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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.
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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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