Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 21 / Thursday, February 1, 2007 / Notices 4707 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2007. 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: EPA’s asbestos worker 

protection rule is designed to provide 

occupational exposure protection to 

state and local government employees 

who are engaged in asbestos abatement 

activities in states that do not have state 

plans approved by OSHA. The rule 

provides protection for public 

employees not covered by the OSHA 

standard from the adverse health effects 

associated with occupational exposure 

to asbestos. Specifically, the rule 

requires state and local governments to 

monitor employee exposure to asbestos, 

take action to reduce exposure to 

asbestos, monitor employee health, and 

train employees about asbestos hazards. 

The rule includes a number of 

information reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. State and 

local government agencies are required 

to provide employees with information 

about exposures to asbestos and the 

associated health effects. The rule also 

requires state and local governments to 

notify EPA before commencing any 

asbestos abatement project. State and 

local governments must maintain 

medical surveillance and monitoring 

records and training records on their 

employees, must establish a set of 

written procedures for respirator 

programs and must maintain procedures 

and records of respirator fit tests. EPA 

will use the information to monitor 

compliance with the asbestos worker 

protection rule. This request addresses 

these reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 763, subpart G). Respondents may 

claim all or part of a notice 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. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 15.95 hours per 

response. 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 25,312. 

Frequency of response: On occasion; 

includes third-party notification. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 50. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

403,751 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$14,994,566. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $14,994,566 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 8,492 hours 

(from 412,243 hours to 403,751 hours) 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This decrease principally reflects EPA’s 

correction of the training burden for 

Class I and Class II competent persons 

that results from correctly annualizing 

the 40-hour training over five years 

rather than over a three-year period. 

While some changes were made in the 

calculations of the numbers of initial 

and periodic medical questionnaires 

that construction employees and 

supervisors complete, the net result of 

those changes has a very slight impact 

on the total annual burden hour 

estimate. This change is an adjustment. 

V. 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 notice 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 technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 22, 2007. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 

Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. E7–1622 Filed 1–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

DATE &TIME: Tuesday February 6, 2007 

at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the Public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in civil 

actions or proceedings or arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and procedures 

or matters affecting a particular 

employee. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–463 Filed 1–30–07; 2:40 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

SUMMARY: Background: 

Notice is hereby given of the final 

approval of proposed information 

collection by the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System (Board) 

under OMB delegated authority, as per 

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on 


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