28268 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0486; FRL 9926–22– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; TSCA 

Section 402 and Section 404 Training 

and Certification, Accreditation and 

Standards for Lead-Based Paint 

Activities and Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted a new 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘TSCA Section 402 and Section 404 

Training and Certification, 

Accreditation and Standards for LeadBased Paint Activities and Renovation, 

Repair, and Painting’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1715.14, OMB Control No. 2070–0155) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2015. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (79 FR 78084) on 

December 29, 2014, during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A full description of the ICR 

is given below, including its estimated 

burden and cost to the public. 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before June 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2014–0486, to (1) EPA 

online using http://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method), by email to 

oppt.ncic@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Lintner, Environmental 

Assistance Division, Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Mail code: 

7408–M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–554–1404; fax number: 

202–564–8251; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at http://

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request (ICR) combines information 

collection activities defined in existing 

ICRs 1715.09 (lead-based paint 

activities), 1715.10 (2008 Renovation, 

Repair and Painting final rule), and 

1715.12 (2010 Renovation, Repair and 

Painting opt-out and recordkeeping final 

rule) covering the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements for 

individuals or firms conducting leadbased paint activities or renovation in or 

on houses, apartments, or childoccupied facilities built before 1978, 

under the authority of sections 402 and 

404 of the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) (15 U. S. C. 2682, 2684). 

Sections 402(a) and 402(c)(3) of TSCA 

require EPA to develop and administer 

a training and certification program as 

well as work practice standards for 

persons who perform lead-based paint 

activities and/or renovations. The 

current regulations in 40 CFR part 745, 

subpart E, cover work practice 

standards, recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements, individual and firm 

certification, and enforcement for 

renovations done in target housing or 

child-occupied facilities. The current 

regulations in 40 CFR part 745, subpart 

L, cover inspections, lead hazard 

screens, risk assessments, and 

abatement activities (referred to as 

‘‘lead-based paint activities’’) done in 

target housing and child-occupied 

facilities. The current regulations in 40 

CFR part 745, subpart Q, establish the 

requirements that state or tribal 

programs must meet for authorization to 

administer the standards, regulations, or 

other requirements established under 

TSCA section 402. (See Attachment 2 

for 40 CFR part 745, subparts E, L and 

Q.) Section 401 of TSCA defines target 

housing as any housing constructed 

before 1978 except housing for the 

elderly or disabled or 0-bedroom 

dwellings. 

Sections 402(a) and 402(c)(3) of TSCA 

require reporting and/or recordkeeping 

from four entities: Firms engaged in 

lead-based paint activities or 

renovations in target housing and childoccupied facilities; individuals who 

perform lead-based paint activities in 

target housing and child-occupied 

facilities; training providers; and states/ 

territories/tribes/Alaskan native 

villages. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory. 

Respondents may claim all or part of a 

response confidential. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a claim 

of confidentiality only to the extent 

permitted by, and in accordance with, 

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 

40 CFR part 2. 

Form Numbers: 8500–25; 8500–27. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Persons who provide training in leadbased paint activities and/or renovation, 

persons who are engaged in lead-based 

paint activities and/or renovation, and 

state agencies that administer leadbased paint activities and/or renovation 

programs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 745, subparts E, 

L and Q). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

367,815 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 3,312,524 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $151,077,143 

per year, includes $0 annualized capital 

or operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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