Survey of the Public and Commercial Building Industry

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
2494.02_ChangeJustification.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2018-01-05

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
212529	Response to Survey Other-Survey	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2070-0193	ICR Reference No: 201801-2070-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201407-2070-003
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 2494.02
Title: Survey of the Public and Commercial Building Industry
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/25/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/05/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2018	08/31/2018	08/31/2018
Responses	17,763	0	8,485
Time Burden (Hours)	708	0	564
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	34,103

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Abstract: This non-substantive change request revises the estimated number of responses and burden based on actual experience with respondents participating in this ongoing information collection. Specifically, this change request recalculates both the unit burden estimates and the estimated number of screening responses needed to reach the target number of in-scope respondents in the approved Information Collection Request (ICR). This change request also revises one of the questionnaires in the survey to include an additional screening question. This is a non-substantive change because the information is already being collected in an existing question in the currently approved questionnaire. But including the question in the screening section of the questionnaire will better target respondents for the survey.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 2681 et seq Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 73520	12/06/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 44168	07/30/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Response to Survey

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	17,763	8,485	0	0	9,278	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	708	564	0	0	144	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	34,103	0	0	-34,103	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: EPA is revising the estimated number of screening responses to reflect the actual proportion of respondents that are in scope for the survey. (This does not change the number of full questionnaires being completed, which remains a total 402 responses.) The proportion of contractors and lessors/property managers in scope is lower than assumed in the approved ICR, while the proportion of building occupants in scope is higher than predicted. Thus, the number of contractors and lessors/property managers to be screened is being increased from the currently approved ICR, while the number of building occupants to be screened is decreased. Adding an additional screening question to the contractor survey reduces the number of contractors that will be in scope, further increasing the number of respondents to be screened. In addition, EPA is eliminating the estimated cost burden, which previously was erroneously reported to OMB. The previously estimated annual cost of $34,103 represented the labor cost associated with the estimated burden hours and not O&M costs or other capital costs.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $710,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 01/05/2018

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