57908 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 28, 2004 / Notices 

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 June 2, 

2004 (69 FR 31095). EPA received one 

public comment on this ICR during the 

60-day comment period and has 

addressed it in the ICR. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPP–

2004–0110, which is available for public 

viewing at the Public Information and 

Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 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 http://

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. Please 

note, EPA’s policy is that public 

comments, whether submitted 

electronically or on 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 http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

ICR Title: Data Generation for 

Pesticide Reregistration. 

ICR Status: This is a request for 

extension of an existing approved 

collection that is currently scheduled to 

expire on September 30, 2004. EPA is 

asking OMB to approve this ICR for 

three years. Under 5 CFR 1320.12(b)(2), 

the Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while the submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: This information collection 

activity enables EPA to fulfill the 

requirements of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended in 1988, which 

mandates that EPA reregister pesticides 

originally registered before November 1, 

1984. Section 4 of FIFRA, as amended, 

establishes a process and a schedule for 

the development of the information EPA 

needs (e.g., various scientific studies 

related to certain pesticides) to assess 

whether the reregistration of a pesticide 

or pesticide product would cause an 

unreasonable adverse effect on human 

health or the environment. Pesticide 

registrants seeking reregistration must 

generate and report the required data 

according to specified time tables.

This information collection will also 

enable EPA to collect certain company 

data about pesticide registrants that may 

be needed in order to verify eligibility 

for certain waivers and exemptions. The 

information collection allows EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

obtain data needed by OPP scientists to 

assess and characterize pesticide risks, 

and for risk managers to determine 

whether and under what conditions 

pesticides may be reregistered and to 

reassess existing tolerances as required 

by Section 408 of the Federal Food Drug 

and Cosmetic Act to ensure that they 

meet the standards established by law. 

Data collected may consist of toxicology 

studies, residue chemistry studies, fish 

and wildlife studies, environmental fate 

studies, or other data needed to analyze 

the potential risks associated with 

pesticide chemicals and products. This 

collection also supports the Agency’s 

reassessment of food tolerances 

associated with reregistration. 

Responses to this information collection 

activity are generally required in order 

to maintain a benefit (i.e., in order to 

reregister certain pesticides). 

Burden Statement: The annual 

‘‘respondent’’ burden for this ICR is 

estimated to average about 596 hours 

per response to an EPA request for 

confirmatory data, 2,560 hours per 

response for an EPA request for productspecific data, 596 hours per response for 

any voluntarily submitted data 

considered to be ‘‘low burden’’ and 

3,587 hours per response for any 

voluntarily submitted data considered 

to be ‘‘high burden.’’ According to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, ‘‘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. For this collection, it is the time 

reading the regulations, planning the 

necessary data collection activities, 

conducting tests, analyzing data, 

generating reports and completing other 

required paperwork, and storing, filing, 

and maintaining the data. The 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 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 total number of potential 

respondents: 1,565. 

Frequency of response: As needed. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours:

275,063. 

Estimated total annual labor costs:

$24,529,295. 

Changes in the ICR since the last 

approval: The estimated annual burden 

for this ICR has increased by 184,338 

hours (from 90,725 hours to 275,063 

hours) related primarily to an increase 

of the average number of chemicals for 

which EPA will annually request certain 

data before they may be reregistered. 

This increase is an adjustment and is 

explained in detail in the ICR.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–21702 Filed 9–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2004–0109, FRL–7820–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB; 

Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 

1911.02; OMB Control No. 2070–0164; 

Data Acquisition for Anticipated 

Residue and Percent of Crop Treated

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

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has been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval: Data Acquisition 

for Anticipated Residue and Percent of 

Crop Treated; EPA ICR No. 1911.02; 

OMB Control No. 2070–0164. This is a 

request to renew an existing approved 

collection that is currently scheduled to 

expire on September 30, 2004. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 October 28, 

2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathanael R. Martin, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 305–6475; fax 

number: (703) 305–5884; e-mail address: 

martin.nathanael@epa.gov.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OPP–

2004–0109 to: (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to opp-docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 7502C, 1200 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.

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 published on May 5, 

2004 (69 FR 25079). EPA received no 

comments on this ICR during that 60-

day comment period. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPP–

2004–0109 which is available for public 

viewing at the Public Information and 

Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 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 

EDOCKET at http://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.Please 

note, EPA’s policy is that public 

comments, whether submitted 

electronically or on 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 http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

ICR Title: Data Acquisition for 

Anticipated Residue and Percent of 

Crop Treated. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1911.02; 

OMB Control No. 2070–0164. 

ICR Status: EPA is asking OMB to 

extend the existing approval of this ICR 

for three years. Under 5 CFR 

1320.12(b)(2), the Agency may continue 

to conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while the submission is 

pending at OMB. 

Abstract: This ICR will enable EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

obtain information needed to reevaluate the Agency’s original tolerance 

decisions as mandated by the Food 

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), 

which amended the two primary 

statutes regulating pesticides, i.e., the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA) and the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 

Among other things, FQPA amended 

FFDCA to authorize the Agency to use 

anticipated or actual residue (ARs) data 

and percent crop treated (PCT) data to 

establish, modify, maintain, or revoke a 

tolerance for a pesticide residue. The 

new law also requires that tolerance 

decisions based on ARs or PCT data be 

verified to ensure that residues in or on 

food are not above the residue levels 

relied on for establishing the tolerance. 

In order to conduct the required reevaluation, a Pesticide Registrant may 

be required to submit specific data 

necessary to demonstrate that residues 

do not exceed the residue levels used to 

establish the tolerance. 

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 total annual 

‘‘respondent’’ burden for this ICR is 

estimated to be 28,569 hours. According 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

‘‘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. For this collection, it is 

the time reading the regulations, 

planning the necessary data collection 

activities, conducting tests, analyzing 

data, generating reports and completing 

other required paperwork, and storing, 

filing, and maintaining the data. The 

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 following is a summary of the 

burden estimates taken from the ICR: 

Respondents/affected entities:

Businesses engaged in the manufacture 

of pesticides who file a petition asking 

the Agency to take a specific tolerance 

action. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 16. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

i.e., once five years after initial tolerance 

is established. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours:

28,569. 

Estimated total annual costs:

$2,524,938, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the ICR Since the Last 

Approval: The total annual respondent 

burden estimate for this ICR has 

decreased 1,238 hours, from 29,807 to 

28,569, and the total respondent cost 

has decreased $248,928, from 

$2,773,866 to $2,594,938. These 

reductions are adjustments due to the 

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fact that the Agency expects to issue 

fewer data call-ins under this program 

than originally estimated.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–21703 Filed 9–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0059, FRL–7820–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Emissions Certification and 

Compliance Requirements for Nonroad 

Compression-Ignition Engines and OnHighway Heavy Duty Engines 

(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1684.06, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0287

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 9/30/2004. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 28, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0059, to: (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Ms. 

Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 

6403J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9264; fax number: 

(202) 343–2804; e-mail address: reyesmorales.nydia@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 June 18, 2004 (69 FR 34158), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received only 

one comment. The commenter 

suggested that EPA establish zeroemission requirements for nonroad 

engines. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

OAR–2004–0059, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

EPA Docket Center 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 Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://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, 

confidential business information (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 http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: Emissions Certification and 

Compliance Requirements for Nonroad 

Compression-ignition Engines and Onhighway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal). 

Abstract: This information collection 

is requested under the authority of Title 

II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 

et seq.). Under this Title, EPA is charged 

with issuing certificates of conformity 

for those engines which comply with 

applicable emission standards. Such a 

certificate must be issued before engines 

may be legally introduced into 

commerce. To apply for a certificate of 

conformity, manufacturers are required 

to submit descriptions of their planned 

production line, including detailed 

descriptions of the emission control 

system, and test data. This information 

is organized by ‘‘engine family’’ groups 

expected to have similar emission 

characteristics. There are also 

recordkeeping and labeling 

requirements. Manufacturers electing to 

participate in the Averaging, Banking, 

and Trading (AB&T) Program are also 

required to submit information 

regarding the calculation of projected 

and actual generation and usage of 

credits in an initial report, end-of-theyear report and final report. These 

reports are used for certification and 

enforcement purposes. Manufacturers 

need to maintain records for eight years 

on the engine families participating in 

the program. Portions of former ICR 

0011.08 (‘‘Selective Enforcement 

Auditing and Recordkeeping 

Requirements for On-Highway HeavyDuty Engines, Nonroad Large 

Compression Ignition Engines, and OnHighway Light-Duty Vehicles and LightDuty Trucks,’’ OMB Control Number 

2060–0064, expired on 8/31/1999) are 

being incorporated into ICR 1684.06. No 

collection of information from ICR 

0011.08 has been conducted since its 

expiration; upon approval of ICR 

1684.06, the agency shall resume this 

information collection. Portions of 

former ICR 1897.05 [’Information 

Requirements for Nonroad Diesel 

Engines (Nonroad Large SI Engines and 

Marine Diesel Engines),’’ OMB Control 

Number 2060–0460, expiring on 10/31/

2004] related to certification and 

compliance requirements for marine 

compression-ignition engines are also 

being incorporated into ICR 1684.06. 

This action is undertaken to consolidate 

information requirements for the same 

industry into one ICR, for simplification 

and to avoid duplicity. With this