Notice2025-22741
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
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December 15, 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): Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR No. 0161.17 and OMB Control No. 2070-0027). This ICR represents a renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through August 31, 2026. 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 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57999-58001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22741]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749; FRL-12889-01-OCSPP]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal
Collection and Request for Comment; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
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): Foreign
Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR
No. 0161.17 and OMB Control No. 2070-0027). This ICR represents a
renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through August
31, 2026. 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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DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749, 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 Mission
Critical Operations (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#1c6f7569327f7d6e737065725c796c7d327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ccbfa5b9e2afadbea3a0b5a28ca9bcade2aba3ba">[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 people) 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: Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered
Pesticides.
EPA ICR No.: 0161.17.
OMB Control No.: 2070-0027.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently approved through August 31, 2026.
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 information collection request (ICR) addresses the
information collection activities associated with the requirement that
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receive notice when
unregistered pesticides are exported from the United States to foreign
purchasers. This statement is to ascertain the purchasers'
understanding that the pesticide product cannot be sold in the United
States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (Ref. 1) 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 (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 via mail or
electronically through the Central Data Exchange (CDX) in the form of
annual or per-shipment statements to EPA, which 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. For registered products, export
labeling requirements alone meet the definition of third-party
notification. In the interests of consolidating various related
information collection requests, 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 (86 FR 46246) (Ref. 2.). These burdens 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.
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): 9600-026.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include individuals or entities engaged that either
manufacture and export pesticides or that reformulate or repackage and
export pesticides. North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes identified in question 12 of the ICR.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. FIFRA section
17(a)(2).
Estimated number of potential respondents: 100.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated average number of responses for each respondent:
13.
Total estimated burden: 14,064 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $1,028,658 (per year), includes $0
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?
There is decrease of 2,596 hours in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's adjustment of the estimated total
annual number of responses to reflect the actual number of FPAS
received by the Agency in recent years (2022 to 2024). This change is
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
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process, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: December 10, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
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