Notice2025-08181
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Pesticide Data Call-Ins (DCIs) (EPA ICR No. 2288.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0174)
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May 9, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces the availability of and solicits public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Pesticide Data Call-Ins (DCIs) (EPA ICR No. 2288.07 and OMB Control No. 2070-0174). This ICR represents a renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through December 31, 2025. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collection that is summarized in this document. The ICR and accompanying material are available in the docket for public review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 89 (Friday, May 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19712-19713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08181]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0693; FRL-12334-01-OCSPP]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal
Collection and Request for Comment; Pesticide Data Call-Ins (DCIs) (EPA
ICR No. 2288.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0174)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
document announces the availability of and solicits public comment on
the following Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning
to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Pesticide Data
Call-Ins (DCIs) (EPA ICR No. 2288.07 and OMB Control No. 2070-0174).
This ICR represents a renewal of an existing ICR that is currently
approved through December 31, 2025. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the information collection that is summarized in
this document. The ICR and accompanying material are available in the
docket for public review and comment.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0693, online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Divison
(7602M), Office of Program Support, 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#cdbea4b8e3aeacbfa2a1b4a38da8bdace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9baa0bce7aaa8bba6a5b0a789acb9a8e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?
Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
II. What information collection activity or ICR does this action apply
to?
Title: Pesticide Data Call-Ins.
EPA ICR No.: 2288.07.
OMB Control No.: 2070-0174.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently approved through December 31,
2025. Under the PRA, 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 Code of Federal Regulations
(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 for certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This ICR covers the information collection activities
associated with the issuance of data-call-ins (DCIs) under section
3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA).
EPA regulates the use of pesticides under the authority of two
federal statutes: FIFRA and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), both as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of
1996. In general, before manufacturers can sell pesticides in the
United States, EPA must evaluate the pesticides thoroughly to ensure
that they meet federal safety standards to protect human health and the
environment. EPA grants a ``registration'' or license that permits a
pesticide's distribution, sale, and use only after the company meets
the scientific and regulatory requirements.
In evaluating a pesticide registration application, EPA assesses a
wide variety of potential human health and environmental effects
associated with the use of the product. Applicants, or potential
registrants, must generate or provide the scientific data necessary to
address concerns pertaining to the identity, composition, potential
adverse effects, and environmental fate of each pesticide. The data
allow EPA to evaluate whether a pesticide has the potential to cause
harmful effects to human health and the environment, including effects
to non-target organisms, federally threatened and endangered (listed)
species, and to surface water or ground water.
Through a rigorous scientific and public process, EPA specifies the
kinds of data and information necessary to make regulatory judgments
about the risks and benefits of pesticide products under FIFRA section
3, 4 and 5, as well as the data and information needed to determine the
safety of pesticide chemical residues under FFDCA section 408. The
regulations in 40 CFR part 158 describe the minimum data and
information EPA typically requires to support an application for
pesticide registration or amendment; support the reregistration of a
pesticide product; support the maintenance of a pesticide registration
by means of the data call-in process (e.g., as used in the registration
review program); or establish or maintain a tolerance or exemption from
the requirements of a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue.
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities
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and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
Form number(s): EPA Form No. 8570-4, 8574-27, 8570-28, 8570-32,
8579-34, 8570-35, 8570-36, 8570-37, 6300-3, and 6300-4.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected are
those that are pesticide registrants. A list of potentially affected
entities with North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes provided to assist in determining potential applicability in
question 12.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under FIFRA section
3(c)(2)(B).
Estimated number of potential respondents: 385.
Frequency of response: On Occasion.
Total estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Total estimated burden: 2,551,600 hours (three-year total). Burden
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $240,726,041 (three-year total), includes $0
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?
There is a decrease of 7,194,896 hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This change, which is discussed in more detail in the
ICR, reflects the projected number of DCIs that have decreased for most
IC groups. While the number of Maintenance DCIs have increased by 45,
the number of estimated Registration Review DCIs have decreased by 227.
In addition, the Agency has determined that Registration Review DCIs,
specifically Resistance Management Plans, are unlikely to be called in
and therefore reducing the number of DCIs from 237 to 1. The total
decrease in DCIs is 418. This change is considered an adjustment.
IV. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another
Federal Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or
the approval process, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: May 4, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-08181 Filed 5-8-25; 8:45 am]
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