[Federal Register: September 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 186)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OW-2003-0078; FRL-7819-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Wastewater Operator
Training and Technical Assistance Program--CWA 104(g)(1) (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1977.02, OMB Control Number 2040-0238
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 to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30,
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 27,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2003-
0078, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to OW-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 4101T, 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: Margaret Dodds, Office of Water, Mail
Code 4204M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-0728; fax
number: (202) 501-2396; e-mail address: dodds.margaret@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 November 10, 2003 (68 FR 63778), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OW-2003-0078, which is available for public viewing at the Water
Docket 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 Office of
Water Docket is (202) 566-2426. 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 material, 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: National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical
Assistance Program--CWA 104(g)(1) (Renewal).
Abstract: The Wastewater Operator Training Program provides on-site
technical assistance to municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Information will be collected from the network of forty-six 104(g)(1)
training centers set up through out the United States. The information
will be collected to identify the facilities assisted, the different
types of assistance the program provides and the environmental outcomes
and benefits of the assistance provided by the program. The information
will be collected and submitted on either an annual or semi-annual
basis. A Microsoft Access database and a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet have
been developed for this purpose. This ICR will be used by EPA for the
technical and financial management of the 104(g)(1) Program. It is
strongly suggested that the 104(g)(1) Program training centers
participate in the information collection although it is not mandatory.
All information in the data system will be made public upon request.
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 recordkeeping
burden for
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this collection of information is estimated to average 7 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 otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State and local governments, State
and county colleges, and those organizations which provide training
assistance through the Clean Water Act 104(g)(1) Program to municipal
wastewater treatment plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 46.
Frequency of Response: Annually and biannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 322.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,000, includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs and $13,000 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 14 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the reduction of the
number of respondents from forty-eight (48) to forty-six (46). There is
an increase of $6,000 in the total estimated cost burden. This increase
is due to the increase of the average salary of those involved in
reporting.
Dated: September 9, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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