Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2001 / Notices 12777

Jenny Jacobs, Drinking Water Protection

Division (Mailcode 4606), Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water, U.S.

EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, D.C., 20460; and to Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Copies of the ICR may be obtained from

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, tollfree at (800) 426–4791. Hours of

operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

(ET), Monday–Friday, excluding Federal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Jenny Jacobs, (202) 260–2939,

fax (202) 260–0732, email:

jacobs.jenny@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

own, operate or regulate public water

systems but not limited to: Owners/

operator of public water systems, State

Environmental Water Quality Agencies,

State Departments of Health.

Title: Operator Certification

Guidelines and Operator Certification

Expense Reimbursement Grants

Program, EPA ICR #1955.01.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection is to determine if

states are meeting the requirements of

EPA’s operator certification guidelines.

Section 1419(a) of the Safe Drinking

Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of

1996 requires to EPA to develop

guidelines specifying minimum

standards for certification and

recertification of operators of

community and nontransient

noncommunity public water systems

and to publish final guidelines by

February 6, 1999. The final guidelines

were published in the Federal Register

on February 5, 1999 (64 FR 5916).

Pursuant to section 1419(b) of the

SDWA, beginning two years after the

date on which EPA publishes guidelines

for the certification (and recertification)

of operators of community and

nontransient noncommunity public

water systems (or February 5, 2001),

EPA shall withhold 20 percent of the

funds a state is otherwise entitled to

receive under SDWA section 1452

unless a state has adopted and is

implementing a program that meets the

requirements of EPA’s operator

certification guidelines. EPA is required

under SDWA section 1419 to make an

annual determination on whether to

withhold 20 percent of a state’s

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

(DWSRF) allotment. In order to make

these decisions, EPA must collect

information from the states as required

by EPA’s operator certification

guidelines. States, in turn, must collect

information from water systems as

required by their respective programs.

SDWA section 1419(d) requires EPA

to reimburse (through grants to states)

the costs of training, including an

appropriate per diem for unsalaried

operators, and certification for persons

operating community and nontransient

noncommunity public water systems

serving 3,300 persons or fewer that are

required to undergo training pursuant to

EPA’s operator certification guidelines.

Prior to awarding expense

reimbursement grants to states, EPA will

need to collect information from states

to ensure that the state has a plan for

distributing the funds to small system

operators.

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: EPA estimates that

the cost and burden to states for this ICR

is $412,449 and 11,914 hours over the

three year period between FY2001 and

FY2003. EPA also estimates the cost and

burden to public water systems for this

ICR is $6,514,596 and 290,511 hours

over the three year period between

FY2001 and FY2003. The average

annual cost and burden per state is

$2,695 and 78 hours. On a per system

level, an average annual cost and

burden of $31 and 2 hours is estimated.

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: February 16, 2001.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Exports

From and Imports to the United States

Under International and Bilateral Waste

Agreements

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: ‘‘Exports from and Imports to

the United States under International

and Bilateral Waste Agreements,’’ OMB

Control Number 2050–0143; expiration

date March 31, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1647.03 and OMB Control

No. 2050–0143, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and 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: 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

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download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1647.03. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Patricia Whiting

on 703–308–8421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Exports from and Imports to the

United States under International and

Bilateral Waste Agreements; OMB

Control Number 2050–0143; EPA ICR

No. 1647.03; expiring March 31, 2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Authority for this

information collection is found in

sections 2002(a) and 3017(a)(2) and (f)

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as

amended by the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act, and as amended by

the Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

The Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Decision is considered legally binding

on the United States under Articles 5(a)

and 6(2) of the OECD Convention, 12

U.S.T. 1728. In addition, the OECD

Decision and EPA’s rule implementing

the OECD Decision in 40 CFR part 262,

subpart H (61 FR 16290; April 12, 1996)

impose requirements on U.S. exporters

and importers for shipments of

hazardous waste for recovery to and

from OECD member countries. EPA also

imposes requirements on hazardous

waste exports and imports to and from

other countries in 40 CFR part 262,

subparts E and F, respectively (August

8, 1986; 51 FR 28664). U.S. EPA’s Office

of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance uses the information

provided by each U.S. exporter and

importer to determine compliance with

the applicable RCRA regulatory

provisions. In addition, the information

will be used to determine the number,

origin, destination, and type of exports

from and imports to the U.S. for tracking

purposes and for reporting to the OECD.

This information also will be used to

assess the efficiency of the 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 Notice required under

5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information, was

published on November 1, 2000 (65 FR

65304); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 10 hours per

exporter and 1 hour per importer.

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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Exporters and Importers of Hazardous

Wastes to U.S.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,562.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

9,334.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,015.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggestions for minimizing respondent

burden, including the use of automated

estimates, and any suggestions for

minimizing respondent burden,

including the use of automated

collection techniques to the addresses

listed above. Please refer to the EPA ICR

Number 1647.03 Control Number 2050–

0143 in any correspondence.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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Review; Comment Request;

Establishing No-Discharge Zones

Under the Clean Water Act Section 312

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: Establishing No-Discharge

Zones (NDZs) Under the Clean Water

Act Section 312, EPA ICR Number

1791.03, OMB Control Number: 2040–

0187 and current expiration date of

February 28, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1791.03 and OMB Control

No. 2040–0187, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and 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: 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. 1791.03. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact James Woodley at

EPA by phone at (202) 260–1998 in the

Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and

Watersheds.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under

Clean Water Act Section 312 (OMB

Control Number 2040–0187; EPA ICR

Number 1791.03) expiring 02/28/2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: (A) UNDS No-discharge

Zones: Under section 312(n) of the

Clean Water Act (‘‘Uniform National

Discharge Standards for Vessels of the

Armed Forces’’ or ‘‘UNDS’’) nodischarge zones (‘‘NDZs’’) for discharges

from Armed Forces vessels may be

established by either State prohibition

or EPA prohibition following the

procedures in 40 CFR part 1700. UNDS

also provides that the Governor of any

State may petition EPA and the

Secretary of Defense to review any

determination or standard promulgated

under the UNDS program if there is

significant new information that could

reasonably result in a change to the

determination or standard. This ICR

discusses the information that will be

required from a State if it decides to

establish a NDZ by State prohibition or

apply for a NDZ by EPA prohibition,

and the information that will be