Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0617-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Experimental Use Permits for Pesticides
Posted Date: 2014-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36053-36054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14877]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0617; FRL 9912-33-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Experimental Use Permits for Pesticides 
(Renewal)

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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.): Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for Pesticides (EPA ICR No. 
0276.15, OMB Control No. 2070-0040). EPA did not receive any comments 
in response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued 
in the Federal Register on September 25, 2013 (78 FR 59014). With this 
submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public comments. 
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: Comments must be submitted on or before July 25, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to (1) EPA, referencing Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0617, 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, and (2) OMB, addressed to ``OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA'' and referencing OMB Control No. 2070-0040, via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
    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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryne Yarger, 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; email 
address: yarger.ryne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Docket: The ICR, which explains in detail the information 
collection activities and the related burden and cost estimates, is 
summarized in this document and is 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, William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) 
Building, 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 docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR Title: Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for Pesticides.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0276.15, OMB Control No. 2070-0040.
    ICR status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to 
expire on June 30, 2014. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue 
to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 
submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) requires that before a pesticide product may be distributed or 
sold in the United States, it must be registered by EPA. Section 5 of 
FIFRA authorizes EPA to issue experimental use permits (EUPs) which 
allow companies to temporarily ship pesticide products for experimental 
use for the purpose of gathering data necessary to support the 
application for registration of a pesticide product. In general, EUPs 
are issued either for a pesticide not registered with the Agency or for 
a new use of a registered pesticide. The EUP application must be 
submitted in order to obtain a permit. This information collection 
provides EPA with the data necessary to determine whether to issue a 
EUP under section 5 of FIFRA.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form 8570-17--Application for an Experimental Use 
Permit to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include individuals or entities engaged in pesticide, 
fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing. The NAICS 
codes for respondents under this ICR include: 325320 (Pesticide and 
other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 172).
    Estimated number of respondents: 30 (total).
    Estimated number of responses per respondent: 1.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated annual burden: 556 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated annual cost: $33,872 (per year). There are no 
capital or operation & maintenance costs associated with this 
information collection.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,351 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of burden 
estimates for this collection based upon historical information 
indicating a reduced number of EUP submissions for chemical pesticides, 
as well as a decrease in the number of EUP applications that are plant-
incorporated protectants. This change is an adjustment.

Spencer W. Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-14877 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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