Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0883-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Experimental Use Permits for Pesticides
Posted Date: 2010-11-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69658-69659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28654]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0883; FRL-9226-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) 
for Pesticides; EPA ICR No. 0276.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0040

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-
2009-0883, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, 
Pesticide Public Regulatory 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, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506P), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-347-8515; fax number:

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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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On March 3, 2010, EPA sought comments on the renewal ICR (75 
FR 9593), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB no 
later than December 15, 2010 and in accordance with the instructions 
under ADDRESSES.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-OPP-HQ-2009-0883, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Pesticides 
Public Regulatory Docket, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 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, 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: Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for Pesticides.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0276.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0040.
    ICR Status: The current OMB approval for 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. This ICR renews 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: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) requires that before a pesticide product may be distributed or 
sold in the U.S., 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, EUP's are issued 
either for a pesticide not registered with the Agency or for a 
registered pesticide for a use not registered with the Agency. The EUP 
application must be submitted in order to obtain a permit. This 
information collection provides the EPA with the data necessary to 
determine whether to issue an EUP under section 5 of FIFRA.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
between 32.8 hours for chemical pesticides and 147 hours for plant-
incorporated protectants (PIPs) per response. 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: Pesticide Registrants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10.3.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,907.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $114,566.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1150 hours from 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory. 
This increase is an adjustment in the burden estimates resulting from 
consultations with EUP program participants, and an estimated number of 
EUP applications that are for PIPs compared to chemical pesticides.

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