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Respondents/Affected Entities:

Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production

Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

143.

Frequency of Response: Initial and

semiannual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

6,400 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

O&M Cost Burden: $0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No.1783.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0357 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6726–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; EPA ICR

#1249.06

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: Recordkeeping Requirements

For Certified Applicators Using 1080

Collars For Livestock Protection, (EPA

ICR No. 1249.06, OMB No. 2070–0074).

The ICR, which is abstracted below and

expires on June 30, 2000, describes the

nature of the information collection and

its estimated cost and burden. The

Agency is requesting that OMB renew

approval of the ICR for a three year

period. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information, published on December

29, 1999 (64 FR 73042). EPA received a

single comment, which was considered

in finalizing this ICR for submission to

OMB.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before July 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer by phone at 202–260–

2740, or via e-mail at

‘‘farmer.sandy@epa.gov’’, or using the

address indicated below. Please refer to

EPA ICR No. 1249.06. and OMB Control

No. 2070–0074.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1249.06 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0074, to the following

addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; and to: 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:

Review Requested: The Agency is

requesting that OMB renew approval of

this ICR for a three year period.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1249.06

and OMB Control No. 2070–0074.

Current Expiration Date: June 30,

2000.

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements

for Certified Applicators Using 1080

Collars for Livestock Protection.

Abstract: This ICR affects

approximately 75 Certified Pesticide

Applicators, who utilize 1080 toxic

collars for livestock protection. Four

states (Montana, New Mexico, South

Dakota, and Wyoming) monitor the

program, and five pesticide registrants

are required to keep records of: (a)

Number of collars purchased; (b)

number of collars placed on livestock;

(c) number of collars punctured or

ruptured; (d) apparent cause of puncture

or rupture; (e) number of collars lost or

unrecovered; (f) number of collars in use

and in storage; and (g) location and

species data on each animal poisoned as

an apparent result of the toxic collar.

Applicators maintain records, and the

registrants/lead agencies do monitoring

studies and submit the reports. These

records are monitored by either the: (a)

State lead agencies; (b) EPA regional

offices; or (c) the registrants. The

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,

the Agency) receives annual monitoring

reports from registrants or State lead

agencies. 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 are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

Burden Statement: The data that

certified Livestock Protection Collar

applicators are required to record and

maintain were outlined in the Initial

Decision of the Administrative Law

Judge in the 1080 Predacide Hearings.

Pursuant to that decision, the EPA

requires certified Livestock Protection

Collar applicators to keep and report no

records other than those prescribed by

USE RESTRICTIONS 5 and 6. The ICR

provides a detailed explanation of this

estimate. The annual public burden for

the Recordkeeping Requirements for

Certified Applicators using 1080 Collars

for Livestock Protection is estimated to

average 40 hours per certified

applicator, 77 hour per state, and 9

hours per registrant. The following is a

summary of the estimates taken from the

ICR:

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Certified applicators, States and

Registrants.

Estimated Total Number of

Respondents: 84.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated total number of responses

for each respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

3,353.

Estimated Total Annualized Nonlabor Costs: $0.

Changes in Burden Estimates: The

Agency reduced its estimate of the

number of certified applicators based on

the number of annual participants

during the past three years, and reduced

the number of registrants because one

registrant is no longer participating in

the program. This resulted in a total

adjustment in the total burden of –3,086

burden hours.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this

document, as described above.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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