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OMB Control No: 2070-0029	ICR Reference No: 202608-2070-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202402-2070-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 0155.17
Title: Certification of Pesticide Applicators (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/31/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2026
Responses	6,065,949	4,706,768
Time Burden (Hours)	3,350,304	3,660,293
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: EPA administers certification programs for pesticide applicators under section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA allows EPA to classify a pesticide as restricted use if the pesticide meets certain toxicity or risk criteria. The regulations in 40 CFR part 171 include procedures for certification programs for States, Federal agencies, Indian tribes, or U.S. territories who wish to develop and implement their own certification plans and programs, after obtaining EPA approval. This ICR addresses the paperwork activities performed by respondents to comply with training and certification requirements associated with applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs). Due to the potential of improperly applied RUPs to harm human health or the environment, pesticides under this classification may be purchased and applied only by certified applicators or by persons under the direct supervision of certified applicators. Currently all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 6 territories, 4 tribes and 5 federal agencies are authorized to run their own certification programs within their jurisdictions, but each agency's certification plan must be approved by EPA before it can be implemented. Agencies authorized by EPA to administer a certification program are collectively referred to as authorized agencies. In areas where no authorized agency has jurisdiction, EPA may administer a certification program directly, (e.g., Federal program). Federal programs require RUP dealers to maintain records of RUP sales and to report and update their names and addresses with the pesticide regulatory agency for enforcement purposes. This ICR also addresses how registrants of certain pesticide products are expected to perform specific, special paperwork activities, to comply with the terms and conditions of the pesticide registration (e.g., registrants of anthrax-related pesticide products).

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,065,949	4,706,768	1,359,181
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,350,304	3,660,293	-309,989
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There is a decrease of 309,989 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease primarily reflects EPA's updating of burden estimates for this collection based upon respondents already having some familiarity with the regulations and certifying authorities having completed the more burden-intensive process of updating certification plans to comply with the updated 2017 requirements and shifting into the implementation phase of updating their certification programs. During this phase, certifying authorities may experience some paperwork burden if modifications to approved plans are needed, though these changes would only occur on an as-needed basis and are more limited in scale compared to the previous burden estimates. Additionally, EPAs estimates include updates to the number of total certified applicators, and associated noncertified applicators under their supervision, based on information reported by certifying authorities in their annual reports to the Agency. These changes are adjustments.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $394,984

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Katherine Sleasman 202 566-1204

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