65018 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 222 / Monday, November 19, 2007 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0969; FRL–8495–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Residential Lead-Based Paint 

Hazard Disclosure Requirements; EPA 

ICR No. 1710.05, OMB No. 2070–0151 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 19, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA–

HQ–OPPT–2006–0969 to (1) EPA online 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Cunningham, Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554–

1404; e-mail address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On March 13, 2007 (72 FR 11354), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–

HQ–OPPT–2006–0969, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

inspection at the OPPT Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room is 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics Docket is 202–

566–0280. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Residential Lead-Based Paint 

Hazard Disclosure Requirements. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1710.05; 

OMB Control No. 2070–0151. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2007. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 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 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 build 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. Responses to the collection 

of information are mandatory (see 40 

CFR part 745, subpart F, and 24 CFR 

part 35, subpart H). This information 

collection addresses the information 

collection-related requirements related 

to each affected party as 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 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 

HUD to require agents acting on behalf 

of sellers or lessors to ensure 

compliance with the disclosure 

regulations. 

Burden Statement: The total annual 

burden for this ICR is estimated to be 

7,744,616 hours and involves slightly 

more than 49.5 million estimated 

annual responses. These responses 

correspond to the various information 

activities related to an estimated 

3,720,000 annual target housing sales 

and an estimated 7,500,000 annual 

target housing rentals. The burden 

associated with the vast majority of 

these response activities is estimated to 

be 5 minutes or less. For new sellers, 

lessors, and agents, the burden 

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familiarization activities is estimated to 

be 1 hour per event. The burden 

associated both with disclosures and 

related acknowledgements by sellers, 

lessors, offerors, their respective agents, 

and tenants is estimated to be about 5 

minutes per event. The burden 

associated with related recordkeeping 

activities by sellers, lessors, and their 

agents is estimated to be less than 1 

minute per event. 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: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are persons engaged in selling, 

purchasing or leasing certain residential 

dwellings built before 1978, or who are 

real estate agents representing such 

parties. 

Estimated No. of Responses: 

49,501,582. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

7,744,616 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: 

$136,475,304. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: 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 a 

gradual reduction in the annual number 

of real estate sales and residential 

property rentals involving target 

housing subject to the rule’s 

requirements. The decrease is an 

adjustment. 

Dated: November 8, 2007. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5709 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket #: EPA–R10–OAR–2007–0112; FRL–

8497–2] 

Adequacy Status of the Vancouver, 

WA, Carbon Monoxide, Second 10-year 

Limited Maintenance Plan (2006–2016) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

the Vancouver, Washington, carbon 

monoxide, second 10-year limited 

maintenance plan (2006–2016) adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court 

ruled that submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for conformity determinations 

until EPA has found them adequate. As 

a result of this adequacy finding, the 

area automatically meets the budget test 

for future transportation conformity. 

This affects future transportation 

conformity determinations prepared, 

reviewed and approved by the 

Southwest Washington Regional 

Transportation Council, Washington 

State Department of Transportation, 

Federal Highway Administration and 

the Federal Transit Administration. 

DATES: This finding is effective 

December 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

finding is available at EPA’s conformity 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/, (once there, click on the 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ button, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). You may also contact 

Wayne Elson, U.S. EPA, Region 10, 

Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics (AWT–

107), 1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 900, Seattle 

WA 98101; (206) 553–1463 or 

elson.wayne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region 10 sent a 

letter to the Washington Department of 

Ecology November 7, 2007, stating that 

the SIP is adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to SIPs. Conformity to 

a SIP means that transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP is adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review and it also should 

not be used to prejudge our ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

SIP adequate for conformity, the SIP 

could later be disapproved. 

We have described our process for 

determining the adequacy in SIPs in 

guidance dated May 14, 1999. This 

guidance is reflected in the amended 

transportation conformity rule, July 1, 

2004 (69 FR 40004). We followed this 

process in making our adequacy 

determination. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: November 8, 2007. 

Ronald A. Kreizenbeck, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. E7–22589 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8495–7] 

Request for Nominations to the Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 

nominations of a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to fill vacancies on the 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board. 

Vacancies are expected to be filled by 

February 15, 2008, and so nominations 

are requested to be received by 

December 15, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board was 

created by the Enterprise for the 

Americas Initiative Act of 1992. Under 

Executive Order 12916, implementation 

authority is delegated to the 

Administrator of EPA. The Board is 

responsible for providing advice to the 

President and Congress on 

environmental and infrastructure issues 

and needs within the states contiguous 

to Mexico. The statute calls for the 

Board to have representatives from U.S. 

government agencies; the states of 

Arizona, California, New Mexico and 

Texas; local government; tribes; and a 

variety of non-governmental officials 

including the private sector; academic 


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