[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44168-44169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17957]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0715; FRL 9914-29-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Survey of the Public and Commercial Building 
Industry

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``Survey of the Public and 
Commercial Building Industry'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2494.01 
and OMB Control No. 2070-NEW. The ICR, which is available in the docket 
along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of 
the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly 
summarized in this document. EPA has addressed the comments received in 
response to the previously provided public review issued in the Federal 
Register on December 6, 2013 (78 FR 73520). With this submission, EPA 
is providing an additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments may be received on or before August 29, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0715, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     To OMB via email to [email protected]. Address 
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
docket without change, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Brown, Economics, Exposure and 
Technology Division (7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-3218; fax 
number: (202) 564-8893; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are displayed either by publication in the 
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB 
control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: EPA has initiated a proceeding to investigate whether and 
what type of regulatory action might be appropriate to control 
exposures to lead dust resulting from renovation, repair, and painting 
(RRP) activities in public and commercial buildings (P&CBs). These 
proceedings have been described in previous Federal Register documents, 
entitled ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public 
and Commercial Buildings'' (advance notice of proposed rulemaking) (75 
FR 24848, May 6, 2010) (FRL-8823-6); ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and 
Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings; Request for 
Information and Advance Notice of Public Meeting'' (77 FR 76996, 
December 31, 2012) (FRL-9373-7); and ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, and 
Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings; Notice of Public 
Meeting and Reopening of Comment Period'' (78 FR 27906, May 13, 2013) 
(FRL-9385-6). EPA plans to conduct a survey to collect information on: 
Building and activity patterns that may affect exposures to lead dust 
from RRP activities in P&CBs the number of firms that perform RRP 
activities in P&CBs the types and numbers of RRP activities that are 
performed; the extent to which various work practices are currently 
being used in RRP jobs in P&CBs and the extent to which various work 
practices that help with the containment and cleanup of lead dust are 
currently being used in RRP jobs performed in P&CBs.
    The information collected through the survey (along with 
information submitted to EPA in response to the previous Federal 
Register documents for this proceeding, as well as other data sources) 
will allow EPA to predict a baseline for the incidence of different 
types of RRP activities that disturb lead-based paint in P&CBs, the 
methods that are used to conduct these activities, the work practices 
that are used to contain and clean the resulting dust, and the 
characteristics of the buildings where the work is performed. EPA will 
use this information to estimate the resulting exposures to lead dust, 
which will inform Agency decisionmaking about the need for and scope of 
potential regulatory or other actions to reduce exposures to lead dust 
from RRP activities in P&CBs. If EPA determines that a regulation is 
needed, the Agency will use this data to assess the incremental 
benefits and costs of potential options to reduce such exposures. The 
information collected through the survey is necessary to inform Agency 
decisionmakers about the need for and scope of regulatory or other 
actions to protect against risks created by RRP activities disturbing 
lead-based paint in P&CBs.
    Establishments will be selected using a stratified random sampling 
method. EPA plans to have a total of 402

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respondents complete a questionnaire. The information collection will 
utilize separate questionnaires for contractors that perform RRP 
activities in P&CBs lessors and managers of P&CBs that use their own 
staff to perform RRP activities; and building owners and occupants of 
P&CBs that use their own staff to perform RRP activities. The survey 
asks for readily available information, e.g., information known or 
easily accessible by respondents.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: RRP contractors that work in P&CBs, 
lessors and managers of P&CBs, and owners and occupants of P&CBs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 8,485.
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Estimated Total Burden: 564 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.3(b).
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $34,103. This includes an estimated 
burden cost of $34,103 and an estimated cost of $0 for capital 
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This is a request for a new approval 
from OMB.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Spencer W. Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-17957 Filed 7-29-14; 8:45 am]
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