. 40 CFR 152.
Estimated number of potential respondents: 1,517.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 27,784 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $3,648,965 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new collection.
Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-22589 Filed 12-11-25; 8:45 am]
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