Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0493-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Compliance Requirement for Child-Resistant Packaging
Posted Date: 2014-05-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30604-30605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12314]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0493; FRL-9911-35-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Requirement for Child-Resistant 
Packaging (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (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.): Compliance 
Requirement for Child-Resistant Packaging (EPA ICR No. 0616.11, OMB 
Control No. 2070-0052). 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: Submit your comments on or before June 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2013-0493, 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: Scott Drewes, Field and External 
Affairs

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Division, 7506P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-347-0107; fax 
number: 703-305-5884; email address: Drewes.Scott@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, 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 
docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR Title: Compliance Requirement for Child-Resistant Packaging.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0616.11, OMB Control No. 2070-0052.
    ICR status: The current OMB approval for this ICR is scheduled to 
expire on May 31, 2014. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue 
to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 
submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: This information collection program is designed to 
provide EPA with assurances that the packaging of pesticide products 
sold and distributed to the general public in the United States meets 
standards set forth by the Agency pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Registrants must certify to the 
Agency that the packaging or device meets these standards. Section 
25(c)(3) of FIFRA authorizes EPA to establish standards for packaging 
of pesticide products and pesticidal devices to protect children and 
adults from serious illness or injury resulting from accidental 
ingestion or contact. The law requires that these standards are 
designed to be consistent with those under the Poison Prevention 
Packaging Act, administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(CPSC). Unless a pesticide product qualifies for an exemption, if the 
product meets certain criteria regarding toxicity and use, it must be 
sold and distributed in child-resistant packaging.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include large and small entities engaged in manufacturing 
pesticide chemicals, wholesale merchandizing of pesticide products, or 
pest management activities. The North American Industrial 
Classification System (NAICS) codes for respondents under this ICR 
include 325320 (Pesticide and other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing), 424690 (Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant 
Wholesalers), and 561710 (Exterminating and Pest Control Services).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,733.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 5,507 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $ 306,880 (per year). There are no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs associated with this 
information collection.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 614 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is an adjustment due to revised 
estimates of the burden per response and a net shift in the type of 
submissions. The estimated average burden per response increased from 
4.20 hours to 8.04 hours per submission. Based on comments received 
during consultations with stakeholders, EPA increased the burden per 
response for CRP certifications without data. The average burden per 
response is an average over all response types. In addition, there has 
been a change in the distribution of responses among the response 
types. Although the estimated number of responses for the current ICR 
renewal is expected to be is expected to decrease from 1,165 in the 
last ICR approval to 685, there is a net shift from less-burdensome 
(CRP certifications without data) to more-burdensome (CRP 
certifications with data) type responses.

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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