Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0480-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pesticide Registration Fees Program
Posted Date: 2010-11-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69659-69660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28662]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0480; FRL-9226-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Fees 
Program; EPA ICR No. 2330.01, OMB Control No. 2070-New

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection 
that combines two currently approved ICRs. The ICR, which is abstracted 
below, describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2008-0480, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
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: Rame Cromwell, Field and External 
Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506P), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-9068; fax number: 703-305-5884; e-mail 
address: cromwell.rame@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. On December 10, 2008 (73 FR 75092), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-

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HQ-OPP-2008-0480 which is available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Docket in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 Docket is 703-305-5805.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Pesticide Registration Fees Program.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2330.01, OMB Control No. 2070-new.
    ICR Status: This is a new ICR that combines two currently approved 
ICRs. 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 when approved, 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 in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the paperwork burden hours and costs 
associated with the information collection activities under the 
pesticide registration fee programs. Pesticide registrants are required 
by statute to pay an annual registration maintenance fee for all 
products registered under Section 3 and Section 24(c) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In addition, the 
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) amended FIFRA in 2004 to 
create a registration service fee system for applications for specific 
pesticide registration, amended registration, and associated tolerance 
actions (FIFRA Section 33). This ICR specifically covers the activities 
related to both the collection of the pesticide registration fees and 
the submission and processing requests for the fees to be waived.
    PRIA authorizes EPA to process requests for waivers of registration 
application fees. The ICR covers the collection activities associated 
with requesting a fee waiver and involves requesters submitting a 
waiver request, information to demonstrate eligibility for the waiver, 
and certification of eligibility. Waivers are available for small 
businesses, for minor uses, and for actions solely associated with the 
Inter-Regional Project Number 4 (IR-4). State and Federal agencies are 
exempt from the payment of fees.
    FIFRA requires EPA to collect annual pesticide product registration 
maintenance fees from pesticides registrants. Respondents complete and 
submit EPA Form 8570-30 indicating the respondent's liability for the 
registration maintenance fee. Annually the Agency provides registrants 
with a list of their products currently registered with the Agency. 
Registrants are provided the opportunity to review the list, determine 
its accuracy, and remit payment of maintenance fee. The list of 
products has space identified for making those products to be supported 
and those products that are to be cancelled. The registrants are also 
instructed to identify any products on the list which they believe to 
be transferred to another company, and to add to the list any products 
which the company believes to be registered that are not the Agency-
provided list. The failure to pay the required fee for a product will 
result in cancellation of that product's registration.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 3.6 hours per 
response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Persons engaged in activities 
related to the registration of pesticide products are identified by 
NAICS codes 32532 (Pesticide and other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing), 9641 (Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and 
Commodities), 32518 (Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing), and 
32519 (Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,013.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion or annually, as applicable.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,262 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $465,635, that includes $2,930 in 
Operations and Maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new ICR, so there are no 
changes from a previous version. However, this ICR combines two 
existing ICRs (OMB Control No. 2070-0167 and 2070-0100) with approved 
burden currently in the OMB Inventory. The burden currently identified 
in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens for the Pesticide Product 
Maintenance Fee ICR is the same, and there is a decrease in burden for 
the Pesticide Registration Fee Waivers ICR. The decrease is based on 
the shift in the distribution of responses to least burdensome-type, 
resulting in the lower total estimated burden.

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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