[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26428-26429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12224]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4444-N-06]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Guidance for Analysis
of Composite Wipe Samples
AGENCY: Office of Lead Hazard Control, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 13, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Gail N. Ward, Reports Liaison
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW, Room P3206, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Warren Friedman, 202-755-1785 ext.
159 (this is not a toll-free number) for available documents regarding
this proposal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
to: (1) 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; (2)
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality,
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utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5)
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Development of Guidance for Analysis of
Composite Wipe Samples.
OMB Control Number: (To be assigned.)
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
HUD Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint
Hazards in Housing (``Guidelines'') and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) work practice standards for conducting lead-based paint
activities: target housing and child-occupied facilities (15 U.S.C.
2682(a)(1), 40 CFR 745.227) allow the use of analysis of composite
samples (more than one sample analyzed together) of dust on wipes
(typically thin cellulose cloths of a few square inches) that are wiped
on a specified area of a building component as part of risk assessment.
Laboratory experiences has shown that the presence of increased bulk
from more than one wipe causes problems during laboratory analysis,
particularly digestion (extraction of lead from the wipe). Limited
performance testing and anecdotal information from laboratories
indicate that the quality of laboratory processing of wipes may be poor
due to lack of validated digestion methodology. The accrediting bodies
authorized under the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (15
U.S.C. 2685(b)) have recently specified separation of composite wipe
samples into separate wipes for laboratory digestion and analysis as a
set of single wipe samples, along with reporting of cross-contamination
results; this approach has not been validated. Most information
collected, such as documentation of laboratory procedures, and reports
of laboratory analytical results, will be collected and processed
electronically, preferably through electronic mail of computer data
files and also through shipping of computer data disks. Laboratories
participating in the information collection will be compensated at
market rates for performing the wipe sample analyses. Ethnical guidance
based on field-validated laboratory processing of composite wipe
samples is needed to promote the acquisition of technically acceptable
and programmatically accepted laboratory analytical results. The
guidance developed as a result of this information collection will be
considered for incorporation into HUD documents, such as the
Guidelines, offered to voluntary consensus standards bodies for their
consideration in adopting voluntary consensus standards, and provided
to other public and private entities for their use.
Agency form numbers: Not applicable.
Members of affected public: Laboratories performing analyses of
lead in room dust.
Total Burden Estimate:
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Frequency of Hours of
Number of respondents response response
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20.......................................... 2 400
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Status of the proposed information collection: New collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 6, 1999.
David E. Jacobs,
Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.
[FR Doc. 99-12224 Filed 5-13-99; 8:45 am]
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