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with the costs in the previous ICR. This 

decrease in costs is due to a decrease in 

the number of respondents and 

corrections made to the annual O&M 

costs for VC ambient monitoring and 

resin sampling and monitoring to more 

accurately reflect the number of 

monitors per facility and cost of 

monthly maintenance and service of a 

lab GC. The decrease is offset somewhat 

by corrections made to the cost 

estimates for uncontrolled wastewater 

testing and uncontrolled wastewater 

Non-VC TOHAP testing to moreaccurately reflect the number of waste 

streams sampled per facility. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0319; FRL–9891–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Asbestos-Containing Materials in 

Schools and Asbestos Model 

Accreditation Plans (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Asbestos-Containing Materials in 

Schools and Asbestos Model 

Accreditation Plans (EPA ICR Number 

1365.12, OMB Control Number 2070– 

0091), to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through May 31, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on September 

1, 2021, 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 June 27, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2017–0319, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 

Branch (7101M), Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–1204; email address: 

sleasman.katherine@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, 

WJC 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: This ICR addresses reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements found 

in the Asbestos-Containing Materials in 

Schools Rule promulgated under section 

203 of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency 

Response Act (AHERA, 15 U.S.C. 2641– 

2656); and the Asbestos Model 

Accreditation Plan (MAP) Rule under 

AHERA section 206. As set forth in 40 

CFR part 763, subpart E the local 

education agency (LEA) is required to 

conduct inspections, develop 

management plans, and design or 

conduct response actions. Records must 

be maintained by all LEAs on 

inspections and response action 

activity, and current management plans 

must be provided upon request to EPA 

and state reviewers for examination. In 

addition, 40 CFR part 763, subpart E, 

describes a model accreditation plan 

(MAP) for states. The MAP provides 

accreditation criteria for persons who 

inspect for asbestos, develop 

management plans, and design or 

conduct response actions. States are 

required to adopt an accreditation plan 

at least as stringent as the EPA model 

plan. The accreditation requirements 

apply to persons who work in public 

and commercial buildings as well as 

schools. Accreditation of laboratories 

that analyze asbestos bulk samples and 

asbestos air samples is also required by 

AHERA. 

This ICR estimates the paperwork 

burden for LEAs to inspect for asbestos 

and update management plans to 

protect all school building occupants 

from exposure to asbestos. This 

collection also estimates the paperwork 

burden for the accreditation of persons 

who inspect for asbestos, develop 

management plans, and design or 

conduct response actions and the 

paperwork burden associated with state 

accreditation programs. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Elementary and secondary school 

districts in North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) code 

61111, all states (NAICS code 92311), 

MAP training providers (NAICS code 

61143), and the State Asbestos 

Accreditation Programs (NAICS code 

92312). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory, per AHERA and 40 CFR part 

763. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

137,621 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 2,600,679 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $106,858,607 

(per year), which includes no in 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 45,766 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. While the number schools with 

friable ACMs is steadily declining, the 

associated burden reductions are 

counteracted by the larger increase in in 

schools with no or non-friable ACM 

(which includes newly constructed 

schools that are certified through an 

exclusionary statement not to have 

specified asbestos-containing building 

materials in construction). This change 

is an adjustment. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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