Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed New Collection and Request for Comment; Process To Become an EPA Qualified Conservation Program (QCP) and Qualified External Party (QEP); Draft Pesticide Registration Notice

Résumé

The EPA is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) entitled "Process to Become an EPA Qualified Conservation Program (QCP) and Qualified External Party (QEP)." PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform stakeholders about important policies, procedures, and registration related decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This draft PR Notice seeks to inform interested parties of and to solicit public comment on the proposed process of becoming an EPA Qualified Conservation Program or EPA Qualified External Party. Additionally, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Agency is announcing the availability of and soliciting public comment on an Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): "Process to Become an EPA Qualified Conservation Program (QCP) or EPA Qualified External Party (QEP)" (EPA ICR No. 7807.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-NEW). This ICR represents a new request. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is solicit