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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93573-93574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27730]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2020-0020; FRL-12443-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Annual Public Water Systems Compliance Report (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), Annual Public Water Systems 
Compliance Report (EPA ICR Number 1812.08, OMB Control Number 2020-
0020) 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 
November 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on March 13, 2024 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 December 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2020-0020, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], 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

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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: Michael Chen, Monitoring, Assistance, 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, MC-2227A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-3371; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through November 30, 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 13, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 18407). 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: Section 1414(c)(3)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
requires that each state that has primary enforcement authority under 
the Act shall prepare, make readily available to the public, and submit 
to the Administrator of EPA, an annual report of violations of national 
primary drinking water regulations in the state. The states' reports 
are to include violations of maximum contaminant levels, treatment 
requirements, variances and exemptions, and monitoring requirements 
determined to be significant by the Administrator after consultation 
with the states. To minimize a state's burden in preparing its annual 
statutorily required report, EPA issued guidance that explains what 
Section 1414(c)(3)(A) requires and provides model language and 
reporting templates. EPA also annually makes available to the states a 
computer query that generates for each state (from information states 
are already separately required to submit to EPA's national database on 
a quarterly basis) the required violations information in a table 
consistent with the reporting template in EPAs guidance.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities that are potentially 
affected by this action are states that have primacy enforcement 
authority and meet the definition of ``state'' under the SDWA.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under Section 
1414(c)(3)(A) of SDWA.
    Estimated number of respondents: 55 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 4,400 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $730,000 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden hours from 
the most recently approved. This is due to two considerations. First, 
the requirements under SDWA have not changed over the past three years 
and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. Secondly, 
the number of states, territories or tribes with primacy has not 
changed, and is not anticipated to change over the next three years, so 
there is no significant change in the overall burden. The costs have 
increased solely due to increases in labor rates, see Tables 1 and 2 
for further information.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-27730 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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