[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83009-83010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23683]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0063; FRL-12335-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 
(CWNS) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 0318.14, OMB Control Number 2040-
0050) 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 
October 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on March 11, 2024, during a 60-day

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comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before November 14, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2024-0063, 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: Joshua Klein, Office of Water, State 
Revolving Fund Branch, (7309J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
557-6786; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#37544059447752475619505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="791a0e170a391c0918571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through October 31, 2024. 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 March 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 17464). 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: The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by 
the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 516(b)(1)(B) as well as CWA section 
609, which was added by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(IIJA), Public Law 117-58, November 15, 2021. It is a periodic 
inventory of existing and planned publicly owned wastewater conveyance 
and treatment, combined sewer overflow correction, stormwater 
management and other water pollution control infrastructure in the 
United States, as well as an estimate of how much of this 
infrastructure may need to be repaired or upgraded. The CWNS also asked 
for information regarding new infrastructure that is needed. The CWNS 
is a joint effort between the EPA and the states. The CWNS collects 
cost and technical data from states that is associated with POTWs and 
other water pollution control facilities, existing and planned. The 
respondents who provide this information to the EPA are state and 
territory agencies responsible for environmental pollution control 
(states) and local facility contacts who provide documentation to the 
states (facilities).
    No confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information 
protected from release under the Public Information Act. The EPA 
achieves national consistency in the final results through the 
application of uniform guidelines and validation techniques.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States, Territories, and Facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 56 States and Territories, 6,684 
Facilities (per year).
    Frequency of response: Every 4 years.
    Total estimated burden: 13,342 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $799,208 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 3,698 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is based upon an increase in facility 
universe. The prior ICR estimated that states would submit only half of 
their facilities (16,048). The majority of the states submitted most of 
their facilities in 2022 (30,881), almost doubling the estimated 
facility universe.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23683 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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