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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL-6972-3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Consumer
Confidence Reports for Community
Water Systems
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB):
Consumer Confidence Reports for
Community Water Systems, EPA ICR
No.1832.03. OMB No. 2040-0201. The
current ICR approval expires on 9/30/
01. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 2, 2001.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the
currently approved Information
Collection Request for Consumer
Confidence Reports for Community
. Water Systems without charge, please
contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline
(800-426-4791). Hours of operation are
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (ET), Monday-
Friday, excluding Federal holidays.
Copies are also available from the Office
of Water Resource Center (RC4100), U.S.
EPA Headquarters, 401 M Street SW,
Washington DC 20460. People
interested in getting information or
making comments aobut the Consumer
Confidence Reports for Community
Water Systems ICR should direct
inquiries or comments to the Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water,
Drinking Water Protection Division,
Mail Code 4606,1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen A. Williams, EPA, Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water,
Drinking Water Protection Division
(202)-260-2589, fax (202)-401-2345,
email: williams.kathleena@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are owners and
operators of community water systems,
primacy agents including regulators in
the States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust
Territories; Indian Tribes and Alaska
Native Villages, and in some instances
U.S. EPA Regional Administrators and
staff.
Title: Consumer Confidence Reports
for Water Systems Information
Collection Request (OMB Control" No.
2040-0201; EPA ICR No. 1832.02),
expiring 9/30/01.
Abstract: Section 114 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SOWA) of 1996,
enacted August 6,1996, amended
section 1414(c) of the Act to require
community water systems (CWSs) to
send an annual Consumer Confidence
Report (CCR) to their customers. EPA
codified these provisions under subpart
O of 40 CFR part 141, the Consumer
Confidence Report Rule. The CCR Rule
requires, at a minimum, that each CWS
mail to each of its customers an annual
report on quality of drinking water
provided by the system. The
information in the report is information
that the CWS already collects pursuant
to other drinking water regulations.
Reports must contain information on the
source of water provided, levels of
detected contaminants, violations of any
national primary drinking water
regulations, and health information
concerning drinking water and potential
risks from detected contaminants. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
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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 EPA would like to solicit
comments to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Burden Statement: 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. In the EPA ICR
No. 1832.02, OMB No. 2040-0201 for
1998-2001, the total burden was
estimated to be approximately: 459,674
hours at an annual cost of $20,807,555.
The estimated number of respondents
was 47,040 community water systems.
We expect that the burden for tike
continuing ICR for 2002-2004 will
remain the same. Any recommendations
from the drinking water community and
the general public on this issue wiU be
given consideration by the Agency.
Dated: April 25, 2001.
Phil Oshida,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL-6972-2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Public Water
System Supervision Program Primacy
Regulation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB):
Information Collection Request for the
Public Water System Supervision
Primacy Regulation, ICR Number
1836.01, OMB Control Number 2040-
0195. The current ICR approval expires
on September 30, 2001. Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 2, 2001.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the
currently approved Information
Collection Request for the Primacy
Regulation without charge, please
contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline
(800-426-4791). Hours of operation are
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (ET), Monday-Friday,
excluding Federal holidays. Copies are
also available from the Office of Water
Resource Center (RC 4100), US EPA
Headquarters, 401 M Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. People
interested in getting information or
making comments about this ICR should
direct inquiries or comments to the
Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water, Drinking Water Protection
Division/Mail Code 4606,1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Melon; Protection Branch;
Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water; EPA (4606), Ariel Rios Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202)
260—7035, or melch.jennifer@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which
have primary enforcement authority for
the PWSS program.
Title: Information Collection Request
for the Public Water System Supervision
Program Primacy Regulation, (ICR
Number 1836.01, OMB Control Number
2040-0195), expiring on September 30,
2001.
Abstract: This information collection
is necessary because the Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of
1996 added a new element to the
requirements for states to obtain and/or
retain primacy for the Public Water
System Supervision (PWSS) program. In
order for EPA to determine whether
states meet the new administrative
penalty authority requirement, states
must submit a copy of their legislation
authorizing the penalty authority and a
description of their authority for
administrative penalties that will ensure
adequate compliance of systems serving
a population of 10,000 individuals or
less. In accordance with the procedures
outlined in section 142.11(7)(i) and
section 142.12 (c)(iii), the State Attorney
General must certify that the laws and
regulations were duly adopted and are
enforceable. Alternatively, if a state
constitution prohibits assessing
administrative penalties, the state must
submit a copy of the relevant provision
of the constitution as well as an
Attorney General's statement confirming
that interpretation. Furthermore, as
provided in section 142.11(a)(7)(ii) and
section 142.12(c), EPA may additionally
require supplemental statements from
the State Attorney General, (such as an
interpretation of the statutory language),
when the above supplied information is
deemed insufficient for a decision. 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 EPA would like to solicit
. comments to:
(i) evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
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information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: In the EPA ICR No.
Number 1836.01, OMB Control Number
2040-0195, for 1998-2001, the total
burden was estimated to be
approximately 696.20 hours at a cost of
$37,954.63. These figures were based on
the one time effort of approximately 12
hours and 26 minutes by each of the 56
states who wish to adopt the
administrative penalty authority
necessary in order to obtain or retain
primacy. This estimate includes the
time for gathering, analyzing, writing,
and reporting information. There will be
no capital, start-up, or operation and
maintenance costs. This data collection
does not involve periodic reporting or
recordkeeping. Since approximately one
half of the states have already submitted
revision applications, we estimate the
burden for the continuing ICR to be
$18,977.32. 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.
Dated: April 25, 2001.
Phil Oshida,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL-6972-4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Public Water
Systems Supervision Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB): Public
Water Systems Supervision Program
(PWSSP), EPA ICR No. 0270.40; OMB
No. 2040-0090. The current ICR
approval expires on 9/30/01. Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 2, 2001.
ADDRESSES: People interested hi getting
information or making comments about
the draft PWSSP ICR should direct
inquiries or comments to the Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water,
Drinking Water Protection Branch, Mail
Code 4606, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Naylor, (202) 260-5135, fax
(202) 401-2345, e-mail:
naylor.richard@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected
entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are public water systems,
primacy agents including regulators in
the States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust
Territories; Indian Tribes and Alaska
Native Villages, and in some instances,
U.S. EPA Regional Administrators and
staff.
Title: Information Collection Request
for Public Water Systems Supervision
Program, OMB Control No. 2040-0090;
EPA ICR No. 0270.40; expires 09/30/
Abstract: This ICR contains record
keeping and reporting requirements that
are mandatory for compliance with 40
CFR parts 141 and 142. Sections 1401
and 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA), as amended, require EPA to
establish National Primary Drinking ,
Water Regulations (NPDWRs) that
ensure the safety of drinking water.
These regulations, contained in 40 CFR
parts 141 and 142, are designed to
reduce any exposure to contaminants —
microbial, organic and inorganic
chemicals, and radionuclides in
finished drinking water to safe levels.
The Act further requires EPA to ensure
compliance with and enforce these
regulations. Section 1445 of SDWA
stipulates that every supplier of water
shall conduct monitoring, maintain
records, and provide such information
as is needed for the Agency to carry out
its compliance and enforcement
responsibilities with respect to SDWA.
Ensuring implementation of these
requirements by public water systems is
principally a responsibility of the States,
particularly the 49 States that have
assumed primary enforcement
responsibility (primacy) for public water
systems under SDWA section 1413. As
part of the Public Water Systems
Supervision Program, the Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water's
Safe Drinking Water Information System
(SDWIS) collects data from the States on
public water systems regulated by EPA.
Without comprehensive, up-to-date
information on drinking water
contamination, States and EPA would
not be able to ensure "a supply of
drinking water which dependably
complies with such maximum
contaminant levels" (SDWA section
1401 (1) (d)).
An Agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
if it does not display 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 EPA would like to solicit
comments to: (i) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including.
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and, (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
(e.g., permitting electronic submission
of responses).
Burden Statement: The OMB
currently approved burden associated
with this ICR is: 9,531,172 burden hours
per year; and $180,567 burden costs.
Since the publication of the ICR for the
Public Water Systems Supervision
Program in December 1993, EPA has
developed rule specific ICRs for each
new or revised drinking water rule.
Most of the rules addressed in the 1993
PWSSP ICR (e.g., Radionuclides Rule,
Public Notification Rule, Lead and
Copper Rule, Total Trihalomethanes
Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule and
the Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Rule) have been revised to
varying degrees. Accordingly, in the
revision of the PWSSP ICR, EPA will
ensure that there is no double counting
of burden with the individual ICRs for
the revised rules.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
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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. Any
recommendations from the drinking
water community and the general public
on this issue will be given consideration
by the Agency.
Dated: April 25,2001.
PhilOshida.
Acting Director. Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water.
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