[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31318-31319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13920]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0692; FRL-9988-64-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Lead Training, Certification, Accreditation 
and Authorization Activities (Renewal)

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), Lead Training, 
Certification, Accreditation and Authorization Activities (EPA ICR 
Number 2507.03, OMB Control Number 2070-0195) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed extension of the 
ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2019. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 31, 
2018. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated 
burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2017-0692, to (1) EPA online using 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, and (2) 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 public 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: For technical information, contact 
John Yowell, National Program Chemicals

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Division, (7404T), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1213; email address: 
[email protected]. For general information, contact the TSCA-Hotline, 
ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone 
number: (202) 554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West 
William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This is a request to renew the approval of an information 
collection involving third-party notification, required under section 
406(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to owners and 
occupants of housing--informing them about the dangers of lead-
contaminated dust and paint debris that are sometimes generated during 
renovations of housing where lead-based paint is present. Section 
406(b) of TSCA requires EPA to promulgate regulations requiring certain 
persons who perform renovations for compensation on target housing 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. Further, the firm performing the renovation 
must keep records acknowledging receipt of the pamphlet on file for 
three years after completion of work. Those who fail to provide the 
pamphlet or keep records as required may be subject to both civil and 
criminal sanctions.
    This information collection also addresses the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for individuals or firms conducting lead-
based paint activities or renovation in or on houses, apartments, or 
child-occupied facilities built before 1978, under the authority of 
sections 402 and 404 of TSCA. These sections and their implementing 
regulations require EPA to develop and administer a training and 
certification program as well as work practice standards for persons 
who perform lead-based paint activities or renovations. With respect to 
target housing or child-occupied facilities, 40 CFR part 745, subpart 
E, covers work practice standards, recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements, individual and firm certification, and enforcement for 
renovations while 40 CFR part 745, subpart L, covers inspections, lead 
hazard screens, risk assessments, and abatement activities. 40 CFR part 
745, subpart Q, establishes the requirements that state or tribal 
programs must meet for authorization to administer the standards, 
regulations, or other requirements established under TSCA Section 402.
    Respondents may claim all or part of a document confidential. EPA 
will disclose information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality 
only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures 
in TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
    Form Numbers: 8500-25; 8500-27; 747-B-99-002.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include persons who are engaged in lead-based paint activities 
and/or perform renovations of target housing or child-occupied 
facilities for compensation, dust sampling, or dust testing; or who 
perform lead-based paint inspections, lead hazard screens, risk 
assessments or abatements in target housing or child-occupied 
facilities; or who provide training or operate a training program for 
individuals who perform any of these activities; or state, territorial 
or tribal agencies that administer lead-based paint activities and/or 
renovation programs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 745).
    Estimated number of respondents: 770,564 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 5,251,320 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $303,099,637 (per year), includes $15,274,835 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,211,977 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This change reflects decreases to the estimated number 
of respondents based on the number of respondents reporting to EPA for 
the prior information collection as well as changes in the number of 
events for certain paperwork activities based on market factors. In 
addition, the renewal ICR presents estimated annualized capital or 
operation & maintenance costs of approximately $15,274,835. These costs 
were inadvertently excluded from the Agency's estimates in the existing 
ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-13920 Filed 6-28-19; 8:45 am]
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