Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0723-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Certification of Pesticide Applicators
Posted Date: 2011-06-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38149-38150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16375]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0723; FRL-9426-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Certification of Pesticide 
Applicators

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: Certification of Pesticide Applicators; 
EPA ICR No. 0155.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0029. 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 July 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2010-0723, to (1) EPA online 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: Niva Kramek, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-605-1193; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail 
address: kramek.niva@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 October 27, 2010 (75 FR 66085), EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-2010-0723, which is available for online viewing at 
http//:www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Pesticide 
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: Certification of Pesticide Applicators.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0155.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0029.
    ICR Status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to 
expire on July 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: Under section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA administers certification programs for 
pesticide applicators. FIFRA allows EPA to classify a pesticide as 
``restricted use'' if the pesticide meets certain toxicity or risk 
criteria. This ICR addresses the paperwork activities performed by 
various EPA-authorized agencies of States and Indian tribal 
governments, as well as federal agencies (collectively referred to in 
this document as ``authorized agencies''), and activities performed by 
individuals and firms in the course of training and certifying persons 
who apply restricted use pesticides.
    Because of their potential to harm human health or the environment, 
restricted use pesticides may be purchased and applied only by a

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certified applicator or by a person under the direct supervision of a 
certified applicator. A person must meet certain standards of 
competency to become a certified applicator; these standards are met 
through completion of a certification program or test. Authorized 
agencies administer certified applicator programs within their 
jurisdictions, but each agency's certification plan must be approved by 
EPA before it can be implemented. In areas where no agency has been 
authorized, EPA may administer a certification program directly, called 
a Federal program.
    This ICR also addresses how registrants of certain pesticide 
products are expected to perform specific, special paperwork 
activities, such as training and record-keeping, in order to comply 
with the terms and conditions of the pesticide registration (e.g., 
registrants of anthrax-related pesticide products that assert claims to 
inactivate Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) spores). Paperwork activities 
associated with the use of such products are conveyed specifically as a 
condition of the registration.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range from 
0.17 hours (ten minutes) to 77.35 hours per response, with a burden on 
most respondents of 3.1 hours. 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: As identified by their North 
American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code, entities 
potentially affected by this ICR are: Applicators on Farms (111 Crop 
Production, 112 Animal Production); Commercial Services Applicators 
(561710 Exterminating and Pest Control Services); Administration of 
Certification Programs by States/Tribal Lead Agencies (924110 
Environmental protection program administration and 926140 Pest control 
programs, agricultural, governmental); Pesticide Dealers (only for EPA-
administered programs) (444220 Retail Nursery, Lawn, and Garden Supply 
stores, 424910 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers); and 
Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532 
Individuals or entities engaged in activities related to the 
registration of a pesticide product).
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 427,133.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,320,669 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $42,134,484.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 10,918 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in 
the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects a program 
change: the expansion of the Federal certified applicator program from 
Navajo Country to all of Indian Country. Burden hours per respondent 
have not changed.

    Dated: June 23, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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