Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0019-0012
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0318.12, OMB Control No. 2040-0050
Posted Date: 2010-09-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 183)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0019; FRL-9204-6]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0318.12, OMB Control No. 2040-0050

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 October 22, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2003-0019, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, 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: Michael Plastino, Municipal Support 
Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone 
number: 202-564-0682; fax number: 202-501-2397; e-mail address: 
cwns@epa.gov.

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 May 26, 2010 (75 FR 29532), 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-2003-0019, which is available for online viewing at 
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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 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: Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0318.12, OMB Control No. 2040-0050.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2011. 
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, and 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 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by 
Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 205(a) and 516. It is a periodic 
inventory of existing and projected publicly owned wastewater treatment 
works (POTWs) and other water pollution control facilities in the 
United States, as well as an estimate of how many POTWs need to be 
built. The CWNS is a joint effort of EPA and the States. The Survey 
records cost and technical data associated with POTWs and other water 
pollution control facilities, existing and projected, in the United 
States. The State respondents who provide this information to EPA are 
State agencies responsible for environmental pollution control. No 
confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information 
protected from release under the Public Information Act. EPA achieves 
national consistency in the final results through the application of 
uniform guidelines and validation techniques.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.55 
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 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: 56 States (States, District of 
Columbia, U.S. Territories) and 5,124 Local Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,180.
    Frequency of Response: Every 4 years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,115.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $371,066, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 308 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB. This is the net result of a decrease of 
52 state burden hours combined with an increase of 360 hours in Local 
Facility burden hours. Seven states will select the Gap Approach 
Option, which is projected to decrease burden slightly due to the 
sampling design (the greater State effort per facility is slightly more 
than offset by entering data for a sampled portion of facilities rather 
than for all facilities). For Local Facilities, there is an increased 
number of facilities that more than offsets the burden saved by 
switching from a census to a sampling approach.

    Dated: September 16, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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