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Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-03-21T05:00Z

Contract
No.
68­
C­
99­
245
Work
Assignment
No.
1­
10
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
FOR
THE
STATE
SOURCE
WATER
ASSESSMENT
AND
PROTECTION
PROGRAMS
EPA
ICR
No.
1816.02
December
2000
Prepared
by:

The
Cadmus
Group,
Inc.
1901
North
Fort
Myer
Drive,
Suite
900
Arlington,
VA
22209
Prepared
for:

Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Washington,
DC
20460
Table
of
Contents
1.
Identification
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Collection
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Title
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Collection
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Need
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Use
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Need/
Authority
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Practical
Utility/
Users
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Data
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Nonduplication,
Consultations,
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Other
Collection
Criteria
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Nonduplication
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b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
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Effects
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Less
Frequent
Collection
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General
Guidelines
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Confidentiality
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Sensitive
Questions
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4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
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Respondents/
SIC
Codes
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Information
Requested
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5.
The
Information
Collected
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Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
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Activities
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Collection
Methodology
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Management
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Small
Entity
Flexibility
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Collection
Schedule
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6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
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Estimating
Respondent
Burden
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Estimating
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Costs
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Estimating
Agency
Burden
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Cost
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Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Cost
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Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Costs/
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Reasons
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Change
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Burden
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Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
Section
1453
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Appendix
A
Federal
Register
Notice
for
Source
Water
Protection
ICR
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Appendix
B
Information
Collection
Request
1
1
EPA
816­
R­
97­
009,
August
6,
1997.
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
1997
Guidance;
EPA
ICR
No.
1816.02;
OMB
Control
Number
2040­
0197
1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
The
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
(
SDWA)
Amendments
of
1996
(
PL
104­
182)
created
the
source
water
assessment
program
(
SWAP).
Under
this
program,
states
with
primacy
(
i.
e.,
full
responsibility
for
implementing
the
safe
drinking
water
program)
were
required
to
submit
a
SWAP
plan
to
EPA's
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
by
February,
1999,
which
was
18
months
after
EPA
published
its
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
Guidance:
Final
Guidance1
(
the
Guidance).
Upon
EPA
approval
of
their
program,
each
state
has
up
to
two
years
to
complete
source
water
assessments
for
all
public
water
systems
(
PWSs)
in
its
state,
unless
an
extension
is
granted.
A
source
water
assessment
consists
of
delineating
a
source
water
protection
area
(
SWPA),
conducting
a
contamination
source
inventory
and
a
susceptibility
determination,
and
making
the
results
of
the
assessment
available
to
the
public.

Four
information
collections
are
required
under
the
Guidance:
a
state
SWAP
submittal;
a
state
extension
request;
SWAP
assessment
reports;
and
periodic
reports
of
progress
on
the
state's
assessment
program.
Each
is
described
below:

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State
SWAP
Submittal:
States
submitted
SWAPs
to
EPA
for
approval.
These
SWAPs
described
the
state's
proposed
approach
for
conducting
assessments
and
making
the
results
available
to
the
public,
and
the
state's
plan
for
implementing
its
SWAP
approach.
The
SWAPs
also
described
how
the
state
achieved
public
participation
in
developing
its
SWAP.

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State
Extension
Request:
Any
state
was
allowed
to
request
an
extension
of
up
to
18
additional
months
if
it
believed
it
would
not
be
able
to
complete
all
assessments
within
two
years
due
to
circumstances
related
to
its
use
of
the
Drinking
Water
State
Revolving
Fund
(
DWSRF)
or
other
circumstances
beyond
its
control.

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SWAP
Report:
After
it
has
completed
all
assessments,
a
state
must
make
the
results
of
the
assessments
widely
available
to
the
public
in
an
expeditious
manner.
2
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
$
Progress
Reports:
Once
its
program
is
approved,
a
state
must
report
annually
to
EPA
on
the
progress
of
its
assessment
program.

The
entire
process,
from
the
beginning
of
SWAP
development
to
completion
of
assessments
may
take
up
to
5
¾
years.
The
collection
of
SWAP­
related
information
spans
two
ICR
clearance
periods.
ICR
No.
2040­
0197
addressed
the
burden
and
cost
over
the
first
three
years
of
the
information
collection
(
August
1,
1997
­
July
31,
2000).
This
ICR
estimates
burden
and
cost
for
the
second
half
of
the
collection
(
August
1,
2000
­
July
31,
2003).
States
will
only
submit
SWAP
assessment
reports
and
progress
reports
during
this
second
clearance
period.
(
See
Section
6.)

EPA
estimates
that
the
total
respondent
burden
associated
with
these
requirements
will
be
7.8
million
hours
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
request
(
an
average
of
2.6
million
hours
per
year).
Over
the
three
years
of
this
information
collection,
EPA
anticipates
that
states
will
perform
130,250
assessments.
On
average,
each
assessment
will
require
60
labor
hours
(
including
state,
local,
and
contractual
labor).

EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
request,
the
cost
to
respondents
of
the
information
collection
will
be
$
246
million
(
an
average
of
$
82
million
per
year).
This
estimate
includes
state
and
local
dollars.
Averaged
over
the
130,250
assessments
states
are
expected
to
perform,
the
labor
cost
will
be
$
1,725
per
assessment
and
the
non­
labor
cost
per
assessment
will
be
$
164.
The
total
cost
per
assessment
is
estimated
to
be
$
1,888.

2.
Need
for
and
Use
of
the
Collection
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
Section
1453
of
the
SDWA
Amendments
of
1996
authorizes
state
SWAPs
and
requires
the
SWAP
reports
described
in
this
ICR.
(
See
Appendix
A.)
Section
1453(
a)(
2)(
A)
requires
that
states
"
delineate
the
boundaries
of
the
assessment
areas
in
such
State
from
which
one
or
more
public
water
systems
in
the
State
receive
supplies
of
drinking
water,
using
all
reasonably
available
hydrogeologic
information
on
the
sources
of
the
supply
of
drinking
water
in
the
State
and
the
water
flow,
recharge,
and
discharge
and
any
other
reliable
information
as
the
State
deems
necessary
to
adequately
determine
such
areas."

Furthermore,
Section
1453(
a)(
2)(
B)
requires
that
states
"
identify
for
contaminants
regulated
under
this
title
for
which
monitoring
is
required
under
this
title.
.
.
to
the
extent
practical,
the
origins
within
each
delineated
area
of
such
contaminants
to
determine
the
susceptibility
of
the
public
water
systems
in
the
delineated
area
to
such
contaminants."
Information
Collection
Request
3
Section
1453(
a)(
7)
of
the
SDWA
requires
that
the
results
of
the
assessments
be
made
available
to
the
public.

Section
1452(
k)(
1)(
C)
of
the
SDWA
Amendments
requires
states
to
report
annually
to
EPA
on
their
progress
in
implementing
the
SWAP
program.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
State
SWAPs
are
an
important
component
in
increasing
PWSs'
capacity
to
provide
safe
drinking
water
and
to
protect
source
water.
EPA
will
use
states'
progress
reports
to
determine
whether
a
state
has
conducted
the
SDWA­
required
SWAP
as
planned.
The
Agency
may
also
use
assessment
information
to
respond
to
inquiries
from
Congress,
EPA
management,
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
and
the
public.

States
may
use
the
assessment
data
on
matters
such
as
monitoring
flexibility
for
PWSs
and
for
determining
priorities
for
water
resource
protection.
The
states
may
use
the
information
gained
during
the
source
water
assessments
in
conjunction
with
a
variety
of
other
initiatives,
such
as
other
EPA
water
programs.
For
example:

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In
the
Nonpoint
Source
Program,
assessment
information
could
help
states
as
they
periodically
update
their
water
quality
assessments.
This
would
result
in
more
effective
use
of
federal,
state
and
local
resources
to
improve
and
protect
surface
and
ground
waters
for
all
uses.

°
In
the
Clean
Lakes
Program,
new
analyses
conducted
for
lakes
under
a
SWAP
could
better
characterize
the
vulnerability
of
important
lakes,
and
thereby
reinforce
the
need
for
additional
lake
restoration
and
protection
activities.

°
In
EPA's
Wetlands
Program,
assessments
can
identify
critical
areas
where
the
enhancement
or
restoration
of
wetlands
can
improve
water
quality
in
the
watershed.

°
In
the
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
Program,
assessments
can
provide
information
on
ambient
levels
of
drinking
water
contaminants
or
significant
potential
sources
of
contaminants.
This
information
could
be
used
to
assess
the
need
for
permit
limits
for
individual
contaminants
and
to
calculate
such
limits.
4
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
3.
Nonduplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
3(
a)
Nonduplication
For
the
express
purpose
of
avoiding
duplication
and
encouraging
efficiency,
Section
1453(
a)(
6)
of
the
SDWA
says
that
a
SWAP
may
make
use
of
appropriate
existing
resources.
These
resources
include
sanitary
surveys
of
local
PWSs,
state
wellhead
protection
(
WHP)
programs,
state
pesticide
management
programs,
state
watershed
approaches
including
efforts
under
the
Surface
Water
Treatment
Rule
(
SWTR),
monitoring
waiver
programs,
or
the
Federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act
(
Clean
Water
Act).

3(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
EPA
published
notice
requesting
comment
on
the
burden
and
cost
associated
with
SWAPs
in
the
Federal
Register
on
June
16,
2000
(
65
FR
37778).
A
copy
of
this
Federal
Register
Notice
is
attached
to
this
ICR
as
Appendix
B.
To
develop
the
ICR
for
the
first
half
of
this
information
collection,
EPA
published
notice
in
the
Federal
Register
on
June
24,
1997
(
62
FR
34060).
EPA
received
no
comments
on
the
preliminary
burden
and
cost
estimates
provided
in
either
Notice.

3(
c)
Consultations
In
developing
burden
and
cost
estimates
and
underlying
assumptions,
EPA
consulted
staff
from
seven
state
environmental
agencies
that
are
responsible
for
SWAP
activities
in
their
states:

°
Georgia
Environmental
Protection
Division
°
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency
°
Nebraska
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
°
New
Hampshire
Department
of
Environmental
Services
°
Oregon
Department
of
Environmental
Quality
°
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Resources
°
Texas
Natural
Resource
Conservation
Commission
These
agencies
represent
both
large
and
small
states
that
are
geographically
diverse
enough
to
be
representative
of
the
nation.
These
staff
provided
input
on
the
hourly
and
financial
burden
associated
with
the
reporting
requirements
of
the
SWAP
Guidance
for
the
original
ICR.
Furthermore,
as
EPA
developed
the
Guidance,
it
solicited
stakeholder
input
by
publishing
notices
and
inviting
comment,
and
by
hosting
national
and
Regional
stakeholder
meetings.

To
develop
this
ICR,
EPA
re­
contacted
these
agency
staff
to
inquire
whether,
based
on
assessment
activities
to
date,
they
believe
their
original
estimates
to
be
accurate.
Three
of
the
Information
Collection
Request
5
seven
states
revised
their
burden
and/
or
cost
estimates.
However,
Georgia
was
not
included
in
either
of
the
ICRs
because
the
state's
estimates
are
considered
a
significant
outlier.
The
burden
and
cost
estimates
in
this
ICR
reflect
those
updated
estimates.

3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
In
the
SWAP
Guidance,
EPA
does
not
request
repeated
collection
of
reported
data.
Section
1453(
a)(
7)
of
the
SDWA
requires
states
to
make
the
results
of
the
assessments
available
to
the
public
only
once
 
when
they
are
complete.
Section
1452(
k)(
1)(
C)
of
the
SDWA
requires
states
to
report
annually
to
EPA
on
their
progress
in
implementing
the
SWAP
program.

3(
e)
General
Guidelines
All
data
collections
covered
by
this
ICR
comply
with
OMB's
General
Guidelines
for
information
collections,
with
the
potential
exception
of
states
having
to
produce
more
than
an
original
and
two
copies
of
their
SWAP
reports
in
the
course
of
making
the
assessments
available
to
the
public.

The
SDWA
requires
that
states
make
the
results
of
each
assessment
available
to
the
public;
as
a
result,
some
states
may
need
to
distribute
copies
of
the
report
to
many
people.
EPA
recommends
alternatives
to
generating
large
quantities
of
the
reports,
such
as
making
the
report
available
via
the
Internet.
States
can
minimize
the
number
of
copies
of
the
reports
needed
by
making
them
available
by
request
through
postage­
free
return
mail
cards,
a
free
call­
in
number,
or
the
Internet.
States
are
also
permitted
to
charge
for
copies
of
the
reports
using
state
rules
for
charging
for
copies.

3(
f)
Confidentiality
No
confidential
data
is
collected.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
There
are
no
sensitive
questions
pertaining
to
this
ICR.

4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
4(
a)
Respondents/
SIC
Codes
The
respondents
for
this
information
collection
are
state
environmental
and
6
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
health
agencies
(
SIC
Code
9511,
Air
and
Water
Resource
and
Solid
Waste
Management).
The
North
American
Industry
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
code
is
92411,
Administration
of
Air
and
Water
Resource
and
Solid
Waste
Management
Programs.

4(
b)
Information
Requested
Data
Items,
Including
Recordkeeping
Requirements
The
respondents
(
state
governments)
prepare
up
to
four
items
related
to
SWAPs:
(
1)
a
state
SWAP
submittal,
(
2)
a
request
for
an
extension
(
if
necessary),
(
3)
a
report
on
the
results
of
each
assessment,
and
(
4)
reports
to
EPA
on
the
progress
of
assessments
(
after
SWAP
approval).
States
must
also
maintain
the
data
used
to
compile
the
assessment
reports
in
order
to
provide
it
to
interested
stakeholders
on
request.
This
ICR
estimates
the
burden
and
cost
associated
with
the
assessment
reports
and
progress
reports
only.

Respondent
Activities
States
must
conduct
their
assessments
as
described
in
their
EPA­
approved
SWAPs.
States
are
also
required
to
periodically
report
their
progress
to
EPA.
The
activities
required
for
each
response
are
described
below.

SWAP
Report
As
it
completes
its
assessments,
a
state
must
make
the
results
available
to
the
public.
To
complete
the
assessments,
which
will
facilitate
generation
of
the
required
reports,
states
are
required
to
perform
the
following
activities
for
each
assessment:

°
Delineate
SWPA.
States
must
delineate
the
boundary
of
each
assessment
area.
For
ground
water
systems,
states
will
use
delineation
methods
in
accordance
with
EPA­
accepted
guidelines
for
the
Wellhead
Protection
Program.
For
surface
water
systems,
a
state
must
delineate
the
entire
watershed
area
upstream
of
any
intakes
or
diversion
structures,
up
to
the
state's
borders.

°
Conduct
Source
Inventory
and
Determine
Susceptibility
of
PWS.
Within
each
delineated
SWPA,
a
state
must
identify
all
significant
potential
sources
of
all
contaminants
of
concern
(
including
Cryptosporidium
and
raw
water
contaminants
regulated
under
the
SDWA
and
the
SWTR).
Each
assessment
must
also
include
a
determination
of
the
susceptibility
of
the
water
supply
based
on
this
inventory.
Information
Collection
Request
7
°
Make
the
Results
of
Assessments
Available
to
the
Public.
States
must
present
the
results
of
the
assessments
in
an
understandable
format,
either
on
maps,
a
narrative
report,
or
both.
States
must
make
the
results
of
assessments
available
to
all
consumers
in
a
SWPA
as
well
as
all
other
members
of
the
public,
using
a
methodology
specified
in
the
SWAP
Guidance
or
a
functional
alternative.

Progress
Reports
Once
their
programs
are
approved,
states
must
report
annually
to
EPA
on
the
progress
of
their
assessments
and
how
they
have
expended
the
Drinking
Water
State
Revolving
Fund
setaside
for
source
water
assessments.
States
may
report
to
EPA
via
established
mechanisms,
such
as
the
biennial
reports
on
the
progress
of
their
WHP
programs
required
under
Section
1428
of
the
SDWA.

Recordkeeping
Requirements
States
must
maintain
or
have
access
to
the
data
used
to
compile
the
assessment
reports
and
provide
the
data
to
interested
stakeholders
on
request.

5.
The
Information
Collected
­­
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
5(
a)
Agency
Activities
EPA
is
committed
to
successful
assessments
and
will
provide
assistance
to
the
states
to
help
them
use
the
DWSRF
set­
aside
necessary
to
complete
the
assessments,
facilitate
exchange
of
information,
and
encourage
involvement
of
all
capable
participants
and
contributors.
EPA
will
also
assist
states
in
making
the
results
of
assessments
available
to
the
public
by
encouraging
them
to
link
their
assessment
results
to
Agency
Internet
efforts.

5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
The
results
of
each
assessment
will
be
stored,
maintained,
and
made
available
to
the
public
by
the
states.
Part
of
the
burden
estimate
includes
the
cost
and
effort
of
making
each
assessment
available
to
the
public.
EPA
will
permit
and,
in
fact,
will
encourage
the
states
to
link
the
results
of
each
assessment
to
Agency
Internet
sites
or
databases,
such
as
the
"
Surf
Your
Watershed"
Web
site,
the
Index
of
Watershed
Indicators
(
IWI),
state
305(
b)
waterbody
delineation
and
assessment
efforts,
or
the
Reach
File
3
System.
EPA
also
recommends
that
a
state
permit
the
public
to
request
a
hard
copy
of
the
results
of
each
assessment
(
using
state
rules
for
charging
for
copies)
or
8
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
permit
the
public
to
request
a
copy
through
postage­
free
return
mail
cards,
a
free
call­
in
number,
and
Internet
posting.

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
The
respondents
for
this
information
collection
are
state
environmental
and
health
agencies.
They
are
not
small
businesses
or
organizations
as
defined
in
the
Regulatory
Flexibility
Act
(
RFA),
5
U.
S.
C.
Sections
601(
3)
and
(
4).

EPA's
Guidance
provides
states
with
the
option
to
delegate
a
portion
of
the
assessment
responsibilities.
EPA
expects
that
some
states
will
delegate
some
of
the
assessment
work,
such
as
contaminant
source
inventories,
to
local
governments
or
local
water
systems,
some
of
which
may
be
small
entities,
as
defined
in
the
RFA.
In
their
SWAP
submittals,
26
states
indicate
that
local
agencies
or
water
systems
will
participate
to
some
degree
in
performing
source
water
assessments.
This
involvement
will
range
from
cooperative
efforts
with
local
agencies
such
as
county
health
departments
and
reviewing
work
done
by
the
state,
to
sharing
the
assessment
activities
with
the
state
and
contractors,
to
PWSs
conducting
the
assessments
themselves
(
in
two
states).
The
SWAP
submittals
indicate
that,
in
most
cases,
the
states
will
do
the
lion's
share
of
the
assessment
work.
EPA
cannot
estimate
how
many
of
the
local
governments
or
water
systems
to
which
assessment
work
would
be
delegated
would
qualify
as
small
entities;
thus,
it
is
not
possible
to
estimate
the
impact
of
this
information
collection
on
small
governmental
jurisdictions.
The
requirement
to
complete
the
assessments
is
the
responsibility
of
the
states,
not
the
local
governments,
however,
and
EPA
and
states
will
likely
provide
technical
and/
or
financial
assistance
(
e.
g.,
a
share
of
the
state's
DWSRF
set­
aside)
to
delegated
local
entities.

Local
water
systems
may
benefit
from
having
completed
source
water
assessments,
because
a
state
SWAP
and
the
completed
assessments
should
increase
the
likelihood
of
flexibility
on
finished
water
monitoring,
ground
water
disinfection
requirements,
regulation
of
Class
V
injection
wells,
or
filtration
requirements,
as
well
as
possible
reductions
in
burden
and
cost
of
treatment.
PWSs
with
completed
assessments
may
be
eligible
for
monitoring
relief.

5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
The
SDWA
Amendments
and
the
Guidance
describe
the
required
elements
of
a
SWAP
and
stipulate
the
timetable
for
states
to
complete
their
source
water
assessments.
States
were
required
to
begin
implementing
their
SWAPs
immediately
upon
approval.
A
state
must
complete
program
implementation
within
two
years,
unless
an
18­
month
extension
is
granted.
A
state
must
make
the
results
of
each
assessment
available
to
the
public
after
it
is
completed.
States
are
also
required
to
report
periodically
to
EPA
on
their
progress
according
to
the
method
and
schedule
in
their
approved
SWAPs,
possibly
along
with
their
WHP
biennial
reports.
All
assessments
are
planned
to
be
completed
in
the
year
2003.
Information
Collection
Request
9
6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
As
mentioned
above,
SWAP
activities
will
span
two
ICR
clearance
periods.
In
Years
1
and
2
of
this
information
collection,
the
states
submitted
their
SWAPs
to
EPA.
As
of
October
2000,
EPA
has
approved
the
SWAPs
of
48
states,
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
Puerto
Rico.
Kansas
and
Wyoming
will
likely
be
approved
by
the
end
of
calendar
year
2000.
In
the
first
ICR,
EPA
estimated
that
about
42,000
assessments
would
be
performed
in
Years
1
through
3
(
the
exact
number
completed
and
the
progress
in
completing
the
steps
of
the
assessments
will
not
be
available
until
the
end
of
November,
2000).
The
remainder
of
this
Section
focuses
on
the
burden
and
costs
incurred
in
Years
4
through
6
(
August
1,
2000
­
July
31,
2003).
All
burden
and
cost
in
this
clearance
period
will
be
associated
with
conducting
the
assessments
and
reporting
to
EPA
on
the
progress
of
the
assessments.
Exhibit
6­
1
illustrates
the
distribution
of
SWAP
activities
by
year.

EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
request,
the
total
respondent
burden
associated
with
these
requirements
will
average
2.6
million
hours
per
year
and
the
cost
to
respondents
of
the
information
collection
will
average
$
82
million
per
year.
The
total
burden
and
cost,
presented
in
Section
6(
e),
are
the
product
of
the
annual
burden
and
cost
per
response,
presented
in
Sections
6(
a)
and
6(
b),
respectively
and
the
number
of
responses,
which
are
presented
in
Section
6(
d).
Also,
Section
6(
c)
presents
EPA's
burden
and
cost;
Section
6(
f)
discusses
the
change
in
the
burden
and
cost
estimates
between
ICR
No.
2040­
0197
and
this
request.
10
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
2
Numbers
throughout
this
ICR
may
not
appear
to
add
due
to
rounding.
Exhibit
6­
1
Annual
Distribution
of
SWAP
Activities
Year
1
Year
2
Year
3
Year
4
Year
5
Year
6
Develop
SWAPs
Development
EPA
review
Request
Extensions
Conduct
Assessments*
5,000
15,000
22,000
43,000
43,000
44,250
Report
on
Progress
<­­­­­­­
Activities
in
this
collection
­­­­­­­>

*
Number
of
assessments
completed
in
each
year
6(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
Respondent
burden
estimates
are
presented
in
Exhibit
6­
2.
Columns
A,
B,
C,
and
D
of
Exhibit
6­
2
present
legal,
managerial,
technical,
and
clerical
staff
hours,
respectively;
Column
E
presents
the
total
annual
unit
burden
for
each
activity.

SWAP
Assessments
and
Making
Reports
Available
EPA
estimates
that
each
state
and
its
local
water
systems
will
devote
an
average
of
50,1562
hours
annually
over
the
next
three
years
conducting
assessments
and
making
available
the
results
of
those
assessments.
EPA
assumes
that,
of
this
total,
each
state
and
its
contractors
will
spend
25,061
hours
annually,
and
local
water
systems
in
each
state
will
collectively
spend
the
remaining
25,095
hours
annually
working
with
the
state
as
it
performs
the
assessments.
Of
the
hours
to
be
spent
by
the
states,
5,820
hours
will
be
spent
on
SWPA
delineations;
17,959
hours
will
be
spent
conducting
contamination
source
inventories
and
susceptibility
determinations;
and
1,282
hours
will
be
spent
reporting
the
results
of
the
assessments
each
year
over
the
3
years
covered
by
this
information
collection.
These
burden
estimates
include
time
spent
by
contractors
(
e.
g.,
to
perform
hydrogeologic
or
hydrologic
modeling
or
to
gather
data
for
inventories).
EPA's
assumptions
are
explained
in
greater
detail
below.
Information
Collection
Request
11
In
the
Guidance,
EPA
recommends
that
a
state
establish
a
strategic
approach
in
its
SWAP
incorporating
differing
levels
of
assessments
(
i.
e.,
with
different
degrees
of
exactness
for
delineations
and
detail
in
inventories
and
susceptibility
determinations)
for
individual
or
categories
of
PWSs.
The
states'
SWAPs
indicate
that
states
will
perform
more
detailed
assessments
for
community
water
systems
(
CWSs)
than
for
non­
community
water
systems
(
NCWSs).
The
estimates
below
are
based
on
state­
wide
estimates
for
completing
all
assessments,
and
therefore
incorporate
the
varying
degrees
of
exactness
for
CWSs
and
NCWSs.

EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
next
three
years,
each
state
will
spend
an
average
of
5,820
hours
annually
on
SWPA
delineations.
In
their
program
submittals,
states
describe
differing
methodologies
for
delineating
SWPAs
in
various
hydrogeologic
settings,
including
confined
and
unconfined
aquifers,
fractured
bedrock,
and
karst
formations.
However,
the
states
do
not
indicate
the
number
of
systems
for
which
each
of
these
delineation
methodologies
will
be
applied.
EPA
assumes
that,
for
groundwater
systems,
states
will
define
SWPAs
as
the
previously
delineated
wellhead
protection
area
(
WHPA)
or
will
use
a
more
detailed
approach.
The
estimate
for
SWPA
delineation
represents
the
burden
over
and
above
those
delineations
done
under
approved
and
implemented
WHP
programs.

States
will
need
to
perform
a
contaminant
source
inventory
and
a
susceptibility
determination
for
each
PWS.
Data
obtained
from
other
programs
such
as
WHP
will
be
used
in
these
efforts.
EPA
expects
that
those
systems
that
have
developed
WHP
programs
will
have
previously
collected
much
of
the
necessary
inventory
information
and
that
states
will,
in
some
cases,
only
need
to
update
the
information.
States
will
conduct
the
inventories
in
two
phases:
first
by
reviewing
existing
databases
and
inventories
of
potential
contaminant
sources
followed,
in
some
CWSs,
by
performing
more
detailed
analyses
for
contaminant
source
information.
EPA
estimates
an
average
annual
burden
of
17,959
hours
per
state
over
the
next
three
years
for
conducting
the
inventories
and
performing
the
susceptibility
determinations.
Exhibit
6­
2
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Cost
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
Hours
and
Cost
Per
Respondent
Total
Hours
and
Costs
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
Legal
@
$
55
Hour
Managerial
@
$
40
Hour
Technical
@
$
27
Hour
Clerical
@

$
16
Hour
Respondent
Hours/

Year
(
A+
B+
C+
D)
Labor
Cost/

Year
Annualized
Capital
Cost
O
&
M
Cost/
Year
Total
Non­

Labor
Cost/
Year
(
G
+
H)
Number
of
Responses
Total
Hours/

Year
(
E
*
J)
Total
Cost/

Year
(
F
+
I)
*
J
SWAP
Assessments
and
Assessment
Reports
Delineate
SWPA,
conduct
contamination
source
inventory
and
susceptibility
determination,
and
produce
and
make
available
the
assessment
results.
(
State
and
local
staff.)
2,508
7,523
32,601
7,523
50,156
$
1,439,477
$
136,569
$
0
$
136,569
52
2,608,111
$
81,954,346
Report
progress
on
assessments
to
EPA.
0.7
2.0
8.5
2.0
13
$
373
$
0
$
0
$
0
52
676
$
19,401
TOTAL
50,169
$
1,439,850
$
136,569
$
0
$
136,569
2,608,787
$
81,973,748
Notes:
The
above
figures
represent
3­
year
averages.

Numbers
may
not
appear
to
add
due
to
rounding.

Assessment
capital
costs
are
discounted
7
percent
over
6
years
Information
Collection
Request
13
EPA
assumes
that
local
staff
will
work
with
the
state,
assisting
and
providing
feedback
on
the
assessments.
EPA
assumes
that
staff
at
CWSs
will
spend,
on
average,
3
hours
per
assessment,
and
staff
at
NCWSs
will
spend,
on
average,
15
minutes
(
1/
4
hour)
per
assessment.
The
total
of
the
local
effort
is
an
average
of
25,095
hours
annually
in
each
state
for
the
assessment
effort.

States
will
make
available
the
assessment
results
to
customers
and
other
interested
stakeholders
in
narrative
reports
supplemented
by
maps
produced
by
geographic
information
systems
(
GIS).
Most
states
will
advertise
the
availability
of
the
results
via
newspapers
and/
or
community
newsletters
and
post
reports
on
the
Internet,
and
probably
will
distribute
printed
copies
of
the
assessment
reports
to
only
those
people
who
request
them.
EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
next
three
years,
each
state
will
spend
an
average
of
1,282
hours
annually
preparing
the
assessment
reports,
advertising
their
availability,
and
responding
to
requests
for
hard
copies.

Progress
Reports
EPA
assumes
that
states
will
annually
report
the
progress
of
their
assessments
to
the
regional
EPA
offices,
who
will
then
provide
information
to
EPA
Headquarters
based
on
state
reports.
EPA
estimates
an
incremental
burden
of
13
hours
annually
per
state
for
providing
SWAP
information
to
the
EPA
regions.

Recordkeeping
Requirements
EPA
assumes
that
states
will
maintain
assessment
data
on
computers
dedicated
to
the
assessment
efforts.
The
costs
of
the
computers
and
the
effort
to
input
data
electronically
are
included
in
the
estimates
for
delineation
and
inventory
development;
thus,
no
incremental
recordkeeping
burden
or
cost
will
be
incurred
by
the
states.

6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
next
three
years,
the
total
annual
labor
cost
per
state
associated
with
this
information
collection
is
$
1,439,850
(
see
Column
F
of
Exhibit
6­
2).
This
estimate
includes
$
1,439,477
per
state
to
perform
assessments
and
make
the
results
available
to
the
public
and
$
373
to
report
progress
to
EPA.
The
labor
cost
estimate
is
based
on
average
hourly
estimates
for
salary
and
overhead
of
$
55
for
legal
staff,
$
40
for
managerial
staff,
$
27
for
technical
staff,
and
$
16
for
clerical
staff.
These
rates
are
based
on
conversations
with
state
staff
EPA
consulted
in
developing
this
ICR.

Non­
labor
costs
associated
with
this
information
collection
are
presented
in
Columns
G
through
I
of
Exhibit
6­
2:
Column
G
presents
annualized
capital
costs,
Column
H
presents
operating
and
maintenance
costs,
and
Column
I
presents
the
total
non­
labor
costs
(
i.
e.,
G
plus
H).
The
annual
non­
labor
cost
associated
with
delineations,
source
inventories/
susceptibility
14
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
determinations,
and
reporting
the
results
is
estimated
to
average
$
136,569
per
state
(
there
are
no
non­
labor
costs
associated
with
reporting
progress
to
EPA).
EPA
makes
the
following
assumptions
in
estimating
non­
labor
costs:

°
Capital/
start­
up
costs
associated
with
assessments
include
global
positioning
system
equipment,
vehicles,
and
GIS
software
and
computers.
These
costs
were
annualized
over
six
years
(
i.
e.,
the
timeframe
for
completing
all
assessments)
using
a
7
percent
discount
rate.
The
annualized
capital
cost
presented
in
Column
G
of
Exhibit
6­
2
reflects
these
calculations.

°
Most
states
will
make
the
results
of
assessments
available
on
the
Internet
(
on
states'
or
EPA's
Web
site)
and
will
also
make
the
results
of
assessments
available
upon
request
to
consumers
and
advertise
their
availability
in
newspapers.

6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
The
federal
burden
associated
with
SWAPs
during
this
clearance
period
includes
the
time
spent
by
EPA
Regional
and
Headquarters
staff
to
assist
states
as
they
perform
assessments.

In
the
three
years
of
this
collection,
EPA
estimates
that,
as
the
states
conduct
their
assessments,
Headquarters
and
the
Regions
will
spend
0.5
FTE,
or
1,040
hours,
per
year
assisting
each
state
as
needed
with
its
assessments.
This
includes
the
time
Agency
staff
will
spend
helping
states
develop
the
capacity
to
conduct
the
assessments,
assisting
states
as
needed
with
their
assessments,
and
putting
state
data
on
EPA
data
systems
(
e.
g.,
EPA's
Web
site)
as
needed.

EPA
estimates
that
the
annual
federal
cost
associated
with
assisting
state
assessment
efforts
will
be
$
4,026,464.
In
developing
Agency
labor
costs,
EPA
estimates
the
average
hourly
labor
rate
for
salary
and
overhead
and
benefits
for
Agency
staff
to
be
$
40.80.
To
derive
this
figure,
EPA
multiplied
the
hourly
compensation
at
GS­
12,
Step
5
on
the
2000
GS
pay
scale
($
25.50)
by
the
standard
government
benefits
multiplication
factor
of
1.6
to
account
for
overhead
and
benefits.
In
addition
to
the
labor
cost,
EPA
Headquarters
and
Regions
will
spend
an
average
of
$
35,000
per
state,
mostly
for
contractor
support,
to
assist
the
states
as
they
develop
their
SWAPs
and
perform
source
water
assessments.
The
federal
burden
and
cost
are
presented
in
Columns
A
through
F
of
Exhibit
6­
3.
Exhibit
6­
3
Annual
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
A
B
C
D
E
F
Hours
and
Cost
Per
Response
Total
Hours
and
Cost
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
Agency
Hours/
Year
Labor
Cost/
Year
Non­
Labor
Cost/
Year
Number
of
Responses
Total
Hours/
Year
(
A
*
D)
Total
Cost/
Year
(
B
+
C)
*
D
SWAP
Assessment
Reports
Assist
states
in
developing
capacity
to
do
assessments
and
with
assessments
as
needed,
provide
data
support.
1,040
$
42,432
$
35,000
52
54,080
$
4,026,464
TOTAL
1,040
$
42,432
$
35,000
52
54,080
$
4,026,464
Numbers
may
not
appear
to
add
due
to
rounding.
16
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Cost
All
50
states,
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
Puerto
Rico
(
a
total
of
52
respondents)
will
have
approved
SWAPs
and
will
be
performing
assessments
throughout
the
three
year
clearance
period.
States
will
also
report
to
EPA
on
the
progress
of
their
assessments.
The
number
of
respondents
is
shown
in
Column
J
of
Exhibit
6­
2.

Column
K
of
Exhibit
6­
2
presents
the
total
annual
burden
(
i.
e.,
the
hours
per
response
times
the
number
of
responses)
for
each
activity
required
in
the
Guidance.
Column
L
of
Exhibit
6­
2
presents
the
total
annual
cost
for
each
activity
(
i.
e.,
the
sum
of
labor
costs
and
non­
labor
costs
per
response
times
the
number
of
responses).

6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Costs/
Burden
Tables
Respondent
Tally
The
total
annual
burden
associated
with
conducting
and
reporting
the
results
of
assessments
and
reporting
progress
to
EPA
over
the
next
three
years
is
2,608,787
hours,
and
the
total
annual
cost
is
$
81,973,748.
Exhibit
6­
4
presents
the
total
respondent
burden
and
cost
for
each
required
element
of
state
SWAPs.

Exhibit
6­
4
Summary
of
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Costs
Response
Number
of
Responses
Total
Hours/
Year
Total
Annual
Labor
Cost
Total
Annual
Non­
labor
Cost
Total
Annual
Respondent
Cost
SWAP
Reports
52
2,608,111
$
74,852,782
$
7,101,564
$
81,954,346
Progress
Reports
52
676
$
19,401
$
0
$
19,401
Total
104
2,608,787
$
74,872,183
$
7,101,564
$
81,973,748
Burden/
cost
per
response
25,084.49
$
788,209.11
Over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
second
request,
the
total
respondent
burden
associated
with
these
requirements
will
be
7.8
million
hours.
The
cost
to
respondents
of
the
information
collection
will
be
$
246
million.
Averaged
over
the
130,250
assessments
anticipated
to
be
performed,
each
assessment
will
require
60
labor
hours
and
cost
$
1,888,
as
the
table
below
presents.
Information
Collection
Request
17
Burden
and
Cost
per
Assessment
Three
Year
Total
Assessments
Performed
Per
Assessment
Labor
burden
(
hours)
7,826,361
130,250
60
Labor
cost
$
224,616,550
130,250
$
1,725
Non­
labor
cost
$
21,304,693
130,250
$
164
Total
cost
$
245,921,243
130,250
$
1,888
Agency
Tally
The
total
annual
Agency
burden
is
54,080
hours,
and
the
total
annual
Agency
cost
is
$
4,026,464.
Exhibit
6­
5
presents
the
total
Agency
burden
and
cost
associated
with
assisting
and
reviewing
the
results
of
assessments.

Exhibit
6­
5
Summary
of
Annual
Agency
Burden
and
Costs
Activity
Total
Number
of
Activities
Total
Hours/
Year
Total
Annual
Labor
Cost
Total
Annual
Non­
labor
Cost
Total
Annual
Agency
Cost
SWAP
Assistance
52
54,080
$
2,206,464
$
1,820,000
$
4,026,464
Total
52
54,080
$
2,206,464
$
1,820,000
$
4,026,464
6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
In
the
approved
ICR
(
No.
2040­
0197),
the
burden
associated
with
SWAP
activities
in
Years
1
through
3
is
2.7
million
hours
(
an
average
of
906,000
hours
per
year).
EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
second
request,
the
total
respondent
burden
associated
with
these
requirements
will
be
7.8
million
hours
(
an
average
of
2.6
million
hours
per
year).
This
represents
an
increase
of
5.1
million
hours
over
the
clearance
period,
or
1.7
million
hours
per
year
(
a
288
percent
increase
in
burden).

The
estimated
cost
to
respondents
in
the
approved
ICR
is
$
85
million
(
an
average
of
$
28.3
million
per
year).
EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
request,
the
cost
to
respondents
of
the
information
collection
will
be
$
246
million
(
an
average
of
$
82
million
per
year).
This
represents
an
increase
of
$
161
million
over
the
clearance
period
or
$
53.7
million
per
year
(
a
290
percent
increase
in
cost).
18
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
The
increase
in
burden
and
cost
is
due
to
the
shifting
of
efforts
toward
assessment
activities
in
the
second
half
of
the
information
collection.
While
the
per­
assessment
burden
and
cost
in
each
clearance
period
will
be
the
same,
the
total
burden
and
cost
will
change
due
to
the
greater
number
of
assessments
to
be
performed
in
Years
4
through
6
(
August
1,
2000
­
July
31,
2003).
EPA
anticipates
that
three­
quarters
of
all
the
assessments
will
be
performed
in
this
time
period.
This
increase
is
slightly
offset
by
the
completion
of
activities
related
to
SWAP
development
and
extension
requests.
Exhibit
6­
6
presents
the
approved
and
estimated
annual
burden
and
cost
for
SWAP
activities,
and
the
change
in
each
between
the
clearance
periods.

Exhibit
6­
6
Change
in
Annual
Burden
and
Cost
Annual
Burden
Annual
Cost
Activity
Approved
This
ICR
Change
Approved
This
ICR
Change
SWAP
Submittal
64,974
0
(
64,974)
$
1,897,343
$
0
($
1,897,343)

Extension
Request
136
0
(
136)
$
3,903
$
0
($
3,903)

SWAP
Report
840,567
2,608,111
1,767,544
$
26,390,507
$
81,954,346
$
55,563,839
Progress
Reports
156
676
520
$
4,477
$
19,401
$
14,924
Total
905,833
2,608,787
1,702,954
$
28,296,230
$
81,973,748
$
53,677,517
6(
g)
Burden
Statement
EPA
estimates
that,
over
the
three
years
covered
by
this
request,
the
total
respondent
burden
associated
with
these
requirements
will
be
7.8
million
hours
(
an
average
of
2.6
million
hours
per
year),
and
the
cost
to
respondents
of
the
information
collection
will
be
$
246
million
(
an
average
of
$
82
million
per
year).

State
reporting
burden
for
this
ICR
is
estimated
to
average
25,084.49
hours
per
response,
or
$
788,209.11
per
response,
annually.
(
See
Exhibit
6­
4.)
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.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
Information
Collection
Request
19
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.

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
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460;
and
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
(
1816.02)
and
OMB
control
number
(
2040­
0197)
in
any
correspondence.
Appendix
A
Section
1453
of
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
4SEC.
132.
SOURCE
WATER
ASSESSMENT.
(
a)
IN
GENERAL­
Part
E
(
42
U.
S.
C.
300j
et
seq.)
is
amended
by
adding
at
the
end
the
following:
SOURCE
WATER
QUALITY
ASSESSMENT
SEC.
1453.
(
a)
SOURCE
WATER
ASSESSMENT­
(
1)
GUIDANCE­
Within
12
months
after
the
date
of
enactment
of
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
Amendments
of
1996,
after
notice
and
comment,
the
Administrator
shall
publish
guidance
for
States
exercising
primary
enforcement
responsibility
for
public
water
systems
to
carry
out
directly
or
through
delegation
(
for
the
protection
and
benefit
of
public
water
systems
and
for
the
support
of
monitoring
flexibility)
a
source
water
assessment
program
within
the
State's
boundaries.
Each
State
adopting
modifications
to
monitoring
requirements
pursuant
to
section
1418(
b)
shall,
prior
to
adopting
such
modifications,
have
an
approved
source
water
assessment
program
under
this
section
and
shall
carry
out
the
program
either
directly
or
through
delegation.
(
2)
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS­
A
source
water
assessment
program
under
this
subsection
shall­­
(
A)
delineate
the
boundaries
of
the
assessment
areas
in
such
State
from
which
one
or
more
public
water
systems
in
the
State
receive
supplies
of
drinking
water,
using
all
reasonably
available
hydrogeologic
information
on
the
sources
of
the
supply
of
drinking
water
in
the
State
and
the
water
flow,
recharge,
and
discharge
and
any
other
reliable
information
as
the
State
deems
necessary
to
adequately
determine
such
areas;
and
(
B)
identify
for
contaminants
regulated
under
this
title
for
which
monitoring
is
required
under
this
title
(
or
any
unregulated
contaminants
selected
by
the
State,
in
its
discretion,
which
the
State,
for
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
has
determined
may
present
a
threat
to
public
health),
to
the
extent
practical,
the
origins
within
each
delineated
area
of
such
contaminants
to
determine
the
susceptibility
of
the
public
water
systems
in
the
delineated
area
to
such
contaminants.
(
3)
APPROVAL,
IMPLEMENTATION,
AND
MONITORING
RELIEF­
A
State
source
water
assessment
program
under
this
subsection
shall
be
submitted
to
the
Administrator
within
18
months
after
the
Administrator's
guidance
is
issued
under
this
subsection
and
shall
be
deemed
approved
9
months
after
the
date
of
such
submittal
unless
the
Administrator
disapproves
the
program
as
provided
in
section
1428(
c).
States
shall
begin
implementation
of
the
program
immediately
after
its
approval.
The
Administrator's
approval
of
a
State
program
under
this
subsection
shall
include
a
timetable,
established
in
consultation
with
the
State,
allowing
not
more
than
2
years
for
completion
after
approval
of
the
program.
Public
water
systems
seeking
monitoring
relief
in
addition
to
the
interim
relief
provided
under
section
1418(
a)
shall
be
eligible
for
monitoring
relief,
consistent
with
section
1418(
b),
upon
completion
of
the
assessment
in
the
delineated
source
water
assessment
area
or
areas
concerned.
(
4)
TIMETABLE­
The
timetable
referred
to
in
paragraph
(
3)
shall
take
into
consideration
the
availability
to
the
State
of
funds
under
section
1452
(
relating
to
State
loan
funds)
for
assessments
and
other
relevant
factors.
The
Administrator
may
extend
any
timetable
included
in
a
State
program
approved
under
paragraph
(
3)
to
extend
the
period
for
completion
by
an
additional
18
months.
(
5)
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT­
The
Administrator
shall,
as
soon
as
practicable,
conduct
a
demonstration
project,
in
consultation
with
other
Federal
agencies,
to
demonstrate
the
most
effective
and
protective
means
of
assessing
and
protecting
source
waters
serving
large
metropolitan
areas
and
located
on
Federal
lands.
(
6)
USE
OF
OTHER
PROGRAMS­
To
avoid
duplication
and
to
encourage
efficiency,
the
program
under
this
section
may
make
use
of
any
of
the
following:
(
A)
Vulnerability
assessments,
sanitary
surveys,
and
monitoring
programs.
(
B)
Delineations
or
assessments
of
ground
water
sources
under
a
State
wellhead
protection
program
developed
pursuant
to
this
section.
(
C)
Delineations
or
assessments
of
surface
or
ground
water
sources
under
a
State
pesticide
management
plan
developed
pursuant
to
the
Pesticide
and
Ground
Water
State
Management
Plan
Regulation
(
subparts
I
and
J
of
part
152
of
title
40,
Code
of
Federal
Regulations),
promulgated
under
section
3(
d)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
7
U.
S.
C.
136a(
d)).
(
D)
Delineations
or
assessments
of
surface
water
sources
under
a
State
watershed
initiative
or
to
satisfy
the
watershed
criterion
for
determining
if
filtration
is
required
under
the
Surface
Water
Treatment
Rule
(
section
141.70
of
title
40,
Code
of
Federal
Regulations).
(
E)
Delineations
or
assessments
of
surface
or
ground
water
sources
under
programs
or
plans
pursuant
to
the
Federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act.
(
7)
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY­
The
State
shall
make
the
results
of
the
source
water
assessments
conducted
under
this
subsection
available
to
the
public.
(
b)
APPROVAL
AND
DISAPPROVAL­
For
provisions
relating
to
program
approval
and
disapproval,
see
section
1428(
c).'.
(
b)
APPROVAL
AND
DISAPPROVAL
OF
STATE
PROGRAMS­
Section
1428
(
42
U.
S.
C.
300h­
7)
is
amended
as
follows:
(
1)
Amend
the
first
sentence
of
subsection
(
c)(
1)
to
read
as
follows:
If,
in
the
judgment
of
the
Administrator,
a
State
program
or
portion
thereof
under
subsection
(
a)
is
not
adequate
to
protect
public
water
systems
as
required
by
subsection
(
a)
or
a
State
program
under
section
1453
or
section
1418(
b)
does
not
meet
the
applicable
requirements
of
section
1453
or
section
1418(
b),
the
Administrator
shall
disapprove
such
program
or
portion
thereof.'.
(
2)
Add
after
the
second
sentence
of
subsection
(
c)(
1)
the
following:
A
State
program
developed
pursuant
to
section
1453
or
section
1418(
b)
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
the
applicable
requirements
of
section
1453
or
section
1418(
b)
unless
the
Administrator
determines
within
9
months
of
the
receipt
of
the
program
that
such
program
(
or
portion
thereof)
does
not
meet
such
requirements.'.
(
3)
In
the
third
sentence
of
subsection
(
c)(
1)
and
in
subsection
(
c)(
2),
strike
is
inadequate'
and
insert
is
disapproved'.
(
4)
In
subsection
(
b),
add
the
following
before
the
period
at
the
end
of
the
first
sentence:
and
source
water
assessment
programs
under
section
1453'.
Appendix
B
Federal
Register
Notice
for
Source
Water
Protection
ICR
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL­
6714­
8]

Information
Collection
Request
for
the
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
1997
Guidance
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):
The
1997
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
Guidance;
EPA
ICR
#
1816.01;
OMB
Control
#
2040­
0197;
expiration
date
August
31,
2000.
Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
in
the
supplementary
information.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
August
15,
2000.

ADDRESSES:
Interested
persons
may
obtain
a
copy
by
requesting
EPA
ICR#
1816.01
from
Edward
Heath;
US
Environmental
Protection
Agency;
Ariel
Rios
Building;
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.;
MC
4606;
Washington,
DC
20460.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Edward
Heath
(
202)
260­
9865;
FAX
(
202)
401­
3041;
E­
mail:
heath.
edward@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

Affected
Entities:
Entities
(
hereinafter
referred
to
as
  
States'')
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
the
50
States,
Puerto
Rico,
and
the
District
of
Columbia.

Title:
The
1997
State
Source
Water
Assessment
and
Protection
Programs
Guidance;
OMB
Control
#
2040­
0197;
EPA
ICR
#
1816.01;
expiring
8/
31/
2000.

Section
1453
of
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act(
SDWA)
Amendments
of
1996
authorizes
State
Source
Water
Assessment
Programs
(
SWAPs)
to
achieve
or
maintain
compliance
with
SDWA
requirements
and
to
protect
public
health.

Abstract:
Section
1453(
a)(
3)
of
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
Amendments
of
1996
required
States
to
submit
a
Source
Water
Assessment
Program
within
18
months
after
the
guidance
was
issued
on
August
6,
1997.
These
SWAP's
describe
the
process
by
which
a
State
delineates
source
water
protection
areas,
conducts
contamination
source
inventories
and
susceptibility
determinations,
and
indicates
whether
or
not
it
plans
to
implement
a
source
water
protection
program.
A
State
must
develop
a
SWAP
program
with
public
participation,
and
release
assessment
results
to
the
public.

Once
a
State
program
is
approved
by
EPA,
the
State
has
two
years
to
complete
the
source
water
assessment
for
the
public
water
systems
within
their
borders.
Section
1453(
a)(
4)
of
the
SDWA
Amendments
of
1996
allows
a
State
to
request
an
extension
of
up
to
18
months
to
complete
the
assessments.
The
final
phase
of
this
ICR
will
focus
on
the
years
2000­
2003
of
the
SWAP
program,
including
completing
the
assessments,
and
State
reporting
of
data
on
the
required
assessments
to
EPA.

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
annual
public
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
50,256
hours
per
State
response.

Estimated
Number
of
Likely
Respondents:
52.

Frequency
of
Response:
Once
per
year.

Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
2,613,349
hours.

Estimated
Total
Annualized
Cost
Burden:
$
82,031,139.00
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
implement
the
source
water
assessments;
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:
States,
Puerto
Rico
and
the
District
of
Columbia.

Dated:
June
2,
2000.

Cynthia
C.
Dougherty,

Director,
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water.

[
FR
Doc.
00­
15300
Filed
6­
15­
00;
8:
45
am]

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