[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37217-37218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16782]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0463; FRL-9964-60-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Fees Program
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):
``Pesticide Registration Fees Program'' and identified by EPA ICR No.
2330.03 and OMB Control No. 2070-0179. 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 did not receive any
comments in response to the previously provided public review
opportunity issued in the Federal Register on September 26, 2016 (81 FR
66012). With this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days
for public review.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0463, 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: Cameo Smoot, Field and Regulatory
Affairs Division. (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5454; 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: OMB approval for this ICR expired on July 1, 2017 due
to administrative error. This action is a request to reinstate OMB
approval for the information collection activities outlined in this
document. 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 hours and costs
associated with the information collection activities under the
pesticide registration fee programs implemented through EPA's Office of
Pesticide Programs. Pesticide registrants are required by statute to
pay an annual registration maintenance fee for all products registered
under Section 3 and Section 24(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In addition, the Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act (PRIA) amended FIFRA in 2004 to create a registration
service fee system for applications for specific pesticide
registration, amended registration, and associated tolerance actions
(Section 33). This mandatory collection specifically covers the
activities related to the annual registration maintenance fees, the
registration service fees and the burden associated with the submission
of requests for fees to be waived.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturers,
other basic inorganic chemical manufacturers, other basic organic
chemical manufacturers, and regulators of agricultural marketing
commodities.
Respondent's Obligation To Respond: This information collection is
mandatory under FIFRA sections 4(i)(5) and 33.
Estimated Total Number of Potential Respondents: 1,471
Frequency of Response: Annual and on occasion.
Estimated Total Burden: Ranges from 1,681 to 6,840 hours per year
depending
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on the program. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Estimated Total Costs: $63,971 (per year). There are no annualized
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The total annual burden for respondents
associated with pesticide product registration maintenance fee is 1,681
hours, a decrease from 1,993 hours as previously reported in the last
ICR. The reason for the decrease was a slight refinement in the
estimate per response from 1.14 hours to 1.13 hours and a reduction in
the number responses from 1,744 to 1,471. Costs increased since the
last renewal because of labor cost increases. The total estimated
annual respondent burden for the pesticide registration service fee
waivers information collection has increased about 15% from 5,914 hours
in the existing ICR to 6,840 hours for this renewal, due to the
increase of respondent's usage of the newer waiver provisions allowed
under the law.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-16782 Filed 8-8-17; 8:45 am]
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