[Federal Register: December 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 237)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0437; FRL-8749-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Public Water System Supervision
Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0270.43, OMB Control No. 2040-0090
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 January 8,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0437 to (1) EPA online using 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
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review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 6, 2008 (73 FR 32325), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-2008-0437, which is available for online viewing at
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
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: Public Water System Supervision Program (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0270.43, OMB Control No. 2040-0090.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 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 Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program ICR
examines Public Water System (PWS), primacy agency, EPA, laboratories,
and tribal operator certification provider burden and costs for
``cross-cutting'' recordkeeping and reporting requirements (i.e., the
burden and costs for complying with drinking water information
requirements that are not associated with contaminant-specific
rulemakings). These activities which have recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR parts 141
and 142 include the following: Consumer Confidence Reports, Variance
and Exemption Rule, Capacity Development, General State Primacy
Activities, Public Notification, Operator Certification/Expense
Reimbursement Program, Tribal Operator Certification Program,
Constructed Conveyances, and Proficiency Testing Studies for Drinking
Water Laboratories. The information collection activities for both the
Operator Certification/Expense Reimbursement Program and the Capacity
Development Program are driven by the grant withholding and reporting
provisions under Sections 1419 and 1420, respectively, of the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Although the Tribal Operator Certification Program
is voluntary, the information collection is driven by grant eligibility
requirements outlined in the Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant Tribal
Set-Aside Program Final Guidelines and the Tribal Drinking Water
Operator Certification Program Guidelines.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.2
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 (PWS), primacy agencies, and laboratories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 158,113.
Frequency of Response: varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion,
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually).
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,913,544.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $165.9 million includes $25.2 million
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 687,517 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is primarily due to adjustments to
burden based on consultations with drinking water associations, updated
compliance information, and restructuring adjustments from the
incorporation of the burden hours for Laboratory Proficiency Testing.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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