[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25663-25664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11041]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 87 / Thursday, May 5, 2011 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-ST-11-0032]
Notice of Request for an Extension and Revision to a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget, for an extension of and revision to the
currently approved information collection for Recordkeeping
Requirements for Certified Applicators of Federally Restricted Use
Pesticides (7 CFR part 110).
DATES: Comments received by June 30, 2011 will be considered.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Jeffery Haynes, Chief,
Pesticide Records Staff, Science and Technology Program, Agricultural
Marketing Service, Suite 203, 8609 Sudley Road, Manassas, Virginia
20110-4582, Telephone (703) 330-7826, Fax (703) 330-6110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators of
Federally Restricted Use Pesticides (7 CFR part 110).
OMB Number: 0581-0164.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2014.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Section 1491 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990, (Pub. L. 101-624; 7 U.S.C. 136i-1), (Act), directs
and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require that certified
pesticide applicators maintain records of applications of federally
restricted use pesticides for a period of two years.
The Act also (1) requires that the pesticide records be made
available to Federal or State officials, and to licensed health care
professionals who need the records in order to treat an individual who
may have been exposed to restricted use pesticides; (2) requires that
the Secretary of Agriculture enforce the recordkeeping and access
requirements of the Act and promulgate regulations to administer the
Act; and (3) establishes civil penalties for violations of the Act. A
certified applicator is an individual who is certified by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a State under cooperative
agreement with EPA to use or supervise the use of restricted use
pesticides.
The Secretary of Agriculture delegated his responsibilities under
the Act to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which promulgated
regulations to administer the Act at 7 CFR part 110 (regulations). In
order to enforce these regulations, AMS collects information through
personal inspections of the application records of certified
applicators of restricted use pesticides.
The information collected by AMS is used only by authorized
representatives of AMS (AMS' Science and Technology Program national
staff, other designated Federal employees and designated State
supervisors and their staffs) who are delegated authority to access the
records pursuant to subsection (b) of the Act. The collected
information is used to administer the Federal Pesticide Recordkeeping
program. AMS is the primary user of this information. The secondary
user of the information is each designated State agency which has a
cooperative agreement with AMS.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated as follows:
(a) Approximately 292,251 certified private applicators
(recordkeepers) apply restricted use pesticides under the Federal
regulations. It is estimated that each certified private applicator
averages 1.31 hours per year to document their records for a total of
382,849 annual burden hours. This is a 19,519 decrease in burden hours
from the previous collection request due to a decrease in the number of
certified private applicators and subsequent restricted use pesticide
applications. The current data indicates that each certified private
applicator makes an average of approximately 16 restricted use
pesticide applications per year. Of the 292,251 certified private
applicators, approximately 3,591 are selected annually for
recordkeeping inspections. It is estimated that a private applicator
that is subject to a pesticide record inspection has an additional
annual burden of .333 hours, which contributes to an additional annual
burden of 1,196 hours.
(b) There are approximately 207,162 certified commercial
applicators nationally who are required to provide copies of restricted
use pesticide application records to their clients. It is estimated
that each certified commercial applicator must provide an average of
616 records to customers. The burden hours for certified commercial
applicators to provide a record to each customer averages 0.0080 hour
per record. The total annual burden to certified commercial applicators
is 1,020,894 hours.
(c) It is estimated that the State agency personnel from 27 States
have 30 burden hours per State to equal 810 annual burden hours. State
agency personnel from these 27 States conduct an average of 133
certified private applicator inspections at an annual burden of 1.8
hours per inspection to equal 6,464 annual burden hours. The total
annual burden for the 27 States to develop a cooperative agreement with
AMS and to inspect certified private applicator records have a total
annual burden of 7,274 hours.
Respondents: Certified private and commercial applicators, State
governments or employees, and Federal agencies or employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 499,467--The total number of
respondents include 292,251 certified private applicators (which
includes those selected for inspection), 207,162 certified commercial
applicators, 27 designated State agency administrative personnel to
implement cooperative agreements, and 27 designated State personnel to
inspect certified private applicator's records.
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Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The estimated number
of responses per respondent is as follows:
(a) It is estimated that certified private applicators
(recordkeepers), record on an average 16 restricted use pesticide
application records annually.
(b) It is estimated that certified commercial applicators provide
616 copies of restricted use pesticide records to their clients
annually.
(c) State agency personnel, who work under cooperative agreements
with AMS to conduct restricted use pesticide records inspections, have
approximately 3,591 responses annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1,412,213. This
revision in the Total Annual Burden on Respondents decreases the burden
by 385,501 hours due to the decrease in the number of certified
applicators and the number of restricted use pesticides applications
that certified applicators are making annually.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond. Comments should be sent to Jeffery Haynes, Chief,
Pesticide Records Staff, Science and Technology Program, Agricultural
Marketing Service, Suite 203, 8609 Sudley Road, Manassas, Virginia
20110-4582. All comments received will be available for public
inspection during regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: April 29, 2011.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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