Under this
approval, DCIs must be approved by high-level management (Deputy
Division Director or above). Before EPA may issue a specific DCI
under this approval, EPA must provide OMB with prior notice and
opportunity to review the DCI. The information sent to OMB shall
include basic information on the pesticide, the total number of
respondents, the planned schedule for issuance and data submission,
a list of required studies, the practical utility of the data, and
an estimate of the paperwork burden and testing costs. OMB may
request that EPA provide additional information as necessary to
explain the basis for the DCI. OMB expects review of specific
planned DCIs will be prompt (15 working days after OMB confirms
receipt), although OMB will notify EPA if there are issues that
require additional time for review. OMB may also request that EPA
issue a FR notice seeking public comment on the DCI. Based on its
review, OMB may determine that any one or more requested DCIs do
not comply with the requirements in 5 CFR 1320.5(d) and return the
request to EPA for reconsideration. In such cases, EPA may not
issue the DCI(s) before addressing the issues raised and
resubmitting the request.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
184
0
0
262,301
0
0
0
0
0
EPA is requesting a renewal and has
been mandated to by OMB to consolidate several existing approved
Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). EPA has soliciting comments on specific aspects
of this information collection. The consolidated ICR, entitled:
''Pesticide Data Call-In Program'' (identified by EPA ICR No.
2288.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-new), will consolidate the
following currently approved ICRs: ''Data Call-Ins for the Special
Review and Registration Review Programs'' (identified by EPA ICR
No. 0922.07 and OMB Control No. 2070-0057); ''Data Generation for
Pesticide Reregistration'' (identified by EPA ICR No. 1504.05 and
OMB Control No. 2070-0107); and ''Data Acquisition for Anticipated
Residue and Percent of Crop Treated'' (identified by EPA ICR No.
1911.02 and OMB Control No. 2070-0164). Collectively, these ICRs
enable the EPA to acquire the necessary data to assess whether the
continued registration of an existing pesticide causes an
unreasonable adverse effect on human health or the environment. For
the four programs represented by these collections, the Agency
issues a Data Call-in (DCI) to collect the required information to
support the statutorily mandated pesticide reviews. The programs
and DCI activities represented in this proposed renewal and
consolidation share a common statutory authority, Section 3(c) (2)
(B) of FIFRA, which authorizes EPA to require pesticide registrants
to generate and submit data to the Agency, when such data are
needed to maintain an existing registration of a
pesticide.
The total estimated burden for
this consolidated renewal ICR is 262,301 hours, which reflects a
net decrease of 106,030 hours per year for this consolidated
renewal ICR over the combined burden estimates for the currently
approved ICRs. The primary cause of this reduction is the fact that
EPA's Reregistration program is ending and that the Agency thus
expects to issue fewer reregistration DCIs. The decreased burden
associated with the reduction in the number of reregistration DCIs
that will be issued is somewhat offset by an expected burden
increase related to increase in the number of registration review
DCIs that will be issued. These changes are adjustments. The Agency
is also including a new category of DCIs for enforcement and
unanticipated incidents. Although EPA expects that the issuance of
this type of DCI will be rare, the related burdens represent a
program change. The Supporting Statement includes detailed analyses
of these revised estimates. Because this is a consolidation ICR,
these all changes are recorded as program changes. Upon approval,
EPA will discontinue the individual ICRs.
$13,614,163
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Angela Hofmann
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.