Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 189 / Thursday, September 30, 2004 / Notices 58431

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0310; FRL–7679–6]

Worker Protection Standard Training 

and Notification; Renewal of Pesticide 

Information Collection Activities and 

Request for Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice 

announces that EPA is seeking public 

comment on the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR): ‘‘Worker 

Protection Standard Training and 

Notification’’ (EPA ICR No. 1759.04, 

OMB No. 2070–0148). This is a request 

to renew an existing ICR that is 

currently approved and due to expire 

February 28, 2005. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

activity and its expected burden and 

costs. Before submitting this ICR to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval under 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the collection.

DATES: Written comments, identified by 

the docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2004–0310 must be received on or 

before November 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

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–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

6475; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address:martin.nathanael@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this Action Apply to Me?

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you an employee in a farm, 

forest, nursey, or greenhouse. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to:

• Crop production (NAICS 111), e.g., 

agricultural employers - farms.

• Support activities for agriculture 

and forestry (NAICS 115), e.g., 

agricultural employers - greenhouses 

and forestry.

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed above could also be 

affected. The North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist you and 

others in determining whether this 

action might apply to certain entities. 

To determine whether you or your 

business may be affected by this action, 

you should carefully examine the 

applicability provisions in 40 CFR part 

170, Worker Protection Standard (WPS). 

If you have any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

A. Docket

EPA has established an official public 

docket for this action under docket ID 

number OPP–2004–0310. The official 

public docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. 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.

B. Electronic Access

You may access this Federal Register

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official 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 appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’selectronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit II.A. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose 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 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

III. How Can I Respond to this Action?

A. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

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submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit III.B. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute.

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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.

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPP–2004–0310. The 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment.

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2004–0310. In contrast to EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket.

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit III.A. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption.

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2004–0310.

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2004–0310. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation as 

identified in Unit II.A.

B. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency?

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

information claimed as CBI, a copy of 

the comment that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI must be 

submitted for inclusion in the public 

docket and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

C. What Should I Consider as 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.

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support yourviews.

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate thatyou 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 in this 

notice.

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.

D. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in?

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to:

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collections of information are 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 burdens of the 

proposed collections of information.

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected.

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated or 

electronic collection technologies or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses.

IV. What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply 

to?

EPA is seeking comments on the 

following ICR:

Title: Worker Protection Standard 

Training and Notification

ICR numbers:EPA ICR No. 1759.04, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0148

ICR status:This ICR is a renewal of an 

existing ICR that is currently approved 

by OMB and is due to expire on 

February 28, 2005. 

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Abstract: EPA is responsible for the 

regulation of pesticides under the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The WPS, 

codified at 40 CFR part 170, established 

requirements to protect agricultural 

workers and pesticide handlers from 

hazards of pesticides used on farms, on 

forests, in nurseries, and in 

greenhouses. EPA regulations in 40 CFR 

part 170 contain the standard and 

workplace practices, which are designed 

to reduce or eliminate exposure to 

pesticides and establish procedures for 

responding to exposure-related 

emergencies. The practices include 

prohibitions against applying pesticides 

in a way that would cause exposure to 

workers and others; a waiting period 

before workers can return to areas 

treated with pesticides (restricted entry 

interval); basic safety training (and 

voluntary training verification) and 

posting of information about pesticide 

hazards, as well as pesticide application 

information; arrangements for the 

supply of soap, water, and towels in 

case of pesticide exposure; and 

provisions for emergency assistance. 

The training verification program 

facilitates compliance with the training 

requirements by providing a voluntary 

method for employers to verify that the 

required safety information has been 

provided to workers and handlers. This 

renewal ICR estimates the third party 

response burden from complying with 

the WPS requirements. Information is 

exchanged between agricultural 

employers and employees at farm, 

forest, nursery and greenhouse 

establishments to ensure worker safety. 

No information is collected by the 

Agency under this ICR. 

V. What are EPA’s Burden and Cost 

Estimates for this ICR?

Under the PRA, ‘‘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 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; 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 in this notice. 

The annual public burden is 2,293,364 

millions hours valued at $117,442,454 

million. The following is a summary of 

the estimates taken from the ICR:

Respondents/affected entities:

Agricultural workers, pesticide 

handlers, employers in farms, nurseries, 

forestry, and greenhouse establishments.

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 3,245,393.

Frequency of response: As needed. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 3.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

2,293,364.

Estimated total annual burden costs:

$117,442,454.

VI. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval?

This ICR will decrease the burden in 

the previous ICR (an estimated total of 

2,294,625 hours) by 1,261 hours to 

provide the new total estimated burden 

of 2,293,264 hours. This decrease 

represents an adjustment to the burden 

estimate, and is due to the removal of 

the cut rose exception from the burden 

estimate.

The cost estimates provided in this 

ICR are approximately $22.3 million 

more than the cost provided in the 

previous ICR due to increased wage 

rates use for calculating the costs 

associated with the burden hour 

impacts.

VII. 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: September 23, 2004.

Margaret Schneider,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 04–21939 Filed 9–29–04; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7822–2] 

Status of Motor Vehicle Budgets in 

Submitted State Implementation Plan 

for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; Metropolitan Washington 

DC Area (DC–MD–VA) Notice of 

Withdrawal of Adequacy of Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budgets

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of 

adequacy. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that it has 

withdrawn its June 22, 2000 adequacy 

finding on the 2015 and 2020 outyear 

motor vehicle emission budgets 

(MVEBs) for the Metropolitan 

Washington DC area. EPA has 

withdrawn the June 22, 2000 adequacy 

finding because the District of Columbia 

(DC), State of Maryland (MD), and the 

Commonwealth of Virginia (VA), 

collectively referred to as the three 

jurisdictions, withdrew the state 

implementation plan (SIP) submissions 

containing those MVEBs. Those SIP 

revisions are no longer pending before 

EPA. On August 26, 2004, EPA sent 

letters to the three jurisdictions 

withdrawing the June 22, 2000 

adequacy finding of the 2015 and 2020 

outyear MVEBs. EPA’s withdrawal of its 

June 22, 2000 adequacy finding means 

that the 2015 and 2020 outyear MVEBs 

are no longer available for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

This withdrawal of the June 22, 2000 

adequacy finding has no effect 

whatsoever on EPA’s more recent 

adequacy finding of December 9, 2003, 

which declared the MVEBs of the three 

jurisdictions’ 2005 Rate of Progress Plan 

and 2005 revised Attainment 

Demonstration Plan submissions 

adequate for conformity purposes. That 

December 9, 2003 adequacy finding 

stands and the MVEBs of the 2005 Rate 

of Progress Plan and 2005 revised 

Attainment Demonstration Plan remain 

available for transportation conformity 

determinations.

DATES: EPA’s withdrawal of the June 22, 

2000 adequacy finding was made in 

letters dated August 26, 2004 from EPA 

Region III to the three jurisdictions. This 

August 26, 2004 withdrawal of the June 

22, 2000 adequacy finding is effective 

on October 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martin Kotsch, U.S. EPA, Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by e-mail at 

kotsch.martin@epa.gov.