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Notices Federal Register

61632

Vol. 69, No. 202

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. ST04–06] 

Request for an Extension and Revision 

to a Currently Approved Information 

Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget, for an extension of and 

revision to the currently approved 

information collection for 

Recordkeeping Requirements for 

Certified Applicators of Federally 

Restricted Use Pesticides (7 CFR Part 

110).

DATES: Comments received by December 

20, 2004, will be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Bonnie Poli, Pesticide Records 

Branch, Science and Technology, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, Suite 

203, 8609 Sudley Road, Manassas, 

Virginia 20110–4582, Telephone (703) 

330–7826, Fax (703) 330–6110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements 

for Certified Applicators of Federally 

Restricted Use Pesticides (7 CFR Part 

110). 

OMB Number: 0581–0164. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2005. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The regulations, 

‘‘Recordkeeping Requirements for 

Certified Applicators of Federally 

Restricted Use Pesticides’’ require 

certified pesticide applicators to 

maintain records of federally restricted 

use pesticide applications for a period 

of two years. The regulations also 

provide for access to pesticide records 

or record information by Federal or 

State officials, or by licensed health care 

professionals who are needed to treat an 

individual who may have been exposed 

to restricted use pesticides, and 

penalties for enforcement of the 

recordkeeping and access provisions. 

The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

and Trade Act of 1990, (Pub. L. 101–

624; 7 U.S.C. 136i–1), referred to as the 

FACT Act, directs and authorizes the 

Department to develop regulations 

which establish requirements for 

recordkeeping by all certified 

applicators of federally restricted use 

pesticides. A certified applicator is an 

individual who is certified by the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

or a State under cooperative agreement 

with EPA to use or supervise the use of 

restricted use pesticides. 

Section 1491 of the FACT Act directs 

and authorizes the Department of 

Agriculture to ensure compliance with 

regulations as the Department may 

prescribe, including levying penalties, 

for failure to comply with such 

regulations. 

Because this is a regulatory program 

with enforcement responsibility, USDA 

must ensure that certified applicators 

are maintaining restricted use pesticide 

application records for the two year 

period required by the FACT Act. To 

accomplish this, USDA must collect 

information through personal 

inspections of certified applicator’s 

restricted use pesticide application 

records. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized representatives of 

the USDA (AMS, Science and 

Technology national staff, other 

designated Federal employees, and 

designated State supervisors and their 

staffs), who are delegated authority to 

access the records pursuant to section 

1491, subsection (b) of the FACT Act. 

The information is used to administer 

the Federal Pesticide Recordkeeping 

Program. The Agency is the primary 

user of the information, and the 

secondary user is each designated State 

agency which has a cooperative 

agreement with AMS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated as follows: 

(a) Approximately 372,675 certified 

private applicators (recordkeepers) 

apply restricted use pesticides. It is 

estimated that certified private 

applicators average .415 hours per 

recordkeeper for a total of 154,660 

burden hours. This is a 9,999 decrease 

in burden hours from the previous 

collection request due to fewer private 

applicators in 2003. Of the 372,675 

certified private applicators, 

approximately 4,600 are selected 

annually for recordkeeping inspections. 

It is estimated that a private applicator 

that is subject to a pesticide record 

inspection has an annual burden of .85 

hours, which contributes to a total 

annual burden of 3,910 hours. 

(b) There are approximately 308,443 

certified commercial applicators 

nationally who are required to provide 

copies of restricted use pesticide 

application records to their clients. It is 

estimated that certified commercial 

applicators have a total annual burden 

of 1,520,007 hours. 

(c) It is estimated that State agency 

personnel who work through 

cooperative agreements with AMS to 

inspect certified private applicator’s 

records have a total annual burden of 

8,976 hours. This is a decrease of 2,044 

burden hours from the previous 

collection request due to fewer states 

participating in cooperative agreements 

with AMS. 

Respondents: Certified private and 

commercial applicators, State 

governments or employees, and Federal 

agencies or employees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

685,786—The total number of 

respondents includes certified 

commercial applicators, certified private 

applicators (recordkeepers) and 

designated State agency personnel 

utilized to inspect certified private 

applicator’s records. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The estimated number of 

responses per respondent is as follows: 

(a) It is estimated that certified private 

applicators (recordkeepers), record on 

an average 5 restricted use pesticide 

application records annually. 

(b) It is estimated that certified 

commercial applicators provide 616 

copies of restricted use pesticide records 

to their clients annually. 

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(c) State agency personnel, who work 

under cooperative agreements with 

AMS to conduct restricted use pesticide 

records inspections, have approximately 

4,420 responses annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,687,553. This revision 

in the Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents decreases the current 

burden by 12,043 hours due to the 

decrease in the number of private 

applicators required to keep records and 

fewer states participating in the 

cooperative program. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Bonnie Poli, 

Pesticide Records Branch, Science and 

Technology, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, Suite 203, 8609 Sudley Road, 

Manassas, Virginia 20110–4582, 

Telephone (703) 330–7826, Fax (703) 

330–6110. All comments received will 

be available for public inspection during 

regular business hours at the same 

address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record.

Dated: October 14, 2004. 

A. J. Yates, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

[FR Doc. 04–23418 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—WIC Farmers’

Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) 

Financial Report (Form FNS–683); WIC 

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

Recipient Report (Form FNS–203); and 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

Program Regulations

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of FNS 

to request revisions to currently 

approved information collections in the 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

Financial Report (Form FNS–683); WIC 

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

Recipient Report (Form FNS–203); and 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

Regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by December 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments may be sent to Debra R. 

Whitford, Chief, Policy and Program 

Development Branch, Supplemental 

Food Programs Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 522, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

fax to the attention of Debra R. Whitford 

at (703) 305–2196 or via e-mail to 

wichq-web@fns.usda.gov. In all cases, 

including when comments are sent via 

e-mail, please label your comments as 

‘‘Proposed Collection of Information: 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

Program.’’

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 522, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval, and will become a 

matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

form and instructions should be 

directed to: Debra Whitford, (703) 305–

2746.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The WIC Farmers’ Market 

Nutrition Program Financial Report 

(Form FNS–683); WIC Farmers’ Market 

Nutrition Program Recipient Report 

(Form FNS–203); and WIC Farmers’

Market Nutrition Program Regulations. 

OMB Number: 0584–0447. 

Form Numbers: Form FNS–683, Form 

FNS–203, and the WIC Farmers’ Market 

Nutrition Program Regulations. 

Expiration Date: February 28, 2005. 

Type of Request: Revision to a 

Currently Approved Collection Form. 

Abstract: Pursuant to Section 17(m)(8) 

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 

U.S.C. 1786(m)(8), 7 CFR 248.23 of the 

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

(FMNP) regulations requires that certain 

Program-related information be 

compiled and submitted to FNS. Each 

State agency administering the FMNP is 

required to use FNS–683 and FNS–203 

to report financial and participation 

data to the Secretary as required by 7 

CFR part 3016. FNS will use this 

information for funding and program 

management decisions. Based on the 

previous submission of reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements for the 

FMNP, 41 State agencies administered 

the program, including the 

authorization of 1,622 farmers’ markets 

to accept FMNP coupons. Due to 

program growth, currently 44 State 

agencies administer the program, 

including the authorization of 2,259 

farmers’ markets, 15,241 farmers, and 

1,339 roadside stands authorized to 

accept FMNP coupons (for a total of 

18,839 authorized entities). No new 

program requirements have been added 

to change or increase the number of 

hours per response. Therefore, based on 

an increase in respondents, and an 

increased information collection burden 

on respondents, a revision to the 

reporting and recordkeeping burden is 

necessary. 

Form FNS–683 Reporting Burden: See 

chart below. 

Form FNS–203 Reporting Burden: See 

chart below.