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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0766; FRL–9517–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Foreign Purchaser 

Acknowledgement Statement of 

Unregistered Pesticides 

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: Foreign Purchaser 

Acknowledgement Statement of 

Unregistered Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 

0161.12, OMB Control No. 2070–0027. 

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 June 18, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2011–0766, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide 

Programs Regulatory Public Docket 

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

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Drewes, Field and External Affairs 

Division, (7506P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 347–0107; fax 

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

Drewes.Scott@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 November 30, 2011 (76 FR 74051), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. Any additional 

comments on 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–OPP–2011–0766, which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public 

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. 

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 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 at 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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Foreign Purchaser 

Acknowledgement Statement of 

Unregistered Pesticides. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0161.12, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0027. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 

2012. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: This information collection 

program is designed to enable the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to provide notice to foreign purchasers 

of unregistered pesticides exported from 

the United States that the pesticide 

product cannot be sold in the United 

States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) requires an exporter of any 

pesticide not registered under FIFRA 

section 3 or sold under FIFRA section 

6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from 

the foreign purchaser acknowledging 

that the purchaser is aware that the 

pesticide is not registered for use in, and 

cannot be sold in, the United States. A 

copy of this statement, which is known 

as the Foreign Purchaser 

Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS, 

must be transmitted to an appropriate 

official of the government in the 

importing country. This information is 

submitted in the form of annual or pershipment statements to the EPA, which 

maintains original records and transmits 

copies, along with an explanatory letter, 

to appropriate government officials of 

the countries which are importing the 

pesticide. 

In addition to the export notification 

for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA 

requires that all exported pesticides 

include appropriate labeling. Export 

labeling requirements meet the 

definition of third-party notification. In 

the interests of consolidating various 

related information collection requests, 

this ICR includes burden estimates for 

the FPAS requirement for unregistered 

pesticides, as well as the labeling 

requirement for all exported pesticides, 

both registered and unregistered. These 

burdens have been consolidated in this 

information collection since the 

implementation of the 1993 pesticide 

export policy governing the export of 

pesticides, devices, and active 

ingredients used in producing 

pesticides. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

168, subpart D). 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, 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 in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average from one to eight 

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 

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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 ICR 

are individuals or entities that either 

manufacture and export or that 

reformulate or repackage and export 

unregistered pesticides. The North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) code assigned to the 

parties responding to this information is 

325300. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

24,470. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,461,658, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 22 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA’s 

updating of burden estimates for this 

collection based upon historical 

information on the number of foreign 

purchaser acknowledgement statements 

submitted annually. Based upon revised 

estimates, the average number of foreign 

purchaser acknowledgement statements 

submitted annually has decreased from 

2,304 to 2,283, with a corresponding 

decrease in the associated burden from 

2,442 hours in the previous renewal to 

2,420 hours in the current renewal. This 

change is an adjustment. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11951 Filed 5–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9673–3] 

Intent To Grant Patent License 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant CoExclusive Patent License. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 

(Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S. 

Government patent licensing 

regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of 

its intent to grant a co-exclusive, 

royalty-bearing, revocable license to 

practice the inventions described and 

claimed in the U.S. patents and patent 

applications listed at the end of this 

message, and all corresponding patents 

issued throughout the world, and all 

reexamined patents and reissued 

patents granted in connection with such 

patent applications, to American 

Hydraulic Power, LLC of Michigan. 

The inventions pertain to hybrid 

vehicle technology, particularly 

hydraulic hybrid drive systems, 

methods, and components. The 

proposed license will contain 

appropriate terms, limitations, and 

conditions negotiated in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.5 

and 404.7 of the U.S. Government 

patent licensing regulations. EPA will 

finalize terms and conditions and grant 

the license unless, within 15 days from 

the date of this notice, EPA receives, at 

the address below, written objections to 

the grant, together with supporting 

documentation. The documentation 

from objecting parties having an interest 

in practicing the inventions listed in the 

patents and patent applications below 

should include an application for a 

nonexclusive license with the 

information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. 

The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA 

officials will review all written 

responses and then make 

recommendations on a final decision to 

the Director or Deputy Director of the 

Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, who have been delegated the 

authority to issue patent licenses under 

EPA Delegation 1–55. 

The proposed license will apply to 

the following patents and patent 

applications: 

METHOD OR VEHICLE LICENSED INVENTIONS

Patent No. Title Date issued 

5,495,912 ........... Hybrid Powertrain Vehicle ..................................................................................................................... March 5, 1996. 

5,887,674 ........... Continuously Smooth Transmission ...................................................................................................... March 30, 1999. 

6,719,080 ........... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle ....................................................................................................................... April 13, 2004. 

6,876,098 ........... Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle ..................................................................................... April 5, 2005. 

7,456,509 ........... Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (div) ............................................................................. November 25, 2008. 

7,337,869 ........... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Integrated Drive Module and Four-Wheel-Drive, and Method of Operation Thereof.March 4, 2008. 

7,252,020 ........... Vehicle Drivetrain including a Clutchless Transmission, and Method of Operation ............................. August 7, 2007. 

6,998,727 ........... Methods of Operating a Parallel Hybrid Vehicle Having an Internal Combustion Engine and a Secondary Power Source.February 14, 2006. 

7,104,349 ........... Hybrid Powertrain Motor Vehicle with Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine, 

and Method of Operation Thereof.

September 12, 2006. 

7,857,082 ........... Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (Div.) ........................................................................... December 28, 2010. 

7,984,783 ........... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Integrated Hydraulic Drive Module and Four-Wheel-Drive, and Method of Operation Thereof (Div.).July 26, 2011. 

8,118,132 ........... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Methods of Safe Operation ........................................................................... February 21, 2012. 

8,162,094 ........... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Large-Ratio Shift Transmission, and Method of Operation .................. April 24, 2012. 

Application No. Title Date filed 

PCT/US2011/ 

027667.

Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Safe and Efficient Hydrostatic Operation .............................................. March 9, 2011. 

12/654,321 ......... Methods of Optimizing Efficiency of a Series Hybrid Vehicle with Multi-Gear Transmission ............... December 17, 2009. 

12/711,603 ......... Hydraulic-Electric Regenerative Energy Storage System ..................................................................... February 24, 2010. 

PCT/US2011/ 

031806.

Methods for Safe Operation of Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles with Over-Center Pump/Motors ................ April 8, 2011. 

12/731,326 ......... Regenerative Energy Storage System for Hybrid Locomotive ............................................................. March 25, 2010. 

12/955,795 ......... Methods of Operating a Series Hybrid Vehicle (Div.) ........................................................................... November 29, 2010. 

13/356,276 ......... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Methods of Safe Operation ........................................................................... January 23, 2012. 

13/424,027 ......... Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle with Large-Ratio Shift Transmission, and Method of Operation Thereof ..... March 19, 2012. 

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