[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2675-2676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1136]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5950-5]
Pesticides; OMB Review of Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) entitled: Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule
and Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule [EPA ICR No. 1365.05; OMB
Control No. 2070-0091] has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the OMB procedures
in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated cost and burden.
The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing
approval for this ICR, which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 1998.
A Federal Register document announcing the Agency's intent to seek the
renewal of this ICR and the 60-day public comment opportunity,
requesting comments on the request and the contents of the ICR, was
issued on October 3, 1997 (62 FR 51853). EPA did not receive any
comments on this ICR during the comment period.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 17,
1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202)
260-2740, by e-mail: farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,'' or download off
the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.
1365.05.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1365.05 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0091, to the following addresses:
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory
Information Division (Mailcode: 2137), 401 M Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20460.
And to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved
information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1365.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0091.
Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on March 31,
1998.
Title: Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule
Abstract: The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
requires local education agencies (LEAs) to conduct inspections,
develop
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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 recordkeeping
requirements imposed on LEAs by the asbestos in schools rule, and
reporting and recordkeeping requirements imposed on states 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).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to range between 6 hours and 140
hours per response, depending upon the category of respondent, for an
estimated 107,551 respondents making one or more submissions of
information annually. These estimates include 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. No person is required to respond to
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control numbers for these regulations are
displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are local education agencies and states with recordkeeping
and/or reporting responsibilities under the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools rule, and training providers and states with
recordkeeping and/or reporting responsibilities under the Model
Accreditation Plan rule.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 107,551.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,367,293 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 19,857 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden as compared with that identified
in the information collection request most recently approved by OMB,
from 2,387,150 hours currently to an estimated 2,367,293 hours. Most of
this decrease reflects the completion of startup costs associated with
the Model Accreditation Plan. A smaller portion of the decrease is due
to the reduction in the number of training providers and changes in the
numbers of school buildings containing friable asbestos.
According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has
submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any comments related
to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 30 days of this
document, as described above.
Dated: January 12, 1998
Joseph Retzer,
Director, egulatory Information Division.
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