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I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004 is available 

at https://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The Public Reading Room is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under contract number 

68HERC25D0001 contractor SRC, Inc. of 

7502 Round Pond Rd., North Syracuse, 

NY 13212–2510 will assist the Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) 

in the evaluation of chemistry, fate, 

hazard, or other aspects of chemical 

substances. The contractor will gather, 

generate, evaluate, and communicate 

chemistry, fate, ecotoxicity, toxicology, 

risk, and chemical technology 

information for chemicals under review 

under various sections of TSCA. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), 

EPA has determined that under EPA 

contract number 68HERC25D0001, SRC, 

Inc. will require access to CBI submitted 

under all sections of TSCA to perform 

successfully the duties specified under 

the contract personnel will be given 

access to information claimed or 

determined to be CBI information 

submitted to EPA under all sections of 

TSCA. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

sections of TSCA that EPA will provide 

the herein identified contractor with 

access to the CBI materials on a needto-know basis only. All access to TSCA 

CBI under this contract, in accordance 

with EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection 

Manual and the Rules of Behavior for 

Virtual Desktop Access to OPPT 

Materials, including TSCA CBI, will 

take place at EPA Headquarters, SRC’s 

sites located in Arlington, VA and North 

Syracuse, NY. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until October 22, 2029. If 

the contract is extended, this access will 

also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. The personnel of the contractor 

and subcontractors will be required to 

sign nondisclosure agreements and will 

be briefed on specific security 

procedures for TSCA CBI. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: December 9, 2024. 

Pamela Myrick, 

Director, Project Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2024–0561; FRL–12416–01– 

OW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection Request; Comment 

Request; The 8th Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), the 8th Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment (EPA ICR Number 7798.01, 

OMB Control Number 2024–0561) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, the EPA 

is soliciting public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a request for approval of 

a new collection. This notice allows for 

60 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 11, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPAHQ–OW–2024–0561, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to OWDocket@epa.gov, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tirzah Glebes, Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Development Division, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, 4606M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; email 

address: glebes.tirzah@epa.gov. John 

Towe, Drinking Water Infrastructure 

Development Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, 4606M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

2298; email address: towe.john@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

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. 

This notice allows 60 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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (iv) minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

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information technology; (v) solicit 

feedback on alternative suggestions for 

collecting lead service line information 

to reduce burden and obtain best quality 

information, including potentially using 

Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) 

service line inventory information; (vi) 

solicit feedback on whether and what 

questions to ask Tribal systems 

regarding operation and maintenance 

needs; and (vii) solicit feedback on what 

questions to ask about potential barriers 

to accessing DWSRF funding. 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. At that 

time, EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The EPA’s Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water will conduct 

a survey to estimate the capital 

improvement needs of drinking water 

systems eligible to receive Drinking 

Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) 

funds. The survey is authorized by 

sections 1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as 

amended by America’s Water 

Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018. The 

8th DWINSA will survey large drinking 

water Community Water Systems 

(CWSs) (serving over 100,000 persons) 

via a census approach and medium 

CWSs (serving between 3,301 and 

100,000 persons) through a statistically 

based sample. Information collection 

will be facilitated by the CWSs’ 

respective State Revolving Fund 

programs. The 8th Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment (DWINSA) will collect 

information from drinking water 

systems in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the 

District of Columbia, and the U.S. 

territories (American Samoa, Guam, 

Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. 

Virgin Islands). The 8th DWINSA will 

not directly collect data from small 

CWSs (those serving populations of 

3,3000 and fewer persons), non-profit 

non-CWS (NPNCWSs), or American 

Indian or Alaska Native Village drinking 

water systems, except for potential 

operation and maintenance 

supplemental questions for Tribal 

systems only. The 8th DWINSA will 

estimate the capital improvement needs 

for these water systems by cost adjusting 

the needs estimates from the 7th 

DWINSA to reduce burden on those 

previous survey respondents. 

The survey will collect the 20-year 

capital improvement needs for 

Community Water Systems through 

their submission of project information 

and supporting documentation. In 

addition, the survey will collect 

information and supporting 

documentation via its supplemental 

questions that address the SDWA 

section 1452(h)(2) requirement for the 

DWINSA to estimate the national cost to 

replace lead service lines. The EPA is 

exploring the potential of alternatives 

for collecting lead service line 

information to reduce burden and 

obtain best quality information, 

including potentially using LCRR 

service line inventory information. 

Supplemental questions will also be 

asked to identify potential barriers to 

accessing DWSRF funding. The EPA is 

exploring the potential of asking a 

statistical sample of Tribal systems 

supplemental questions on operation 

and maintenance needs and is seeking 

feedback on considerations for this 

approach and on potential questions to 

ask. 

Information will be collected via an 

EPA-hosted website. Information will be 

retained within the EPA’s records for 

the mandatory length of time after 

survey completion. The capital 

improvement needs results of the 

DWINSA will be used by the EPA 

primarily as a basis for allotting DWSRF 

funds among states. In addition, a 

national assessment improves the EPA’s 

ability to gauge long-term (20-year) 

capital costs of SDWA regulations and 

the provision of safe drinking water to 

the public. The 8th DWINSA is 

preceded by seven DWINSAs, with the 

first implemented in 1995. 

The effort for the 8th DWINSA will 

involve 2,164 respondents (2,108 water 

systems and 56 states), requiring 30,087 

hours at a total cost to the respondents 

of $1,875,387. Supporting Statement A, 

Section 12, Estimating the Respondent 

Burden Hours & Labor Costs, provides a 

detailed description of the unit burden 

and costs for this collection. Note this 

burden estimate does not yet include 

the potential supplemental questions for 

Tribal systems. Although the Agency 

does not anticipate the burden of this 

addition to be significant compared to 

the total, it will capture the associated 

burden in the final ICR if operation and 

maintenance supplemental questions 

are included for Tribal systems. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

respondents for the 8th Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment are CWSs and State 

agencies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,164 respondents (total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 15,044 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $937,694 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 13,444 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR previously approved by 

OMB. This increase is primarily due to 

a decreased sample size. 

Jennifer L. McLain, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0536; FRL–12026–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing ICR Collection and Request 

for Comment; Labeling Requirements 

for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides 

Under FIFRA Section 25(b) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces the availability of 

and solicits public comment on the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB): ‘‘Labeling Requirements 

for Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides 

Under FIFRA Section 25(b),’’ identified 

by EPA ICR No. 2475.05 and OMB 

Control No. 2070–0187. This ICR 

represents a renewal of an existing ICR 

that is currently approved through 

August 31, 2025. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval 

under the PRA, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 11, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0536, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

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

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 


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