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using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the 

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Dated: September 10, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22095 Filed 9–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0567; FRL–9915–58] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Pesticide Program Public 

Sector Collections (FIFRA Sections 18 

and 24(c))’’ and identified by EPA ICR 

No. 2311.02 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0182, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on May 31, 2015. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection that is summarized in this 

document. The ICR and accompanying 

material are available in the docket for 

public review and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0567, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rame Cromwell, Field External and 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: 703 308–9068, email 

address: cromwell.rame@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate 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. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Pesticide Program Public Sector 

Collections (FIFRA) Sections 18 and 

24(c). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2311.02. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0182. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2015. 

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 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register 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 for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

paperwork burden under the PRA 

associated with two types of pesticide 

registration requests made by states, 

U.S. Territories, or Federal agencies. 

Specifically, this ICR covers emergency 

exemption requests, which allow for an 

unregistered use of a pesticide, and 

requests by states to register a pesticide 

use to meet a special local need (SLN). 

Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

authorizes the EPA to grant emergency 

exemptions to states, U.S. Territories, 

and Federal agencies to allow an 

unregistered use of a pesticide for a 

limited time if EPA determines that 

emergency conditions exist. Section 18 

requests include unregistered pesticide 

use exemptions for specific agricultural, 

public health, and quarantine purposes. 

Section 24(c) of FIFRA authorizes the 

EPA to grant permission to a particular 

state to register additional uses of a 

federally registered pesticide for 

distribution and use within that state to 

meet a SLN. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 18,315 hours 

annually for state government 

‘‘applicants’’ for FIFRA section 18 

program, and for applicants under the 

FIFRA 24(c) program an annual estimate 

of 15,860 hours, for a combined total of 

34,175 burden hours annually. Burden 

is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are pesticide registrants, which may be 

identified by pesticide and other 

agricultural chemical manufacturing 

(North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) code 

325320) and governments that 

administer environmental quality 

programs (NAICS code 9241). 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 980. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

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Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

34,175 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$2,332,954. This includes an estimated 

cost of $1,086,403 for the Section 18 

program and an estimated cost of 

$1,236,551 for the Section 24(c) 

program. This ICR does not involve any 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no change in the estimated 

respondent burden hours per SLN 

application for this ICR from the 

currently-approved ICR for Section 24(c) 

applications, for either registrants or 

states. The total annual respondent 

burden estimate (registrants + states) has 

decreased slightly from 16,900 to 15,860 

hours due to a small decrease in the 

average number of petitions received 

annually, from about 325 to 305. 

Although EPA does not require Section 

24(c)’s and cannot estimate precisely 

how many submissions will be received 

in the future, the Agency expects to 

receive approximately 305 Section 24(c) 

applications annually over the next 3 

years. As a result of the decrease in the 

number of applications and updating 

the wage rates, the estimated respondent 

cost increased slightly from $1.235 

million to $1.237 million. 

The estimated unit burden for a given 

FIFRA section 18 application is 

unchanged. EPA estimates an increase 

in the number of section 18 application 

submissions and estimated annual 

burden relative to the existing, approved 

collection. EPA estimates that the total 

annual respondent burden has increased 

from 12,672 hours to about 18,315 

hours. The increase corresponds with an 

increase in the average number of 

Section 18s requested per year, from 128 

to 185. Although EPA does not require 

Section 18s and cannot estimate 

precisely how many submissions will be 

received in the future, the Agency 

expects to receive approximately 185 

Section 18 applications annually over 

the next 3 years. As a result of the 

increase in the number of applications 

and updating the wage rates, the 

estimated respondent cost increased 

from $739 thousand to $1.086 million. 

IV. 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 document 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. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: September 5, 2014. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22027 Filed 9–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9916–80–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) approval of the State of 

Oklahoma’s request to revise/modify 

certain of its EPA-authorized programs 

to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective on 

September 17, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On October 2, 2013, the Oklahoma 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(OK DEQ) submitted an amended 

application titled ‘‘Electronic Document 

Receiving System’’ for revisions/

modifications of its EPA-approved 

electronic reporting program under its 

EPA-authorized programs under title 40 

CFR to allow new electronic reporting. 

EPA reviewed OK DEQ’s request to 

revise/modify its EPA-authorized 

programs and, based on this review, 

EPA determined that the application 

met the standards for approval of 

authorized program revisions/

modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision 

to approve Oklahoma’s request to 

revise/modify its following EPAauthorized programs to allow existing 

and expanded electronic reporting 

under 40 CFR parts 51, 62, and 141 is 

being published in the Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Part 62— 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants; and Part 142—National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation. 

OK DEQ was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Oklahoma 

request to revise its authorized public 

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