[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76939-76940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28092]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0082; FRL-7854-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Lead-Based Paint Pre-Renovation 
Information Dissemination--TSCA Section 406(b); EPA ICR No. 1669.04, 
OMB No. 2070-0158

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. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 
December 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 January 24, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2004-0082, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected] or by mail to: Document Control Office 
(DCO), 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: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On April 19, 2004, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (69 
FR 20871). EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). 
EPA received three comments during the comment period, which are 
addressed in the Supporting Statement of the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2004-0082, 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: Lead-Based Paint Pre-Renovation Information Dissemination--
TSCA Sec. 406(b).
    Abstract: This information collection involves third-party 
notification to owners and occupants of housing that will allow these 
individuals to avoid exposure to lead-contaminated dust and lead-based 
paint debris that are sometimes generated during renovations of housing 
where lead-based paint is present, thereby protecting public health. 
Since young children are especially susceptible to the hazards of lead, 
owners and occupants with children can take action to protect their 
children from lead poisonings. Section 406(b) of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to promulgate regulations requiring 
certain persons who perform renovations of target housing for 
compensation to provide a lead hazard information pamphlet (developed 
under TSCA section 406(a)) to the owner and occupants of such housing 
prior to beginning the renovation. Those who fail to provide the 
pamphlet as required may be subject to both civil and criminal 
sanctions.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 745, subpart E). 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.

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    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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
one and a half hours per 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Persons who perform renovations of 
certain types of housing, constructed prior to 1978, for compensation.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 2,482,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,461,542 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $111,929,595.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects an increase of 
522,996 hours (from 2,938,546 hours to 3,461,542 hours) in the total 
estimated respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. 
This increase is due to an increase in the estimated number of annual 
renovation events, as detailed in the Supporting Statement for this 
ICR. The increased number of renovation events is the result of 
increased spending on renovations and reflects a general economic 
trend. The change in burden represents an adjustment.

    Dated: December 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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