Notice2026-10193
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools and Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (Renewal)
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Published
May 21, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools and Asbestos Model Accreditation Plans (EPA ICR Number 1365.13, OMB Control Number 2070- 0091) 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 approved through May 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 23, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29952-29953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10193]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0319; FRL-13397-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools and Asbestos Model
Accreditation Plan (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), Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools and Asbestos Model Accreditation Plans (EPA ICR Number 1365.13,
OMB Control Number 2070-
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0091) 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 approved through May 31, 2026.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
July 23, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 22, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2017-0319, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="http://docket.epa.gov">docket.epa.gov</a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/</a>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, Office of Mission
Critical Operations (Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
566-1204; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ac9f6fffbe9f7fbf4b4d1fbeef2ffe8f3f4ffdaffeafbb4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ccff0f9fdeff1fdf2b2d7fde8f4f9eef5f2f9dcf9ecfdb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through May 31, 2026. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on July 23, 2025, during a 60-day comment period (90 FR 346580). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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. Additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This Information Collection Request addresses reporting
and recordkeeping requirements found in the Asbestos-Containing
Materials in Schools Rule (``AHERA Rule'' a.k.a. ``Schools Rule'') and
the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (MAP) Rule. Section 203 of the
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) 15 U.S.C. 2641-2656,
authorizes the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations ``for
determining whether asbestos-containing material is present in a school
building under the authority of a local education agency (LEA).''
Accordingly, the Agency developed regulations in 40 CFR part 763,
subpart E to require LEAs to conduct inspections, develop management
plans, and design or conduct response actions. Records must be
maintained by all LEAs on inspections and response action activity, and
current management plans must be provided upon request to EPA and state
reviewers for examination. Section 206 of AHERA, as amended, authorized
the EPA Administrator, in consultation with affected organizations, to
develop a model accreditation plan for states. The MAP provides
accreditation criteria for persons who inspect for asbestos, develop
management plans, and design or conduct response actions. States are
required to adopt an accreditation plan at least as stringent as the
EPA model plan. The accreditation requirements apply to persons who
work in public and commercial buildings as well as schools.
Accreditation of laboratories that analyze asbestos bulk samples and
asbestos air samples is also required by AHERA. This ICR estimates the
paperwork burden for LEAs to inspect for asbestos and update management
plans to protect all school building occupants from exposure to
asbestos. This collection also estimates the paperwork burden for the
accreditation of persons who inspect for asbestos, develop management
plans, and design or conduct response actions and the paperwork burden
associated with state accreditation programs.
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
Form number(s): None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include the following respondents with NAICS Codes: Elementary
and Secondary School Districts (61111); All States (92311); Training
Providers (61143) and State Asbestos Accreditation Programs (92312).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, per 15 U.S.C. 2643,
15 U.S.C. 2601 and 15 U.S.C. 2646.
Estimated number of respondents: 129,640 (total).
Frequency of response: On Occasion.
Total estimated burden: 2,414,694 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $152,203,002 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 185,985 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease, which is discussed in more detail in
the ICR, reflects a steadily declining number of schools with friable
asbestos containing materials (ACM). This change is an adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data & Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-10193 Filed 5-20-26; 8:45 am]
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