47942 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2009 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0114; FRL–8959–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Questionnaire for Drinking 

Water Utilities Participating in 

Emerging Contaminant Sampling 

Program (New); EPA ICR No. 2346.01 

OMB Control No. 2080—NEW 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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 for a new 

collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 19, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2009–0114, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail 

ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Research 

and Development Docket, Mail Code 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail to: 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: 

Susan T. Glassmeyer, Ph.D., 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Research and Development, 

National Exposure Research Laboratory, 

26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, MS 564, 

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone 

number: 513–569–7526; fax number 

513–569–7757; e-mail address: 

glassmeyer.susan@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 8, 2009 (74 FR 15965), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three 

comments during the comment period, 

which are addressed in the ICR. Any 

additional comments on this ICR should 

be submitted to EPA and OMB within 

30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2009–0114, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Research and 

Development Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Research and Development Docket 

is 202–566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Questionnaire for Drinking 

Water Utilities Participating in 

Emerging Contaminant Sampling 

Program (New). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2346.01, 

OMB Control No. 2080–NEW. 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Improvements in analytical 

chemistry instrumentation have allowed 

scientists to detect trace amounts of 

chemicals that are commonly used in 

homes in the environment. These socalled ‘‘emerging contaminants’’ are 

chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals, 

personal care products, detergents and 

even endogenous hormones, which are 

either excreted from or washed off the 

body, and enter the wastewater 

treatment system. Wastewater treatment 

is not designed to specifically remove 

these chemicals, so a portion of the 

chemicals remain in wastewater 

treatment plant (WWTP) effluents. 

WWTP effluents are commonly released 

into surface waters. Natural processes 

such as photolysis, sorption, 

volatilization, degradation, and simple 

dilution further attenuate the 

concentrations of emerging 

contaminants. However, if a Drinking 

Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) intake is 

located downstream of a WWTP effluent 

outfall, there is a potential for these 

chemicals to be present in finished 

drinking water. 

The USEPA’s Office of Research and 

Development, in collaboration with the 

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is 

conducting a sampling program at up to 

50 DWTPs to determine the presence of 

these emerging contaminants in both the 

source water and finished drinking 

water. To better interpret the results of 

the sampling program, detailed 

information concerning the operation of 

the DWTP at the time of sampling is 

required. This information can only be 

gathered through a questionnaire that is 

completed concurrent to the collection 

event. The questionnaire will collect 

information on the following: 

• The population served by the 

DWTP; 

• The source water, potential sources 

of pollution and current hydraulic 

conditions; 

• Detailed treatment steps used by the 

DWTP, including parameters such as 

pumpage at sampling, disinfectants 

used, and distribution system 

information; 

• Detailed water quality parameters at 

the time of sampling. 

The DWTPs involved in this project 

will ship samples of their source water 

and finished water to the USEPA and 

USGS laboratories. All sampling 

supplies and paid shipping vouchers 

will be provided to the DWTPs. The 

samples will be analyzed by the USEPA 

and USGS for a suite of approximately 

200 emerging chemical and microbial 

contaminants. A detailed listing of the 

analytes, as well as the methods to be 

used can be found in public docket for 

this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2009–0114. 


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Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 20 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 

Drinking Water Treatment Plants 

(DWTPs) participating in a EPA/USGS 

sampling program. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$29,735, includes $250 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: Because 

this is a new ICR, there is no burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: September 15, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–22569 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8597–5] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7146. An explanation of the 

ratings assigned to draft environmental 

impact statements (EISs) was published 

in the Federal Register dated July 17, 

2009 (74 FR 34754). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20090229, ERP No. D–NPS– 

E65084–FL, Big Cypress National 

Preserve Addition, General 

Management Plan/Wilderness Study/ 

Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan, 

Implementation, Collier County, FL. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about surface 

water and wetland impacts, and 

recommended that the final EIS include 

a cumulative impact analysis for the 

entire Big Cypress National Preserve. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090246, ERP No. D–AFS– 

K65376–CA, Eddy Gulch LateSuccessional Reserve Fuels/Habitat 

Protection Project, To Protect LateSuccessional Habitat used by the 

Northern Spotted Owl and Other LateSuccessional-Dependent Species, 

Salmon River and Scott River Ranger 

District, Klamath National Forest, 

Siskiyou County, CA. 

Summary: EPA requested additional 

information regarding a smoke 

management plan, worker exposure to 

naturally occurring asbestos, the 

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), and 

noxious weeds. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20090284, ERP No. F–ARD– 

L65578–WA, Adoption—White Pass 

Expansion Master Development Plan, 

Implementation, Naches Ranger 

District, Okanogan-Wenatchee 

National Forests and Cowlitz Valley 

Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest, Yakima and Lewis 

Counties, WA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

Dated: September 15, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E9–22529 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8597–4] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 09/07/2009 Through 09/11/2009 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090320, Draft EIS, AFS, OR, 

EXF Thinning, Fuel Reduction, and 

Research Project, Proposal for 

Vegetation Management and Fuel 

Reduction within the Lookout 

Mountain Unit of the Pringle Falls 

Experimental Forest, Bend/Ft. Rock 

Ranger District, Deschutes National 

Forest, Deschutes County, OR, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/02/2009, 

Contact: Beth Peer 541–383–4769. 

EIS No. 20090321, Final EIS, SFW, AK, 

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Draft 

Revised Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan, Implementation, AK, Wait 

Period Ends: 10/19/2009, Contact: 

Peter Wikoff 907–786–3357. 

EIS No. 20090322, Final EIS, AFS, ID, 

Salmon-Challis National Forest 

(SCNF), Proposes Travel Planning and 

OHV Route Designation, Lemhi, 

Custer and Butte Counties, ID, Wait 

Period Ends: 10/19/2009, Contact: 

Karen Gallogly 208–756–5103. 

EIS No. 20090323, Draft EIS, FHW, NV, 

I–15 Corridor Improvement and Local 

Arterial Improvements Project, 

Collectively Known as Project NEON, 

To Improve the Safety and Travel 

Efficiency in the I–15 Corridor, City of 

Las Vegas, Clark County, NV, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2009, 

Contact: Abdelmoez Abdalla 

775–687–1204. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20090225, Draft EIS, AFS, ND, 

North Billings County Allotment 

Management Plan Revisions, Proposes 

to Continue to Permit Livestock 

Grazing on 43 Allotments, Medora 

Ranger District, Dakota Prairie 

Grasslands, Billings County, ND, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2009, 

Contact: Jeff Adams 701–227–7800. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 07/ 

10/2009: Extending Comment Period 

from 08/24/2009 to 10/10/2009. 

EIS No. 20090309, Final EIS, FTA, CO, 

East Corridor Project, Proposes 

Commuter Rail Transit from 

downtown Denver to International 

Airport (DIA), Denver, Adams, 

Arapahoe, Jefferson and Douglas 

Counties, CO, Wait Period Ends: 10/ 

05/2009, Contact: David Beckhouse 

720–963–3306. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 09/04/2009: Correction to 

the State from MO to CO. 

EIS No. 20090316, Final EIS, FAA, 00, 

PROGRAMMATIC—Streamlining the 

Processing of Experimental Permit 

Applications, Issuing Experimental 

Permits for the Launch and Reentry of 

Useable Suborbital Rockets, Wait 

Period Ends: 10/13/2009, Contact: 

Daniel Czelusniak 202–267–5924. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 


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