Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
Posted Date: 2022-12-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79299-79300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28051]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749; FRL-10539-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement 
of Unregistered Pesticides (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), Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement 
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR Number 0161.16, OMB 
Control Number 2070-0027) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through December 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on March 1, 2022, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. The ICR, which is summarized in this notice, provides the 
Agency's 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 January 26, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: For submissions to EPA: Submit your comments, referencing 
Docket identification (ID) No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0728, using https://www.regulations.gov. For additional delivery options and information 
about EPA's dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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.
    For submissions to OMB: Submit comments within 30 days of 
publication of this notice using https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular ICR by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Regulatory Support Branch 
(7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1205; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://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 dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR addresses the information collection activities 
associated with the mandate in section 17(a)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which requires an 
exporter of any pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold 
under FIFRA section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the 
foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the 
pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the 
United States. A copy of this statement, which is known as the Foreign 
Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS, must be transmitted by 
EPA to the Designated National Authority or appropriate official of the 
government in the importing country. This information is submitted to 
EPA via mail or electronically through the Central Data Exchange (CDX) 
in the form of annual or per-shipment statements. EPA maintains 
original records and transmits copies, along with an explanatory 
letter, via email to appropriate government officials of the countries 
that are importing the pesticide.
    In addition to the export notification for unregistered pesticides, 
FIFRA requires that all exported pesticides include appropriate 
labeling. There are different requirements for registered and 
unregistered products. The export labeling requirements meet the 
definition of third-party notification. This ICR includes burden 
estimates for the FPAS requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well 
as the labeling requirement for all exported pesticides, both 
registered and unregistered. The burden estimates for export labeling 
requirements have been consolidated in this ICR since the 
implementation of the 1993 pesticide export policy governing the export 
of pesticides, devices, and active ingredients used in producing 
pesticides, codified in 40 CFR part 168, subpart D.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form 9600-026.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are individuals or entities that either manufacture and export 
pesticides or that reformulate or repackage and export pesticides. The 
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code assigned 
to the parties responding to this information is 3250A1.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA section 
17(a)(2) and 40 CFR part 168, subpart D.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,240 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 16,660 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,265,501 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden from that 
currently approved by OMB. There were adjustments to the Agency burden 
estimate related to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, 
during which time EPA had limited access to mail delivered by the 
postal service since March 2020. This scenario prompted EPA to announce 
a temporary COVID-19 flexibility to allow for secure electronic 
submissions (86 FR 46246, August 18, 2021) (FRL-8721-01-OCSPP). Given 
this circumstance, EPA cannot yet estimate the annual changes in the 
number of submissions over the last 3 years. Instead, this ICR relies 
on previous estimates and assumes the

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numbers have largely remained the same over the past 3 years.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28051 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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