This information collection activity provides the EPA with notification of supplemental registration of distributors of pesticide products. EPA is responsible for the regulation of pesticides as mandated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. Section 3(e) of FIFRA (see 7 U.S.C. 136a (e)), allows pesticide registrants to distribute or sell a registered pesticide product under a different name instead of or in addition to the name under the original registration. Such distribution and sale is termed âsupplemental distributionâ and the product is termed a âdistributor product.â EPA requires the pesticide registrant to submit a supplemental statement (EPA Form 8570-5, Notice of Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product) when the registrant has entered into an agreement with a second company that will distribute the registrant's product under the second company's name and product name.
Due to an overall increase in the number of supplemental distribution notifications received by the Agency over the last several years, the total burden hours have increased. Whereas EPA had expected to receive about 1,451 notice submissions annually over the past 3 years, based on the actual number of submissions received annually over that period (1,904 in FY2012, 1,822 in FY2013, and 1,930 in FY2014), the Agency now expects to receive about 1,885 notice submissions annually over the next 3 years. Given this change, EPA estimates the total annual burden associated with the notice of supplemental distribution of a registered pesticide product to be 603 hours.
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).
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(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;
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