Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0687-0042
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2)
Posted Date: 2020-12-31T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 86917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28995]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0687; FRL-10016-58-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects 
Information Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA) Section 6(a)(2) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Submission of Unreasonable 
Adverse Effects under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) (EPA ICR Number 1204.14, 
OMB Control Number 2070-0039) 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 February 1, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPP-2017-0687, online using www.regulations.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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; 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: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) section 6(a)(2) requires pesticide registrants to submit 
information to the Agency which may be relevant to the balancing of the 
risks and benefits of a pesticide product. The statute requires the 
registrant to submit any factual information that it acquires regarding 
adverse effects associated with its pesticidal products, and it is up 
to the Agency to determine whether or not that factual information 
constitutes an unreasonable adverse effect. In order to limit the 
amount of less meaningful information that might be submitted to the 
Agency, the EPA has limited the scope of factual information that the 
registrant must submit. The Agency's regulations at 40 CFR part 159 
provide a detailed description of the reporting obligations of 
registrants under FIFRA section 6(a)(2).
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide and other agricultural 
chemical manufacturing.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA section 
6(a)(2).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,452 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 301,118 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $19,999,815 (per year), includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

    Dated: December 16, 2020.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-28995 Filed 12-30-20; 8:45 am]
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