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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards Disclosure Requirements (Renewal)

A Notice by the Environmental Protection Agency on 08/27/2026

Published Document: 2026-17468 (91 FR 55343)

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  1. [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0631; FRL-13605-01-OFA]

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards Disclosure Requirements (EPA ICR Number 1710.10 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 August 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 26, 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 September 28, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0631, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn Siu, 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: 202-566-1205; email address: .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 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. ( printed page 55344)

Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 26, 2025 during a 60-day comment period (90 FR 54325). 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. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit http://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 purchase or lease contract.

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 Numbers: EPA Forms 9600-040 and 9600-041.

Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR include lessors of real estate and real estate agents North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 5311 and 5312.

Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. 40 CFR 475.

Estimated number of respondents: 39,979,082 (total).

Frequency of response: On occasion.

Total estimated burden: 4,456,371 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).

Total estimated cost: $130,820,508 (per year), which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.

Changes in the estimates: There is decrease of 1,024,698 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 EPA's updating of burden estimates for this collection based on recent data on the number of home sales and new rental agreements over the past few years, as well as the number of real estate agents assisting buyers, sellers, and lessors of properties. This change is an adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,

Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.

[FR Doc. 2026-17468 Filed 8-26-26; 8:45 am]

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Published Document: 2026-17468 (91 FR 55343)