[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58747-58748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29269]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4564-N-06]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation Study of 
Rounds 3-5 of HUD's Lead Hazard Control Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of Healthy Homes and 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: January 7, 2002.

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. Peter Ashley, 202-755-1785 ext. 
115 (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 
affected 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, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    The Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Evaluation Study of Rounds 3-5 of HUD's Lead 
Hazard Control Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: To be assigned.
    Need for the Information and Proposed Use: In order to assist in 
fulfilling its mission of eliminating lead-based paint hazards and 
other housing-related threats to children's health and safety in low-
income privately-owned homes, HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control operates a grant program for State and local governments 
to develop and implement cost-effective methods for the inspection and 
reduction of lead-based paint hazards in private owner-occupied and 
rental housing for low and moderate income families. From 1995 through 
1998, HUD initiated Rounds 3-5 of this Lead Hazard Control Grant 
Program, awarding grants to 73 different States and localities. The 
purpose of this information collection is to study the effectiveness of 
the lead hazard control treatments that these recipient programs 
administered under the HUD grants, at specified time points (e.g., from 
1 to 4 years) after the treatments were administered. To do this, HUD 
will study selected housing units that received lead hazard control 
treatments within approximately ten programs that received grants in 
Rounds 3-5 of this program. In housing units that agree to participate 
in the study, researchers will collect household information, will 
visually inspect the integrity of the applied treatments, and will 
collect environmental samples (e.g., dust and soil) to be analyzed for 
lead content. The data will be combined with similar types of 
``baseline'' data for the same housing units that the grant programs 
collected prior to administering the treatments in these units. The 
pre-treatment data will be obtained for this evaluation directly from 
the grant programs with their cooperation. The data collected during 
this Rounds 3-5 Evaluation Project should allow HUD to assess how post-
treatment dust-lead levels, or changes in dust-lead levels between 
post-treatment and pre-treatment, may differ between housing units 
administered treatments of different intensity or cost. The data will 
also contribute to HUD's awareness of long-term performance of selected 
lead hazard control treatments.
    For a participating housing unit, this information will involve: 
(1) A brief interior and exterior visual inspection to assess housing 
conditions and the integrity of the applied treatments; (2) collection 
of dust-wipe samples (from floors, window sills, window troughs, 
selected wall surfaces, and selected exterior surfaces) and soil 
samples for lead analysis; and (3) a brief visual survey of the 
immediate neighborhood to identify and record potential releases of 
lead in the neighborhood environment. At least one, but possibly two, 
information collection visits will be made to participating housing 
units over a two- to three-year period. If appropriate, the results of 
this information collection will be used to improve existing HUD 
guidance for cost-effective and safe lead hazard control treatments.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Members of affected public: Selected property owners and residents 
of housing units that agree to participate in the study representing 
approximately ten state-, county-, or city-level lead hazard control 
grant programs across the United States.
    Total Burden Estimate:
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Frequency of Response: maximum of 2.
    Total hours of Response: 4,050.

  Table 1.--Calculation of Respondent Burden Over the Full Study Period
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                                                Burden to tenants or
            Burden-causing task               resident property owners
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Undergo recruitment and be briefed on the   15 minutes.
 study.
Review and complete Informed Consent form.  15 minutes.
Provide access to researchers for           3 hours in each of 2 visits.
 conducting post-treatment surveys and
 environmental sampling.

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Undergo any post-study briefing...........  15 minutes.
  Total...................................  6.75 hours.
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    Average Response Time: 6.75 hours (assuming 2 visits for conducting 
surveys and sampling).
    Total Burden for 600 units: 4,050 hours.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended. Dated: June 14, 1999.

    Dated: November 15, 2001.
David E. Jacobs,
Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
[FR Doc. 01-29269 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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