Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0231-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
Posted Date: 2016-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2213-2214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00744]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0231; FRL-9936-04-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement 
of Unregistered Pesticides

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): 
``Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered 
Pesticides'' (FPAS) and identified by EPA ICR No. 0161.13 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0027. 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 has addressed the comments received in 
response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in 
the Federal Register on May 8, 2015 (80 FR 26554). With this 
submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 16, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0231, 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: Scott Drewes, Field and External 
Affairs, (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0107; email address: 
drewes.scott@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.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January 
31, 2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    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

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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 is designed to enable 
the EPA to provide notice to foreign purchasers of unregistered 
pesticides exported from the United States that the pesticide product 
cannot be sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 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 FPAS must be transmitted to an 
appropriate official of the government in the importing country. This 
information is submitted in the form of annual or per-shipment 
statements to the EPA, which maintains original records and transmits 
copies thereof to appropriate government officials of the countries 
which are importing the pesticide. This information collection request 
also includes the burden imposed by export labeling requirements, which 
meet the definition of third-party disclosure. In addition to the 
export notification for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA requires that 
all pesticides include appropriate labeling. There are different 
requirements for registered and unregistered products. This information 
collection has been constant since the implementation of the 1993 
pesticide export policy governing the export of pesticides, devices, 
and active ingredients used in producing pesticides.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are individuals or entities that produce and export 
pesticides.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 50.
    Frequency of response: Annual or on occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 17,993 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $ 1,224,655 (per year), includes no 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 6,477 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of 
burden estimates for this collection based upon historical information 
on the number of responses per year. Based upon revised estimates, the 
number of exported products has decreased from 3,600 to 2,411, with a 
corresponding decrease in the associated burden. This change is an 
adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-00744 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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