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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: Section 1018 of the 

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 

Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852d) 

requires that sellers and lessors of most 

residential housing built before 1978 

disclose known information on the 

presence of lead-based paint and leadbased paint hazards, and provide an 

EPA-approved pamphlet to purchasers 

and renters before selling or leasing the 

housing. Sellers of pre-1978 housing are 

also required to provide prospective 

purchasers with 10 days to conduct an 

inspection or risk assessment for leadbased paint hazards before obligating 

purchasers under contracts to purchase 

the property. The rule does not apply to 

rental housing that has been found to be 

free of lead-based paint, zero-bedroom 

dwellings, housing for the elderly, 

housing for the handicapped, or shortterm leases. The affected parties and the 

information collection-related 

requirements related to each are 

described below: 

1. Sellers of pre-1978 residential 

housing. Sellers of pre-1978 housing 

must attach certain notification and 

disclosure language to their sales/ 

leasing contracts. The attachment lists 

the information disclosed and 

acknowledges compliance by the seller, 

purchaser, and any agents involved in 

the transaction. 

2. Lessors of pre-1978 residential 

housing. Lessors of pre-1978 housing 

must attach notification and disclosure 

language to their leasing contracts. The 

attachment, which lists the information 

disclosed and acknowledges compliance 

with all elements of the rule, must be 

signed by the lessor, lessee, and any 

agents acting on their behalf. Agents and 

lessees must retain the information for 

3 years from the completion of the 

transaction. 

3. Agents acting on behalf of sellers or 

lessors. Section 1018 of the Residential 

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

of 1992 specifically directs EPA and the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) to require agents 

acting on behalf of sellers or lessors to 

ensure compliance with the disclosure 

regulations. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 745, Subpart F, and 24 CFR part 35, 

Subpart H). 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 0.18 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: 42,021,000. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

7,744,616 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$136,475,304. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $136,475,304 

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 1,110,994 hours 

(from 8,855,610 hours to 7,744,616 

hours) in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that currently in 

the OMB inventory. This decrease 

reflects the gradually declining share of 

target housing in the nation’s housing 

stock. The decrease 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: March 6, 2007. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 

Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. E7–4528 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8287–1] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office, 

Request for Nominations for Review of 

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and 

Assessment of Materials and 

Equipment Manual (MARSAME) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

nominations to augment expertise to the 

SAB’s Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) to review the December 2006 

draft of the Multi-Agency Radiation 

Survey and Assessment of Materials and 

Equipment Manual (MARSAME), which 

is a supplement to the Multi-Agency 

Radiation Survey and Site Assessment 

Manual (MARSSIM). MARSAME 

provides information on planning, 

conducting, evaluating, and 

documenting radiological disposition 

surveys for the assessment of materials 

and equipment. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 3, 2007 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Dr. K. Jack 

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), via telephone/voice mail 

at (202) 343–9984; via e-mail at 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov or at the U.S. 

EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information about the SAB can be found 

in the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. The EPA technical 

contact for this review is Dr. Mary E. 

Clark, who may be contacted via 


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telephone at (202) 343–9348 or by email at clark.marye@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The December 2006 draft 

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and 

Assessment of Materials and Equipment 

Manual (MARSAME) is a supplement to 

the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and 

Site Assessment Manual (MARSSIM) 

(EPA 402–R–970–016, Rev. 1, August 

2000 and June 2001 update). The scope 

of MARSSIM was limited to surface 

soils and building surfaces. The 

MARSAME supplement addresses 

materials and equipment (M&E) 

potentially affected by radioactivity, 

including metals, concrete, tools, 

equipment, piping, conduit, furniture 

and dispersible bulk materials such as 

trash, rubble, roofing materials, and 

sludge. M&E may be containers and 

packages in general commerce or from 

licensed radioactivity users. The wide 

variety of M&E requires additional 

flexibility in the survey process, and 

this flexibility is incorporated into 

MARSAME. 

The MARSAME draft document has 

been developed collaboratively by four 

Federal agencies having authority and 

control over radioactive materials: the 

Department of Defense (DOD), 

Department of Energy (DOE), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), and the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). MARSAME 

encourages an effective use of resources, 

and when finalized, will be a multiagency consensus document. 

MARSAME was developed 

collaboratively by the MARSSIM Work 

Group over the past five years by 

technical staff of the four Federal 

agencies having authority for control of 

radioactive materials (60 FR 12555; 

March 7, 1995). 

The EPA’s Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) previously provided advice on 

MARSAME (EPA–SAB–RAC–CON–03–

002, dated Feb 27, 2003); EPA–SAB–

RAC–CON–04–001, dated February 9, 

2004); MARSSIM (EPA–SAB–RAC–97–

008, dated September 30, 1997), and 

MARLAP (Multi-Agency Radiological 

Laboratory Analytical Protocols), (EPA–

SAB–RAC–03–009, dated June 10, 

2003). On behalf of the four 

participating Federal agencies, EPA’s 

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air 

(ORIA) is requesting that the SAB peer 

review the draft MARSAME manual 

dated December, 2006. The 

aforementioned SAB reports may be 

found on the SAB’s Web site (http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab in the reports listings). 

Relevant background information on 

MARSAME can be found at http:// 

www.marsame.org. The draft 

MARSAME manual may be found at 

http://epa.gov/radiation/marssim/ 

publicpreview.htm#obtain. 

The SAB is requesting nominations 

for potential panelists to provide 

comments on the MARSAME draft 

manual. The Panel will review the 

technical acceptability of the 

MARSAME approach for environmental 

radiological surveys, appropriate 

disposition of M&E to contain 

radionuclide concentrations or 

radioactivity above background, the 

technical acceptability of the statistical 

methodology, and the adequacy of 

procedures for determining 

measurement uncertainty, detectability, 

and quantifiability. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations to 

augment expertise to the Radiation 

Advisory Committee (RAC) to review 

the MARSAME draft manual. The 

augmented RAC will provide advice 

through the chartered SAB, and will 

comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and all appropriate SAB 

procedural policies. To supplement 

expertise on the RAC, the SAB Staff 

Office is seeking individuals with 

nationally recognized radiation 

expertise and knowledge of the 

MARSAME topic such that the entire 

Panel will possess expertise and 

knowledge in the following areas in a 

materials and equipment (M&E) setting: 

(1) Statistics applicable to radiological 

surveys of M&E; 

(2) Radioactive waste management 

with emphasis on after market materials 

recycling, decommissioning/cleanup of 

radiation sites, and facilities operations 

experience at large as well as small 

radiological sites; 

(3) Instrumentation for radiation 

detection with emphasis on 

Measurement Quality Objectives 

(MQOs) as well as scan-only and in-situ 

survey techniques and instrumentation; 

(4) Radiation data management with 

emphasis on Data Quality Assessment 

(DQA) and Data Quality Objective 

(DQO) protocols; and 

(5) General radiation health safety and 

worker protection specializing in 

facility operation safety, clean-up, and 

decommissioning a large site or facility 

(e.g., a nuclear waste storage facility or 

a nuclear power plant). 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to add expertise to the 

Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) in 

the areas of expertise described above. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format through the SAB Web 

site at the following URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab; or directly via the 

Form for Nominating Individuals to 

Panels of the EPA Science Advisory 

Board link found at URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

paneltopics.html. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

and who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Dr. 

K. Jack Kooyoomjian, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than April 3, 2007. 

For nominees to be considered, please 

include: Contact information; a 

curriculum vitae; a biosketch of no more 

than two paragraphs (containing 

information on the nominee’s current 

position, educational background, areas 

of expertise and research activities, 

service on other advisory committees 

and professional societies; the 

candidate’s special expertise related to 

the panel being formed; and sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support). 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

the Federal Register notice and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff will be posted on the SAB Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. Public 

comments on this ‘‘Short List’’ of 

candidates will be accepted for 21 

calendar days. The public will be 

requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced subcommittee or review panel 

includes candidates who possess the 

necessary domains of knowledge, the 

relevant scientific perspectives (which, 

among other factors, can be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

establishing the final Radiation 

Advisory Committee (RAC), the SAB 

Staff Office will consider public 

comments on the ‘‘Short List’’ of 

candidates, information provided by the 

candidates themselves, and background 

information independently gathered by 

the SAB Staff Office. Specific criteria to 

be used for Panel membership include: 

(a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 


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appearance of a lack of impartiality; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, for the Panel as a whole, (f) 

diversity of, and balance among, 

scientific expertise, viewpoints, etc. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–

48). This confidential form allows 

Government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–

48.pdf. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees 

and review panels is described in the 

following document: Overview of the 

Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–

02–010), which is posted on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/ 

pdf/ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: March 5, 2007. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–4562 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0998; FRL–8287–2] 

Human Studies Review Board (HSRB); 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

To Review Its Draft Report From the 

January 24, 2007 HSRB Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Human Studies 

Review Board (HSRB) announces a 

public teleconference meeting to discuss 

its draft HSRB report from the January 

24, 2007 HSRB meeting. 

DATES: The teleconference will be held 

on April 10, 2007, from 1 to 

approximately 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The meeting will take place 

via telephone only. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact the DFO at 

least 10 business days prior to the 

meeting using the information under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so 

that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Unit I.D. of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code to participate in the telephone 

conference, request a current draft copy 

of the Board’s report or who wish 

further information may contact Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker, EPA, Office of the Science 

Advisor, (8105R), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

or via telephone/voice mail at (202) 

564–7189. General information 

concerning the EPA HSRB can be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0998, by one of 

the following methods: http:// 

www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), Public Reading Room, 

Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334), 

EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–ORD–

2006–0998. Deliveries are only accepted 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Special arrangements should 

be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–

0998. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA, without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who conduct or 

assess human studies, especially studies 

on substances regulated by EPA, or to 

persons who are or may be required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may 

also be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies 

of This Document and Other Related 

Information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 


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