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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0766; FRL–9517–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Foreign Purchaser
Acknowledgement Statement of
Unregistered Pesticides
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval: Foreign Purchaser
Acknowledgement Statement of
Unregistered Pesticides; EPA ICR No.
0161.12, OMB Control No. 2070–0027.
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 June 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OPP–2011–0766, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide
Programs Regulatory Public Docket
(28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: 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:
Scott Drewes, Field and External Affairs
Division, (7506P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 347–0107; fax
number: (703) 305–5884; email address:
Drewes.Scott@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.
On November 30, 2011 (76 FR 74051),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30
days of this notice.
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EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OPP–2011–0766, which is available
for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is 202–566–1744.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Foreign Purchaser
Acknowledgement Statement of
Unregistered Pesticides.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0161.12,
OMB Control No. 2070–0027.
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31,
2012. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB.
Abstract: This information collection
program is designed to enable the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to provide notice to foreign purchasers
of unregistered pesticides exported from
the United States that the pesticide
product cannot be sold in the United
States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) requires an exporter of any
pesticide not registered under FIFRA
section 3 or sold under FIFRA section
6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from
the foreign purchaser acknowledging
that the purchaser is aware that the
pesticide is not registered for use in, and
cannot be sold in, the United States. A
copy of this statement, which is known
as the Foreign Purchaser
Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS,
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must be transmitted to an appropriate
official of the government in the
importing country. This information is
submitted in the form of annual or pershipment statements to the EPA, which
maintains original records and transmits
copies, along with an explanatory letter,
to appropriate government officials of
the countries which are importing the
pesticide.
In addition to the export notification
for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA
requires that all exported pesticides
include appropriate labeling. Export
labeling requirements meet the
definition of third-party notification. In
the interests of consolidating various
related information collection requests,
this ICR includes burden estimates for
the FPAS requirement for unregistered
pesticides, as well as the labeling
requirement for all exported pesticides,
both registered and unregistered. These
burdens have been consolidated in this
information collection since the
implementation of the 1993 pesticide
export policy governing the export of
pesticides, devices, and active
ingredients used in producing
pesticides.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 40 CFR
168, subpart D). 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average from one to eight
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
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information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this ICR
are individuals or entities that either
manufacture and export or that
reformulate or repackage and export
unregistered pesticides. The North
American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) code assigned to the
parties responding to this information is
325300.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
24,470.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$1,461,658, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 22 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA’s
updating of burden estimates for this
collection based upon historical
information on the number of foreign
purchaser acknowledgement statements
submitted annually. Based upon revised
estimates, the average number of foreign
purchaser acknowledgement statements
submitted annually has decreased from
2,304 to 2,283, with a corresponding
decrease in the associated burden from
2,442 hours in the previous renewal to
2,420 hours in the current renewal. This
change is an adjustment.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9673–3]
Intent To Grant Patent License
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant CoExclusive Patent License.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207
(Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S.
Government patent licensing
regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of
its intent to grant a co-exclusive,
royalty-bearing, revocable license to
practice the inventions described and
claimed in the U.S. patents and patent
applications listed at the end of this
message, and all corresponding patents
issued throughout the world, and all
reexamined patents and reissued
patents granted in connection with such
patent applications, to American
Hydraulic Power, LLC of Michigan.
SUMMARY:
The inventions pertain to hybrid
vehicle technology, particularly
hydraulic hybrid drive systems,
methods, and components. The
proposed license will contain
appropriate terms, limitations, and
conditions negotiated in accordance
with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.5
and 404.7 of the U.S. Government
patent licensing regulations. EPA will
finalize terms and conditions and grant
the license unless, within 15 days from
the date of this notice, EPA receives, at
the address below, written objections to
the grant, together with supporting
documentation. The documentation
from objecting parties having an interest
in practicing the inventions listed in the
patents and patent applications below
should include an application for a
nonexclusive license with the
information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8.
The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA
officials will review all written
responses and then make
recommendations on a final decision to
the Director or Deputy Director of the
Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, who have been delegated the
authority to issue patent licenses under
EPA Delegation 1–55.
The proposed license will apply to
the following patents and patent
applications:
METHOD OR VEHICLE LICENSED INVENTIONS
Patent No.
5,495,912
5,887,674
6,719,080
6,876,098
7,456,509
7,337,869
Title
...........
...........
...........
...........
...........
...........
Date issued
8,118,132 ...........
8,162,094 ...........
Hybrid Powertrain Vehicle .....................................................................................................................
Continuously Smooth Transmission ......................................................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle .......................................................................................................................
Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle .....................................................................................
Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (div) .............................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Integrated Drive Module and Four-Wheel-Drive, and Method of Operation Thereof.
Vehicle Drivetrain including a Clutchless Transmission, and Method of Operation .............................
Methods of Operating a Parallel Hybrid Vehicle Having an Internal Combustion Engine and a Secondary Power Source.
Hybrid Powertrain Motor Vehicle with Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine,
and Method of Operation Thereof.
Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (Div.) ...........................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Integrated Hydraulic Drive Module and Four-Wheel-Drive, and Method of Operation Thereof (Div.).
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Methods of Safe Operation ...........................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Large-Ratio Shift Transmission, and Method of Operation ..................
Application No.
Title
PCT/US2011/
027667.
12/654,321 .........
12/711,603 .........
PCT/US2011/
031806.
12/731,326 .........
12/955,795 .........
13/356,276 .........
13/424,027 .........
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Safe and Efficient Hydrostatic Operation ..............................................
March 9, 2011.
Methods of Optimizing Efficiency of a Series Hybrid Vehicle with Multi-Gear Transmission ...............
Hydraulic-Electric Regenerative Energy Storage System .....................................................................
Methods for Safe Operation of Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles with Over-Center Pump/Motors ................
December 17, 2009.
February 24, 2010.
April 8, 2011.
Regenerative Energy Storage System for Hybrid Locomotive .............................................................
Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (Div.) ...........................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Methods of Safe Operation ...........................................................................
Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Large-Ratio Shift Transmission, and Method of Operation Thereof .....
March 25, 2010.
November 29, 2010.
January 23, 2012.
March 19, 2012.
7,252,020 ...........
6,998,727 ...........
7,104,349 ...........
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July 26, 2011.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0766; FRL-9517-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Foreign Purchaser
Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides; EPA ICR No.
0161.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0027. 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 June 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2011-0766, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (28221T),
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to: 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: Scott Drewes, Field and External
Affairs Division, (7506P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
347-0107; fax number: (703) 305-5884; email address:
Drewes.Scott@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. On November 30, 2011 (76 FR 74051), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during
the comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0766, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-
1744.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered
Pesticides.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0161.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0027.
ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: This information collection program is designed to enable
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide notice to foreign
purchasers of unregistered pesticides exported from the United States
that the pesticide product cannot be sold in the United States. Section
17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) requires an exporter of any pesticide not registered under
FIFRA section 3 or sold under FIFRA section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed
statement from the foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser
is aware that the pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be
sold in, the United States. A copy of this statement, which is known as
the Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS, must be
transmitted to an appropriate official of the government in the
importing country. This information is submitted in the form of annual
or per-shipment statements to the EPA, which maintains original records
and transmits copies, along with an explanatory letter, to appropriate
government officials of the countries which are importing the
pesticide.
In addition to the export notification for unregistered pesticides,
FIFRA requires that all exported pesticides include appropriate
labeling. Export labeling requirements meet the definition of third-
party notification. In the interests of consolidating various related
information collection requests, this ICR includes burden estimates for
the FPAS requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well as the
labeling requirement for all exported pesticides, both registered and
unregistered. These burdens have been consolidated in this information
collection since the implementation of the 1993 pesticide export policy
governing the export of pesticides, devices, and active ingredients
used in producing pesticides.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR 168, subpart D). 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average from
one to eight 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
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information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are individuals or entities that either manufacture and export
or that reformulate or repackage and export unregistered pesticides.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code
assigned to the parties responding to this information is 325300.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,470.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,461,658, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 22 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of burden
estimates for this collection based upon historical information on the
number of foreign purchaser acknowledgement statements submitted
annually. Based upon revised estimates, the average number of foreign
purchaser acknowledgement statements submitted annually has decreased
from 2,304 to 2,283, with a corresponding decrease in the associated
burden from 2,442 hours in the previous renewal to 2,420 hours in the
current renewal. This change is an adjustment.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-11951 Filed 5-16-12; 8:45 am]
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