Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0036-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of New EPA ICR No. 2088.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2003-04-30T04:00Z

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Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
83
/
Wednesday,
April
30,
2003
/
Notices
(
OMB)
responses
to
Agency
clearance
requests,
in
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
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
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Susan
Auby
(
202)
566
 
1672,
or
e­
mail
at
auby.
susan@
epa.
gov,
and
please
refer
to
the
appropriate
EPA
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

OMB
Responses
to
Agency
Clearance
Requests
OMB
Approvals
EPA
ICR
No.
0111.10;
NESHAP
for
Asbestos;
was
approved
03/
18/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
61,
subpart
M;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0101;
expires
03/
31/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
0246.08;
Contractor
Cumulative
Claim
and
Reconciliation;
was
approved
03/
31/
2003;
OMB
Number
2030
 
0016;
expires
03/
31/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1037.07;
Oral
and
Written
Purchase
Orders;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
OMB
Number
2030
 
0007;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
N0.
0663.08;
NSPS
for
Beverage
Can
Surface
Coating;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subpart
WW;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0001;
expires
04/
30/
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
1127.07;
NSPS
for
Hot
Mix
Asphalt
Facilities;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subpart
I;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0083;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1167.07;
NSPS
for
Lime
Manufacturing;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subpart
HH;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0063;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1039.10;
Monthly
Progress
Reports;
was
approved
03/
19/
2003;
OMB
Number
2030
 
0005;
expires
03/
31/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1055.07;
NSPS
for
Kraft
Pulp
Mills;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subpart
BB;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0021;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1130.07;
NSPS
for
Grain
Elevators;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subpart
DD;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0082;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
1363.12;
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting,
Recordkeeping,
Supplier
Notification
and
Petitions
under
Section
313
of
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
(
EPCRA);
was
approved
03/
10/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
372;
OMB
Number
2070
 
0093;
expires
10/
31/
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
1704.06;
Alternative
Threshold
for
Low
Annual
Reportable
Amounts;
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting
under
Section
313
of
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
(
EPCRA);
was
approved
03/
10/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
372;
OMB
Number
2070
 
0143;
expires
10/
31/
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
1938.02;
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
from
Municipal
Solid
Waste
Landfills;
was
approved
04/
04/
2003;
in
40
CFR
part
63,
subpart
AAAA;
OMB
Number
2060
 
0505;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
2059.01;
Tribal
Lands
Hazardous
Waste
Sites
Census;
was
approved
03/
18/
2003;
in
40
CFR
66.802
and
40
CFR
66.809;
OMB
Number
2050
 
0189;
expires
03/
31/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
2103.01;
Title
IV
of
the
Public
Health
Security
and
Bioterriorism
Preparedness
and
Response
Act
of
2002:
Drinking
Water
Security
and
Safety;
was
approved
03/
31/
2003;
in
pub.
law
107
 
188;
OMB
Number
2040
 
0253;
expires
09/
30/
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
2076.01;
National
Waste
Minimization
Partnership
Program;
was
approved
04/
10/
2003;
OMB
Number
2050
 
0190;
expires
04/
30/
2006.
EPA
ICR
No.
0275.08;
Preaward
Compliance
Review
Report
for
All
Applicants
Requesting
Federal
Financial
Assistance;
was
approved
04/
11/
2003;
OMB
Number
2090
 
0014;
expires
04/
30/
2006.

Short
Term
Extensions
EPA
ICR
No.
1912.01;
Information
Collection
Request;
National
Primary
Drinking
Water
Regulation
for
Lead
and
Copper
(
Final
Rule);
OMB
Number
2040
 
0210;
on
03/
24/
2003
OMB
extended
the
expiration
date
through
06/
30/
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
1727.02;
Evaluation
of
the
Burden
of
Waterborne
Disease
Within
Communities
in
the
United
States;
OMB
2080
 
0050;
on
04/
08/
2003
OMB
extended
the
expiration
date
through
07/
31/
2003.

Comment
Filed
EPA
ICR
No.
2102.01;
background
checks
for
contractors
performing
services
on­
site
for
EPA;
on
04/
02/
2003
OMB
filed
a
comment.
EPA
ICR
No.
1060.11;
NSPS
for
Steel
Plants:
Electric
Arc
Furnaces
and
Decarburization
Vessels
(
Proposed
rule
amendment);
in
40
CFR
part
60,
subparts
AA
and
AAa;
on
04/
04/
2003
OMB
filed
a
comment.
EPA
ICR
No.
2045.01;
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
for
Automobile
and
Lightduty
Truck
Surface
Coating
(
Proposed
Rule);
in
40
CFR
part
63,
subpart
IIII;
on
04/
04/
2003
OMB
filed
a
comment.
EPA
ICR
No.
2072.01;
NESHAP
for
Lime
Manufacturing
Plants
(
Proposed
Rule);
in
40
CFR
63.7130,
63.7100,
63.7131,
and
63.7132;
on
04/
04/
2003
OMB
filed
a
comment.

Correction
This
is
to
correct
EPA
ICR
No.
0619.09,
to
EPA
ICR
No.
0161.09,
Foreign
Purchaser
Acknowledgment
Statement
of
Unregistered
Pesticides;
OMB
No.
2070
 
0027;
published
on
01/
14/
2003.

Transfer
EPA
ICR
No.
2057.01;
Eliciting
Risk
Tradeoffs
for
Valuing
Fatal
Cancer
Risks;
has
been
changed
from
OMB
No.
2060
 
0502
to
OMB
No.
2090
 
0022
effective
04/
02/
2003.

Dated:
April
23,
2003.
Richard
T.
Westlund,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
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10652
Filed
4
 
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8:
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am]

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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
New
EPA
ICR
No.
2088.01
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
new
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
Reporting
and
Recordkeeping
Requirements
under
EPA's
Hospitals
for
a
Healthy
Environment
(
H2E)
Program
(
EPA
ICR
No.
2088.01).
The
ICR,
which
is
abstracted
below,
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
On
August
19,
2002
(
67
FR
53789),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
has
addressed
the
comments
received.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
30,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPPT
 
2002
 
0036,
to
both
(
1)
EPA
online
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket
(
our
preferred
method)
or
by
mail
to:
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30,
2003
/
Notices
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
7407T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
7408,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202
 
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCAHotline
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
new
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.10.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OPPT
 
2002
 
0036,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EDOCKET
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Reporting
and
Recordkeeping
Requirements
under
EPA's
Hospitals
for
a
Healthy
Environment
(
H2E)
Program
(
EPA
ICR
No.
2088.01).
This
is
a
request
for
a
new
collection
activity
submitted
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.10.
Abstract:
The
Hospitals
for
a
Healthy
Environment
(
H2E)
program
is
a
voluntary
partnership
program
jointly
administered
by
EPA
and
the
American
Hospital
Association
(
AHA)
that
helps
hospitals
enhance
work
place
safety,
reduce
waste
and
waste
disposal
costs,
and
become
better
environmental
stewards
and
neighbors.
The
program
is
based
on
a
1998
Memorandum
of
Understanding
signed
by
AHA
and
EPA
to
provide
health
care
professionals
with
the
tools
and
information
necessary
to
reduce
mercury
waste,
reduce
the
overall
volume
of
waste,
and
identify
pollution
prevention
opportunities.
The
H2E
program
has
two
elements,
the
Partners
for
Change
Program
and
the
Champions
for
Change
Program.
The
Partners
for
Change
Program
recognizes
health
care
facilities
that
pledge
support
to
the
H2E
mission
and
develop
goals
for
reducing
waste
and
mercury
in
their
own
facilities.
The
Champions
for
Change
Program
recognizes
organizations
that
encourage
and
aid
health
care
facilities
to
participate
as
H2E
Partners,
provide
on­
going
promotional
or
technical
assistance
information,
or
make
changes
that
support
the
goals
of
the
H2E
Program
in
their
own
institutions.
An
organization's
decision
to
participate
in
the
H2E
Program
is
completely
voluntary.
This
information
collection
addresses
reporting
and
recordkeeping
activities
that
support
the
administration
of
the
H2E
program.
Participation
begins
with
the
completion
of
and
submittal
to
EPA
of
either
a
Partner
Registration
and
Pledge
Form
or
a
Champion
for
Change
Application
form
that
provides
EPA
with
general
organizational
information.
Once
an
organization
joins
the
Partners
for
Change
Program,
EPA
expects
new
Partners
to
spend
time
up­
front
in
establishing
a
solid
foundation
for
H2E
initiatives
by
documenting
their
environmental
baseline
when
they
first
join
H2E
and
by
setting
their
own
facility
performance
goals,
and
allots
six
months
for
Partners
to
establish
their
goals.
During
the
first
year
and
in
all
subsequent
years,
a
Partner
will
submit
the
Annual
Facility
Assessment
Summary
and
Goals
Form.
This
form
is
designed
to
help
a
facility
establish
its
own
environmental
baseline,
continue
to
track
its
own
environmental
progress,
provide
basic
contact
and
facility
information,
waste
and
mercury
assessment
summaries,
environmental
policy
information,
and
a
description
of
its
pollution
prevention
(
P2)/
waste
reduction
goals
and
activities.
EPA
expects
organizations
to
implement
their
H2E
programs
and
report
on
their
progress
by
January
31
of
each
subsequent
year
after
joining,
unless
less
than
nine
months
have
passed
since
the
initial
submission.
The
Annual
Facility
Assessment
Summary
and
Goals
Form
is
the
main
way
Partners
for
Change
report
their
environmental
progress
to
EPA.
Partners
and
Champions
may
also
apply
for
various
H2E
awards
by
submitting
an
Awards
Application
Form,
the
burden
for
which
is
also
addressed
in
this
ICR.
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
for
EPA's
regulations
in
title
40
of
the
CFR,
after
appearing
in
the
Federal
Register,
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
included
on
the
related
collection
instrument
or
form,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
range
between
0.5
and
20
hours
per
response,
depending
upon
the
type
of
information
the
respondent
provides.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Establishments
or
organizations
engaged
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
83
/
Wednesday,
April
30,
2003
/
Notices
in
furnishing
medical,
surgical
or
other
health
services
to
individuals.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
550.
Frequency
of
Response:
Annually.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
10,110
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
343,765.
There
are
no
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
None.
This
is
a
new
information
collection.

Dated:
April
22,
2003.
Richard
T.
Westlund,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
10653
Filed
4
 
29
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2002
 
0218,
FRL
 
7489
 
7]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB;
Comment
Request;
EPA
ICR
No.
0597.08/
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0024;
Tolerance
Petitions
for
Pesticides
on
Food/
Feed
Crops
and
New
Inert
Ingredients
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
PRA)
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
Tolerance
Petitions
for
Pesticides
on
Food/
Feed
Crops
and
New
Inert
Ingredients;
EPA
ICR
No.
0597.08;
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0024.
The
ICR,
which
is
abstracted
below,
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
activity
and
its
expected
burden
and
costs.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
30,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0218,
to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
opp­
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
7502C,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Nancy
Vogel,
Field
and
External
Affairs
Division
(
7506C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
6475;
fax
number:
(
703)
305
 
5884;
e­
mail
address:
vogel.
nancy@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
The
Federal
Register
document,
required
under
5
CFR
1320.8(
d),
soliciting
comments
on
this
collection
of
information
was
published
on
October
31,
2002
(
67
FR
66392).
EPA
received
no
comments
on
this
ICR
during
the
60­
day
comment
period.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OPP
 
2002
 
0218,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
Please
note,
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
ICR
Title:
Tolerance
Petitions
for
Pesticides
on
Food/
Feed
Crops
and
New
Inert
Ingredients
(
EPA
ICR
0597.08,
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0024).
ICR
Status:
This
is
a
request
for
extension
of
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
currently
scheduled
to
expire
on
April
30,
2003.
EPA
is
asking
OMB
to
approve
this
ICR
for
three
years.
Under
5
CFR
1320.12(
b)(
2),
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
the
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
This
information
collection
will
enable
EPA
to
collect
adequate
data
to
support
the
establishment
of
pesticide
tolerances
pursuant
to
section
408
of
the
Federal
Food,
Drug
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA).
A
pesticide
may
not
be
used
on
food
or
feed
crops
unless
EPA
has
established
a
tolerance
for
the
pesticide
residues
on
that
crop,
or
established
an
exemption
from
the
requirement
to
have
a
tolerance.
Responses
to
this
collection
are
required
to
obtain
tolerances
or
exemptions
from
tolerances
for
pesticides
used
on
food
or
feed
crops,
pursuant
to
section
408
of
FFDCA,
21
U.
S.
C.
346a,
as
amended
by
FQPA
(
Public
Law
104
 
170).
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
submitted
to
EPA
in
response
to
this
information
collection
is
protected
from
disclosure
under
FIFRA
section
10.
It
is
EPA's
responsibility
to
ensure
that
the
maximum
residue
levels
likely
to
be
found
in
or
on
food/
feed
crops
are
safe
for
human
consumption
through
a
careful
review
and
evaluation
of
residue
chemistry
and
toxicology
data.
In
addition,
it
must
ensure
that
adequate
enforcement
of
the
tolerance
can
be
achieved
through
the
testing
of
submitted
analytical
methods.
Once
the
data
are
deemed
adequate
to
support
the
findings,
EPA
will
establish
the
tolerance
or
grant
an
exemption
from
the
requirement
of
a
tolerance.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
``
respondent''
burden
for
this
ICR
is
estimated
to
be
258,900
hours.
According
to
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act,
``
burden''
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
For
this
collection,
it
is
the
time
reading
the
regulations,
planning
the
necessary
data
collection
activities,
conducting
tests,
analyzing
data,
generating
reports
and
completing
other
required
paperwork,
and
storing,
filing,
and
maintaining
the
data.
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