[Federal Register: January 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 14)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0270; FRL-8518-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule; EPA
ICR No. 1365.08, OMB No. 2070-0091
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 February 21,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2007-0270 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to:
Document Control Office (DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Barbara Cunningham, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@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 May 9, 2007 (72 FR 26355), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any comments
related to 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-OPPT-2007-0270, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280.
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: Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule and Revised
Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1365.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0091.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January
31, 2008. 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: The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to conduct inspections,
develop management plans, and design or conduct response actions with
respect to the presence of asbestos-containing materials in school
buildings. AHERA also requires states to develop model accreditation
plans for persons who perform asbestos inspections, develop management
control plans, and design or conduct response actions. This information
collection addresses the burden associated with reporting and
recordkeeping requirements imposed on LEAs by the asbestos in schools
rule, and reporting and recordkeeping requirements imposed on state
agencies and training providers related to the model accreditation plan
rule.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 763, Subpart E). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice
as CBI. EPA will disclose information that is covered by a CBI claim
only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures
in 40 CFR part 2.
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, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range between
5.5 hours and 140 hours per response, depending on the category of the
respondent. 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;
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 action are local education agencies
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(LEAs, e.g., elementary or secondary public school districts or a
private school or school system); asbestos training providers to
schools and educational systems; and state education departments or
commissions or state public health departments or commissions.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 125,691.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,530,600 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $76,352,159.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a net increase of 45,160
hours (from 2,485,440 hours to 2,530,600 hours) in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory.
This increase reflects changes in the estimated numbers of Local
Education Agencies and training providers. The increase is an
adjustment.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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