Notice2025-13674
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed New Collection and Request for Comment; Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking (EPA ICR No. 7795.01; OMB Control No. 2070-NEW)
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Published
July 21, 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): Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking (EPA ICR No. 7795.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-NEW). This ICR represents a new request. 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 137 (Monday, July 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34269-34270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13674]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0049; FRL-12717-01-OCSPP]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed New Collection
and Request for Comment; Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking (EPA ICR
No. 7795.01; 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), 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): Bilingual
Pesticide Labeling Tracking (EPA ICR No. 7795.01 and OMB Control No.
2070-NEW). This ICR represents a new request. 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 September 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0049, 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, Office of Program Support
(Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f0c160a511c1e0d101306113f1a0f1e51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d2e3428733e3c2f323124331d382d3c733a322b">[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: Bilingual Pesticide Labeling Tracking.
EPA ICR No.: 7795.01.
OMB Control No.: 2070-NEW.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 is a new information collection activity that covers
the paperwork burden for the tracking the adoption of bilingual
labeling of pesticide products. This ICR was developed as part of a
requirement by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). PRIA
was enacted in 2004 and established a new system for registering
pesticides including fees and guaranteed decision times, along with
funding for farmworker protection activities. PRIA was reauthorized in
2007, 2012, 2019, and most recently on December 29, 2022 (PRIA 5). PRIA
5 amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA) to require bilingual language translation for sections of the
end-use pesticide product labels where translation is available in the
EPA Spanish Translation Guide for Pesticide Labeling (or the Spanish
Translation Guide). PRIA 5 requires that each registered pesticide
product released for shipment include either the bilingual language
translation for sections of the labeling contained in EPA's Spanish
Translation Guide for Pesticide Labeling on the pesticide product
container, or a link to such translation via scannable technology or
other electronic methods readily accessible on the product label.
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
Form number(s): 8570-30 and 8350-05.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include pesticide importers, pesticide manufacturers and
government establishments responsible for agricultural pest and weed
regulation. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes identified in question 12 of the ICR.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. 40 CFR 152.
Estimated number of potential respondents: 1,152.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 4.
Total estimated respondent burden: 27,784 hours (per year). Burden
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated respondent costs: $3,648,965 (per year), includes
$0 annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?
This is a new collection.
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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: July 17, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-13674 Filed 7-18-25; 8:45 am]
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