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housing rentals, property management 

and building renovation have yet to 

recover from the drop in the housing 

market; and the use of actual 

certification data instead of broader 

assumptions about industry behavior. 

Further details about these changes are 

included in the supporting statement for 

the new consolidated ICR. This change 

is an adjustment. 

VI. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the consolidated 

ICR as appropriate. The final ICR 

packages will then be submitted to OMB 

for review and approval pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another 

Federal Register document pursuant to 

5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity for the public to submit 

additional comments for OMB 

consideration. 

If you have any questions about this 

ICR or the approval process, please 

contact the technical person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0359; FRL 9920–75– 

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Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

0370.25, OMB Control No. 2040–0042) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed revision of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2014. EPA requested 

public comments via the Federal 

Register (79 FR 46437) on August 8, 

2014, for a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is provided in 

this request, including its estimated 

burden and cost to the public. 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 28, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2014–0359, to (1) 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, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to: OMB Desk 

Officer for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert E. Smith, Office of Ground Water 

and Drinking Water/Drinking Water 

Protection Division, 4606M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

3895; fax number: 202–564–3756; email 

address: smith.robert-eu@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

Abstract: The UIC program under The 

Safe Drinking Water Act established a 

federal and state regulatory system to 

protect underground sources of drinking 

water (USDWs) from contamination by 

injected fluids. Injected fluids include 

trillions of gallons of various types of 

fluids each year, such as hazardous 

waste; oil field brines or produced 

water; mineral processing fluids; 

various types of industrial fluids; 

automotive, sanitary and other wastes; 

and carbon dioxide injected for 

enhanced recovery or geologic 

sequestration. Owners or operators of 

underground injection wells must 

obtain permits, conduct environmental 

monitoring, maintain records and report 

results to the EPA or the state UIC 

primacy (primary enforcement) agency. 

States must report to EPA on permittee 

compliance and related information. 

Primacy agencies report mandatory 

information using standardized forms 

and annual reports. UIC authorities use 

data to ensure the protection of USDWs. 

Form Numbers: The forms are 7520– 

1, 7520–2A, 7520–2B, 7520–3, 7520–4, 

7520–6, 7520–7, 7520–8, 7520–9, 7520– 

10, 7520–11, 7520–12, 7520–14, 7520– 

16 and 7520–17. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of underground 

injection wells and state UIC primacy 

agencies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR parts 144 through 

148). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

45,811 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual, semiannual and quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 1,714,046 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $250,332,398 

(per year), includes $173,230,258 

annualized capital or operation and 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 700,646 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to 

adjustments associated with an increase 

in the injection well inventory, 

primarily the number of Class II permit 

applications expected to be approved, as 

well as increases in the Class I and Class 

III inventories and the deployment of 

Class VI (geologic sequestration) 

activities. These increases are offset by 

burden reductions associated with 

decreases in the number Class V well 

operators submitting inventory 

information, continued implementation 

of electronic reporting by states and 

reduced state reporting frequencies. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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