[Federal Register: May 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 101)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Underground Injection Control Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


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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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information Collection 
Request for the Underground Injection Control Program (OMB Control No. 
2040-0042; EPA ICR No. 0370.16), expiring June 30, 1998. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by E-mail at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 370.16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Collection Request for the Underground Injection 
Control Program (OMB Control No. 2040-0042; EPA ICR No. 370.16), 
expiring June 30, 1998. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program under the 
Safe Drinking Water Act established a Federal and State regulatory 
system to protect underground sources of drinking water from 
contamination by injected fluids. Owners and operators of underground 
injection wells must obtain permits, conduct environmental monitoring, 
maintain records, and report results to EPA or the State primacy 
Agency. States must report to EPA on permittee compliance and related 
information. The information is reported using standardized forms, and 
the regulations are codified at 40 CFR parts 144 through 148. The data 
is used to ensure the safety of underground sources of drinking water. 
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 
are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. 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 are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on February 19, 1998 (63 FR 
8449). One comment was received by EPA.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.59 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are owners and operators of underground injection wells and 
their States' Agencies including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust 
Territories, Indian Tribes, and Alaska's Native Villages.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53,268.
    Frequency of Response: Operators of Class I, III and some Class V 
wells must report monitoring results quarterly; Class II operators 
report annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,135,273 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $27,648,934.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No 2040-0042 and OMB Control No. 370.16 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 20, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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