[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6023-6024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2539]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0019; FRL-9110-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contaminant Occurrence Data in 
Support of EPA's Third Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2231.02, OMB Control No. 2040-
0275

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2005-0019, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Water Docket (MC 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Shari Bauman, Office of Ground Water 
and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division (MC 4607M), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-0293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 11, 2009 (74 FR 46765), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0019, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Reading Room is 202-566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Water Docket is 202-566-2426.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of EPA's Third Six-
Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2231.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0275.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, 
requires that EPA review existing National Primary Drinking Water 
Regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than every six years. This cyclical 
evaluation is referred to as the ``Six-Year Review.'' Through the Six-
Year Review process, the EPA reviews existing NPDWRs and evaluates 
whether potential revisions are appropriate to maintain or improve the 
health of those persons served by public water systems.
    EPA completed and published review results for the first Six-Year 
Review cycle (1996-2002) on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42908). The occurrence 
assessments conducted for the first Six-Year Review were based on 
compliance monitoring data from 1993 to 1997, which were voluntarily 
provided by States.
    EPA expects to complete and publish the review results for the 
second Six-Year Review cycle (2003-2009) in the near future. The 
occurrence assessments conducted for the second Six-Year Review are 
based on data collected between 1998 and 2005 and voluntarily submitted 
by States and other primacy agencies under the current Information 
Collection Request (ICR No. 2231.01, 71 FR 32340, June 5, 2006).
    To support future Six-Year Reviews, EPA's Office of Water is 
renewing the current ICR and requesting that States

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and other primacy agencies voluntarily provide historical compliance 
monitoring data for community water systems (CWSs) and non-transient 
non-community water systems (NTNCWSs) to the Agency. The Agency is 
requesting contaminant occurrence data and treatment technique data 
collected from 2006 to 2012 for all regulated chemical, radiological 
and microbiological contaminants as well as data from the Ground Water 
Rule (GWR), Surface Water Treatment Rules (SWTRs), Long Term 1 and 2 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules (LT1 and LT2) and Interim 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), Stage 1 and 2 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rules (DBPRs) and Filter 
Backwash Recycling Rule (FBRR). This collection request is a renewal of 
the current ICR (ICR No. 2231.01) with the addition of requesting 
treatment technique information.
    The compliance monitoring records in this information collection 
(including all results for analytical detections and non-detections) 
and the treatment technique information (e.g., sanitary survey and 
corrective action information) will provide the data needed to conduct 
statistical estimates of national occurrence for regulated contaminants 
and will assist in the evaluation of regulation effectiveness. These 
national occurrence estimates and treatment technique information will 
support the SDWA section 1412(b)(9) mandate, which requires the Agency 
to review the existing NPDWRs and determine whether revisions are 
appropriate. In addition, SDWA section 1445(g) requires the Agency to 
maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database 
(i.e., the National Contaminant Occurrence Data (NCOD)) using 
occurrence data for both regulated and unregulated contaminants in 
public water systems (PWSs). This data collection will provide new 
occurrence data on regulated contaminants to maintain the NCOD.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 13.5 
hours per State. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: State drinking water primacy 
agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 756.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $37,922, this includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 75 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects the slight modification in 
the scope (i.e., to request additional data for several rules such as 
the GWR, SWTRs, DBPRs and FBRR).

    Dated: January 29, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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