Notice2025-16473
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Labeling Requirements for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (Renewal)
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Published
August 28, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Labeling Requirements for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (EPA ICR Number 2475.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0187) 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 approved through August 31, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 13, 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 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[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: 2025-16473]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0536; FRL-12960-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Labeling Requirements for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides
Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (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), Labeling Requirements for Certain
Minimum Risk Pesticides Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (EPA ICR Number
2475.05 and OMB Control Number 2070-0187) 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 approved through August 31, 2025. Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on December 13, 2024 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-
OPP-2024-0536 to EPA online using <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="http://docket.epa.gov">docket.epa.gov</a> 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
(Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical
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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#f3809a86dd9092819c9f8a9db3968392dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7c4dec299d4d6c5d8dbced9f7d2c7d699d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through August 30, 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 December 13, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 101009).
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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 <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: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this information collection request documents the
PRA burden for the labeling requirements for certain minimum risk
pesticide products exempt from Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration under 40 CFR 152.25(f). These
requirements were updated in the final rule entitled: Pesticides;
Revisions to Minimum Risk Exemption (80 FR 80653, December 28, 2015).
Under 40 CFR 152.25(f), EPA has exempted from the requirement of FIFRA
registration certain pesticide products if they are composed of
specified ingredients and labeled accordingly. EPA created the
exemption for minimum risk pesticides to eliminate the need for
industry or business to expend significant resources to apply for and
maintain regulated products that are deemed to be of minimum risk to
human health and the environment. In addition, exempting such products
freed Agency resources to focus on evaluating formulations whose
toxicity was less well characterized, or was of higher toxicity. The
labeling requirements are the key component of the minimum risk
exemption since this is the only information that enforcement
authorities have to assess whether or not the product meets the
exemption requirements. While EPA does not review these products, and
therefore a Federal label review is not conducted, to maintain
exemption status, an exempt product's label must meet certain criteria.
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): None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include engaged in activities related to the registration of
pesticide products including manufacturers, distributers, retailers,
and users of minimum risk pesticides.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit (FIFRA sections 3 and 25; 40 CFR 152.25(f)).
Estimated number of respondents: 234 (total).
Frequency of response: Once.
Total estimated burden: 752 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $109,361 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 273 annual hours
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This increase is due to EPA's estimation of
new products entering the market, which has increased from 87 to 137
per year, and updated wage rates. These changes are an adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-16473 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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