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Agency Information Collection Activities
Submission to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request
                        Public Water System
                        Supervision Program (Renewal)

                        Microbial Rules (Renewal)
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                                      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                      AGENCY

                                      [OW-2004-0007; FRL-7841-3J

                                      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.

                                      SUMMARY: In compliance with the
                                      Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
                                      3501 etseq.), ihis 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:
                                      r>aylor.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 I320.8(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,
                                                          CB1, 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 1419and  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 1CR
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.
 1FR Doc.  04- 26075 Filed 11- 23- 04; 8:45 am)
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
 AGENCY
 [0^2004-0008; FRL-7841-4J

 Agency Information Collection
 Activities; Submission to OMB for
 Review and Approval; Comment
 Request; Microbiat Rules (Renewal),
 EPA ICR Number 1895.03, OMB
 Control Number 2040-0205

 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 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 0008. 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
 Code410lT, 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, (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 23741), 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  0008, 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

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 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
 CB1, 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: Microbial Rules (Renewal).
   Abstract: This ICR examines public
 water system (PWS). primacy agency.
 and EPA burden and costs for
 recordkeeping and reporting required in
 support of microbial contaminant-
 associated ruJemakings. These rules that
 have recordkeeping and reporting
 requirements that are mandatory for
 compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and
 142 include the following: (1) Surface
 Water Treatment Rule (SWTR); (2) Total
 Coiiform Rule (TCR);  (3) Interim
 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
 (IESWTR); (4) Filter Backwash
 Recycling Rule {FBRR);  and (5) Long
 Term 1  Enhanced Surface Water
 Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR). This
 Microbial Rules ICR includes all SWTR
 components except disinfectant residual
 monitoring and associated activities,
 which are included in the Disinfectants
 and  Disinfection Byproducts. Chemical.
 and  Radionuclides Rules ICR. Burden
 for future ruies that address microbial
 contaminants (Long Term 2 Enhanced
 Surface Water Treatment Rule
 (LTZESWTR), and the Ground Water
 Rule (GWR) will be added to this ICR
 when the regulations are finalized and
 the original stand-alone ICRs for each
 rule expires.
  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 .77  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: (I)
                     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:
                     161.274.
                       Frequency of Response: As necessary,
                     monthly, quarterly, annually.
                       Estimated Total Annual  Hour Burden:
                     8.624,865.
                       Estimated Total Annual  Cost:
                     $340,480,000. includes $96,939,000
                     annualized capitaj ot O&M costs and
                     $243,541.000 annual labor  costs.
                       Changes in the Estimates: There is an
                     increase of 431,665 hours in the total
                     estimated burden currently identified in
                     the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
                     Burdens. This increase is primarily due
                     to restructuring adjustments (i.e.,
                     incorporation of previously stand-alone
                     ICRs for the LTlESWTR and the  FBRR).
                       Dated: November 17, 2004
                     Oscar Morales,
                     Director. Collection Strategies Division.
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