[Federal Register: January 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 17)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0045; FRL-7864-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Region 7 Lead Education and
Awareness Project in St. Louis, MO, EPA ICR Number 2161.01
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 28,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0045, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Scott, Mail Code ARTDRALI,
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 North Fifth Street,
Kansas City, KS 66101; telephone number: (913) 551-7312; fax number:
(913) 551-7844; email address: scott.patriciaa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 22, 2004, (69 FR 56754), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments
received.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2004-0045, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center is (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted materials, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket
.
Title: Region 7 Lead Education and Awareness Project in St. Louis,
Missouri.
Abstract: EPA Region 7 and the Office of Compliance (OC) within the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) are planning to
conduct a performance baseline survey and follow-up survey for the
Lessors and Lessees sectors. OC is interested in having a baseline
performance survey conducted and compliance assistance needs assessment
for the Lessors sector. In addition, OC is interested in assessing the
awareness and behavioral change of Lessees through a survey. There are
three main purposes for these Lessor and Lessee surveys:
To determine a baseline level of regulatory awareness of
and compliance with the ``Residential Lead-Based Paint
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Hazard Reduction Act of 1992'' (Title X) and the ``Requirements for
Disclosure of Known Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards in
Housing'' rule (Disclosure Rule), from which to measure the success of
the Agency's compliance outreach efforts for reporting under the
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). For key sectors for
which EPA is planning to initiate compliance assistance, a baseline
level of compliance and regulatory awareness is needed from which to
measure future progress.
To determine the effectiveness of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) education and outreach efforts.
To determine whether lessees are reading and understanding
the Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home pamphlet and whether
they are implementing methods to reduce lead exposure as a result.
The EPA Region 7 is planning targeted Disclosure Rule inspections
in high risk areas of St. Louis, Missouri during FY2005 and/or FY2006.
The activities planned under the Statistically Valid Compliance
Assistance Rate study are designed to determine the baseline rate of
lessors' compliance with the Disclosure Rule and whether lessees are
reading and understanding the Protect Your Family From Lead In Your
Home pamphlet and implementing methods to reduce exposure to lead. The
EPA would like to conduct statistically valid voluntary surveys with a
sample size of approximately 150 respondents. These surveys will be
used to establish a performance baseline at the start of the study. A
follow-up survey will then be conducted to determine progress against
the baseline.
The OECA has adopted a sector approach for many of its compliance
assistance activities. The lessor sector is an example of a sector for
which EPA has focused many of its compliance assistance activities.
There is considerable debate as to the extent of regulatory compliance,
the need for additional compliance assistance, and the effectiveness of
compliance assistance methods and materials developed for this sector.
The OECA would like to conduct a statistically valid voluntary survey
and site-visit survey of a sample of lessor venues in areas of high
risk for lead poisoning in St. Louis, Missouri to determine a
performance snapshot of this sector which reflects current sector
performance with respect to the Disclosure Rule. The surveys will be
conducted as a voluntary blind sample (i.e., the lessors' identities
will be unknown to EPA and the lessors will participate voluntarily).
The results of the survey will provide OECA with information on
compliance assistance applicable to this sector and information from
which to measure the success of OECA's compliance assistance programs
for Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) reporting purposes.
The EPA Region 7 will evaluate the need for educational outreach
for an additional sector: lessees in areas of St. Louis, Missouri at
high risk for lead poisoning. Sufficient data are not available in
EPA's databases to evaluate the current rate at which lessees are
reading the EPA pamphlet, Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home,
and are implementing behavioral changes to reduce lead exposure as a
result. Therefore, OECA is interested in determining:
The level of regulatory awareness and compliance in the
lessor sector;
Areas of noncompliance and root causes of noncompliance;
The need for compliance assistance for the lessor sector
The need for educational outreach for the lessee sector.
The OECA is soliciting comment on whether to conduct a
statistically valid voluntary survey and site-visit survey of a sample
of lessors and a site-visit survey of a sample of lessees in high risk
areas of St. Louis.
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 for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes 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 other wise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Lessors conducting business in areas
of high risk for lead poisoning in St. Louis, Missouri; Lessees living
in areas of high risk for lead poisoning in St. Louis, Missouri.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 150 respondents in
areas of high risk for lead poisoning in St. Louis Missouri.
Frequency of Response: Twice (EPA Region 7 will conduct a follow-up
survey in FY2007).
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 225 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,000, which includes $0 annual
capital/startup and O&M costs, and $11,000 annual labor costs.
Dated: January 10, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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