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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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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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any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 

(7602M), Office of Program Support, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0335; email address: 

siu.carolyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Labeling Requirements for 

Certain Minimum Risk Pesticides Under 

FIFRA Section 25(b). 

EPA ICR No.: 2475.05. 

OMB Control No.: 2070–0187. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

approved through August 31, 2025. 

Under the PRA, 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request documents the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) burden for the 

labeling requirements for certain 

minimum risk pesticide products 

exempt from Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

registration under 40 CFR 152.25(f). 

These requirements were updated in the 

final rule entitled: Pesticides; Revisions 

to Minimum Risk Exemption ((80 FR 

80653(December 28, 2015)(FRL–9934– 

44)).Under 40 CFR 152.25(f), EPA has 

exempted from the requirement of 

FIFRA registration certain pesticide 

products if they are composed of 

specified ingredients and labeled 

accordingly. EPA created the exemption 

for minimum risk pesticides to 

eliminate the need for industry or 

business to expend significant resources 

to apply for and maintain regulated 

products that are deemed to be of 

minimum risk to human health and the 

environment. In addition, exempting 

such products freed Agency resources to 

focus on evaluating formulations whose 

toxicity was less well characterized, or 

was of higher toxicity. The labeling 

requirements are the key component of 

the minimum risk exemption since this 

is the only information that enforcement 

authorities have to assess whether or not 

the product meets the exemption 

requirements. While EPA does not 

review these products, and therefore a 

Federal label review is not conducted, 

to maintain exemption status, an 

exempt product’s label must meet 

certain criteria. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5.5 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR are 

individuals or entities engaged in 

activities related to the registration of 

pesticide products including 

manufacturers, distributers, retailers, 

and users of minimum risk pesticides. A 

list of potentially affected entities with 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

provided to assist in determining 

potential applicability in question 12. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit 

(FIFRA sections 3 and 25; 40 CFR 

152.25(f)). 

Forms: None. 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated number of potential 

respondents: 234. 

Total estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 0.6. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

752 hours. 

Total estimated annual respondent 

costs: $ 109,361, which includes $ 0 for 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is an increase of 273 annual 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden and $48,821 in burden costs 

when compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This increase reflects EPA’s estimation 

of new products entering the market, 

which has increased from 87 to 137 per 

year, and updated wage rates. These 

changes are an adjustment. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

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 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 to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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

Dated: December 9, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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