[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OW-2004-0007; FRL-7841-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Public Water System Supervision
Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0270.42, OMB Control Number 2040-0090
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 November 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 December 27,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0007, 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, 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: Richard P. Naylor, Office of Ground
Water and Drinking Water, Mail Code 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 April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23743), 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-2004-0007, 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 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: Public Water System Supervision Program (Renewal).
Abstract: The Public Water System Supervision Program ICR examines
public water system (PWS), primacy agency and EPA burden and costs for
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``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, Primacy
Regulation Activities, Variance and Exemption Rule, General State
Primacy Activities, Constructed Conveyances, and Public Notification.
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.
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 this collection of information is estimated to average 6.5
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: (1) Owners/operators of PWSs, who
must report to the primacy agency; (2) primacy agencies that must
report to EPA Headquarters; and (3) regional EPA administrators, who
must send reports and notices to PWS owners and states.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 161,682.
Frequency of Response: 24 hours, quarterly, annually, every 3
years.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,223,430.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $116,457,000, includes $19,716,000
annualized capital or O&M costs and $96,741,000 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 601,582 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is primarily due to (1)
restructuring adjustments--incorporation of previously stand-alone ICRs
(Operator Certification Program/Expense Reimbursement Grants and Tribal
Operator Certification Program), (2) inclusion of three full years of
the Public Notification Rule burden along with an increase in Tier 3
violations and (3) a change in requirements associated with the new PWS
definition.
Dated: November 17, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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