[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16471-16472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06110]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0346; FRL-9688-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Labeling Requirements for Certain Minimum 
Risk Pesticides Under FIFRA Section 25(b) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR), Labeling Requirements 
for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides under FIFRA Section 25(b) (EPA ICR 
Number 2475.04, OMB Control Number 2070-0187) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 7, 2021 
during a 60-day comment period This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 22, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-2021-0346, online using www.regulations.gov (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 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Nora Stoner, Mission Support Division, 
Office of Program Support, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency (Mailcode: 7101M), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
0355; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: This information collection request documents the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) burden for the labeling requirements for 
certain minimum risk pesticide products exempt from Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration under 
40 CFR 152.25(f). Under 40 CFR 152.25(f), EPA has exempted from the 
requirement of FIFRA registration certain pesticide products if they 
are composed of specified ingredients and labeled accordingly. EPA 
created the exemption for minimum risk pesticides to eliminate the need 
for industry or business to expend significant resources to apply for 
and maintain regulated products that are deemed to be of minimum risk 
to human health and the environment. In addition, exempting such 
products freed Agency resources to focus on evaluating formulations 
whose toxicity was less well characterized, or was of higher toxicity.
    The labeling requirements are the key component of the minimum risk 
exemption since this is the only information that enforcement 
authorities have to assess whether or not the product meets the 
exemption requirements. While EPA does not review these products, and 
therefore a Federal label review is not conducted, to maintain 
exemption status, an exempt product's label must meet certain criteria.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Individuals or entities engaged in 
activities related to the minimum risk pesticide products covered by 
the exemption, including manufacturers, distributers, retailers, and 
users of the subject minimum risk pesticides.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 478.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $61,018.45 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06110 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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