Notice2022-28051
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (Renewal)
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December 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR Number 0161.16, OMB Control Number 2070-0027) 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 December 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 1, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. The ICR, which is summarized in this notice, provides the Agency's 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28051]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749; FRL-10539-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement
of Unregistered Pesticides (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), Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR Number 0161.16, OMB
Control Number 2070-0027) 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 December 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 1, 2022, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. The ICR, which is summarized in this notice, provides the
Agency's 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 January 26,
2023.
ADDRESSES: For submissions to EPA: Submit your comments, referencing
Docket identification (ID) No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0728, using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. For additional delivery options and information
about EPA's dockets, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. 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.
For submissions to OMB: Submit comments within 30 days of
publication of this notice using <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular ICR by selecting ``Currently under 30-day
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Regulatory Support Branch
(7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1205; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abd8c2de85c8cad9c4c7d2c5ebcedbca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="196a706c377a786b76756077597c6978377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 dockets, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This ICR addresses the information collection activities
associated with the mandate in section 17(a)(2) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which requires an
exporter of any pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold
under FIFRA section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the
foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the
pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the
United States. A copy of this statement, which is known as the Foreign
Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS, must be transmitted by
EPA to the Designated National Authority or appropriate official of the
government in the importing country. This information is submitted to
EPA via mail or electronically through the Central Data Exchange (CDX)
in the form of annual or per-shipment statements. EPA maintains
original records and transmits copies, along with an explanatory
letter, via email to appropriate government officials of the countries
that are importing the pesticide.
In addition to the export notification for unregistered pesticides,
FIFRA requires that all exported pesticides include appropriate
labeling. There are different requirements for registered and
unregistered products. The export labeling requirements meet the
definition of third-party notification. This ICR includes burden
estimates for the FPAS requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well
as the labeling requirement for all exported pesticides, both
registered and unregistered. The burden estimates for export labeling
requirements have been consolidated in this ICR since the
implementation of the 1993 pesticide export policy governing the export
of pesticides, devices, and active ingredients used in producing
pesticides, codified in 40 CFR part 168, subpart D.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 9600-026.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are individuals or entities that either manufacture and export
pesticides or that reformulate or repackage and export pesticides. The
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code assigned
to the parties responding to this information is 3250A1.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA section
17(a)(2) and 40 CFR part 168, subpart D.
Estimated number of respondents: 2,240 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 16,660 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,265,501 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden from that
currently approved by OMB. There were adjustments to the Agency burden
estimate related to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency,
during which time EPA had limited access to mail delivered by the
postal service since March 2020. This scenario prompted EPA to announce
a temporary COVID-19 flexibility to allow for secure electronic
submissions (86 FR 46246, August 18, 2021) (FRL-8721-01-OCSPP). Given
this circumstance, EPA cannot yet estimate the annual changes in the
number of submissions over the last 3 years. Instead, this ICR relies
on previous estimates and assumes the
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numbers have largely remained the same over the past 3 years.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28051 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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