Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0281-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting
Posted Date: 2011-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4656-4657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1657]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0281; FRL-9258-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Plant-Incorporated Protectants; 
CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting; EPA ICR No. 1693.07, 
OMB Control No. 2070-0142

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 25, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2010-0281, to (1) EPA online

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using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticide Public 
Regulatory Docket at Potomac Yard, 7502P, 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, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-347-0107; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail 
address: drewes.scott@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 5, 2010, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (75 FR 
24690) pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment, which is 
addressed in the ICR. 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-2010-0281, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Pesticides 
Public Regulatory Docket, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Room 
S-4400, Arlington, VA 22202. This docket facility is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for this docket is 703-305-5805.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, to 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: Plant-Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and 
Reporting Risk/Benefit Information.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1693.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0142.
    ICR Status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to 
expire on January 31, 2011. Under OMB regulations at 5 CFR 
1320.12(b)(2), the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This 
ICR is for an ongoing information collection activity. 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 Final Rule and in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 or by other 
appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or 
form, if applicable.
    Abstract: This ICR addresses the two information collection 
requirements described in regulations pertaining to pesticidal 
substances that are produced by plants (plant-incorporated protectants 
(PIPs)) and which are codified in 40 CFR part 174. A PIP is defined as 
``the pesticidal substance that is intended to be produced and used in 
a living plant and the genetic material necessary for the production of 
such a substance.'' Many, but not all, PIPs are exempt from 
registration requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Registrants sometimes include in a submission 
to EPA for registration of a PIP information that they claim to be 
confidential business information (CBI). CBI is protected by FIFRA and 
generally cannot be released to the public unless authorized after 
following the procedures in 40 CFR part 2. Under 40 CFR part 174, 
whenever a registrant claims that information submitted to EPA in 
support of a registration application for PIPs contains CBI, the 
registrant must substantiate such claims when they are made. In 
addition, manufacturers of PIPs that are otherwise exempted from the 
requirements of registration must report risk benefit information of 
the PIP to the Agency. Such reporting will allow the Agency to 
determine whether further action is needed to prevent unreasonable 
adverse effects to public health and the environment. Submission of 
this information is mandatory and supplied on occasion.
    Burden Statement: The annual respondent burden for the collection 
of information associated with the substantiation at the time of 
submission for CBI claims related to a PIP registration application is 
estimated to average 21.5 hours per submission, and the annual 
respondent burden for the collection of information associated with the 
reporting of adverse effects for exempted PIPs is estimated to average 
7 hours per submission. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). The 
following is a summary of the burden and cost information for this ICR:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Producers and importers of PIPs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 389.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $26,875.00.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 86 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is an adjustment resulting from an 
increase in the estimated number of PIPs applications. EPA expects that 
the level of activity will continue.

    Dated: January 20, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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