Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Notices 28269 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0567; FRL 9926–57– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Pesticide Program Public 

Sector Collections (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA): Pesticide Program 

Public Sector Collections (FIFRA 

Sections 18 & 24(c)), identified by EPA 

ICR No. 2311.02 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0182. 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 briefly 

summarized in this document. EPA did 

not receive any comments in response 

to the previously provided public 

review opportunity issued in the 

Federal Register on September 17, 2014 

(79 FR 55791). With this submission, 

EPA is providing an additional 30 days 

for public review. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0567, to 

both EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To EPA online using http://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• To OMB via email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the 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. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rame Cromwell, Field and External 

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: 

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2015. 

Under OMB regulations, the Agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 associated with two 

types of pesticide registration requests 

made by states, U.S. Territories, or 

Federal agencies under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136a et seq.: (1) 

Emergency exemption requests, which 

allow for an unregistered use of a 

pesticide; and (2) Requests by states to 

register a pesticide use to meet a special 

local need (SLN). 

FIFRA section 18 allows 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. 

FIFRA section 24(c) allows 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. 

Form numbers: EPA Form No. 8570– 

25; EPA Form No. 8570–4. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR are 

pesticides registrants, which may be 

identified by North American 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

325320 (pesticide and other agricultural 

chemical manufacturing), and 9241 

(governments that administer 

environmental quality programs). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. Required to obtain EPA 

permission under FIFRA sections 18 

and 24(c). 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 980 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total burden: 34,175 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Estimated total costs: $2,332,954 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is no 

change in the number of burden hours 

estimated per respondent, as compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. However, the total 

burden is being adjusted to reflect a 

change in the estimated number of 

applications EPA projects might be 

submitted in the next three years. 

Although submitting a request under 

FIFRA section 18 and 24(c) is not 

mandatory, making it difficult to 

provide a precise estimate of how many 

submissions will be received in the 

future, EPA used the submissions 

received in recent years to help estimate 

the potential number of future 

submissions. The result is a slight 

increase in the average number of 

FIFRA section 18 submissions projected 

per year, from 128 to 185; and a small 

decrease in the average number of 

FIFRA section 24(c) petitions projected 

for annual submissions, from about 325 

to 305. The increased burden is the total 

annual respondent burden for FIFRA 

section 18 submissions increased from 

12,672 hours to 18,315 hours; while the 

total annual respondent burden for 

FIFRA section 24(c) submissions 

decreased from 16,900 to 15,860 hours. 

The net result is an increase of 4,603 

hours in the total burden (i.e., from 

29,572 to 34,175). 

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

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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