Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0423-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Soil and Non-Soil Fumigant Risk Mitigation
Posted Date: 2019-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18024-18025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08511]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0423; FRL-9991-21-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Soil and Non-Soil Fumigant Risk 
Mitigation (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 (PRA): Soil and Non-Soil Fumigant Risk 
Mitigation (EPA ICR Number 2451.02 and OMB Control Number 2070-0197). 
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related 
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities 
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized in this 
document. This is a request to renew the approval of an existing ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2019. EPA previously 
provided a 60-day public review opportunity via the Federal Register on 
September 26, 2018. With this submission, EPA is providing an 
additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0423, to (1) EPA online using http://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 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameo Smoot, Field and External 
Affairs Division, (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: 703-305-5454, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are 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, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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.
    ICR status: This is a request to renew the approval of an existing 
ICR, which is currently scheduled approved through April 30, 2019. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are displayed either by publication in the 
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB 
control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: In completing reviews of several soil and non-soil 
fumigants pursuant to section 4(g) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136a et seq., EPA 
determined that these fumigants are eligible for reregistration only if 
specific risk mitigation measures, as outlined in Reregistration 
Eligibility Decisions for the chemicals, are adopted and adequately 
implemented. This ICR addresses the paperwork activities that both 
users and registrants of these specific soil and non-soil fumigants 
must perform in order to comply with the required risk mitigation 
measures. Without the complete suite of measures, these soil and non-
soil fumigant chemicals do not meet the requirements to be eligible for 
registration or reregistration under FIFRA. The programs and activities 
represented in this ICR are the result of the Agency exercising the 
authority of section 3(c)(2)(B) or section 3(c)(5) of FIFRA, which 
authorizes EPA to require pesticide registrants to generate and submit 
data to the Agency, when such data are needed to maintain an existing 
registration of a pesticide. Due to the high benefits of these 
chemicals, there could be significant economic impact if these fumigant 
products are no longer available.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are soil and non-soil fumigant users, specifically certified 
applicators and agriculture pesticide handlers (NAICS 111000: 
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting); soil and non-soil fumigant 
registrants (NAICS 325300: Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other 
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing); and state and tribal lead 
agencies (NAICS 999200: State Government).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 113,071.
    Estimated total burden: 1,150,897 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $40,131,505 (per year), includes $930,833 
for annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 953,251 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that currently 
approved by OMB. This change is discussed in more detail in the ICR and 
is briefly summarized here. There is a small increase in the burden 
hour estimate for the soil fumigation activities, from 197,646 to

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198,261 hours, due to updating the estimated number of certified 
applicators and handlers potentially involved in soil fumigation 
activities. There is also an increase in burden from 0 to 952,635 hours 
due to the Agency's inclusion of certain non-soil fumigant risk 
mitigation activities. These changes are the result of a program 
adjustment.

    Dated: April 18, 2019.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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