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provides critical information about how
to handle and safely use the pesticide
product and avoid harm to human
health and the environment. Every
pesticide product must bear a label
containing the information specified by
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as established
in EPA’s labeling regulations at 40 CFR
156.10. The purpose for such consumer
research is to identify the consumer’s
understanding of the information on a
pesticide product label. EPA would use
this information to formulate decisions
and policies affecting the labeling of
pesticide products. The ultimate goal of
this activity is to assure that the
consumer can effectively use this
information to select the pesticide
product most likely to meet their needs
and readily understand label
instructions regarding product use. The
collected information would be used to
revise pesticide product labels and to
create other user friendly consumer
information materials. It is anticipated
that several surveys, focus groups, and/
or one-on-one interviews would be
conducted over the life of the ICR.
Burden statement: The annual public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.9 hours per
response. There are no recordkeeping
burdens associated with this collection.
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 which have subsequently
changed; 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 ICR provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 3,072.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
381.34 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$9,594.35. There are no capital
expenditures or operational costs
associated with this collection activity.
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IV. What is the Next Step in the Process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval
process, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 24, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
[FR Doc. E8–6671 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0191; FRL–8355–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for
New and Amended Pesticide
Registration; EPA ICR No. 0277.15,
OMB Control No. 2070–0060
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR, entitled: ‘‘Application for New and
Amended Pesticide Registration’’ and
identified by EPA ICR No. 0277.15 and
OMB Control No. 2070–0060, is
scheduled to expire on November 30,
2008. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0191, by
one of the following methods:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–
0191. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an
electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index available
in regulations.gov. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced
Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert
the docket ID number where indicated
and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow
the instructions on the regulations.gov
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website to view the docket index or
access available documents. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, 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 in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameo Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 305–
5454; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. What Information is EPA Particularly
Interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimates of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
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II. What Should I Consider when I
Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
III. What Information Collection
Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply
to?
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are the North
American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) codes assigned to the
parties responding to this information,
which are pesticide, fertilizer, and other
agricultural chemical manufacturing
(325300).
Title: Application for New and
Amended Pesticide Registration.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0277.15,
OMB Control No. 2070–0060.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on November 30,
2008. 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 title 40
of the CFR, after appearing in the
Federal Register when approved, are
listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in
certain EPA regulations is consolidated
in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This data collection program
is designed to provide EPA with
necessary data to evaluate an
application of a pesticide product as
required under section 3 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
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Act (FIFRA) and Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as
amended. Under FIFRA, EPA must
evaluate pesticides thoroughly before
they can be marketed and used in the
United States to ensure that they will
not pose unreasonable adverse effects to
human health and the environment.
Pesticides that meet this test are granted
a license or ‘‘registration’’ which
permits their distribution, sale, and use
according to requirements set by EPA to
protect human health and the
environment. 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.
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, toxicology, environmental
fate, ecological effects, worker exposure,
residue chemistry, environmental
chemistry, and product performance. If
EPA’s evaluation of the data shows 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.
Burden statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to range between 14 to 646
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 which have
subsequently changed; 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 ICR provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
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Estimated total number of
respondents: 2,100.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average burden per
response: Ranges from 14 to 646;
depending on type of registration
activity.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
75,922 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $
5,561,258.
IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates
from the Last Approval?
There is a decrease of 77,052 hours
(from 152,974 to 75,922) in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that identified in the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease
reflects a decline in the number of
estimated responses, and is due, in part,
to EPA’s enhanced ability to more
accurately track registration activities
via upgraded database systems. This
enhancement has enabled EPA to
identify and eliminate some doublecounting of submitted responses. This
change is an adjustment.
V. What is the Next Step in the Process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
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Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 24, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
[FR Doc. E8–6672 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8550–2]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final
Agency Action on 56 Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces final
agency action on 56 TMDLs prepared by
EPA Region 6 for waters listed in
Louisiana’s Red, Sabine, and the
Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d)
of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Documents from the administrative
record file for the 56 TMDLs, including
the TMDL calculations and responses to
comments, may be viewed at https://
www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/
tmdl/index.htm. The administrative
record file may be examined by calling
or writing Ms. Diane Smith at the
address below. Please contact Ms. Smith
to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Smith, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Water Quality Protection
Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202–2733, (214)
665–2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996,
two Louisiana environmental groups,
the Sierra Club and Louisiana
Environmental Action Network
(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal
Court against the EPA, styled Sierra
Club, et al. v. Clifford et al., No. 96–
0527, (E.D. La.). Among other claims,
plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to
establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely
manner. EPA established 43 of these
TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree
entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 56
TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final
agency action on the following 56
TMDLs for waters located within the
Louisiana river basins:
Waterbody name
100404
100405
100406
100501
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120202
120204
120205
120206
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval
process, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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Bayou Pierre—Headwaters to Sawing Lake ...........................
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Bayou Cholpe—Headwaters to Bayou Choctaw .....................
Bayou Black—Intracoastal Waterway to Houma .....................
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0191; FRL-8355-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for New and Amended Pesticide
Registration; EPA ICR No. 0277.15, OMB Control No. 2070-0060
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR,
entitled: ``Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration''
and identified by EPA ICR No. 0277.15 and OMB Control No. 2070-0060, is
scheduled to expire on November 30, 2008. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0191, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0191. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov
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website to view the docket index or access available documents.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, 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 in the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this
Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5454; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-
mail address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What Information is EPA Particularly Interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
II. What Should I Consider when I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used
that support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.
III. What Information Collection Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply
to?
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes
assigned to the parties responding to this information, which are
pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing
(325300).
Title: Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0277.15, OMB Control No. 2070-0060.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on November
30, 2008. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This data collection program is designed to provide 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) and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), as amended. Under FIFRA, EPA must evaluate pesticides
thoroughly before they can be marketed and used in the United States to
ensure that they will not pose unreasonable adverse effects to human
health and the environment. Pesticides that meet this test are granted
a license or ``registration'' which permits their distribution, sale,
and use according to requirements set by EPA to protect human health
and the environment. 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. 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,
toxicology, environmental fate, ecological effects, worker exposure,
residue chemistry, environmental chemistry, and product performance. If
EPA's evaluation of the data shows 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.
Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range between
14 to 646 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 ICR provides a detailed explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
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Estimated total number of respondents: 2,100.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average burden per response: Ranges from 14 to 646;
depending on type of registration activity.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 75,922 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $ 5,561,258.
IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates from the Last Approval?
There is a decrease of 77,052 hours (from 152,974 to 75,922) in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects a decline in the
number of estimated responses, and is due, in part, to EPA's enhanced
ability to more accurately track registration activities via upgraded
database systems. This enhancement has enabled EPA to identify and
eliminate some double-counting of submitted responses. This change is
an adjustment.
V. What is the Next Step in the Process for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another
Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce
the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or
the approval process, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 24, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
[FR Doc. E8-6672 Filed 4-1-08; 8:45 am]
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