60-day FR Notice

Attachment I
First Federal Register Notice -71 FR 62429
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request;
Submission of Unreasonable Adverse Effects Information under FIFRA Section 6(a)(2);
EPA ICR No. 1204.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0039 (published October 25, 2006).

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Please indicate to which form(s) your
comments apply.
General Issues
A. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and does the information have
practical utility? Practical utility is
defined as the actual usefulness of
information to or for an agency, taking
into account its accuracy, adequacy,
reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s
ability to process the information it
collects.
B. What enhancements can be made
to the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?

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As a Potential Respondent to the
Request for Information
A. What actions could be taken to
help ensure and maximize the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information to be collected?
B. Are the instructions and definitions
clear and sufficient? If not, which
instructions need clarification?
C. Can the information be submitted
by the due date?
D. Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated to average
approximately 45 minutes per interview
for the building respondent (Form EIA–
871A) and approximately 30 minutes
per energy supplier response in those
cases where the data must be collected
from the energy suppliers (Forms EIA–
871C and E). The estimated burden
includes the total time necessary to
provide the requested information. In
your opinion, how accurate is this
estimate?
E. The agency estimates that the only
cost to a respondent is for the time it
will take to complete the collection.
Will a respondent incur any start-up
costs for reporting, or any recurring
annual costs for operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services associated with
the information collection?
F. What additional actions could be
taken to minimize the burden of this
collection of information? Such actions
may involve the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
G. Does any other Federal, State, or
local agency collect similar information?
If so, specify the agency, the data
element(s), and the methods of
collection.
As a Potential User of the Information
To Be Collected
A. What actions could be taken to
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objectivity, utility, and integrity of the
information disseminated?
B. Is the information useful at the
levels of detail to be collected?
C. For what purpose(s) would the
information be used? Be specific.
D. Are there alternate sources for the
information and are they useful? If so,
what are their weaknesses and/or
strengths?
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of the form. They also will
become a matter of public record.
Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Issued in Washington, DC, October 18,
2006.
Jay H. Casselberry,
Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–17856 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0616; FRL–8083–6]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submission of
Unreasonable Adverse Effects
Information Under FIFRA Section
6(a)(2); EPA ICR No. 1204.10, OMB
Control No. 2070–0039
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR, entitled: ‘‘Submission of
Unreasonable Adverse Effects
Information Under Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Section 6(a)(2)’’ and identified by EPA
ICR No. 1204.10 and OMB Control
No.2070–0039, is scheduled to expire
on May 31, 2007. Before submitting the
ICR to OMB for review and approval,
EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection.

Comments must be received on
or before December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
DATES:

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number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0616, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305–
5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0616. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at http://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov
website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the docket
and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other

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material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at http://
www.regulations.gov/, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Boyle, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 305–
6304; fax number: (703) 305–5884 email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. What Information is EPA Particularly
Interested In?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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 Should I Consider When I
Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
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1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
III. What Information Collection
Activity or ICR Does This Action Apply
To?
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are anyone who
holds or ever held a registration for a
pesticide product issued under FIFRA
section 3 or 24(c). The North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) code is 325320 (Pesticide and
Other Agricultural Chemical
Manufacturing).
Title: Submission of Unreasonable
Adverse Effects Information Under
FIFRA Section 6(a)(2).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1204.10,
OMB Control No. 2070–0039.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2007.
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 CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9, 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 in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: Section 6(a)(2) of FIFRA
requires pesticide registrants to submit
information to the Agency which may
be relevant to the balancing of the risks
and benefits of a pesticide product. The
statute requires the registrant to submit
any factual information that it acquires
regarding adverse effects associated
with its pesticidal products, and it is up
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not that factual information constitutes
an unreasonable adverse effect.
Responses to this collection are
mandatory. The authority for this
information collection is section 6(a)(2)
of FIFRA. Compliance regulations are
contained in 40 CFR part 159. CBI
submitted to EPA in response to this
information collection is protected from
disclosure under FIFRA section 10.
Burden statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 97.3 hours per
registrant (respondent). Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
Agency. 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 1,720 registrants.
Frequency of response: As needed.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: For
submission of studies: Less than 1. For
submission of incident reports: 1 to 3,
since incidents are usually reported as
aggregate statistics.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
167,316 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$9,809,591. There are no capital
expenditures or operation and
maintenance costs associated with this
information collection activity.
IV. Are There Changes In the Estimates
from the Last Approval?
This ICR renewal request reflects an
increase of approximately 11,677
burden hours to an annual respondent
burden of 167,316 hours at a cost of
$9,809,591 (in 2006 dollars). Thus, the
costs decreased. The change in burden
reflects a number of adjustments. First,
for this renewal ICR, there are now
fewer registrants of active products
(1,720 versus 1,877) and therefore fewer
employees to be trained (17,200 versus

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18,770) than reflected in the existing
ICR.
The hours used to calculate total
burden hours and costs are unchanged
from the existing ICR. Total burden hour
estimates associated with studies are
reduced because the estimated number
of study submissions is reduced from
325 studies to 240. Burden estimates
associated with the number of incident
reports, however, are increased because
of the increased volume of incident
reporting (17%). Overall, considering
both the decrease in studies and the
increase in incidents, the total burden
hours increased minimally from 155,639
to 167,316.
V. 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 notice 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: October 5, 2006.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
[FR Doc. E6–17763 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0636; FRL–8085–5]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Pesticide
Registration Fee Waivers; EPA ICR No.
2147.03, OMB Control No. 2070–0167
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR, entitled: ‘‘Pesticide Registration
Fee Waivers’’ and identified by EPA ICR
No. 2147.03 and OMB Control No.
2070–0167, is scheduled to expire on
December 31, 2007. Before submitting
the ICR to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0636, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305–
5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0636. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available on-line at http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov your e-mail address will
be automatically captured and included
as part of the comment that is placed in
the public docket and made available on
the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD ROM

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you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA. The hours of operation
of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Hogue, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
9072; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What Information is EPA Particularly
Interested In?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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

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