Application for New and
Amended Pesticide Registration (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/29/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2021
8,228
8,203
1,562,517
1,524,893
0
0
This is a renewal of an existing
information collection request (ICR) designed to provide the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the necessary
information to evaluate an application for the registration of a
pesticide product, as required under section 3 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and section 408
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (see Attachment
A). FIFRA provides EPA with the authority to regulate the
distribution, sale and use of pesticides in the United States and
ensure that pesticides will not pose unreasonable adverse effects
to human health and the environment. Pesticides that meet this test
receive a license or "registration."
PL:
Pub.L. 80 - 104 3 Name of Law: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
The activities in this ICR
increase net respondent burden by 37,624 hours annually over the
levels approved in the currently approved collection. While burden
per response levels remain unchanged, the number of responses
expected in certain categories has shifted as a result of using an
updated data set (Section 3 registration actions annually, on
average, during the years 2015-2017) to predict future registration
application levels. Additionally, in this iteration of the ICR, the
Agency calculates the expected annual application burden of three
proposed programs that are anticipated to come online in the next
three years. The average annual number of Section 3 registration
actions dropped during the years 2015-2017 from 7,478 to 7,292. As
a result, baseline registration levels, exclusive of the new
programs, were reset at an annual averages of 205 “Type A”
activities, 7,082 “Type B” activities, and 5 “Type C” activities.
EPA estimates that the addition of several new fee-for-service PRIA
categories will increase the annual number of Type B actions by 40.
The Agency does not anticipate any paperwork burden from data
generation for new products or for new active ingredients resulting
from these new PRIA categories. The Antimicrobial Performance
Evaluation Program (APEP) may impact up to 99 products annually,
with an application burden for the registrant of each product. The
Agency expects this burden to be similar to a Type B action.
Furthermore, there may be a data generation burden for these
products annually under this program. EPA conservatively estimates
the paperwork burden for data generation under APEP may look
similar to the burden for an Antimicrobial new product and has
included this burden in the calculations for the Data Generation IC
in this ICR. The Agency anticipates that the “Interim Process for
Evaluating Potential Synergistic Effects of Pesticides During the
Registration Process” will not cause a change in the number of
product registrations, but will impose an additional Type A burden
on registrants equivalent to about 8 active ingredients annually.
The Agency does not anticipate a paperwork burden from data
generation for new active ingredients or new products for the draft
GTA guidance.
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).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.