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Form Numbers: To be determined. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

primary recipients of EPA assistance 

agreements are State and local 

governments, Indian Tribes, educational 

institutions, and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Respondents’ obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain an assistance 

agreement (40 CFR part 30, 40 CFR part 

31, and 40 CFR part 33 for awards made 

prior to December 26, 2014, and 2 CFR 

200, 2 CFR 1500, and 40 CFR part 33 for 

awards made after December 26, 2014). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

3,048 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 94,606 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $6,054,791 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the estimates: Estimated 

total respondent burden is likely to 

increase compared with the ICR 

currently approved by OMB due to an 

increase in the number of the estimated 

respondent universe. 

Rachel Lentz, 

Acting Director, National Policy, Training and 

Compliance Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21164 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R08–OW–2019–0404; FRL–11434–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Filter 

Adoption Survey (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Filter Adoption Survey (EPA ICR 

Number 2615.02, OMB Control Numer 

2008–0003) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through September 

30, 2023. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on February 17, 2023 during a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

R08–OW–2019–0404, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method) or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Parker, Supervisor, Drinking 

Water Section A, Water Division, 8WD– 

DWA, Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver 

Colorado 80202–1129; telephone 

number 303–312–6664; email address: 

parker.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through September 

30, 2023. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

February 17, 2023 during a 60-day 

comment period (88 FR 10325). This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. Supporting 

documents, which explain in detail the 

information that the EPA will be 

collecting, are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is 202–566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: Denver Water is a public 

water system that must comply with 

applicable requirements of the Lead and 

Copper Rule (LCR). On September 6, 

2019, Denver Water submitted a request 

to EPA Region 8 for a variance from the 

optimal corrosion control treatment 

requirements under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act’s LCR. The request proposed 

a multi-pronged approach to remove 

lead at least as efficiently as the use of 

orthophosphate (the designated optimal 

corrosion control treatment) by 

employing pH and alkalinity 

adjustments to reduce corrosivity of the 

water, accelerated lead service line 

removal, and a filter program in which 

Denver Water would distribute pitcher 

filters to consumers that have a known, 

suspected, or possible lead service line. 

Under section 1415(a)(3) of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, on December 16, 

2019, the U.S. EPA granted Denver 

Water a variance (2019 Variance) from 

the definition of ‘‘optimal corrosion 

control treatment’’ in 40 CFR 141.2. The 

2019 Variance contained requirements 

to determine the efficacy of the filter 

program and a survey program was 

established to produce information to 

support that determination. That 

collection was approved under EPA ICR 

#2615.01. 

On November 30, 2022, EPA issued a 

new variance to replace the expiring 

2019 variance. Denver Water, EPA and 

CDPHE agreed that beginning in 2025, a 

survey conducted every two years 

(rather than annually) would be 

sufficient to determine the efficacy of 

the filter program. EPA will use the 

2025 survey results that Denver Water 

collects to determine the consumer filter 

adoption rate and to confirm that 

customers are using and maintaining the 

filters per manufacturer’s instructions. 

Every second year, the filter adoption 

survey will be sent by Denver Water via 

postal mail to approximately 20,000 of 

an estimated 119,250 individual homes 

that have received a pitcher filter 

through Denver Water’s filter 

distribution program. Surveys will be 

sent via direct mail and will include an 

online completion option. Direct 

mailings will be sent with a unique QR 

code to track which addresses responses 

have been received from. Surveys will 

be sent out in both English and Spanish. 

Furthermore, Denver Water must 

collect samples from filters in at least 50 

locations in use by customers enrolled 

in the filter program who are also 

enrolled in Denver Water’s LCR 

compliance tap sampling program. 

During the LCR compliance tap 

sampling visit, Denver Water will 

collect additional information on 

whether the filter is properly used and 

maintained, including but not limited 

to: whether the filter cartridge is 

properly installed and changed on time; 

whether the filter is being used for 


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drinking, cooking, or infant formula; 

and whether the filter is being used per 

manufacturer’s instructions. 

Form Numbers: 6700–009. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Households served by Denver Water 

that have a known, suspected, or 

possible lead service line or a 

galvanized line in need of replacing (per 

the 2022 Variance), and who have been 

distributed a pitcher filter through the 

filter distribution program. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,000 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once in 2025, 

then biennially. 

Total estimated burden: 323 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $22,111 (per 

year), which includes $667 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is 

decrease of 947.34 hours per year in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease is a 

result of Denver Water reducing their 

estimates of per survey burden as well 

as the fact that only one survey will be 

conducted in this three-year period 

versus three in the period covered by 

the previous ICR. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21175 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0463; FRL–11396–01– 

OCSPP] 

Metamitron; Receipt of Application for 

Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received specific 

exemption requests from the Colorado 

and Nebraska Departments of 

Agriculture to use the pesticide 

metamitron (CAS No. 41394–05–2) to 

treat up to 69,596 acres of sugar beets 

to control the invasive weed, Palmer 

amaranth. The applicants propose the 

use of a new chemical which has not 

been registered by EPA. EPA is 

soliciting public comment before 

making the decision whether or not to 

grant the exemptions, in accordance 

with the regulation at 40 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

166.24(a)(1). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0463, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Director, Registration 

Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; main 

telephone number: (202) 566–2875; 

email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through https://

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the EPA Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the EPA Administrator determines 

that emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Colorado 

and Nebraska Departments of 

Agriculture have requested the EPA 

Administrator to issue specific 

exemptions for the use of metamitron on 

sugar beets to control Palmer amaranth. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of the 

requests. 

As part of this request, the applicants 

assert that emergency conditions exist 

due to insufficient means to control 

Palmer amaranth in sugar beets, and the 

use of metamitron will help avert 

significant economic losses. 

The Applicants propose to apply a 

total of 64 fluid ounces per acre of the 

unregistered product, Goltix 700 SC 

(containing 58.3% metamitron, 

equivalent to 5.84 lbs. of metamitron per 

gallon of product) on up to 22,468 acres 

of sugar beets in Colorado, and 47,128 

acres in Nebraska (total of 69,596 acres) 

from April 1 to May 31, 2024, using a 

potential product maximum of 11,234 

gallons in Colorado and 23,564 gallons 

in Nebraska (total of 34,798 gallons of 

Goltix 700 SC, equivalent to 203,221 lbs. 

of metamitron). 


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