[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01547]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0150; FRL-10608-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Soil and Non-Soil Fumigants Risk Mitigation (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Soil and Non-Soil Fumigants 
Risk Mitigation (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 2451.03, OMB Control Number 
2070-0197) 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 
January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 24, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number HQ-OPPT-
2022-0150, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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: Carolyn Sui, Regulatory Support 
Branch, 2602M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1205; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on June 24, 2022, during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 37856). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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.
    Abstract: Pursuant to section 4(g) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA determined that several 
soil and non-soil fumigants are eligible for continuing registration 
only if specific risk mitigation measures, are adopted and adequately 
implemented. This ICR documents the PRA activities that users, 
registrants, and participating states must conduct to implement 
fumigant risk mitigation measures for the chemicals identified in this 
document. The PRA burden activities include: Registrant activities to 
develop and implement training for fumigators in charge of fumigations, 
develop and disseminate safety information for handlers, develop and 
implement community outreach and education programs, and develop and 
implement first responder training; and labeling activities for 
fumigant products which includes user posting requirements concerning 
fumigant applications around the use site, providing notice of soil 
fumigant applications to applicable states, preparing a Fumigant 
Management Plan (FMP) and Post-Application Summary (PAS) as needed, 
participating in an EPA-approved fumigant training program, and 
disseminating fumigant safe handling information to handlers.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are soil and non-soil fumigant users, specifically certified 
applicators and agriculture pesticide handlers (North American 
Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 111000-Agriculture, Forestry, 
Fishing and Hunting); soil and non-soil fumigant registrants (NAICS 
325300-Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical 
Manufacturing); and state and tribal lead agencies (NAICS 999200-State 
Government).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (FIFRA sections 
3(c)(2)(B) and 3(c)(5)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 118,436 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 841,738 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $35,566,696 (per year), which includes 
$1,060,214 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 309,158 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the update in the estimate of 
number of applicators certified and handlers for soil and non-soil 
fumigations. There is also a decrease in burden costs for both types of 
fumigation due to updating the wages to the current 2021 data provided 
by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is an adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01547 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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