# Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces the availability of and solicits public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (EPA ICR No. 0161.17 and OMB Control No. 2070-0027). This ICR represents a renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through August 31, 2026. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collection that is summarized in this document. The ICR and accompanying material are available in the docket for public review and comment.
**DATES:**
Comments must be received on or before February 13, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0749, online at *https://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at *https://www.epa.gov/dockets.*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Carolyn Siu, Office of Mission Critical Operations (Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?**
Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate 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. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, *e.g.,* permitting electronic submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from very small businesses (those that employ less than 25 people) on examples of specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
**II. What information collection activity or ICR does this action apply to?**
*Title:* Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement of Unregistered Pesticides.
*EPA ICR No.:* 0161.17.
*OMB Control No.:* 2070-0027.
*ICR Status:* This ICR is currently approved through August 31, 2026. Under the PRA, 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), after appearing in the *Federal Register* when approved, 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
*Abstract:* This information collection request (ICR) addresses the information collection activities associated with the requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receive notice when unregistered pesticides are exported from the United States to foreign purchasers. This statement is to ascertain the purchasers' understanding that the pesticide product cannot be sold in the United States. Section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (Ref. 1) requires an exporter of any pesticide not registered under FIFRA Section 3 or sold under FIFRA Section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the United States. A copy of this statement, which is known as the Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement (FPAS) must be transmitted by EPA to the designated national authority or appropriate official of the government in the importing country. This information is submitted via mail or electronically through the Central Data Exchange (CDX) in the form of annual or per-shipment statements to EPA, which maintains original records and transmits copies, along with an explanatory letter, via email to appropriate government officials of the countries that are importing the pesticide. In addition to the export notification for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA requires that all exported pesticides include appropriate labeling. There are different requirements for registered and unregistered products. For registered products, export labeling requirements alone meet the definition of third-party notification. In the interests of consolidating various related information collection requests, this ICR includes burden estimates for the FPAS requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well as the labeling requirement for all exported pesticides, both registered and unregistered (86 FR 46246) (Ref. 2.). These burdens have been consolidated in this ICR since the implementation of the 1993 pesticide export policy governing the export of pesticides, devices, and active ingredients used in producing pesticides.
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
*Form number(s):* 9600-026.
*Respondents/affected entities:* Entities potentially affected by this ICR include individuals or entities engaged that either manufacture and export pesticides or that reformulate or repackage and export pesticides. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes identified in question 12 of the ICR.
*Respondent's obligation to respond:* Mandatory. FIFRA section 17(a)(2).
*Estimated number of potential respondents:* 100.
*Frequency of response:* On occasion.
*Total estimated average number of responses for each respondent:* 13.
*Total estimated burden:* 14,064 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
*Total estimated costs:* $1,028,658 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
**III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?**
There is decrease of 2,596 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's adjustment of the estimated total annual number of responses to reflect the actual number of FPAS received by the Agency in recent years (2022 to 2024). This change is an adjustment.
**IV. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?**
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another *Federal Register* document pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the person listed under *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* .
*Authority:* 44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.*
Dated: December 10, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.