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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100-101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31467]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0054; FRL-12539-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Pesticide Registration Fees Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Registration 
Fees Program (EPA ICR Number 2330.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0179), 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 
2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on April 29, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2024-0054, to EPA online using https://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.
    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: Carolyn Siu, Office of Program Support 
(7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 719-1649; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of an ICR 
currently approved through January 31, 2025. 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 April 29, 2024, establishing a 60-day comment period (89 FR 33344). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information 
collection activities and related estimated burden and costs that are 
summarized in this document, are available in the docket. 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: This ICR covers the paperwork burden hours and costs 
associated with the information collection activities under the 
pesticide registration fee program. Pesticide registrants are required 
by statute to pay an annual registration maintenance fee for all 
products registered under sections 3 and 24(c) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In addition, the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) amended FIFRA in 2004 to 
create a registration service fee system for applications for specific 
pesticide registration, amended registration, and associated tolerance 
actions as per FIFRA section 33. This ICR specifically covers the 
activities related to the collection of the annual registration 
maintenance fees, the registration service fees, and the burden 
associated with the submission of requests for fees to be waived.
    Form number(s): 8570-30.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected are 
those that are pesticide importers which includes entities identified 
in the North

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American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes identified in 
question 12 of the ICR.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, per FIFRA sections 
4(i)(5) and 33.
    Estimated number of potential respondents: 2,252.
    Frequency of response: Annually and on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 9,058 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $822,010 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in the number of 
respondents by 369 and a corresponding increase of 518 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB. There is also an increase in costs for 
the regulated community by $138,709. The increase in costs ae based on 
updated BLS wage rates. These changes are adjustments.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-31467 Filed 12-31-24; 8:45 am]
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