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copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
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31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Water Quality Standards
Regulation (Renewal).
Abstract: Section 303(c) of the Clean
Water Act requires States and
authorized Tribes to establish water
quality standards, and to review and, if
appropriate, revise their water quality
standards once every three years. The
Act also requires EPA to review and
either approve or disapprove the new or
revised standards, and to promulgate
replacement Federal standards if
necessary. Section 118(c)(2) of the Act
specifies additional water quality
standards requirements for waters of the
Great Lakes system.
The Water Quality Standards
Regulation governs national
implementation of the water quality
standards program. The Regulation
consists of 40 CFR part 131, and
portions of part 132 related to water
quality standards, including 40 CFR
132.3, Appendix A, Appendix E, and
Procedures 1 and 2 of Appendix F. The
Regulation describes requirements and
procedures for States and authorized
Tribes to develop, review, and revise
their water quality standards, and EPA
procedures for reviewing and approving
the water quality standards. The
regulation requires the development and
submission of information to EPA,
including:
—Results of each jurisdiction’s triennial
review of its water quality standards
(40 CFR 131.6 and 131.20), including
any new or revised water quality
standards that are adopted, and
required supporting information.
Water quality standards include use
designations for specific water bodies;
water quality criteria sufficient to
protect the designated uses; and an
antidegradation policy. The regulation
requires that certain information be
made available for public review as
well.
—Information that an Indian Tribe must
submit to EPA in order to determine
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whether a Tribe is qualified to
administer the water quality
standards program (40 CFR 131.8).
—Information a State or Tribe must
submit if it chooses to exercise a
dispute resolution mechanism for
disputes between States and Tribes
over water quality standards on
common water bodies (40 CFR 131.7).
—Information required by 40 CFR part
132 from dischargers to waters of the
Great Lakes system, including
bioassay tests initiated by dischargers
to support development of water
quality criteria; studies and
demonstrations required by the
antidegradation policy for the Great
Lakes System; and analyses to request
variances from water quality
standards. The Guidance includes
additional information collections
that are addressed in separate
Information Collection Requests for
the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System program.
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 for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 988 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State
and certain Tribal governments, and
water dischargers subject to certain
requirements related to water quality
standards in the Great Lakes system.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,796 (56 States and Territories, 30
Tribes, 516 major industrial and POTW
dischargers, and 2,194 minor
dischargers).
Frequency of Response: At least once
every three years for water quality
standards reviews and submissions.
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Once per occasion for Tribal
applications to administer water quality
standards; dispute resolution requests;
and Great Lakes bioassay testing,
variance requests, and antidegradation
demonstrations.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
260,714.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$12,063,453 , including $0 for Capital
Expense, $0 for O&M, and $12,063,453
for Respondent Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 21,938 hours over the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase is due to
adjustments in the number of tribes
receiving approval to administer water
programs, even though there was a
small reduction in some of the Great
Lakes activities.
Dated: July 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OPP–2004–0419; FRL–7947–7]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB;
Comment Request; EPA ICR Number
0277.14; OMB Control Number 2070–
0060; Application for New and
Amended Pesticide Registration
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval: Application for
New and Amended Pesticide
Registration; EPA ICR Number 0277.14;
OMB Control Number 2070–0060. The
ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information
collection activity and its expected
burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before September 2,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OPP–
2004–0419, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
email to https://www.epa.gov/edocket, or
by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameo G. Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs, 7506C, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703–305–5454; fax
number: 703–305–5884; email address:
smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
The Federal Register document,
required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
February 9, 2005 (70 FR 6860). EPA
received two comments on this ICR
during the 60-day comment period and
has addressed them in the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPP–
2004–0419, which is available for public
viewing at the Public Information and
Records Integrity Branch, Office of
Pesticide Programs Docket, Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. This docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The docket telephone number
is 703–305–5805. An electronic version
of the public docket is available through
EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
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Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/
edocket.
ICR Title: Application for New and
Amended Pesticide Registration
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on October
31, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB. This ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
Abstract: This data collection program
is designed to provide the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
with necessary data to evaluate an
application of a pesticide product as
required under Section 3 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA).
An individual or entity wanting to
obtain a registration for a pesticide
product must submit an application
package consisting of information
relating to the identity and composition
of the product, proposed labeling, and
supporting data (or compensation for
others’ data) for the product as outlined
in 40 CFR part 158. The EPA bases
registration decisions for pesticides on
its evaluation of a battery of test data
provided primarily by applicants for
registration. Required studies include
testing to show whether a pesticide has
the potential to cause unreasonable
adverse human health or environmental
effects. The Agency currently collects
data on physical chemistry, acute and
chronic toxicology, environmental fate,
ecological effects, worker exposure,
residue chemistry, environmental
chemistry, and product performance.
Respondents to this information
collection activity typically complete
and submit to EPA one or more forms,
in addition to the required data, with
their application for registration. If
EPA’s evaluation of the data show that
the statutory requirements of FIFRA are
met, then a registration is approved.
Under FIFRA, all pesticides must be
registered by EPA before they may be
sold or distributed in U.S. commerce.
Registrants of EPA-registered
pesticide products at times become
subject to regulations, such as 40 CFR
part 156, or guidance that include
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labeling revisions. The revised labeling
is submitted as an amendment to the
Agency along with the completed
application form (EPA Form 8570–1).
Normally, data are not required or
reviewed for revised labeling
regulations or guidance; however, it is
necessary that the revised labeling be
reviewed and approved. This review is
most often accomplished by a Product
Manager or Team Leader to ensure that
revisions are in compliance with the
applicable labeling requirement or
guidance.
Responses to this information
collection activity are required in order
to obtain or retain a benefit. 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 for
EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if
applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be 152,974 hours. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
The following is a summary of the
burden estimates taken from the ICR:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide
and other agricultural chemical
manufacturing (NAICS 325320), e.g.,
Businesses engaged in the manufacture
of pesticides.
Estimated number of respondents:
2100.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
152,974.
Estimated total annual labor cost:
$15,811,472.
Changes in the ICR since the last
approval: There is no change in the
hours in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
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The only changes are to the respondent
costs as reflected by the increase in
labor costs adjusted to 2004 dollars, an
increase of $1,603,798 dollars (from
$14,208,074 to $15,811,472 dollars).
Dated: July 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–15328 Filed 8–2–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2004–0237; FRL–7948–3]
Animal Feeding Operations Consent
Agreement and Final Order
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental notice; reopen
signup period for consent agreement
and final order.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On January 31, 2005 (70 FR
4958), EPA announced an opportunity
for animal feeding operations (AFOs) to
sign a voluntary consent agreement and
final order (air compliance agreement).
This supplemental notice announces a
reopening to the signup period for the
consent agreement and final order.
DATES: The signup period is reopened
until August 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments are posted on
Docket ID No. OAR–2004–0237 at the
Agency Web site: https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the EDOCKET index at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
information, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in
hard copy form. Publicly available
docket materials are available either
electronically in EDOCKET or in hard
copy form at the public reading room
(Docket ID No. OAR–2004–0237), EPA/
DC, EPA West Building, Room B102,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the Air Docket is (202) 566–1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the air compliance
agreement, contact Mr. Bruce Fergusson,
Special Litigation and Projects Division,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
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Assurance, U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios
Building, Washington, DC 20460,
telephone number (202) 564–1261, fax
number (202) 564–0010, and electronic
mail: fergusson.bruce@epa.gov.
For information on the monitoring
study, contact Ms. Sharon Nizich,
Organic Chemicals Group, Emission
Standards Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S.
EPA, Research Triangle Park NC, 27711,
telephone number (919) 541–2825, fax
number (919) 541–3470, and electronic
mail: nizich.sharon@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In order to
provide more time for operators of
animal feeding facilities to make
informed decisions about participation,
EPA is reopening the signup period
until August 12, 2005, for the Animal
Feeding Operation Air Compliance
Agreement. The Agreement addresses
emissions from certain animal feeding
operations, also known as AFOs. EPA
will continue to reach out to the
agricultural community during this
time.
Dated: July 28, 2005.
Steve Fruh,
Acting Director, Emission Standards Division,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 05–15431 Filed 8–2–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OPP–2005–0213; FRL–7728–4]
Pesticide Program Dialogue
Committee, Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Process
Improvement Workgroup; Notice of
Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA’s Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC), Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA)
Process Improvement Workgroup will
hold a public meeting on September 14,
2005. An agenda for this meeting is
being developed and should be posted
on EPA’s website in mid-August. The
workgroup is developing advice and
recommendations on topics related to
EPA’s registration process.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, September 14, 2005 from 1
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
EPA’s Offices at 1801 S. Bell St., Crystal
Mall #2, Rm. 1126, Arlington, VA
22202.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Leovey, Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 305–7328; fax number:
(703) 308–4776; e-mail address:
leovey.elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of particular
interest to persons who are concerned
about implementation of the Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act (PRIA),
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). Other potentially affected
entities may include but are not limited
to agricultural workers and farmers;
pesticide industry trade associations;
environmental, consumer and
farmworker groups; pesticide users and
growers; pest consultants; State, local
and Tribal governments; academia;
public health organizations; food
processors; and the public. Since other
entities may also be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an
official public docket for this action
under docket identification (ID) number
OPP–2005–0213. The official public
docket consists of the documents
specifically referenced in this action,
any public comments received, and
other information related to this action.
Although a part of the official docket,
the public docket does not include
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. The official public
docket is the collection of materials that
is available for public viewing at the
Public Information and Records
Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1801 South Bell St.,
Arlington, VA. This docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The docket telephone number
is (703) 305–5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-2004-0419; FRL-7947-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB;
Comment Request; EPA ICR Number 0277.14; OMB Control Number 2070-0060;
Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval: Application for New and Amended
Pesticide Registration; EPA ICR Number 0277.14; OMB Control Number
2070-0060. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 2,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OPP-2004-
0419, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email
to https://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
[[Page 44630]]
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo G. Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506C, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-305-5454; fax number: 703-305-5884; email
address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. The Federal Register document, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
February 9, 2005 (70 FR 6860). EPA received two comments on this ICR
during the 60-day comment period and has addressed them in the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPP-2004-0419, which is available for public viewing at the Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs
Docket, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington,
VA. This docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The docket telephone number
is 703-305-5805. An electronic version of the public docket is
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
ICR Title: Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration
ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2005. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
Abstract: This data collection program is designed to provide the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with necessary data to evaluate
an application of a pesticide product as required under Section 3 of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
An individual or entity wanting to obtain a registration for a
pesticide product must submit an application package consisting of
information relating to the identity and composition of the product,
proposed labeling, and supporting data (or compensation for others'
data) for the product as outlined in 40 CFR part 158. The EPA bases
registration decisions for pesticides on its evaluation of a battery of
test data provided primarily by applicants for registration. Required
studies include testing to show whether a pesticide has the potential
to cause unreasonable adverse human health or environmental effects.
The Agency currently collects data on physical chemistry, acute and
chronic toxicology, environmental fate, ecological effects, worker
exposure, residue chemistry, environmental chemistry, and product
performance. Respondents to this information collection activity
typically complete and submit to EPA one or more forms, in addition to
the required data, with their application for registration. If EPA's
evaluation of the data show that the statutory requirements of FIFRA
are met, then a registration is approved. Under FIFRA, all pesticides
must be registered by EPA before they may be sold or distributed in
U.S. commerce.
Registrants of EPA-registered pesticide products at times become
subject to regulations, such as 40 CFR part 156, or guidance that
include labeling revisions. The revised labeling is submitted as an
amendment to the Agency along with the completed application form (EPA
Form 8570-1). Normally, data are not required or reviewed for revised
labeling regulations or guidance; however, it is necessary that the
revised labeling be reviewed and approved. This review is most often
accomplished by a Product Manager or Team Leader to ensure that
revisions are in compliance with the applicable labeling requirement or
guidance.
Responses to this information collection activity are required in
order to obtain or retain a benefit. 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 for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in
40 CFR part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if
applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be 152,974
hours. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
The following is a summary of the burden estimates taken from the
ICR: Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide and other agricultural
chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325320), e.g., Businesses engaged in the
manufacture of pesticides.
Estimated number of respondents: 2100.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 152,974.
Estimated total annual labor cost: $15,811,472.
Changes in the ICR since the last approval: There is no change in
the hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
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The only changes are to the respondent costs as reflected by the
increase in labor costs adjusted to 2004 dollars, an increase of
$1,603,798 dollars (from $14,208,074 to $15,811,472 dollars).
Dated: July 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15328 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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