Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0440-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Plant Incorporated Protectants; Confidential Business Information Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting, Renewal
Posted Date: 2020-12-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81922-81923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27801]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0440; FRL-10016-61-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal Request 
Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Plant 
Incorporated Protectants; CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects 
Reporting (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Plant Incorporated Protectants; 
CBI Substantiation and Adverse Effects Reporting (EPA ICR Number 
1693.10, OMB Control Number 2070-0142) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through February 28, 2021. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on August 17, 2020 during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 19, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPP-2017-0440, online using www.regulations.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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 
(7101M), Office of Program Support, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 347-0159; email address: siu.carolyn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: EPA is responsible for the regulation of pesticides as 
authorized by Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA). Prior to EPA granting a registration, the manufacturer of the 
pesticide must demonstrate to the Agency that the use of the pesticide 
product will not result in any unreasonable adverse effects to humans 
or the environment. EPA is also responsible under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) for establishing a tolerance or 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for pesticide residues on 
food or feed.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected entities: Pesticides and other agricultural 
chemical manufacturing, research and development in the physical, 
engineering, and life sciences, biological

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products (except diagnostic) manufacturing, colleges, universities, and 
professional schools, farm supplies wholesalers, flower, nursery stock, 
and florists' supplies (wholesalers).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA section 2 
and applicable CBI requirements per 40 CFR part 2.
    Estimated number of respondents: 25 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 518 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Estimated total costs: $41,892 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates from the last approval: There are no 
changes in the estimates.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-27801 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]
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