Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0316-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Training, Notification and Recordkeeping
Posted Date: 2022-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09006]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0316; FRL-9809-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard 
Training, Notification and Recordkeeping (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Agricultural Worker Protection 
Standard Training, Notification and Recordkeeping (EPA ICR Number 
2491.06, OMB Control Number 2070-0190) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on August 3, 2021 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 May 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPP-2021-0316, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 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, 
Office of Program Support, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency (Mailcode: 7101M), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
566-1205; email address: [email protected].

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: This Information Collection Request (ICR) estimates the 
recordkeeping and third-party response burden of paperwork activities 
that covers the information collection requirements contained in the 
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulations at 40 CFR part 170. 
Agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handling establishments 
(CPHEs) are responsible for providing required training, notifications 
and information to their employees to ensure worker and handler safety. 
The WPS regulation includes training for workers and handlers, posting 
of pesticide-treated areas, providing additional information for 
workers before they enter a pesticide-treated area while a restricted 
entry interval (REI) is in effect, access to more general and 
application-specific information about pesticides used on the 
establishment, and recordkeeping of training.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Employers of agricultural 
establishments, including employers in farms, nursery, forestry, and 
greenhouse establishments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 40 CFR 170.
    Estimated number of respondents: 865,555 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually or on occasion, depending on the 
activity.
    Total estimated burden: 10,188,669 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $480,131,806 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 259,491 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a decline in the number of 
respondents (farms and employees) since the last Census of Agriculture. 
This change is an adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-09006 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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