[Federal Register: June 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 124)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2007-1197; FRL-8685-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Proposed Collection; Comment Request;
Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1896.08, OMB Control No. 2040-0204
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2007-1197 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, MC:
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
by mail to: 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: Richard Naylor, Drinking Water
Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (4606M),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3847; fax number: 202-
564-3755; e-mail address: naylor.richard@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 February 15, 2008 (73 FR 8865), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two comments during the
comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2007-1197, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Water Docket is 202-566-2426.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and
Radionuclides Rule (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1896.08, OMB Control No. 2040-0204.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water system (PWS), primacy
agency and EPA burden and costs for recordkeeping and reporting
requirements in support of the chemical drinking water regulations.
These recordkeeping and reporting requirements are mandatory for
compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The following chemical
regulations are included: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 DBPR), Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 DBPR), Chemical Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V),
1976 Radionuclides Rule and 2000 Radionuclides Rule, Total
Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Rule, Disinfectant Residual Monitoring and
Associated Activities under the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Arsenic
Rule, Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) and revisions. Future chemical-related
rulemakings, such as Radon, will be added to this consolidated ICR
after the regulations are finalized and the initial, rule-specific ICRs
are due to expire.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.48
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: New and existing public water
systems (PWSs), primacy agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 155,750.
Frequency of Response: varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion,
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, biennially, and every 3,
6, and 9 years).
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Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,119,259.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $452,688,716, includes $240,118,273
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 604,910 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is primarily attributable to the
use of updated system inventories and entry points per system to
calculate monitoring costs.
Dated: June 20, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14522 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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