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Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments, protests, and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6980–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No.

1365.06 to OMB for Review and

Approval; Comment Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Asbestos-Containing Materials

in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos

Model Accreditation Plan Rule (EPA

ICR No. 1365.06; OMB Control No.

2070–0091). The ICR, which is

abstracted below, describes the nature of

the information collection and its

estimated cost and burden. The Federal

Register document required under 5

CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information, was

published on October 20, 2000 (65 FR

63071). EPA received no comments on

this ICR during the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before June 18, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202)

260–2740, by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1365.06 and/or OMB

Control No. 2070–0091.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1365.06 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0091, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code: 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;

and to: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Asbestos-Containing Materials

in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos

Model Accreditation Plan Rule (OMB

Control No. 2070–0091; EPA ICR No.

1365.06). This is a request for extension

of an existing approved collection that

is currently scheduled to expire on May

31, 2001. Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the

Agency may continue to conduct or

sponsor the collection of information

while the submission is pending at

OMB.

Abstract: The Asbestos Hazard

Emergency Response Act (AHERA)

requires local education agencies (LEAs)

to conduct inspections, develop

management plans, and design or

conduct response actions with respect

to the presence of asbestos-containing

materials in school buildings. AHERA

also requires states to develop model

accreditation plans for persons who

perform asbestos inspections, develop

management control plans, and design

or conduct response actions. This

information collection addresses the

burden associated with recordkeeping

requirements imposed on LEAs by the

asbestos in schools rule, and reporting

and recordkeeping requirements

imposed on states and training

providers related to the model

accreditation plan rule.

Responses to the collection of

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR

part 763, subpart E). 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. 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 are listed in 40 CFR

part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to range

between 5.5 hours and 140 hours per

response, depending upon the category

of respondent. 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; 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Local

education agencies (e.g., elementary or

secondary school districts); asbestos

training providers to schools and

educational systems; state education

departments or commissions; or public

health programs.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Estimated No. of Respondents:

107,759.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2,212,151 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$58,860,737.

Changes in Burden Estimates: The

total burden associated with this ICR

has decreased from 2,367,293 hours in

the previous ICR to 2,212,151 hours for

this ICR. This adjustment in burden

reflects decreases in the estimated

number of school buildings containing

friable asbestos, offset slightly by an

increase in the burden that applies to

training providers.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this notice,

as described above.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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