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pesticides for distribution and use 

within the State to meet a SLN. A Stateissued registration under FIFRA section 

24(c) is deemed a Federal registration 

for the purposes of the pesticide’s use 

within the State’s boundaries. A State 

must notify EPA, in writing, of any 

action it takes, i.e., when it issues, 

amends, or revokes a State registration. 

The Agency has 90 days to disapprove 

the registration. In such cases, the State 

is responsible for notifying the affected 

registrant. Pursuant to subpart D of 40 

CFR part 162, responses to this 

collection of information are mandatory. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 52 hours per 

response. 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. This 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State 

and territorial governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

36,036. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,401,245. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 12,636 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase reflects the 

increase in average annual number of 

applications from 2005–2007. This 

change is an adjustment. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2008–0219; FRL–8940–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; EPA’s Design for the 

Environment Formulator Product 

Recognition Program; EPA ICR No. 

2302.01, OMB Control No. 2070–NEW 

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 the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: EPA’s Design for the 

Environment Formulator Product 

Recognition Program; EPA ICR No. 

2302.01, OMB No. 2070–NEW. 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 September 4, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2008–0219 to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Cunningham, Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554– 

1404; e-mail address: TSCA– 

Hotline@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, 2008 (73 FR 34726), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR. EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2008–0219, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OPPT Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8 

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 Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket is 202–566–0280. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at www.regulations.gov 

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the public docket, and to access those 

documents in the docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key 

in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in www.regulations.gov 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 

www.regulations.gov. 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. For 

further information about the electronic 

docket, go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: EPA’s Design for the 

Environment Formulator Product 

Recognition Program. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2302.01, 

OMB Control No. 2070–NEW. 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 title 40 of the CFR, 

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when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: EPA’s Design for the 

Environment (DfE) Formulator Product 

Recognition Program formally 

recognizes safer products where all 

ingredients have an environmental and 

human health profile showing that they 

are the safest in their functional use 

class. Under the encouragement of this 

program, leading companies have made 

great progress in developing safer, 

highly effective chemical products. 

Since the program’s inception in 1997, 

formulators have used the program as a 

portal to OPPT’s unique chemical 

expertise, information resources, and 

guidance on greener chemistry. DfE 

Formulator partners enjoy Agency 

recognition, including the use of the DfE 

logo on products with the safest 

possible formulations. In the future, 

EPA expects much greater program 

participation due to rising demand for 

safer products. This information 

collection enables EPA to accommodate 

participation by more than nine 

formulators each year and to enhance 

program transparency. 

Information collection activities 

associated with this program will assist 

the Agency in meeting the goals of the 

Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) by 

providing resources and recognition for 

businesses committed to promoting and 

using safer chemical products. In turn, 

the program will help businesses meet 

corporate sustainability goals by 

providing the means to, and an objective 

measure of, environmental stewardship. 

Investment analysts and advisers seek 

these types of measures in evaluating a 

corporation’s sustainability profile and 

investment worthiness. Formulator 

Program partnership is an important 

impetus for prioritizing and completing 

the transition to safer chemical 

products. The Formulator Program is 

also needed to promote greater use of 

safer chemical products by companies 

unaware of the benefits of such a 

change. 

EPA has tailored its request for 

information, and especially the 

Formulator Product Recognition 

Program application forms, to ensure 

that the Agency requests only that 

information essential to verify 

applicants’ eligibility for recognition. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary. Respondents 

may claim all or part of a notice 

confidential. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a claim 

of confidentiality only to the extent 

permitted by, and in accordance with, 

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 

40 CFR part 2. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to 22 hours per response. 

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. This 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are companies that formulate 

end-use, for-sale chemical products. 

Frequency of Collection: On 

occassion. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Responses for Each Respondent: 1. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 32. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 691 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$815,473 (including $382,800 in M&O 

costs). 

Changes in Burden Estimates: This is 

a new ICR. This estimated burden for 

this new ICR is estimated to be 691 

hours and is a program change. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–18696 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8940–4] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office; Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board: Additional 

Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In a Federal Register notice 

dated July 15, 2009, the EPA Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announced a public teleconference on 

August 28, 2009 for a chartered SAB 

quality review of its draft report on the 

Agency’s Expert Elicitation White 

Paper. That teleconference will occur as 

announced, but will include the 

addition of a briefing on the SAB 

Integrated Nitrogen Committee draft 

report. The briefing will provide 

information in preparation for a future 

quality review of the Integrated Nitrogen 

Committee report to be announced in a 

future Federal Register notice. This 

corrected notice announces the addition 

of the Integrated Nitrogen Committee. 

DATES: The public teleconference date 

will be Friday, August 28, 2009 from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (all times are Eastern 

Time). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Miller, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400F), (202) 343–9982. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA 

published a document in the Federal 

Register notice dated July 15, 2009, FR 

Doc. E9–16842, on pages 34348–34349, 

the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

Staff Office announced a public 

teleconference on August 28, 2009 for a 

chartered SAB quality review of its draft 

report on the Agency’s Expert 

Elicitation White Paper. Background (c) 

as follows is being added for discussion 

at the meeting. 

(c) Briefing To Prepare for the Quality 

Review of the SAB’s Draft Integrated 

Nitrogen Research Report: During this 

teleconference, the SAB will also 

receive a briefing to help Board 

members prepare for a future quality 

review of a draft SAB Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee draft report. The 

SAB quality review will occur at a 

future public meeting or teleconference 

yet to be announced. The briefing will 

summarize the Committee’s original 

study on reactive nitrogen. Reactive 

nitrogen, a form of nitrogen consisting 

mainly of ammonium and nitrate, is 

‘‘fixed’’ by natural or human-driven 

processes or recycled from decaying 

organic matter. Increasing quantities of 

reactive nitrogen released by human 

activities, such as the production and 

use of synthetic fertilizers, burning of 

fossil fuel, and planting of nitrogenfixing crops currently surpasses the 

amount of nitrogen fixed by natural 

processes (e.g., microbial activities, 

wildfire). Adverse environmental effects 

may occur when reactive nitrogen 

occurs in amounts that exceed what the 

ecosystem can normally use or recycle. 

Adverse effects may include 


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