[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 204 (Friday, October 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63073-63074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27033]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6886-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; IAQ Practices in Schools Survey

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): IAQ Practices in Schools Survey, EPA 
ICR Number 1885.01. 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 December 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ICR without charge, contact: Mr. 
John Guevin, Indoor Environments Division,

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Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, (6609J), Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Guevin by phone at (202) 564-
9055 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
all public and private schools operating in the United States during 
the school year immediately preceding the year in which the survey is 
conducted.
    Title: IAQ Practices in Schools Survey (EPA ICR No. 1885.01). This 
is a new collection.
    Abstract: As part of its authorization under Title IV of SARA, 
1986, the Indoor Environments Division (IED) of EPA's Office of 
Radiation and Indoor Air has been working to promote more effective 
approaches for preventing, identifying, and solving indoor air quality 
(IAQ) problems in schools and has developed low-cost guidance entitled 
IAQ Tools for Schools for that purpose.
    The IAQ Practices in Schools Survey will allow EPA to gain 
information regarding the number of schools that have implemented sound 
IAQ-management practices, such as those activities recommended in its 
guidance. These data are essential for measuring the effectiveness of 
EPA's outreach efforts against the Agency's established GPRA goal. EPA 
is working towards achieving the implementation of sound IAQ practices 
in 15 percent, or 16,650, of the nation's public and private schools by 
2005. The IAQ Practices in Schools Survey is voluntary.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    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 and 
record keeping burden for this collection of information to be 1.3 
hours per mail response and 0.8 hours per telephone 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.
    This survey effort is expected to cost approximately $27.60 per 
mail response and $16.95 per telephone response. Respondents will incur 
no capital or start-up costs, and the only operation and maintenance 
component of the survey will be the cost to photocopy the survey once 
completed (if desired).

    Dated: October 6, 2000.
Mary T. Smith,
Director, Indoor Environments Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27033 Filed 10-19-00; 8:45 am]
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