Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0884-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Requirements for Certified Applicators Using 1080 Collars for Livestock Protection
Posted Date: 2010-11-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69657-69658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28657]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0884; FRL-9226-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Certified 
Applicators Using 1080 Collars for Livestock Protection; EPA ICR No. 
1249.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0074

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. 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 December 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2009-0884, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to opp.ncic@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (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: Lily Negash, (7506P), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-347-8515; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail 
address: negash.lily@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On March 3, 2010 (75 FR 9594), EPA sought comments on this 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-

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HQ-OPP-2009-0884, which is available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-
1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Regulatory Public Docket is 
(703) 305-5805.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, 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: Requirements for Certified Applicators Using 1080 Collars 
for Livestock Protection.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1249.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0074.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR affects approximately 40 certified pesticide 
applicators who utilize 1080 toxic collars for livestock protection. 
Four states (Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming) monitor 
the program, and five pesticide registrants are required to keep 
records of: (a) Number of collars purchased; (b) number of collars 
attached on livestock; (c) pasture(s) where collared livestock were 
placed; (d) number and locations of livestock found with ruptured or 
punctured collars and the apparent cause of the damage; (e) the dates 
of each attachment, inspection, and removal; (f) number, dates, and 
approximate location of all collars lost; (g) locations, and dates of 
all suspected poisonings of humans, domestic animals or non-target wild 
animals resulting from collar use location and species data on each 
animal poisoned as an apparent result of the toxic collar. Applicators 
maintain records, and the registrants/lead agencies do monitoring 
studies and submit the reports. These records are monitored by either 
the: (a) State lead agencies; (b) EPA regional offices; or (c) the 
registrants. The EPA receives annual monitoring reports from 
registrants or State lead agencies.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: pesticide and other agricultural 
manufacturers (NAICS 325320), e.g., pesticide registrants whose 
products include 1080 collars; and government establishments primarily 
engaged in the administration of environmental quality programs (NAICS 
9241), e.g., states implementing a 1080 collar monitoring program.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 48.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,944 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $77,044.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 9 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a correction in the 
calculation of the annual respondent burden hours from the last ICR.

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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