[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5673-5676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03107]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act, EPA's Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) is providing notice of its 
proposal to modify an existing system of records (SOR) by updating the 
category of uses to add lead-based paint and renovator professionals' 
photographs, to add names of training program managers and principal 
course instructors as well as their education or experience or training 
qualifications, to discuss EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) 
interconnection for online applications and notifications submissions 
and other administrative updates to the ``Federal Lead-Based Paint 
Program System of Records'' (FLPPSOR). FLPPSOR stores information in 
both electronic and hard-copy formats and contains information about 
individuals who have applied for certification to conduct lead-based 
paint and renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities and students 
taking classes in lead-based paint and RRP activities. FLPPSOR contains 
information about individuals who have been trained or applied for 
certification to perform lead-based paint and RRP activities. FLPPSOR 
contains information about individuals who are trained or certified in 
the following disciplines: abatement workers, inspectors, supervisors, 
risk assessors, project designers, renovators and dust sampling 
technicians. The EPA Federal Lead-Based Paint Program system of records 
does not duplicate any existing system of records. The system handles 
Privacy Act protected information in the same manner regardless of 
whether the information is contained in electronic or hard-copy form.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice 
amendment must do so by March 25, 2019.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OEI-2017-0588, by one of the following methods:
    Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected].
    Fax: 202-566-1752.
    Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2017-0588. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the public docket without change and may be made available 
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information for which 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov. 
The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system for 
EPA, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. Each 
agency determines submission requirements within their own internal 
processes and standards. EPA has no requirement of personal 
information. If you send an email comment directly to the EPA without 
going through www.regulations.gov your email address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include your 
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with 
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due 
to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should 
avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be 
free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, 
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard 
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI 
Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Wright, National Program 
Chemicals Division (7404T), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1975; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. General Information

    On August 29, 1996, EPA published the requirements for Lead-Based 
Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities in the 
Federal Register with an effective date of October 28, 1996. These 
regulations established requirements for firms to be certified, an 
accreditation program for training providers, and training, 
certification and work practice requirements for individuals in the 
following abatement disciplines: Inspectors, supervisors, risk 
assessors, project designers and workers. On April 8, 2004, EPA 
published the notification requirements for Lead-Based Paint Abatement 
Activities and Training in the Federal Register with an effective date 
of May 10, 2004. These regulations established notification procedures 
for certified lead abatement firms to notify EPA prior to commencement 
of lead-based paint abatement activities and accredited training 
providers to notify EPA prior to teaching an abatement training course 
and submit a post-training notification following completion of the 
training course to provide EPA information about the individuals that 
were trained. On April 22, 2008, EPA published the RRP rule in the 
Federal Register with an effective date of June 23, 2008. The RRP rule 
established requirements for training renovators and dust-sampling 
technicians; certifying renovators, dust sampling technicians and 
renovation firms; and accrediting providers of renovator and dust 
sampling technician training. FLPPSOR contains information about 
individuals who are certified inspectors, supervisors, risk assessors, 
project designers, abatement workers, renovators and dust sampling 
technicians. Also, FLPPSOR contains the names of training program 
managers and principal course instructors as well as their education or 
experience or training qualifications. EPA administers the 
certification and accreditation programs in States, Tribal areas, and 
territories that do not have EPA's authorization to independently 
administer such programs. Access to the system is restricted to 
authorized users and will be maintained in a secure, password-protected 
computer system, in secure areas and buildings with physical access 
controls and environmental controls.
    The system is maintained by EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER
    Federal Lead-Based Paint Program System of Records (FLPPSOR) and 
EPA-54.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Records maintained in FLPPSOR are stored in electronic and hard-
copy formats at Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC, EPA regional offices 
and the Federal program contractor's office.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Tanya Mottley, Director, National Program Chemicals Division, 
USEPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, (7404T), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-1652; and 
Michelle Price, Chief, Lead, Heavy Metals and Inorganics Branch, 
National Program Chemicals Division, USEPA, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, (7404T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460, (202) 566-0744.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    40 CFR part 745 Lead--Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Activities 
in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities and 40 CFR part 745 
Lead--Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    The purpose of FLPPSOR is to maintain information submitted

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electronically via EPA's CDX system to the Agency and through various 
documents under the Federal Lead-Based Paint and RRP Programs. These 
records include application forms, notification forms, and various 
support documents. FLPPSOR supports activities integral to the program 
(i.e., issuing certificates, analyzing information, generating letters 
and reports, and providing information to allow for executing various 
enforcement actions). EPA's CDX Customer Registration Subsystem's 
System of Records Notice is EPA-52 [(Federal Register: December 8, 2003 
(Volume 68, Number 234)]. The CDX system has an interconnection to the 
FLPP Database system. On January 15, 2015, the CDX Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) and CDX Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA) 
documents were signed. The MOU defines the responsibilities of the 
participating organizations of the interconnection and the ISA 
specifies the technical and security requirements of the 
interconnection.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Individuals covered by the system include those who have been 
trained or have applied for certification to perform lead-based paint 
and RRP activities in the following disciplines: inspectors, 
supervisors, risk assessors, project designers, abatement workers, 
renovators, and dust sampling technicians. In addition, individuals 
covered by the system include training program managers and principal 
course instructors who have been accredited to teach lead-based paint 
and RRP activities in the following disciplines: inspectors, 
supervisors, risk assessors, project designers, abatement workers, 
renovators, and dust sampling technicians.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    FLPPSOR contains individuals' names, addresses, telephone numbers, 
dates of birth, photographs of lead-based paint and RRP professionals, 
signatures, course test scores, submitted fees, and certificate numbers 
as well as the names of training program managers and principal course 
instructors as well as their education or experience or training 
qualifications.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information is obtained from individuals who have submitted a 
certification application and have been trained by an accredited 
training provider. FLPPSOR maintains records on individuals derived 
from a variety of sources relating to the undertaking of individuals 
applying for certification and being trained to perform lead-based 
paint and RRP activities. Also, FLPPSOR maintains records of the names 
of training program managers and principal course instructors as well 
as their education or experience or training qualifications.
    These record sources include the following forms submitted to EPA: 
EPA Form 8500-28, ``Application and Instructions for Individuals 
Applying for Certification to Conduct Lead-Based Paint Activities'' and 
EPA Form 8500-25, ``Application and Instructions for Training Providers 
Applying for Accreditation of Lead-Based Paint Activity and Renovator 
Training Programs.'' The information derived from these forms concerns 
individuals who have applied for certification or accreditation in 
lead-based paint or renovation, repair and painting activities. Two 
record sources include information derived from required notifications 
submitted to EPA pursuant to 40 CFR part 745. The first record source 
requires firms certified under 40 CFR 745.227 to provide notification 
to the Agency prior to conducting lead-based paint abatement 
activities. The second record source requires training programs 
accredited under 40 CFR 745.225 to provide notification to the Agency 
prior to (pre-training notice) and then following conducting lead-based 
paint and RRP activities training courses (post-training notice). The 
data derived from the post-training notifications includes information 
on inspectors, supervisors, risk assessors, project designers, 
abatement workers, renovators and dust sampling technicians who have 
been trained. Finally, other record sources of information stored in 
the system may include supplementary documents obtained by headquarters 
and regional offices in the application approval process.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    General routine uses are as follows: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, K(73 
FR 2245). (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/14/E8-445/amendment-to-general-routine-uses)
    In addition, the Agency may disclose information from FLPPSOR to 
Federal, State, or local agencies, present and former employers and 
business and personal associates, and hearing officials, as a given 
situation might require for purposes including the following:
    (1) To verify the identity of the individual;
    (2) To enforce the conditions or terms of the Agency's Lead-Based 
Paint Program and RRP Program regulations;
    (3) To investigate possible fraud by, for example, applicants and 
users, and verify compliance with the Agency's Lead-Based Paint Program 
and RRP Program regulations;
    (4) To prepare for litigation or to litigate fee collections and 
reporting enforcement matters;
    (5) To initiate a limitation, suspension, and termination (LS&T) or 
debarment action;
    (6) To investigate complaints, update files, and correct errors;
    (7) To prepare for alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) in any of 
the cases described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4);
    (8) To engage in audits or other internal matters within EPA;
    (9) To contact certified individuals and applicants in the event of 
a system modification that changes their application or certification 
information; or
    (10) To respond to a change to FLPPSOR, as in the case of a 
modification, revocation, or termination of a user's access privileges.
    (11) Disclosure to Persons or Entities in Response to an Actual or 
Suspected Compromise or Breach of Personally Identifiable Information
    To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) the Agency 
suspects or has confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of 
records,[middot] (2) the Agency has determined that as a result of the 
suspected or confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, 
the Agency (including its information systems, programs, and 
operations), the Federal Government, or national security; and (3) the 
disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably 
necessary to assist in connection with the Agency's efforts to respond 
to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy 
such harm.
    (12) Disclosure to assist another agency in its efforts to respond 
to a breach.
    To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when the Agency 
determines that information from this system of records is reasonably 
necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to 
a suspected or confirmed breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 
remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or 
entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations), 
the Federal Government, or national

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security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Storage: Records maintained under the FLPPSOR are stored in 
different formats and in several locations. Each of these record 
collections, which together comprise the FLPPSOR, must adhere to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act and are subject to the rules and 
restrictions for disclosure of information specified under the Freedom 
of Information Act.
    (1) The main system is located at EPA's National Computer Center 
(NCC) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. This database 
contains information entered from some of the primary sources listed 
above under ``Categories of Records in the System'' (submitted form and 
notifications).
    (2) Hard-copy files are located in EPA regional offices and the 
facility operated by EPA's Federal program contractor's office. These 
records include the original or photocopied paper submissions 
(including supplementary information) provided to the Agency.
    (3) EPA regional offices have developed electronic systems for 
their local uses. These electronic records are maintained separate from 
the main central server at RTP and are used solely by the regional 
offices.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Retrievability: Records are retrieved by an individual's name, 
application ID number, applicant ID number, or program activity.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    Retention and Disposal: EPA will retain and dispose of these 
records in accordance with the EPA Records Schedule 089 and the 
National Archives and Records Administration General Records Schedule 
23/8. Application records maintained in the system are deleted/
destroyed two years after the date of the last entry.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Safeguards: Physical access to the system housed in the facility at 
RTP is controlled by a computerized badge-reading system, with security 
patrols during non-business hours. All interactions between the system 
and the authorized individual users are recorded through use of a card 
reader and tracking database. Paper records stored at EPA's Federal 
program contractor and storage facility are protected by computerized 
badge-reading security systems, with files maintained in locked file 
drawers. Records stored at EPA offices are secured through building 
security protocols and computerized badge-reading systems. FLPP's 
Security Manager gives access and assigns the different access roles to 
FLPP users. The FLPP database uses an authentication system to valid 
FLPP users to have access to use the database.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Requesters seeking access to this system of records must follow the 
``Notification Procedure'' listed below and will be required to provide 
adequate identification (e.g., driver's license, military 
identification card, employee badge or identification card). Additional 
identity verification procedures may be required as warranted. Requests 
must meet the requirements of EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 16.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to contest a record in the system of records, contact 
the Agency's National Privacy Program as described under ``Notification 
Procedure'' listed below. Your written inquiry should identify the 
record(s) to be corrected, the corrective action sought, including any 
requested amendment to the records, and any supporting documentation 
you consider relevant to EPA's consideration of your request.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    Requests to determine whether this system of records contains a 
record pertaining to you must be sent to the Agency's National Privacy 
Program. The address is: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 2335 West; Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566-
1668; Email: ([email protected]); Attn: Agency Privacy Officer.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    70 FR 35251--Established a new System of Records (SOR) under the 
Federal Lead-Based Paint Program (June 17, 2005).
    74 FR 42298--Amended an existing system of records (SOR) by 
changing the title of ``Lead-Based Paint System of Records'' (LPSOR) to 
the ``Federal Lead-Based Paint Program System of Records'' (FLPPSOR).

    Dated: September 11, 2018.
Vaughn Noga,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-03107 Filed 2-21-19; 8:45 am]
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