Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0132-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers, Registrants, and Applicants of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2014-07-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37310-37311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15351]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0132; FRL 9912-38-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers, 
Registrants, and Applicants of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices Under 
Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Producers, Registrants, and Applicants of Pesticides and Pesticide 
Devices under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)'' (EPA ICR No. 0143.12, OMB Control No. 2070-
0028) 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.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through June 30, 2014. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 14706) on March 17, 2014 
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 July 31, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0132, to (1) EPA online using 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 via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Stevenson, Office of 
Compliance, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, 
Pesticides, Waste & Toxics Branch (2225A), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-4203.

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: Producers of pesticides must maintain certain records 
with respect to their operations and make such records available for 
inspection and copying as specified in section 8 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and in regulations 
at 40 CFR part 169. This information collection is mandatory under 
FIFRA section 8. It is used by the Agency to determine compliance with 
the Act. The information is used by EPA Regional pesticide enforcement 
and compliance staffs, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance (OECA), and the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) within the 
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), as well as 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA), and other Federal agencies, States under 
Cooperative Enforcement Agreements, and the public.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Producers of pesticides for sale or 
distribution in the United States.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 169)
    Estimated number of respondents: 14,447 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual

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    Total estimated burden: 28,894 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $3,500,508 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,694 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the growth in the number of 
respondents since the last ICR.

Spencer W. Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-15351 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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