Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 2014 / Notices 5399 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0915; FRL–9906–11– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Reporting and Recordkeeping for 

Asbestos Abatement Worker 

Protection 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted a new 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping for 

Asbestos Abatement Worker Protection’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1246.12, OMB Control No. 

2070–0072) 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.). Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 48431) on August 8, 

2013, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

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 March 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2012–0915, to (1) EPA 

online using 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: 

Pamela Myrick, Deputy Director, 

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: TSCA-Hotline@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 www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA 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: 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 the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration 

(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 

763 Subpart G). 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 and 40 CFR 

Part 2. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

state and local government employers in 

25 states, the District of Columbia, and 

certain U.S. Territories that have 

employees engaged in asbestos-related 

construction, custodial and brake and 

clutch repair activities without OSHAapproved state plans. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

22,488 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 363,517 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $14,548,910 per 

year, includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

very minor decrease of 6 burden hours 

per year compared with that identified 

in the ICR currently approved by OMB 

(from 363,523 hours to 363,517 hours). 

This change is an adjustment and is 

explained in the supporting statement. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02039 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0319; FRL—9906– 

12–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for VOC Emissions from Petroleum 

Refinery Wastewater Systems 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for VOC 

Emissions from Petroleum Refinery 

Wastewater Systems (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart QQQ) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1136.11, OMB Control No. 2060–0172), 

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 

April 30, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 35023) on June 11, 2013 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 


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