[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44168-44169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17957]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0715; FRL 9914-29-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Survey of the Public and Commercial Building
Industry
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``Survey of the Public and
Commercial Building Industry'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2494.01
and OMB Control No. 2070-NEW. The ICR, which is available in the docket
along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of
the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly
summarized in this document. EPA has addressed the comments received in
response to the previously provided public review issued in the Federal
Register on December 6, 2013 (78 FR 73520). With this submission, EPA
is providing an additional 30 days for public review.
DATES: Comments may be received on or before August 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0715, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
To EPA online using http://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.
To OMB via email to [email protected]. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
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. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Brown, Economics, Exposure and
Technology Division (7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-3218; fax
number: (202) 564-8893; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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.
ICR status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: EPA has initiated a proceeding to investigate whether and
what type of regulatory action might be appropriate to control
exposures to lead dust resulting from renovation, repair, and painting
(RRP) activities in public and commercial buildings (P&CBs). These
proceedings have been described in previous Federal Register documents,
entitled ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public
and Commercial Buildings'' (advance notice of proposed rulemaking) (75
FR 24848, May 6, 2010) (FRL-8823-6); ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and
Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings; Request for
Information and Advance Notice of Public Meeting'' (77 FR 76996,
December 31, 2012) (FRL-9373-7); and ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and
Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings; Notice of Public
Meeting and Reopening of Comment Period'' (78 FR 27906, May 13, 2013)
(FRL-9385-6). EPA plans to conduct a survey to collect information on:
Building and activity patterns that may affect exposures to lead dust
from RRP activities in P&CBs; the number of firms that perform RRP
activities in P&CBs; the types and numbers of RRP activities that are
performed; the extent to which various work practices are currently
being used in RRP jobs in P&CBs; and the extent to which various work
practices that help with the containment and cleanup of lead dust are
currently being used in RRP jobs performed in P&CBs.
The information collected through the survey (along with
information submitted to EPA in response to the previous Federal
Register documents for this proceeding, as well as other data sources)
will allow EPA to predict a baseline for the incidence of different
types of RRP activities that disturb lead-based paint in P&CBs, the
methods that are used to conduct these activities, the work practices
that are used to contain and clean the resulting dust, and the
characteristics of the buildings where the work is performed. EPA will
use this information to estimate the resulting exposures to lead dust,
which will inform Agency decisionmaking about the need for and scope of
potential regulatory or other actions to reduce exposures to lead dust
from RRP activities in P&CBs. If EPA determines that a regulation is
needed, the Agency will use this data to assess the incremental
benefits and costs of potential options to reduce such exposures. The
information collected through the survey is necessary to inform Agency
decisionmakers about the need for and scope of regulatory or other
actions to protect against risks created by RRP activities disturbing
lead-based paint in P&CBs.
Establishments will be selected using a stratified random sampling
method. EPA plans to have a total of 402
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respondents complete a questionnaire. The information collection will
utilize separate questionnaires for contractors that perform RRP
activities in P&CBs; lessors and managers of P&CBs that use their own
staff to perform RRP activities; and building owners and occupants of
P&CBs that use their own staff to perform RRP activities. The survey
asks for readily available information, e.g., information known or
easily accessible by respondents.
Respondents/Affected Entities: RRP contractors that work in P&CBs,
lessors and managers of P&CBs, and owners and occupants of P&CBs.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 8,485.
Frequency of response: Once.
Estimated Total Burden: 564 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $34,103. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $34,103 and an estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in Burden Estimates: This is a request for a new approval
from OMB.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Spencer W. Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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