69548 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 220 / Wednesday, November 16, 2005 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0291; FRL–7744–9] 

Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on 

Food/Feed Crops and New Inert 

Ingredients; Renewal of Pesticide 

Information Collection Activities and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice 

announces that EPA is seeking public 

comment on the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR): Tolerance 

Petitions for Pesticides on Food/Feed 

Crops and New Inert Ingredients (EPA 

ICR No. 0597.09, OMB Control No. 

2070–0024). This is a request to renew 

an existing ICR that is currently 

approved and due to expire on August 

31, 2006. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection activity 

and its expected burden and costs. 

Before submitting this ICR to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval under the PRA, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the collection. 

DATES: Written comments, identified by 

the docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0291, must be received on or 

before January 17, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathanael R. Martin, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

6475; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: 

martin.nathanael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are a business engaged 

in the manufacturing of pesticides and 

other agricultural chemicals. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Manufacturers of pesticides and 

other agricultural chemicals (NAICS 

325320), e.g., businesses engaged in the 

manufacture of pesticides and who file 

a petition asking the Agency to take a 

specific tolerance action. 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed above could also be 

affected. The North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist you and 

others in determining whether this 

action might apply to certain entities. 

To determine whether you or your 

business may be affected by this action, 

you should carefully examine the 

applicability provisions in 40 CFR 180.7 

through 180.41. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

A. Docket 

EPA has established an official public 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2005–

0291. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805. 

B. Electronic Access 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit II.A. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket. 

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff. 

III. How Can I Respond to this Action? 

A. How and To Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

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receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit III.B. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute. 

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPP–2005–0291. The 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2005–0291. In contrast to EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit III.A. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption. 

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2005–0291. 

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2005–0291. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation as 

identified in Unit II.A. 

B. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency? 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

information claimed as CBI, a copy of 

the comment that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI must be 

submitted for inclusion in the public 

docket and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

C. What Should I Consider when I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

notice. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

D. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collections of information are 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 burdens of the 

proposed collections of information. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated or 

electronic collection technologies or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

IV. What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply 

to? 

EPA is seeking comments on the 

following ICR: 

Title: Tolerance Petitions for 

Pesticides on Food/Feed Crops and New 

Inert Ingredients. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0597.09, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0024. 

ICR status: This is a request to renew 

an existing ICR that is currently 

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approved and due to expire on August 

31, 2006. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection activity 

and its expected burden and costs. 

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. 

It is EPA’s responsibility to ensure 

that the maximum residue levels likely 

to be found in or on food/feed crops are 

safe for human consumption through a 

careful review and evaluation of residue 

chemistry and toxicology data. In 

addition it must ensure that adequate 

enforcement of the tolerance can be 

achieved through the testing of 

submitted analytical methods. Once the 

data are deemed adequate to support the 

findings, EPA will establish the 

tolerance or grant an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance. 

There are basically three types of 

tolerance actions: 

• Permanent tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

permanent tolerance) for residues which 

would result from a pesticide use 

registered under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). 

• Temporary tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

temporary tolerance) to permit the sale 

of commodities containing residues 

resulting from authorized experimental 

use of an unregistered pesticide. 

• Time-limited tolerance (or an 

exemption from the requirement for a 

time-limited tolerance) to permit the 

sale of commodities containing residues 

resulting from a pesticide whose use 

was authorized under section 18 of 

FIFRA. 

This ICR only applies to the 

information collection activities 

associated with the submission of a 

petition for a tolerance action. 

V. What are EPA’s Burden and Cost 

Estimates for this ICR? 

Under the PRA, ‘‘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. 

For this collection it 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; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized in this notice. 

The annual public burden is 258,900 

hours. The following is a summary of 

the estimates taken from the ICR: 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

person seeking a tolerance action. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 150. 

Frequency of response: A petition is 

required only once for each raw or 

processed commodity on which the 

pesticide is used. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

258,900. 

Estimated total annual burden costs: 

$23,973,150. 

VI. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

Respondent costs for this ICR have 

increased due to inflationary 

adjustments in labor rates for both 

respondents and Agency personnel. As 

a result, there is an increase of $537,450 

in the estimated total annual respondent 

cost (from $23,435,700 to $23,973,150). 

VII. 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 3, 2005. 

Susan B. Hazen, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. 05–22549 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7996–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

and Meeting of the Science Advisory 

Board Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) RadNet Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference and face-to-face 

meeting of the SAB Radiation Advisory 

Committee (RAC) RadNet Review Panel 

of the SAB to discuss the Office of 

Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) draft 

report ‘‘Expansion and Upgrade of the 

RadNet Air Monitoring Network,’’ (Vols. 

1 & 2), dated October 2005. The RAC 

will also receive a program update and 

briefings. 

DATES: A public teleconference of the 

SAB Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) RadNet Review Panel will be 

held on December 1, 2005 from 1 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. eastern standard time. The 

face-to-face public meeting will be held 

December 19 and 20, 2005 from 8:30 

a.m to 5:30 p.m. central time. Upon 

completion of the RadNet Review, the 

RAC will receive a program update and 

briefing from ORIA on December 21, 

2005 from 8:15 a.m. to no later than 1 

p.m central time. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will take place via telephone only. The 

public face-to-face meeting will be held 

at the U.S. EPA National Air and 

Radiation Environmental Laboratory 

(NAREL), 540 South Morris Avenue, 

Montgomery, AL 36115. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code for the December 1, 2005 

teleconference, or further information 

concerning the public face-to-face 

meeting in Montgomery, AL may 

contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by 

mail at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), 

U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 343–9984; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or by e-mail at: