Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction Technologies (New), 30603-30604 [2014-12328]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30603-30604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12328]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-063; FRL-9911-28-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction Technologies 
(New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the following new information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.): Pesticide Spray 
Drift Reduction Technologies (EPA ICR No. 2472.01, OMB Control No. 
2070-New). The ICR, which is summarized in this document and available 
in the docket, addresses the comments received in response to the 
previously provided public review opportunity EPA issued on November 
21, 2012 (77 FR 69823). With this submission, EPA is providing an 
additional 30 days for public comments. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2012-0631, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk 
Officer for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Boyle, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, (7506P), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-305-6304; fax number: 703-305-5584; email 
address: boyle.kathryn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: 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, EPA 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Title: Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction Technologies.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2472.01, OMB Control No. 2070--New.
    ICR Status: This request is for approval of a new collection.
    Abstract: EPA intends to initiate a voluntary information 
collection for research to verify the effectiveness of application 
technologies for agricultural pesticide sprays that have the potential 
to significantly reduce pesticide spray drift. The focus of this 
research is on technologies, such as spray nozzles, shrouds and 
shields, and nozzle/drift reducing adjuvant chemical combinations, 
which are used for aerial or groundboom applications to row and field 
crops. Collectively these technologies are referred to as drift 
reduction technologies (DRTs). The voluntary program would encourage 
the identification and use of DRTs that can substantially reduce drift 
of pesticide spray droplets from the target application site (e.g., a 
corn field) downwind to non-target areas. Exposures and adverse effects 
to humans, wildlife, and crops and other vegetation from pesticide 
spray drift are well recognized. Published research suggests 1-10% or 
more of applied agricultural pesticide sprays drift from the target 
field. EPA believes there are application technologies that have the 
potential to significantly reduce the amount of spray drift. As these 
technologies are identified, their drift-reducing potential needs to be 
verified.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by the 
voluntary collection activities under this ICR include pesticide 
application equipment manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, pesticide 
registrants, university researchers, and others who have an interest in 
reducing spray drift. The North American Industrial Classification 
System (NAICS) codes for the principal respondents include 32532, 111, 
541710 and 611310.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 12 companies (total).
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 539 hours (annualized). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $73,000 (annualized), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new ICR.

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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