Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0581-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
Posted Date: 2020-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53368-53369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18904]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0581; FRL-10011-03-OMS]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR) Standards for Pesticide Containers 
and Containment'' (EPA ICR Number 1632.06 and OMB Control Number 2070-
0133) 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 
October 31, 2020. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 3, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A 
fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated 
burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 28, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA referencing Docket ID No. HQ-
OPP-2019-0581, 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. 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, Field External Affairs 
Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: Insert (703) 347-0159; email address: 
siu.carolyn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. 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 information collection activities 
associated with the pesticide 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 and made 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide registrants and businesses 
who formulate pesticide products or pesticide formulation intermediates 
(NAICS code 325320), farm supply wholesalers (NAICS code 422910), 
swimming pool applicators (NAICS code 561790, 453998 and 235990), and 
agricultural (aerial and ground) commercial applicators (NAICS code 
115112).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under sections 3, 8, 
19, 25 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136f, 136q, and 136w).
    Estimated number of respondents: 23,586 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 180,763 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $ 9,033,656 (per year), includes $335,900 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 11,103 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in 
the ICR currently

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approved by OMB. This increase is in response to comments received from 
respondents, including a comment that the development and storage of 
documentation associated with the DOT (Department of Transportation) 
authorized packaging are not included. This change is an adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-18904 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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