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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice.
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- ( printed page 29953) 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.
Comments may be submitted on or before June 22, 2026.
Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0319, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to docket.epa.gov, 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 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.
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: Sleasman.Katherine@epa.gov.
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 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. Additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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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