[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42725-42726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17748]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0902; FRL-9520-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consumer Research through Focus
Groups to Develop Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 20,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-
2011-0902, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (28221T),
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryne Yarger, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 605-1193; fax number: (703) 305-5884;
email address: yarger.ryne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On December 7, 2011 (76 FR 76399), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0902, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OPP Regulatory
Public Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading
Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-
1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Regulatory Public Docket is
703-305-5805.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Consumer Research through Focus Groups to Develop Improved
Labeling for Pesticide Products.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2367.02, OMB Control No. 2070-0175.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA intends to renew a voluntary information collection
for consumer research involving the use of focus groups to test various
versions of pesticide product labels and other informational materials
intended for the general public. Every pesticide product must bear a
label containing the
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information specified by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act as established in EPA's labeling regulations at 40 CFR
156.10. Pesticide product labels provide critical safety information
and directions for use to avoid harm to human health and the
environment. The purpose of this research is to identify the consumer's
understanding of the information on a pesticide product label to assure
that the consumer can effectively use this information to select the
pesticide product most likely to meet their needs, and to assure that
the consumer can readily understand label instructions regarding the
safe use, handling, storage, and disposal of a pesticide product.
Without knowledge concerning the consumer's perspective and
interpretation of the information on the label, EPA cannot judge if the
proposed content and design of the label is effectively conveying
useful safety and performance information to the consumer. Testing of
existing and/or proposed label statements in realistic situations with
typical consumers via focus groups can provide valuable qualitative
information about the clarity and understandability of a pesticide
product label, what these label statements are likely to communicate to
consumers, and how consumers use the information to make purchasing
decisions. The collected information will be used to inform the Agency
on the need for and nature of potential revisions to EPA's policy,
guidance, and regulations related to pesticide label language and
design label metrics, and to aid in the creation of other user-friendly
consumer information materials.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are members of the general public who volunteer to participate
in a focus group.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,014. There are no operational or
maintenance costs associated with the collection of this activity.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 120 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects EPA's actual costs of
conducting a series of 10 focus groups in 2010. This change is an
adjustment.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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