[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70816-70817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25282]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0631; FRL-10433-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards 
Disclosure Requirements (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazards Disclosure Requirements (EPA ICR Number 1710.09, OMB Control 
Number 2070-0151) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on March 1, 2022, during a 60-day comment 
period. 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 must be received on or before December 21, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2017-0631, online www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
by email to www.epa.gov/dockets, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection

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Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 
Branch (7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the information collection activities 
associated with the reporting and recordkeeping requirements for 
sellers, lessors, and their agents' disclosure activities in target 
housing including the allowance of up to ten days for an optional risk 
assessment or inspection before being obligated under a purchase or 
lease contract.
    Form Numbers: 9600-040 and 9600-041.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Persons engaged in selling or 
leasing certain residential dwellings built before 1978. The North 
American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes associated with 
industries most likely affected by the paperwork requirements are 
provided in the ICR.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, 40 CFR part 745.
    Estimated number of respondents: 16,793,558 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 5,481,069 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $133,320,708 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 471,275 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in 
the ICR currently approved by OMB. As explained in more detail in the 
ICR, this decrease reflects revisions to the estimated number of 
respondents based on updates to data sources, revisions to time burden 
estimates due to technological change (e.g., widespread use of 
electronic real estate transacting and documentation), and revisions 
based on market factors (e.g., declines in the numbers of rentals and 
declines in the amount of owner-occupied target housing in the market).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25282 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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