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information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: In the EPA ICR No.

Number 1836.01, OMB Control Number

2040–0195, for 1998–2001, the total

burden was estimated to be

approximately 696.20 hours at a cost of

$37,954.63. These figures were based on

the one time effort of approximately 12

hours and 26 minutes by each of the 56

states who wish to adopt the

administrative penalty authority

necessary in order to obtain or retain

primacy. This estimate includes the

time for gathering, analyzing, writing,

and reporting information. There will be

no capital, start-up, or operation and

maintenance costs. This data collection

does not involve periodic reporting or

recordkeeping. Since approximately one

half of the states have already submitted

revision applications, we estimate the

burden for the continuing ICR to be

$18,977.32. Burden means the total

time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide

information to or for a Federal agency.

This includes the time needed to review

instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with

any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Phil Oshida,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6972–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Public Water

Systems Supervision Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): Public

Water Systems Supervision Program

(PWSSP), EPA ICR No. 0270.40; OMB

No. 2040–0090. The current ICR

approval expires on 9/30/01. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: People interested in getting

information or making comments about

the draft PWSSP ICR should direct

inquiries or comments to the Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water,

Drinking Water Protection Branch, Mail

Code 4606, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Naylor, (202) 260–5135, fax

(202) 401–2345, e-mail:

naylor.richard@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are public water systems,

primacy agents including regulators in

the States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust

Territories; Indian Tribes and Alaska

Native Villages, and in some instances,

U.S. EPA Regional Administrators and

staff.

Title: Information Collection Request

for Public Water Systems Supervision

Program, OMB Control No. 2040–0090;

EPA ICR No. 0270.40; expires 09/30/

2001.

Abstract: This ICR contains record

keeping and reporting requirements that

are mandatory for compliance with 40

CFR parts 141 and 142. Sections 1401

and 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA), as amended, require EPA to

establish National Primary Drinking

Water Regulations (NPDWRs) that

ensure the safety of drinking water.

These regulations, contained in 40 CFR

parts 141 and 142, are designed to

reduce any exposure to contaminants—

microbial, organic and inorganic

chemicals, and radionuclides in

finished drinking water to safe levels.

The Act further requires EPA to ensure

compliance with and enforce these

regulations. Section 1445 of SDWA

stipulates that every supplier of water

shall conduct monitoring, maintain

records, and provide such information

as is needed for the Agency to carry out

its compliance and enforcement

responsibilities with respect to SDWA.

Ensuring implementation of these

requirements by public water systems is

principally a responsibility of the States,

particularly the 49 States that have

assumed primary enforcement

responsibility (primacy) for public water

systems under SDWA section 1413. As

part of the Public Water Systems

Supervision Program, the Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water’s

Safe Drinking Water Information System

(SDWIS) collects data from the States on

public water systems regulated by EPA.

Without comprehensive, up-to-date

information on drinking water

contamination, States and EPA would

not be able to ensure ‘‘a supply of

drinking water which dependably

complies with such maximum

contaminant levels’’ (SDWA section

1401 (1) (d)).

An Agency may not conduct or

sponsor and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

if it does not display a currently valid

OMB control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments 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; and, (iv) 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).

Burden Statement: The OMB

currently approved burden associated

with this ICR is: 9,531,172 burden hours

per year; and $180,567 burden costs.

Since the publication of the ICR for the

Public Water Systems Supervision

Program in December 1993, EPA has

developed rule specific ICRs for each

new or revised drinking water rule.

Most of the rules addressed in the 1993

PWSSP ICR (e.g., Radionuclides Rule,

Public Notification Rule, Lead and

Copper Rule, Total Trihalomethanes

Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule and

the Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Rule) have been revised to

varying degrees. Accordingly, in the

revision of the PWSSP ICR, EPA will

ensure that there is no double counting

of burden with the individual ICRs for

the revised rules.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

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to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; develop,

acquire, install, and utilize technology

and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information. Any

recommendations from the drinking

water community and the general public

on this issue will be given consideration

by the Agency.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Phil Oshida,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 01–10995 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6972–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Regulations for a Voluntary Emissions

Standards Program Applicable to

Manufacturers of Light-Duty Vehicles

and Trucks Beginning in Model Year

1997

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Regulations for a Voluntary

Emissions Standards Program

Applicable to Manufacturers of LightDuty Vehicles and Trucks Beginning in

Model Year 1997, OMB Control Number

2060–0345, expiration date 04/30/01.

The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1761.03 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0345, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; and

to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-mail at

Farmer,sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1761.03. For technical questions

about the ICR contact: Chestine Payton,

Office of Transportation and Air

Quality, Certification and Compliance

Division, (202) 564–9328, fax (202) 565–

2057. E-mail address:

payton,chestine@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations for a Voluntary Emissions

Standards Program Applicable to

Manufacturers of Light-Duty Vehicles

and Trucks Beginning in Model Year

1997 (OMB #2060–0345, approved

through 04/30/01). This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The information collection

is conducted to support averaging,

banking, and trading provisions

included in the National Low Emission

Vehicle (LEV) program. These

averaging, banking, and trading

provisions give the automobile

manufacturers a measure of flexibility in

meeting the fleet average Non-methane

organic gas (NMOG) standards and the

five-percent cap on Tier 1 vehicles and

transitional low emission vehicles

(TLEVs) in the ozone transport region

(OTR). EPA will use the reported data

to calculate credits and debits and

otherwise ensure compliance with the

applicable production levels and

emissions standards. When a

manufacturer opted into the Voluntary

National LEV program, reporting will be

mandatory.

Manufacturers submit information

regarding the annual sales, calculation,

generation, and usage of emission

credits in an annual report. In addition,

upon transferring credits to another

manufacturer, the manufacturer submits

this information along with their annual

report. This information will be

submitted to EPA in annual reports and

will involve approximately 18

respondents at a total annual cost of

about $580,212.

EPA currently has in place an

Information Collection Request (ICR)

and clearance for annual sales/

production reporting for light-duty

vehicles and trucks. This ICR reflects

additional requirements to collate the

annual sales/production data and

implement the credit calculation

program.

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 are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

February 21, 2001 (66 FR 11020); no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 241 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Manufacturers of light-duty vehicles

and light-duty trucks.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

18.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden

Per Respondent: 4,338.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: 0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following address.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1761.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0345 in any

correspondence.