Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0446-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
Posted Date: 2017-08-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37212-37213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16781]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0446; FRL-9964-59-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Standards for Pesticide Containers and 
Containment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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): 
``Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment'' and identified 
by EPA ICR No. 1632.05 and OMB Control No. 2070-0133. 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 only 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 26, 2016 
(81 FR 66014). With this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 
days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ- 
OPP-2016-0446, 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: Ram[eacute] Cromwell, Field and 
External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, (7506P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703 308-9068; fax number: 703 
308-0029; 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.

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    ICR status: OMB approval for this ICR expired on July 1, 2017 due 
to administrative error. This action is a request to reinstate OMB 
approval for the information collection activities outlined in this 
document.
    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 information collection request covers the 
information collection activities associated with the container design 
and residue removal requirements and containment structure 
requirements. With respect to the container design and residue removal 
requirements, the information collection activities are associated with 
the requirement that businesses subject to the container regulations 
(pesticide registrants) and repackaging regulations (pesticide 
registrants and refillers) maintain records of test data, cleaning 
procedures, certain data when a container is refilled, and other 
supporting information. These records are subject to both call-in by 
EPA and on-site inspection by EPA and its representatives. EPA has not 
established a regular schedule for the collection of these records, and 
there is no reporting.
    With respect to the containment structure requirements, the 
information collection activities are associated with the requirement 
that businesses subject to the containment structure regulations 
maintain records of the: (1) Monthly inspection and maintenance of each 
containment structure and all stationary bulk containers; (2) duration 
over which non-stationary bulk containers holding pesticide and not 
protected by a secondary containment unit remain at the same location; 
and (3) construction date of the containment structure.
    The businesses subject to the containment structure regulations 
include agrichemical retailers and refilling establishments, custom 
blenders and commercial applicators of agricultural pesticides. The 
records have to be maintained by the owners and operators of such 
businesses. There is no regular schedule for the collection of either 
of these records, nor does EPA anticipate a call-in of records at some 
future date. Instead, the records would be available to inspectors to 
ensure that businesses are in compliance with containment requirements. 
These inspections are generally conducted by the states, which enforce 
FIFRA regulations through cooperative agreements with EPA.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide registrants and businesses 
who formulate pesticide products or pesticide formulation 
intermediates, farm supply wholesalers, swimming pool applicators, and 
agricultural (aerial and ground) commercial applicators.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory under sections 3, 8, 
19, and 25 of the Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide ACT (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136f, 136q, and 136w).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,586.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden: 169,660 hours per year.
    Estimated Total Cost: $7,296,308 per year.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

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

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-16781 Filed 8-8-17; 8:45 am]
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