Notice2024-31467
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Registration Fees Program (Renewal)
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Published
January 2, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the following information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Registration Fees Program (EPA ICR Number 2330.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0179), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 29, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100-101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31467]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0054; FRL-12539-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Pesticide Registration Fees Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the
following information collection request (ICR), Pesticide Registration
Fees Program (EPA ICR Number 2330.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0179),
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31,
2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on April 29, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2024-0054, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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, Office of Program Support
(7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 719-1649; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04776d712a6765766b687d6a446174652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f5c465a014c4e5d404356416f4a5f4e01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of an ICR
currently approved through January 31, 2025. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on April 29, 2024, establishing a 60-day comment period (89 FR 33344).
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information
collection activities and related estimated burden and costs that are
summarized in this document, are available in the docket. The docket
can be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">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 public docket, visit
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This ICR covers the paperwork burden hours and costs
associated with the information collection activities under the
pesticide registration fee program. Pesticide registrants are required
by statute to pay an annual registration maintenance fee for all
products registered under sections 3 and 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 as per FIFRA section 33. This ICR specifically covers the
activities related to the collection of the annual registration
maintenance fees, the registration service fees, and the burden
associated with the submission of requests for fees to be waived.
Form number(s): 8570-30.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected are
those that are pesticide importers which includes entities identified
in the North
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American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes identified in
question 12 of the ICR.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, per FIFRA sections
4(i)(5) and 33.
Estimated number of potential respondents: 2,252.
Frequency of response: Annually and on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 9,058 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $822,010 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in the number of
respondents by 369 and a corresponding increase of 518 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB. There is also an increase in costs for
the regulated community by $138,709. The increase in costs ae based on
updated BLS wage rates. These changes are adjustments.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-31467 Filed 12-31-24; 8:45 am]
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