[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67575-67576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25620]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0081; FRL-7838-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 402 and Section 404 
Training and Certification, Accreditation and Standards for Lead-Based 
Paint Activities; EPA ICR No. 1715.06, OMB No. 2070-0155

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: TSCA Section 402 and Section 
404 Training and Certification, Accreditation and Standards for Lead-
Based Paint Activities; EPA ICR 1715.06; OMB 2070-
0155. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. This 
ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2004. Under OMB regulations, 
the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of 
information while this submission is pending at OMB. This ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its estimated cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 20, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2004-0081, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mailcode: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval 
according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On June 1, 
2004, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (69 FR 30904). EPA sought 
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 
comments during the comment period.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2004-0081, which is available for public viewing at the OPPT 
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 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 Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280. An electronic version of the public 
docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 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 and OMB 
within 30 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 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: TSCA Section 402 and Section 404 Training and Certification, 
Accreditation and Standards for Lead-Based Paint Activities.
    Abstract: This information collection applies to reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements found in sections 402 and 404 of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and applicable regulations at 40 CFR 745. 
The purposes of the requirements under TSCA section 402 are to ensure 
that individuals conducting activities that prevent, detect and 
eliminate hazards associated with lead-based paint in residential 
facilities, particularly those occupied or used by children, are 
properly trained and certified, that training programs providing 
instruction in such activities are accredited, and that these 
activities are conducted according to reliable, effective and safe work 
practice standards. The TSCA section 404 regulations include reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements that apply to states and Indian Tribes 
that seek Federal authorization to administer and enforce state and 
tribal programs that regulate lead-based paint activities based on the 
section 402 regulations. The overall goals of the section 402 and 
section 404 regulations and the reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements found therein are to ensure the availability of a trained 
and qualified workforce to identify and address lead-based paint 
hazards in residences, and to protect the general public from exposure 
to lead hazards.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 745). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. 
EPA will disclose information that is covered by a CBI claim only to 
the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 40 
CFR part 2.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to range between 
0.4 hours and 79.6 hours per response, depending on the type of 
respondent. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Companies or firms that provide 
training in lead-based paint activities; companies or firms that are 
engaged in lead-based paint activities; state agencies that administer 
lead-based paint activities.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 23,433.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 440,813 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Costs: $15,648,532.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is an increase of 49,639 hours 
(from 391,174 hours to 440,813 hours) in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This 
increase results from revisions in the number of respondents and/or the 
number of activities or events for which respondents must provide 
information, based on EPA's experience since the approval of the most 
recent ICR. This increase represents an adjustment.

    Dated: November 8, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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