55072 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 24, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Molly A. O’Neill, 

Assistant Administrator and Chief 

Information Officer, Office of Environmental 

Information. 

[FR Doc. E8–22468 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0923; FRL–8719–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Pesticide Data Call-In 

Program; EPA ICR No. 2288.01, OMB 

Control No. 2070—New 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew and consolidate three existing 

approved Information Collection 

Requests (ICRs). The consolidation ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. These 

ICRs are scheduled to expire on Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 24, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2007–0923, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by mail Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 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: 

Cameo Gianne Smoot, Field and 

External Affairs Division, 7506P, Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 703–305–5454; fax 

number: 703–308–5884; e-mail address: 

smoot.cameo@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 January 16, 2008 (73 FR 2907), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment and has addressed the 

comment received in the supporting 

statement. A copy of the public 

comment is part of the docket for this 

action. 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–2007–0923, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket in Rm. S–4400, One Potomac 

Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal 

Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Pesticide Data Call-In Program. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2288.01, 

OMB Control No. 2070-new. 

ICR Status: This ICR consolidates and 

renews the information collection 

activities described in the following 

currently approved ICRs, which are 

each scheduled to expire on September 

30, 2008: ‘‘Data Call-Ins for the Special 

Review and Registration Review 

Programs’’ (EPA ICR No. 0922.07, OMB 

Control No. 2070–0057); ‘‘Data 

Generation for Pesticide Reregistration’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1504.05, OMB Control No. 

2070–0107); and ‘‘Data Acquisition for 

Anticipated Residue and Percent of 

Crop Treated’’ (EPA ICR No. 1911.02, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0164). Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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. 

Abstract: Under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), every pesticide product 

must be registered with EPA. An 

applicant for registration must supply 

data to demonstrate that the pesticide 

product will not cause ‘‘unreasonable 

adverse effects’’ on humans or to the 

environment. Under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), EPA 

must determine, from data supplied by 

the applicant or registrant, that the level 

of pesticide residues in food and feed 

will be safe for human consumption, 

defined as ‘‘a reasonable certainty that 

no harm’’ will result from exposures to 

pesticide residues. Although data is 

provided with the initial applications, 

the Agency issues Data Call-Ins (DCIs) 

when it has determined that more 

information is necessary to make the 

necessary decision pursuant to the 

mandates in FIFRA and FFDCA. 

The programs represented in this 

proposed ICR renewal and 

consolidation share a common statutory 

authority, section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA, 

which authorizes EPA to require 

pesticide registrants to generate and 

submit data to the Agency, when such 

data are needed to maintain an existing 

registration of a pesticide. EPA’s 

determination that additional data are 

needed can occur for various reasons, 

with the following four reasons being 

the most common: 

(1) Reregistration program. Section 4 

of FIFRA requires EPA to re-assess the 

health and safety data for all pesticide 

active ingredients registered before 

November 1, 1984, to ‘‘reregister’’ them, 

i.e., determine whether these ‘‘older’’ 

pesticides meet the criteria for 

registration that would be expected of a 

pesticide being registered today for the 


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first time. FIFRA section 4 directs EPA 

to use FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) authority 

to obtain the required data. While most 

Reregistration Eligibility Decisions are 

expected to be completed by 2008, the 

Agency may still need to issue DCIs 

after FY 2008 to close out the program. 

(2) Registration review program. 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA contains 

provisions to help achieve the goal of 

reviewing each pesticide every 15 years 

to assure that the pesticide continues to 

pose no risk of unreasonable adverse 

effects on human health or the 

environment. FIFRA section 3(g) 

instructs EPA to use the FIFRA section 

3(c)(2)(B) authority to obtain the 

required data. 

(3) Special review program. Though 

rare, EPA may conduct a Special Review 

if EPA believes that a pesticide poses 

risks of unreasonable adverse effects on 

human health or the environment. 

Section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA provides a 

means of obtaining any needed data. 

(4) Anticipated residue/percent crop 

treated information. Under section 408 

of FFDCA, before a pesticide may be 

used on food or feed crops, the Agency 

must establish a tolerance for the 

pesticide residues on that crop or 

established an exemption from the 

requirement to have a tolerance. Section 

408(b)(2)(E) and (F) of FFDCA authorize 

the use of anticipated or actual residue 

(ARs) data and percent crop treated 

(PCT) data to establish, modify, 

maintain, or revoke a tolerance for a 

pesticide. The FFDCA requires that if 

AR data are used, data must be reviewed 

five years after a tolerance is initially 

established. If PCT data are used, the 

FFDCA affords EPA the discretion to 

obtain additional data if any or all of 

several conditions are met. 

The Agency issues DCIs when it has 

determined that more information is 

necessary to make decision about 

pesticides pursuant to the mandates in 

FIFRA and FFDCA. Agency decisions 

requiring additional data are based on 

the data requirements set forth in 40 

CFR parts 150 through 180, with the 

majority of the data requirements 

captured in 40 CFR part 158. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to range form 59 to 13,636 

hours per response, depending on the 

review program and type of DCI issued. 

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; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

include pesticide registrants, which may 

be identified by the North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) code 32532, pesticide and 

other agricultural chemical 

manufacturing. 

Frequency of Collection: On Occasion. 

Estimated No. of Potential 

Respondents: 1,643. 

Estimated No. of Total Annual 

Responses: 184. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 262,301 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$12,506,726. 

Changes in the Estimates: The total 

estimated burden for this consolidated 

renewal ICR is 262,301 hours, which 

reflects a net decrease of 106,030 hours 

per year for this consolidated renewal 

ICR over the combined burden estimates 

for the currently approved ICRs. The 

primary cause of this reduction is the 

fact that EPA’s Reregistration program is 

ending and that the Agency thus expects 

to issue fewer reregistration DCIs. The 

decreased burden associated with the 

reduction in the number of 

reregistration DCIs that will be issued is 

somewhat offset by an expected burden 

increase related to increase in the 

number of registration review DCIs that 

will be issued. These changes are 

adjustments. The Agency is also 

including a new category of DCIs for 

enforcement and unanticipated 

incidents. Although EPA expects that 

the issuance of this type of DCI will be 

rare, the related burdens represent a 

program change. The Supporting 

Statement includes detailed analyses of 

these revised estimates. 

Dated: September 15, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8719–6] 

Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to 

Information Claimed as Confidential 

Business Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of intended transfer of 

information claimed as confidential 

business information to contractors and 

subcontractors. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) intends to transfer 

information claimed as confidential 

business information (CBI) collected 

from several industries, including 

health services, drinking water 

treatment, and airport deicing to Abt 

Associates and its subcontractors, to PG 

Environmental, LLC, and its 

subcontractors, and to Westat. Transfer 

of the information will allow the 

contractors and subcontractors to 

support EPA in the planning, 

development, review, and 

implementation of effluent limitation 

guidelines and standards under the 

Clean Water Act (CWA). The 

information being transferred was or 

will be collected, in part, under the 

authority of section 308 of the CWA. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on this intended transfer of 

information to the address noted below. 

DATES: Comments on the transfer of data 

are due October 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to 

Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document 

Control Officer, Engineering and 

Analysis Division (4303T), Room 6231S 

EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Document Control 

Officer, at (202) 566–1044, or via e-mail 

at siddiqui.ahmar@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

transferred CBI to various contractors 

and subcontractors over the history of 

the effluent guidelines program. EPA 

determined that this transfer was 

necessary to enable the contractors and 

subcontractors to perform their work in 

supporting EPA in planning, 

developing, reviewing, and 

implementing effluent guidelines and 

standards for certain industries. 

Today, pursuant to 40 CFR 

2.302(h)(2)(iii), incorporating by 

reference 40 CFR 2.301(h)(2)(iii), EPA is 

giving notice that it has entered into 

contracts with Abt Associates (Abt), 

contract number EP–C–07–023, located 

in Cambridge, MA, with PG 


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