Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0023-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-03-21T05:00Z

Microbial
ICR
Addendum
1
November
28,
2001
Addendum
to
the
Information
Collection
Request
for
the
Microbial
Rules
dated
August
16,
2001
The
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
Rules
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
requested
the
following
burden
hours
and
corresponding
cost:

8,198,417
total
respondent
hours
(
6,621,176
PWS
hours
+
1,577,241
primacy
agency
hours)
5,385
total
EPA
hours
$
287,356k
total
respondent
cost
($
241,792k
for
PWS
+
$
45,564k
for
primacy
agencies)
$
432k
total
EPA
cost
The
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
ICR
includes
burden
for
the
Laboratory
Quality
Assurance
Evaluation
Program
for
Analysis
of
Cryptosporidium
in
Water
(
Lab
QA
Program).
The
Lab
QA
Program
narrative,
burden,
and
cost
should
be
removed
from
the
Microbial
ICR.

[
A
total
of
5,217
hours
(
5,217
PWS
hours
+
0
primacy
agency
hours)
should
be
removed
from
the
total
respondent
burden
hours
requested
in
the
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
ICR.
The
total
respondent
cost
should
be
reduced
by
$
275k
($
275k
for
PWS
+
$
0
for
primacy
agencies).
Note
that
no
primacy
agency
burden
or
cost
was
estimated
for
the
Lab
QA
Program
in
the
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
ICR.]

In
addition,
all
Agency
(
EPA)
burden
and
cost
estimates
should
be
removed
from
the
Microbial
ICR.
In
the
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
ICR,
Agency
burden
was
estimated
for
the
Lab
QA
Program
only.
Since
the
burden
for
the
Lab
QA
Program
will
be
removed
from
the
Microbial
ICR,
no
rule­
specific
Agency
burden
or
cost
will
be
associated
with
the
Microbial
ICR.
EPA
burden
and
costs
for
on­
going
general
activities
for
all
EPA
drinking
water
regulations
are
accounted
for
under
the
PWSS
Program
ICR.

[
A
total
of
5,385
hours
and
$
432k
should
be
removed
from
the
total
annual
respondent
plus
Agency
burden
and
cost.]
Microbial
ICR
Addendum
2
November
28,
2001
Revised
burden
estimates
for
the
Microbial
Rules
are
outlined
in
the
exhibit
below.
This
exhibit
could
be
used
to
replace
Exhibit
5
in
the
August
16,
2001,
Microbial
ICR.

Exhibit
5
Bottom
Line
Annual
Burden
and
Cost
2002­
2004
Number
of
Annual
Respondents
167,894
=
167,837
+
57
Existing
PWSs
Primacy
agencies
Total
Annual
Responses
22,602,022
=
20,465,421
+
2,136,601
PWS
responses
Primacy
agency
responses
Number
of
Responses
per
Respondent
134.6
=
22,602,022
/
167,894
Total
annual
responses
from
above
Total
number
of
respondents
from
above
Total
Annual
Respondent
Burden
Hours
8,193,200
=
6,615,959
+
1,577,241
PWS
hours
Primacy
agency
hours
Hours
per
Response
0.36
=
8,193,200
/
22,602,022
Total
respondent
burden
hours
from
above
Total
annual
responses
from
above
Total
Annual
Respondent
Cost
$
287,081k
=
$
241,517k
+
$
45,564k
For
PWSs
For
primacy
agencies