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the average annual burden per registrant 

respondent from 1 hour to 7.5 hours per 

respondent to be consistent with the 

average burden per refiller or swimming 

pool supply company. Third, for entities 

subject to the containment 

requirements, some activities in the 

previous ICR were completed by the 

compliance date of August 16, 2009. 

This ICR is focusing only on the ongoing 

annual information collection activities 

for the containment requirements, 

resulting in a corresponding decrease in 

the estimated annual burden per 

respondent from the previous ICR. This 

change is an adjustment. 

C. Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2012–0744 

Title: Tolerance Petitions for 

Pesticides on Food/Feed Crops and New 

Inert Ingredients. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0597.11. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0024. 

ICR status: The approval for this ICR 

is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2013. 

Abstract: The use of pesticides to 

increase crop production often results in 

pesticide residues in or on the crop. To 

protect the public health from unsafe 

pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on 

the nature and level of residues 

permitted pursuant to section 408 of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used 

on food or feed crops unless the Agency 

has established a tolerance (maximum 

residue limit) for the pesticide residues 

on that crop or established an 

exemption from the requirement to have 

a tolerance. 

Under the law, EPA is responsible for 

ensuring that the maximum residue 

levels likely to be found in or on food/ 

feed are safe for human consumption 

through a careful review and evaluation 

of residue chemistry and toxicology 

data. In addition, EPA must ensure that 

adequate enforcement of the tolerance 

can be achieved through the testing of 

submitted analytical methods. If the 

data are adequate for EPA to determine 

that there is a reasonable certainty that 

no harm will result from aggregate 

exposure, the Agency will establish the 

tolerance or grant an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance. 

This ICR only applies to the 

information collection activities 

associated with the submission of a 

petition for a tolerance action. While 

EPA is authorized to set pesticide 

tolerances, the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is responsible for 

their enforcement. Food or feed 

commodities found to contain pesticide 

residues in excess of established 

tolerances are considered adulterated, 

and are subject to seizure by FDA, and 

may result in civil penalties. 

Trade secret or CBI is frequently 

submitted to EPA in support of a 

tolerance petition because submissions 

usually include the manufacturing 

process, product formulation, and 

supporting data. When such information 

is provided to the Agency, the 

information is protected from disclosure 

under FIFRA section 10. CBI data 

submitted to the EPA is handled strictly 

in accordance with the provisions of the 

FIFRA Confidential Business 

Information Security Manual. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average from 1,726 hours 

for each petitioner response and 1,739 

hours for each IR–4 response. The ICR, 

a copy of which is available in the 

docket, provides a detailed explanation 

of this estimate, which is only briefly 

summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

include anyone who files a petition 

asking EPA to take a specific tolerance 

action. While any entity can file a 

petition with EPA, petitions typically 

come from those businesses engaged in 

the manufacturing of pesticides and the 

Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR– 

4). The NAICS codes for the most 

frequent type of respondent are 325320 

(pesticide and other agricultural 

chemical manufacturing) and 541600 

(management, scientific, and technical 

consulting services). 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 137. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

236,800 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$21,280,921. This is the estimated 

burden cost; there is no cost for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs in this information 

collection. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

result in an overall increase of 58,515 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. This increase reflects 

EPA’s updating of burden estimate to 

account for an increase from 103 to 137 

in the estimated average number of 

tolerance petitions submitted annually, 

which resulted in a change to the 

annual burden hours for respondents 

from 178,285 in the previous renewal to 

236,800 in the current renewal. This 

change is an adjustment. 

V. What is the next step in the process 

for these ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the individual ICRs 

as appropriate. The final ICR packages 

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 these ICRs to OMB and 

the opportunity for the public to submit 

additional comments for OMB 

consideration. If you have any questions 

about any of these ICRs or the approval 

process in general, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 15, 2012. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28315 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0631; FRL–9361–9] 

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 a request for a new 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). This ICR is entitled: ‘‘Pesticide 

Spray Drift Reduction Technologies,’’ 

and identified by EPA ICR No. 2472.01 

and OMB Control No. 2070–NEW. 

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 January 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0631 by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

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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.htm. 

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: 

Kathryn Boyle, Field and External 

Affairs Division, (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 305–6304; fax 

number: (703) 305–5884; email address: 

boyle.kathryn@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? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by the voluntary collection 

activities under this ICR include 

pesticide application equipment 

manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, 

pesticide registrants, university 

researchers, and others who have an 

interest in reducing spray drift. The 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) code for 

the principal respondents is: 

Producers of pesticide products ..... 32532 

Crop Production .............................. 111 

Research and Development in the 

Physical, Engineering, Life 

Sciences ...................................... 541710 

Colleges, universities, and professional schools ............................. 611310 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. 

Title: Pesticide Spray Drift Reduction 

Technologies. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2472.01. 

OMB control number: 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 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: EPA intends to initiate a 

voluntary information collection for 

research to verify the effectiveness of 

application technologies for agricultural 

pesticide sprays that have the potential 

to significantly reduce pesticide spray 

drift. The focus of this research is on 

technologies, including spray nozzles, 

shrouds and shields, and drift reducing 

adjuvant chemicals used for aerial or 

groundboom applications to row and 

field crops. Collectively these 

technologies are referred to as drift 

reduction technologies (DRTs). The 

voluntary program would encourage the 

identification and use of DRTs that can 

substantially reduce drift of pesticide 

spray droplets from the target 

application site (e.g., a corn field) 

downwind to non-target areas. 

Exposures and adverse effects to 

humans, wildlife, and crops and other 

vegetation from pesticide spray drift are 

well recognized. Published research 

suggests 1–10% or more of applied 

agricultural pesticide sprays drift from 

the target field. EPA believes there are 

application technologies that have the 

potential to significantly reduce the 

amount of spray drift. As these 

technologies are identified, their driftreducing potential needs to be verified. 

Burden statement: The average cost 

per response is $10,476. 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: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 12 companies. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1 or 2 

submissions by each company. 

Estimated total annual costs: $73,000. 

There are no costs for capital investment 

or maintenance and operational costs. 

III. 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 notice 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. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 5, 2012. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28208 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0805; FRL–9367–7] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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