Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0073-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping for Asbestos Abatement Worker Protection; EPA ICR No. 1246.09, OMB No. 2070-0072
Posted Date: 2004-07-07T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request;
Reporting
and
Recordkeeping
for
Asbestos
Abatement
Worker
Protection;
EPA
ICR
No.
1246.09,
OMB
No.
2070­
0072
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
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.
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
July
31,
2004.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
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
August
6,
2004.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments
to
both
(
1)
EPA,
referencing
docket
ID
number
OPPT­
2003­
0073,
online
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
(
our
preferred
meth
od),
or
by
mailto:
oppt.
ncic@
epa.
gov.
Mail
to:
Document
Control
Office
(
DCO),
Office
o
f
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
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
(
reference
OMB
Control
No.
2070­
0072).

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
January
12,
2004,
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
renewal
ICR
(
69
FR
1738)
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
2003­
0073,
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
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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
.

ICR
Title:
Reporting
and
Recordkeeping
for
Asbestos
Abatement
Worker
Protection.
Abstract:
EPA's
asbestos
worker
protection
rule
is
designed
to
provide
occupational
exposure
protection
to
state
and
local
government
employees
who
are
engaged
in
asbestos
abatement
activities
in
states
that
do
not
have
state
plans
approved
by
the
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Administration
(
OSHA).
The
rule
provides
protection
for
public
employees
not
covered
by
the
OSHA
standard
from
the
adverse
health
effects
associated
with
occupational
exposure
to
asbestos.
This
rule
requires
state
and
local
governments
to
monitor
employee
exposure
to
asbestos,
take
action
to
reduce
exposure,
monitor
employee
health,
train
employees
about
asbestos
hazards,
and
provide
employees
with
information
about
exposures
to
asbestos
and
the
associated
health
effects.
The
rule
also
requires
state
and
local
governments
to
notify
EPA
before
commencing
any
asbestos
abatement
project.
State
and
local
governments
must
maintain
medical
surveillance
and
monitoring
records
and
training
records
on
their
employees,
must
establish
a
set
of
written
procedures
for
respirator
programs
and
must
maintain
procedures
and
records
of
respirator
fit
tests.
EPA
will
use
the
information
to
monitor
compliance
with
the
asbestos
worker
protection
rule.
Responses
to
the
collection
of
information
are
mandatory
(
see
40
CFR
part
763,
subpart
G).
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
title
40
of
the
CFR,
after
appearing
in
the
Federal
Register,
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
average
0.33
hour
per
response.
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:
State
or
local
government
agencies
in
states
without
an
OSHA­
approved
State
Asbestos
Plan
or
State
Asbestos
Worker
Protection
Plan
that
have
employees
engaged
in
asbestos­
related
construction,
custodial,
and
brake
and
clutch
repair
activities.
Frequency
of
Collection:
On
occasion;
includes
third­
party
notification
requirement.
Estimated
No.
of
Respondents:
25,312.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
on
Respondents:
412,243
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Costs:
$
13,281,559.
Changes
in
Burden
Estimates:
This
request
reflects
a
decrease
of
24,046
hours
(
from
436,289
hours
to
412,243
hours)
in
the
total
estimated
respondent
burden
from
that
currently
in
the
OMB
inventory.
This
decrease
is
due
to
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
supervisors
at
affected
entities
that
need
to
read
and
interpret
the
regulation.
In
the
previous
ICR
EPA
anticipated
that
all
supervisors
undertook
this
activity.
In
the
current
ICR
EPA
expects
that
only
new
supervisors
must
do
so.
The
change
in
burden
represents
an
adjustment.

Dated:
June
28,
2004.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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