Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2004-0077-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule, EPA ICR No. 1365.07, OMB No. 2070-0091
Posted Date: 2004-10-13T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT­
2004­
0077;
FRL­
7827­
2]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request;
Asbestos­
Containing
Materials
in
Schools
Rule
and
Revised
Asbestos
Model
Accreditation
Plan
Rule,
EPA
ICR
No.
1365.07,
OMB
No.
2070­
0091
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice.

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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.
1365.07,
OMB
No.
2070­
0091.
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection.
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
October
31,
2004.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
[[
Page
60859]]

sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.

DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
November
12,
2004.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
Number
OPPT­
2004­
0077,
to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
oppt.
ncic@
epa.
gov
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT),
Mailcode:
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,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
7408,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202­
554­
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCA­
Hotline@
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
19,
2004,
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
renewal
ICR
(
69
FR
13032).
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments
during
the
comment
period.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OPPT­
2004­
0077,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
OPPT
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
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.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,

access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket
.

Title:
Asbestos­
Containing
Materials
in
Schools
Rule
and
Revised
Asbestos
Model
Accreditation
Plan
Rule.
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
as
CBI.
EPA
will
disclose
information
that
is
covered
by
a
CBI
claim
only
to
the
extent
permitted
by,
and
in
accordance
with,
the
procedures
in
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
in
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
included
on
the
related
collection
instrument
or
form,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
be
20.5
hours
per
response
for
schools,
140
hours
per
response
for
states,
and
5.5
hours
per
response
for
training
providers.
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;
and
public
health
programs.
Frequency
of
Collection:
On
occasion.
Estimated
No.
of
Respondents:
121,321.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
on
Respondents:
2,485,440
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Costs:
$
66,571,300.
Changes
in
Burden
Estimates:
This
request
reflects
an
increase
in
the
total
estimated
burden
of
273,289
hours
(
from
2,212,151
hours
to
2,485,440
hours)
from
that
currently
in
the
OMB
inventory.
This
increase
is
attributable
to
a
change
in
the
method
of
calculating
total
annual
burden
for
LEAs.
In
previous
ICRs,
total
burden
was
estimated
for
the
remainder
of
the
30­
year
implementation
period,
then
averaged
over
each
of
the
remaining
years
to
estimate
annual
burden.
Because
burden
is
expected
to
decline
over
time
as
schools
abate
friable
ACM,
this
method
produced
lower
annual
burden
estimates
for
the
earlier
years
in
the
period
because
total
burden
was
averaged
over
a
larger
number
of
years.
For
this
ICR
renewal,
the
average
estimated
number
of
schools
of
each
type
in
the
three
years
of
the
renewal
period
(
years
17­
19
of
the
implementation
period)
is
used
with
the
unit
burden
estimates
to
derive
an
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annual
burden
estimate.
This
is
a
more
transparent
method
since
it
relies
on
simple
multiplication
of
the
estimated
number
of
respondents
by
the
unit
burden
associated
with
each.

Dated:
October
4,
2004.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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