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The mandatory information is reported 

using standardized forms and annual 

reports, and the regulations are codified 

at 40 CFR Parts 144 through 148. The 

data are used by UIC authorities to 

ensure the protection of underground 

sources of drinking water. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2.32 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 53,772. 

Frequency of response: annual, semiannual, and quarterly. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 10.39. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,296,167 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$194,842,061. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $54,384,103 

and an estimated cost of $140,457,959 

for capital investment or maintenance 

and operational costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is an increase of 233,836 hours 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This increase reflects a variety of 

adjustments and program changes. Most 

of the burden increase is due to 

increases in the inventory of injection 

wells and the number of permit 

applications and mechanical integrity 

tests submitted by operators and 

reviewed by permitting authorities. 

Other changes and adjustments relate to 

reduced activities associated with the 

Florida Class I Rule and the 1999 Class 

V Rule, addition of burden associated 

with the 2010 Class VI Rule, granting of 

primacy to two Tribes, and burden 

reduction associated with electronic 

reporting via the National UIC database. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Ronald W. Bergman, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8999–6] 

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 08/08/2011 Through 08/12/2011 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA met this mandate by 

publishing weekly notices of availability 

of EPA comments, which includes a 

brief summary of EPA’s comment 

letters, in the Federal Register. Since 

February 2008, EPA has included its 

comment letters on EISs on its Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/

nepa/eisdata.html. Including the entire 

EIS comment letters on the Web site 

satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement 

to make EPA’s comments on EISs 

available to the public. Accordingly, on 

March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the 

publication of the notice of availability 

of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

EIS No. 20110259, Draft EIS, FHWA, FL, 

Crosstown Parkway Extension Project, 

New Bridge Crossing of the North 

Fork St. Lucie River Crosstown 

Parkway from Manth Lane to U.S. 1, 

St. Lucie County, FL, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/03/2011, Contact: 

Cathy Kendall 850–553–2225. 

EIS No. 20110260, Draft EIS, NPS, FL, 

Biscayne National Park, General 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Miami-Dade County, FL, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/17/2011, Contact: 

Morgan Elmer 303–969–2317. 

EIS No. 20110261, Final EIS, USFS, NV, 

Mountain City, Ruby Mountains, and 

Jarbidge Ranger Districts, Combined 

Travel Management Project, 

Implementation, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest, Elko and White Pine 

Counties, NV, Review Period Ends: 

10/03/2011, Contact: James Winfrey 

775–355–5308. 

EIS No. 20110262, Draft EIS, NPS, FL, 

Canaveral National Seashore Project, 

General Management Plan, 

Implementation, Brevard and Volusia 

Counties, FL, Comment Period Ends: 

10/17/2011, Contact: Chris Church 

303–969–2276. 

EIS No. 20110263, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Salton Sea Species Conservation 

Habitat Project, To Serve as a Proof of 

Concept for the Restoration of 

Shallow Water Habitat that Currently 

Support Fish and Wildlife Dependent 

Upon the Salton Sea, within the 

southern portion of the Salton Sea, 

Imperial County, CA, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/17/2011, Contact: 

Lanika Cervants 760–602–4838. 

EIS No. 20110264, Final EIS, FHWA, 

MT, Russell Street/South 3rd Street 

Reconstruction Project, To Address 

Current and Projected Safety and 

Operational needs, Funding and U.S. 

Army COE Section 404 Permit, City of 

Missoula, Missoula County, MT, 

Review Period Ends: 09/20/2011, 

Contact: Brian Hasselbach 406–449– 

5302. 

EIS No. 20110265, Draft EIS, ARS, ID, 

U.S. Sheep Experiment Station 

Grazing and Associated Activities 

Project 2010, To Develop Integrated 

Methods for Increasing Production 

Efficiency of Sheep, Dubois, ID, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/03/2011, 

Contact: Sue Wingate 603–569–3114. 

EIS No. 20110266, Final EIS, BR, CA, 

Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage 

Project, To Create and Maintain a 

Reliable System for Collecting Adult 

Fish to Allow Reclamation, Rancho 

Cordova, Gold River, CA, Review 

Period Ends: 09/19/2011, Contact: 

Dave Robinson 916–989–7179. 

EIS No. 20110267, Final EIS, USFS, CA, 

Keddie Ridge Hazardous Fuels 


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Reduction Project, Implementation, 

Plumas National Forest, Mt. Hough 

District, Plumas County, CA, Review 

Period Ends: 09/19/2011, Contact: 

Katherine Carpenter 530–283–7619. 

EIS No. 20110268, Second Final EIS 

(Tiering), NCPC, DC, Tier-2 FINAL— 

Smithsonian Institution National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture (NMAAHC), Construction 

and Operation, Between 14th and 

15th Streets NW. and Constitution 

Avenue, NW. and Madison Drive, 

NW., Washington, DC, Review Period 

Ends: 09/19/2011, Contact: Jane 

Passman 202–633–6549. 

EIS No. 20110269, Draft Supplement, 

USN, 00, Surveillance Towed Array 

Sensor System Low Frequency Active 

(SURTASS LFA) Sonar Systems, 

Updated and Additional Information 

on Employment of Four SURTASS 

LFA Sonar Systems for Routine 

Training, Testing, and Military 

Operation, Implementation, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/17/2011, Contact: 

CDR Neil T. Smith 703–465–8404. 

EIS No. 20110270, Draft EIS, NOAA, HI, 

PROGRAMMATIC—Hawaiian Monk 

Seal Recovery Actions, To Prevent the 

Extinction of the Species, HI, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/17/2011, 

Contact: Jeff Walters 808–944–2200. 

EIS No. 20110271, Final EIS, FHWA, 

CO, North 1–25 Corridor, To Identify 

and Evaluate Multi-Modal 

Transportation Improvement along 61 

miles from the Fort CollinsWellington Area, Funding and U.S. 

Army COE Section 404 Permit, 

Denver, CO, Review Period Ends: 09/ 

19/2011, Contact: Monica Pavlik 720– 

963–3012. 

Amended Notices: 

EIS No. 20110176, Draft EIS, BLM, NV, 

Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine 

Counties Groundwater Development 

Project, Construction and Operation 

of Pipeline System and Associated 

Infrastructure, Right-Of-Way 

Application, Clark, Lincoln, White 

Pine, NV, Comment Period Ends: 10/ 

11/2011, Contact: Penny Woods 775– 

861–6466 Revision to FR Notice 06/ 

10/2011: Extending comment period 

from 09/08/2011 to 10/11/2011. 

Dated: August 16, 2011. 

Cliff Rader, 

Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, 

Office of Federal Activities. 

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AGENCY 

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Notice of Regional Waiver Pursuant to 

Section 1605 (Buy American 

Requirement) of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009, to Mason County, WA 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator 

of EPA Region 10 is hereby granting a 

waiver request from the Buy American 

requirements of ARRA Section 1605 

under the authority of Section 

1605(b)(1). This waiver request is being 

granted because EPA believes it is in the 

public interest to allow Mason County, 

Washington (the County) to utilize and 

install six specific turbo aeration blower 

units as part of the County’s Belfair 

Wastewater and Water Reclamation 

Facilities project. This is a project 

specific waiver and only applies to the 

use of the specified product for the 

ARRA project being proposed. Any 

other ARRA recipient that wishes to use 

the same product must apply for a 

separate waiver based on project 

specific circumstances. The Membrane 

Bioreactor (MBR) system was selected 

and procured by the County in 2008 

using non-ARRA funding and prior to 

enactment of ARRA. However, since the 

MBR equipment is being installed by an 

ARRA funded contract, the new Buy 

American requirements of ARRA apply. 

As ARRA was enacted after the County’s 

procurement actions, the County could 

not be aware of the need to purchase 

and install a Buy American compliant 

MBR system and could not reasonably 

foresee the need for a waiver. 

Requiring the installation of 

domestically manufactured turbo 

aeration blower units will extend the 

time frame of the project significantly 

(by at least four months), due to the 

redesign, procurement, submittal 

delivery, submittal review, fabrication, 

delivery, and replacement of the 

aeration blower installation at the 

construction site. Redesign, 

reconstruction, and replacement of the 

blowers will likely cost at least an 

additional $620,000 and could also void 

the three year manufacturer warranty for 

the MBR that is valid only if system 

components identified in the 

manufacturer’s proposal are utilized. A 

significant delay in the project schedule 

could push the project past the 

anticipated September 2011 project 

completion into the fall rainy season, 

and could cause runoff over areas of 

failing septic systems and pose a risk to 

environmental and water quality 

protection. This additional cost and 

delay is inconsistent with the public 

interest, and a waiver of the Buy 

American provisions in these 

circumstances is justified. This action 

allows the installation of the six 

specified turbo aeration blower units 

that have already been delivered to the 

construction site as noted in Mason 

County’s May 27, 2011, request and 

additional follow up documentation. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 9, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Fiedorczyk, CWSRF ARRA 

Program Management Analyst, Grants 

and Strategic Planning Unit, Office of 

Water & Watersheds (OWW), (206) 553– 

0506, U.S. EPA Region 10 (OWW–137), 

1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 

WA 98101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c), 

the EPA hereby provides notice that it 

is granting a project waiver of the 

requirements of Section 1605(a) of 

Public Law 111–5, Buy American 

requirements, to Mason County, 

Washington, for the utilization and 

installation of six specific turbo aeration 

blower units as part of the County’s 

Belfair Wastewater and Water 

Reclamation Facilities project. Based on 

the information provided by the County 

and its consultant project manager, EPA 

has determined that it is inconsistent 

with the public interest for the County 

to further delay the project and incur 

significant additional costs to pursue 

the purchase and installation of 

domestic manufactured turbo aeration 

blower units. 

Section 1605 of the ARRA requires 

that none of the appropriated funds may 

be used for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or a public works project 

unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States, or 

unless a waiver is provided to the 

recipient by the head of the appropriate 

agency, in this case, the EPA. A waiver 

may be provided under Section 1605(b) 

if EPA determines that (1) applying 

these requirements would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; 

(2) iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the United States in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities and of a 

satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of 

the overall project by more than 

25 percent. 


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