Pesticides; Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) To Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0276.09 to OMB for Review and Approval; Agency Information Collection Activities

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Pesticides; Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) To Ship
and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only; Submission of EPA
ICR No. 0276.09 to OMB for Review and Approval; Agency Information
Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) entitled: Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP)
to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only, (EPA ICR
No. 0276.09, OMB No. 2070-0040) has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the OMB
procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
cost and burden. The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years
the existing approval for this ICR, which was scheduled to expire on
November 31, 1999, and has been extended until May 31, 2000. A Federal
Register notice announcing the Agency's intent to seek OMB approval for
this ICR and a 60-day public comment opportunity, requesting comments
on the request and the contents of the ICR, was issued on September 15,
1999 (64 FR 50081). EPA did not receive any comments on this ICR during
the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, contact Sandy
Farmer by phone at (202) 260-2740, or via e-mail at
``farmer.sandy@epa.gov'', or using the address indicated below. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0276.09 and OMB Control No. 2070-0040. For
technical questions about the ICR contact Angela Hofmann at (202) 260-
2922.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to:

Ms Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and to:

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

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Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Review Requested: This is a request to renew
a currently approved information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
    Title: Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and
Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only.
    Abstract: This information collection program provides the EPA with
the data necessary to determine whether to issue an experimental use
permit under section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. FIFRA requires that before a
pesticide product may be distributed or sold in the U.S. it must be
registered by EPA. However, section 5 authorizes EPA to issue
experimental use permits which allow pesticide companies to temporarily
ship pesticide products for experimental use for the purpose of
gathering data necessary to support the application for registration of
a pesticide product. In general, EUP's are either issued for a
pesticide not registered with the Agency or for a registered pesticide
for a use not registered with the Agency.
    The information collected and reported under an EUP is a summary of
that which is routinely submitted in connection with registration. The
EUP allows for large scale field testing, if necessary, in order to
collect sufficient data to support registration. An EUP is not required
if the person conducting the tests does not expect to receive benefits
in pest control.
    EPA Form 8570-17, Application For An Experimental Use Permit To
Ship And Use A Pesticide For Experimental Purposes Only, is filed by
the prospective registrant for a permit to generate information or data
necessary to register a pesticide under section 3 of FIFRA. This
information from the applicant is necessary in order to grant and
effectively monitor the EUP. Beyond the information as supplied on EPA
Form 8570-17, is a final report on the results of the experimental
program which includes information such as: amount of the product
applied; the crops or sites treated; any observed adverse effects; any
adverse weather conditions which may have inhibited the program; the
goals achieved; and the disposition of containers, unused pesticide
material, and affected food/feed commodities.
    If the food/feed treated under the terms of an experimental use
permitted are to be shipped in commerce, the applicant must also submit
a petition for temporary tolerance pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This program is more fully described in ICR
No. 2070-0024, ``Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) Petitions for Pesticides
on Food/Feed and New Inert Ingredients, EPA No. and not covered under
this ICR. In addition, the activities related to pesticide
registration, e.g., labeling and recordkeeping, are covered by a
separate ICR (EPA ICR No. 0277; OMB Control No. 2070-0060).
    Burden Statement: The annual ``respondent'' burden for the
Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and Use a
Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only regulation is estimated to
average 10.10 hours per application. This includes the time needed to
review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: EUP applicants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: Only when an application is made.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 757.
    Estimated Total Annualized Labor Costs: $61,297.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: The change in respondent burden hours,
from 1,303 to 757 hours per year is a result of the estimated reduction
in the number of annual respondents, from 110 to 75. The change in
annual respondent labor cost is a result of the estimated increase in
hourly rates. --

    Dated: March 2, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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