[Federal Register: January 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 11)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Pesticides; OMB Review of Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) entitled: Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule 
and Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule [EPA ICR No. 1365.05; OMB 
Control No. 2070-0091] has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the OMB procedures 
in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated cost and burden.
    The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing 
approval for this ICR, which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 1998. 
A Federal Register document announcing the Agency's intent to seek the 
renewal of this ICR and the 60-day public comment opportunity, 
requesting comments on the request and the contents of the ICR, was 
issued on October 3, 1997 (62 FR 51853). EPA did not receive any 
comments on this ICR during the comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 17, 
1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202) 
260-2740, by e-mail: ``farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,'' or download off 
the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1365.05.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1365.05 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0091, to the following addresses:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory 
Information Division (Mailcode: 2137), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20460.
    And to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved 
information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1365.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0091.
    Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on March 31, 
1998.
    Title: Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule
    Abstract: The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) 
requires local education agencies (LEAs) to conduct inspections, 
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management plans, and design or conduct response actions with respect 
to the presence of asbestos-containing materials in school buildings. 
AHERA also requires states to develop model accreditation plans for 
persons who perform asbestos inspections, develop management control 
plans, and design or conduct response actions. This information 
collection addresses the burden associated with recordkeeping 
requirements imposed on LEAs by the asbestos in schools rule, and 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements imposed on states and training 
providers related to the model accreditation plan rule.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 763, subpart E).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to range between 6 hours and 140 
hours per response, depending upon the category of respondent, for an 
estimated 107,551 respondents making one or more submissions of 
information annually. These estimates include 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. No person is required to respond to 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. The OMB control numbers for these regulations are 
displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are local education agencies and states with recordkeeping 
and/or reporting responsibilities under the Asbestos-Containing 
Materials in Schools rule, and training providers and states with 
recordkeeping and/or reporting responsibilities under the Model 
Accreditation Plan rule.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 107,551.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,367,293 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 19,857 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden as compared with that identified 
in the information collection request most recently approved by OMB, 
from 2,387,150 hours currently to an estimated 2,367,293 hours. Most of 
this decrease reflects the completion of startup costs associated with 
the Model Accreditation Plan. A smaller portion of the decrease is due 
to the reduction in the number of training providers and changes in the 
numbers of school buildings containing friable asbestos.
    According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has 
submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any comments related 
to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 30 days of this 
document, as described above.

    Dated: January 12, 1998
Joseph Retzer,
Director, egulatory Information Division.
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