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the following Web site: http://

www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/

2013Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 

29, 2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29167 Filed 12–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715; FRL–9902–85] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Survey of the Public and 

Commercial Building Industry’’ and 

identified by EPA ICR No. 2494.01 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–NEW, 

represents a new request. Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. ATTN: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0715. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2013–0715. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the 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 regulations.gov or 

email. The 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Judith 

Brown, Economics, Exposure and 

Technology Division (7406M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–3218; fax number: (202) 564– 

8893; email address: brown.judith@

epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply 

to? 

Title: Survey of the Public and 

Commercial Building Industry. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2494.01. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

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ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 Code 

of Federal Regulations (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 for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: EPA has initiated a 

proceeding to investigate whether and 

what type of regulatory action might be 

appropriate to control exposures to lead 

dust resulting from renovation, repair, 

and painting (RRP) activities in public 

and commercial buildings (PnCBs). 

These proceedings have been described 

in previous Federal Register 

documents, entitled ‘‘Lead; Renovation, 

Repair, and Painting Program for Public 

and Commercial Buildings’’ (advance 

notice of proposed rulemaking) (75 FR 

24848, May 6, 2010) (FRL–8823–6); 

‘‘Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting 

Program for Public and Commercial 

Buildings; Request for Information and 

Advance Notice of Public Meeting’’ (77 

FR 76996, December 31, 2012) (FRL– 

9373–7); and ‘‘Lead; Renovation, Repair, 

and Painting Program for Public and 

Commercial Buildings; Notice of Public 

Meeting and Reopening of Comment 

Period’’ (78 FR 27906, May 13, 2013) 

(FRL–9385–6). 

EPA plans to conduct a survey to 

collect information on: Building and 

activity patterns that may affect 

exposures to lead dust from RRP 

activities in PnCBs; the number of firms 

that perform RRP activities in PnCBs; 

the types and numbers of RRP activities 

that are performed; the extent to which 

various work practices are currently 

being used in RRP jobs in PnCBs; and 

the extent to which various work 

practices that help with the containment 

and cleanup of lead dust are currently 

being used in RRP jobs performed in 

PnCBs. 

The information collected through the 

survey (along with information 

submitted to EPA in response to the 

previous Federal Register documents 

for this proceeding, as well as other data 

sources) will allow EPA to predict a 

baseline for the incidence of different 

types of RRP activities that disturb leadbased paint in PnCBs, the methods that 

are used to conduct these activities, the 

work practices that are used to contain 

and clean the resulting dust, and the 

characteristics of the buildings where 

the work is performed. EPA will use this 

information to estimate the resulting 

exposures to lead dust, which will 

inform Agency decisionmaking about 

the need for and scope of potential 

regulatory or other actions to reduce 

exposures to lead dust from RRP 

activities in PnCBs. If EPA determines 

that a regulation is needed, the Agency 

will use this data to assess the 

incremental benefits and costs of 

potential options to reduce such 

exposures. The information collected 

through the survey is necessary to 

inform Agency decisionmakers about 

the need for and scope of regulatory or 

other actions to protect against risks 

created by RRP activities disturbing 

lead-based paint in PnCBs. 

The information collection will be a 

one-time data collection. Participation 

will be voluntary. Establishments will 

be selected using a stratified random 

sampling method. EPA plans to have a 

total of 402 respondents complete a 

questionnaire. The information 

collection will utilize separate 

questionnaires for contractors that 

perform RRP activities in PnCBs; lessors 

and managers of PnCBs that use their 

own staff to perform RRP activities; and 

building owners and occupants of 

PnCBs that use their own staff to 

perform RRP activities. The survey asks 

for readily available information, e.g., 

information known or easily accessible 

by respondents. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 3 minutes per 

response for the screening portion of the 

survey, 30 minutes for the contractor 

questionnaire, 5 minutes for the 

property lessor/manager questionnaire, 

and 5 minutes for the building owner/ 

occupant questionnaire. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are RRP contractors that work in PnCBs, 

lessors and managers of PnCBs, and 

owners and occupants of PnCBs. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 402. 

Frequency of response: One occasion 

(one time). 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

672 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $ 

39,191. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $ 39,191 and an 

estimated cost of $ 0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. 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 document 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: November 27, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29192 Filed 12–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9903–86–OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et. Seq.). 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 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund (202) 566–1682, or email at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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