Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0078-0007
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2005-02-25T05:00Z

Appendix
4
Draft
Federal
Register
Notice
2
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OAR­
2005­
0078,
FRL­
]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
National
Survey
on
Environmental
Management
of
Asthma,
EPA
ICR
Number
1996.03,
OMB
Control
Number
2060­
0490.

AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
EPA
is
planning
to
submit
a
continuing
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection.
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
August
31,
2005.
Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
below.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
April
30,
2005.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
OAR­
2005­
0078,
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
a­
and­
r­
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
(
6102T),

1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Dr.
Susan
Conrath,
Indoor
Environments
Division,
Office
of
Radiation
and
Indoor
Air,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
343­
9389;
fax
number:

(
202)
343­
2393;
email
address:
conrath.
susan@
epa.
gov.
3
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
number
OAR­
2005­
0078,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
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:
30
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
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
1742,
fax:
(
202)
566­
1741.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
obtain
a
copy
of
the
draft
collection
of
information,
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
within
60
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
4
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
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.

Affected
entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
all
individuals
throughout
the
United
States
with
publicly
listed
residential
telephone
numbers.

Title:
National
Survey
on
Environmental
Management
of
Asthma
Abstract:
Executive
Order
13045,
issued
in
1997,
directed
each
federal
agency
to
identify,

assess,
and
address
environmental
health
and
safety
risks
for
children.
This
executive
order
also
created
the
Task
Force
on
Environmental
Health
Risks
and
Safety
Risks
in
Children,
co­
chaired
by
the
Secretary
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(
HHS)
and
the
Administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
In
April
1998,
this
Task
Force
identified
four
priority
areas,
one
of
which
was
childhood
asthma.
In
response,
EPA
launched
efforts
to
better
understand
the
role
that
environmental
factors,
including
airborne
allergens
and
irritants,
play
in
the
onset
of
asthma
and
the
triggering
of
asthma
symptoms.
Indoor
allergens
include
those
from
house
dust
mites,
cockroaches,
mold,
and
animal
dander.
In
addition,
exposure
to
environmental
tobacco
smoke
(
ETS)
has
also
been
shown
to
be
a
major
determinant
of
asthma
symptoms.

EPA
is
working
to
integrate
the
management
of
environmental
factors
with
the
medical
treatment
of
asthma,
particularly
among
children
and
low­
income
populations.
To
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
its
current
outreach
efforts,
EPA
proposes
to
collect
data
from
individual
U.
S.

households
through
a
telephone
survey.
This
survey
will
be
used
to
gain
information
regarding
the
number
of
individuals
with
asthma
who
have
taken
steps
to
improve
the
quality
of
their
indoor
environment
as
part
of
their
approach
to
managing
the
disease,
as
well
as
any
barriers
they
may
have
encountered
while
attempting
to
do
so.
EPA
will
compare
the
data
gained
from
this
survey
5
to
a
similar
survey
completed
in
2003.
These
data
will
help
the
Agency
determine
if
it
has
reached
its
goal
established
by
the
Government
Performance
and
Results
Act
of
1993
(
GPRA).

Specifically,
EPA's
goal
is
that
2.5
million
people
with
asthma,
including
one
million
children
and
200,000
low­
income
adults,
will
have
taken
steps
to
reduce
their
exposure
to
indoor
environmental
asthma
triggers
by
2005.

EPA
intends
to
conduct
the
survey
once
during
the
period
for
which
this
ICR
is
in
effect.

EPA
will
conduct
the
survey
in
two
phases.
The
first
phase
is
intended
to
identify
households
where
either
an
adult
asthmatic
or
child
with
asthma
resides.
Individuals
who
participate
in
the
first
phase
of
EPA's
survey
will
be
chosen
at
random
from
U.
S.
households
with
publicly
listed
telephone
numbers.
EPA
expects
that
10
to
15
percent
of
individuals
who
participate
in
its
screening
survey
will
have
asthma
or
live
in
a
household
with
someone
who
does.
After
responding
to
several
screening
questions,
adult
asthmatics
and
parents
of
children
with
asthma
will
be
invited
to
participate
in
a
longer,
more
in­
depth
telephone
survey.
EPA
intends
to
oversample
in
communities
known
to
have
a
high
percentage
of
low­
income
households
to
ensure
that
the
Agency
is
able
to
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
its
outreach
efforts
to
this
target
population.

The
National
Survey
on
Environmental
Management
of
Asthma
is
voluntary.
EPA
does
not
expect
to
receive
confidential
information
from
the
individuals
who
voluntarily
participate
in
the
survey.
However,
if
a
respondent
does
consider
the
information
submitted
to
be
of
a
proprietary
nature,
EPA
will
assure
its
confidentiality
based
on
the
provisions
of
40
CFR
part
2,
subpart
B,

"
Confidentiality
of
Business
Information."

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
6
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
in
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9.

The
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
to:

(
i)
evaluate
whether
the
proposed
collection
of
information
is
necessary
for
the
proper
performance
of
the
functions
of
the
Agency,
including
whether
the
information
will
have
practical
utility;

(
ii)
evaluate
the
accuracy
of
the
Agency's
estimate
of
the
burden
of
the
proposed
collection
of
information,
including
the
validity
of
the
methodology
and
assumptions
used;

(
iii)
enhance
the
quality,
utility,
and
clarity
of
the
information
to
be
collected;
and
(
iv)
minimize
the
burden
of
the
collection
of
information
on
those
who
are
to
respond,

including
through
the
use
of
appropriate
automated
electronic,
mechanical,
or
other
technological
collection
techniques
or
other
forms
of
information
technology,
e.
g.,

permitting
electronic
submission
of
responses.

Burden
Statement:
EPA
estimates
the
annual
public
reporting
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
to
be
1,339
hours.
This
is
a
total
estimated
burden
of
4,017
hours
for
completion
of
this
one­
time
survey.
The
estimated
number
of
respondents
is
52,591.
The
public
reporting
burden
ranges
between
3.5
minutes
and
13.5
minutes
per
response,
depending
on
whether
or
not
the
survey
respondent
has
asthma
or
lives
with
someone
who
has
asthma.
This
survey
effort
is
expected
to
cost
approximately
$
1.96
per
respondent
living
in
a
non­
asthmatic
household;
$
3.36
per
respondent
living
in
an
asthmatic
household,
but
participating
only
in
the
screening
survey;

and
$
7.56
per
respondent
participating
in
both
the
screening
survey
and
the
survey
itself.

Respondents
will
incur
no
capital,
start­
up
costs,
or
operation
and
maintenance
costs
as
a
result
of
this
survey.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
7
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.

Dated:
________________

______________________
Thomas
E.
Kelly,
Director
Indoor
Environments
Division