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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [EPA- HQ-OECA-2011-0824; FRL-11432-01-OMS]

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

                        The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Establishment Application, Notification of Registration, and Pesticide Production Reports for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments (EPA ICR Number 0160.13, OMB Control Number 2070-0078) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the                         **Federal Register**                         on February 14, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.                    

# DATES:

Comments may be submitted on or before October 27, 2023.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0824 to, EPA online using                         *www.regulations.gov*                         (our preferred method), by email to                         *docket.oeca@epa.gov*                         or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.                    

                        Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to                         *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.*                         Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Michelle Yaras, Office of Compliance, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Pesticides, Waste & Toxics Branch 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4153; email address:                         *yaras.michelle@epa.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2023. 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.

                    Public comments were previously requested via the                     **Federal Register**                     on February 14, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 9516). This                           ( print page 66446)                        notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at                     *www.regulations.gov*                     or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit                     *http://www.epa.gov/​dockets.*

*Abstract:*                     The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 7(a) requires that any person who produces pesticides, active ingredients or devices subject to the Act must register with the Administrator of EPA the establishment in which the pesticide, active ingredient or device is produced. This section further requires that application for registration of any establishment shall include the name and address of the establishment and of the producer who operates such an establishment. EPA Form 3540-8, Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the establishment registration information required by this section.                

FIFRA section 7(c) requires that any producer operating an establishment registered under section 7 report to the Administrator within 30 days after it is registered, and annually thereafter by March 1st for certain pesticide or device production and sales or distribution information. The producers must report which types and amounts of pesticides, active ingredients, or devices are currently being produced, were produced during the past year, sold or distributed in the past year. The supporting regulations at 40 CFR part 167 provide the requirements and time schedules for submitting production information. EPA Form 3540-16, Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the pesticide production information required by section 7(c) of FIFRA.

Establishment registration information, collected on EPA Form 3540-8, is a one-time requirement for all pesticide-producing and device-producing establishments. Pesticide and device production information, reported on EPA Form 3540-16, is required to be submitted within 30 days after the company is notified of their pesticide-producing or device-producing establishment number, and annually thereafter on or before March 1st. Pesticide-producing and device-producing establishments optionally can electronically enter and submit their establishment registration information and pesticide production information through EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX).

*Form Numbers:*                     EPA Forms 3540-8 and 3540-16.                

*Respondents/affected entities:*                     Establishments producing pesticides.                

*Respondent's obligation to respond:*                     Mandatory (40 CFR part 167).                

*Estimated number of respondents:*                     20,607 (total).                

*Frequency of response:*                     Annually.                

*Total estimated burden:*                     33,219.69 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)

*Total estimated cost:*                     $2,733,968.15 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.                

*Changes in the Estimates:*                     There is an increase of 6,084.43 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic causing a 109.1 percent increase in the average number of new establishments (815 in 2019 to 1703 in 2023) and a 32.67 percent increase in the total number of establishments (14,248 in 2019 to 18,904 in 2023). Additional increases are due to changes in the salary tables used in the calculations. There have only been minor changes in the time used to calculate each individual activity.                

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division.

[FR Doc. 2023-21037 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]

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