Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (Renewal)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR Number 0161.17, OMB Control Number 2070-0027) 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 currently approved through August 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 15, 2025, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55341-55342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17467]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP2021-0749; FRL-13603-01-OFA]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement 
of Unregistered Pesticides (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), Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement 
Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR Number 0161.17, OMB 
Control Number 2070-0027) 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 currently approved 
through August 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on December 15, 2025, 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 28, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2021-0749, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred 
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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

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<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 Mission 
Critical Operations (Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
566-1204; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8af9e3ffa4e9ebf8e5e6f3e4caeffaeba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="681b011d460b091a07041106280d1809460f071e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through August 31, 2026. 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 15, 2025 during a 60-day comment period (90 FR 57999). 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: This ICR addresses the information collection activities 
associated with the requirement that the 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) 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 in 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. This ICR also includes burden estimates for the FPAS 
requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well as the labeling 
requirement for all exported pesticides, both registered and 
unregistered as per 40 CFR 158. These burdens were consolidated into 
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: 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.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. FIFRA section 
17(a)(2).
    Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 14,065 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,028,658 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 2,595 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with 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.

Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-17467 Filed 8-26-26; 8:45 am]
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