Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0715-0036
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on Food or Feed Crops and New Food Use Inert Ingredients
Posted Date: 2021-05-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24613-24614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09637]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0715; FRL-10023-75-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on Food 
or Feed Crops and New Food Use Inert Ingredients (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), Tolerance Petitions for 
Pesticides on Food or Feed Crops and New Food Use Inert Ingredients 
(EPA ICR Number 0597.13, OMB Control Number 2070-0024) 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 17, 2020 
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 June 7, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPP-2015-0715, 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. 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

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Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 
(7101M), Office of Program Support, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(703) 347-0159; email address: siu.carolyn@epa.gov.

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: The use of pesticides to increase crop production often 
results in pesticide residues in or on the crop. To protect public 
health from unsafe pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on the nature 
and level of residues permitted 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 the Agency has established a tolerance 
(maximum residue limit) for the pesticide residues on that crop or 
established an exemption from the requirement to have a tolerance.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Individuals or entities engaged in 
activities related to the registration of a pesticide product and 
establishments primarily engaged in administrative management and 
general management consulting services.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (FIFRA Section 408).
    Estimated number of respondents: 165 (total).
    Frequency of response: On Occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 285,128 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $27,475,223 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the number of hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-09637 Filed 5-6-21; 8:45 am]
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