Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration (Renewal), 60992-60993 [2020-21524]

Download as PDF jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 60992 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 189 / Tuesday, September 29, 2020 / Notices provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Carusiello, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5306P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308– 8757; fax number: (703) 308–0522; email address: Carusiello.Chris@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, WJC 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. Abstract: Sustainable Management of Food (SMF) is a systematic approach that seeks to reduce wasted food and its associated impacts over the entire lifecycle of food. The lifecycle of food includes use of natural resources, manufacturing, sales, and consumption and ends with decisions on recovery or final disposal. Diversion of food waste from landfills is a critical component of this effort. To effectively divert food waste from landfills, sufficient capacity to process the diverted materials is required, much of which is provided by anaerobic digestion facilities. Knowledge of organics recycling capacity is needed to facilitate food waste diversion. EPA’s food recovery hierarchy prioritizes potential actions to prevent and divert wasted food. According to the hierarchy, processing wasted food via anaerobic digestion is a more desirable option than landfilling or incineration because it creates more benefits for the environment, society, and the economy. Anaerobic digestion of food waste and other organic materials generates renewable energy, reduces methane emissions to the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Sep 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 atmosphere, and provides opportunities to improve soil health through the production of soil amendments. The SMF work supports these efforts by educating state and local governments and communities about the benefits of wasted food diversion. The SMF work also builds partnerships with state agencies and other strategic partners interested in developing organics recycling capacity and provides tools to assist organizations in developing anaerobic digestion (AD) projects. The nationwide collection of data about AD facilities processing food waste began in 2017 with a survey of all known AD facilities under the currently approved ICR. EPA published the first annual report of findings based on these data in July 2018, and second in September 2019. EPA is renewing this ICR in order to continue to monitor growth and evaluate trends in the capacity for processing of food waste and the amount of food waste being processed via AD in the United States. Data will be collected using electronic surveys that will be distributed to respondents by email and will be available on EPA’s AD website. Participation in this data collection effort is voluntary. Respondents are not required to reveal confidential business information. Form Numbers: EPA Form 6700–03, EPA Form 6700–04, EPA Form 6700–05. Respondents/affected entities: Project Developers, Project Owners or Plant Operators, and Livestock Farmers. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 254 (total). Frequency of response: Annually. Total estimated burden: 127 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $7,615 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: This renewal request contains no change in burden compared to the ICR currently approved by OMB. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2020–21525 Filed 9–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0644; FRL–10010–16– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration (EPA ICR Number 0277.20, OMB Control Number 2070– 0060) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2020. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 6, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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 October 29, 2020. SUMMARY: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA– HQ–OPP–2019–0644, online using 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. 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 189 / Tuesday, September 29, 2020 / Notices Comments’’ or by using the search function. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Koller, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7650P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 347–8248; email address: koller.callie@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, WJC 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. Abstract: This information collection request (ICR) is designed to provide the EPA with the necessary information to evaluate an application for the registration of a pesticide product, as required under section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). FIFRA provides EPA with the authority to regulate the distribution, sale and use of pesticides 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 receive a license or ‘‘registration.’’ Form Numbers: 8570–1, 8570–4, 8570–27, 8570–34, 8570–35, 8570–36, 8570–37. Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing engaged in activities related to the registration of a pesticide product. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Responses to the collection of information are mandatory under FIFRA § 3 and FFDCA § 408 as amended by FQPA. Estimated number of respondents: 1,808 (total). Frequency of response: On occasion. Total estimated burden: 1,562,517 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $120,563,052 (per year), which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: The activities in this ICR increase net respondent burden by 37,624 hours annually over the levels in the currently VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Sep 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 approved collection. While burden per response levels remain unchanged, the number of responses expected in certain categories has shifted as a result of using an updated data set (Section 3 registration actions annually, on average, during the years 2015–2017) to predict future registration application levels. Additionally, in this iteration of the ICR, the Agency calculates the expected annual application burden of three proposed programs that are anticipated to come online in the next three years. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2020–21524 Filed 9–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL 10015–20–OW] Notice of Public Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). The purpose of the meeting will be for the EFAB to provide advice on how the EPA can encourage private investment in Opportunity Zones, receive a briefing on the Agency’s response to recent EFAB reports, receive updates on EPA activities relating to environmental finance, and consider possible future advisory topics. DATES: The meeting will be held on October 14, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) and October 15, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted via webcast and telephone. Interested persons must register in advance at the weblink below to access the meeting in the Registration for the Meeting section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants information about the meeting may contact Ed Chu, the Designated Federal Officer, via telephone/voice mail at (913) 551–7333 or email to chu.ed@ epa.gov. General information concerning the EFAB is available at https://www.epa.gov/ waterfinancecenter/efab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60993 Background: The EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on innovative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. Administrative support for the EFAB is provided by the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center within EPA’s Office of Water. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the EFAB will hold a virtual public meeting for the following purposes: (1) Engage in a consultation on how the EPA can encourage private investment in Opportunity Zones. Qualified Opportunity Zones are census tracts of low-income and distressed communities designated by state governors and certified by the Department of Treasury. These are areas where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. (2) Receive a briefing from EPA’s Office of Water on the Agency’s response to recent EFAB reports on funding and financing of stormwater infrastructure, water system regionalization, and alternative service delivery options for public utility projects. (3) Receive briefings from invited speakers from EPA and the Environmental Finance Center Network on environmental finance topics, including activities to respond to the COVID–19 pandemic. (4) Discuss potential future EFAB projects. Availability of Meeting Materials: Meeting materials (including meeting agenda and briefing materials) will be available on EPA’s website at https:// www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for consideration by EPA’s federal advisory committees has a different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices. Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an EPA program office. Federal advisory committees provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the public can submit comments on matters being considered by the EFAB for consideration by members as they develop their advice and recommendations to EPA. Registration for the Meeting: Register for the meeting at: https:// gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ ?url=https%3A%2F% 2Fwww.avcontact.com%2Fefab. E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60992-60993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21524]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0644; FRL-10010-16-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Application for New and Amended Pesticide 
Registration (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Application for New and Amended 
Pesticide Registration (EPA ICR Number 0277.20, OMB Control Number 
2070-0060) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
September 30, 2020. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 6, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A 
fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated 
burden and cost to the public. 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 October 29, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPP-2019-0644, online using 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public

[[Page 60993]]

Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Koller, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7650P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (703) 347-8248; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, WJC 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.
    Abstract: This information collection request (ICR) is designed to 
provide the EPA with the necessary information to evaluate an 
application for the registration of a pesticide product, as required 
under section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) and section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA). FIFRA provides EPA with the authority to regulate the 
distribution, sale and use of pesticides 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 receive a license 
or ``registration.''
    Form Numbers: 8570-1, 8570-4, 8570-27, 8570-34, 8570-35, 8570-36, 
8570-37.
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide and other agricultural 
chemical manufacturing engaged in activities related to the 
registration of a pesticide product.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Responses to the collection of 
information are mandatory under FIFRA Sec.  3 and FFDCA Sec.  408 as 
amended by FQPA.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,808 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 1,562,517 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $120,563,052 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: The activities in this ICR increase net 
respondent burden by 37,624 hours annually over the levels in the 
currently approved collection. While burden per response levels remain 
unchanged, the number of responses expected in certain categories has 
shifted as a result of using an updated data set (Section 3 
registration actions annually, on average, during the years 2015-2017) 
to predict future registration application levels. Additionally, in 
this iteration of the ICR, the Agency calculates the expected annual 
application burden of three proposed programs that are anticipated to 
come online in the next three years.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-21524 Filed 9-28-20; 8:45 am]
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