Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0280-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Annual Public Water System Compliance Report (Reinstatement)
Posted Date: 2010-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 163)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0280; FRL-9192-5]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Public Water System 
Compliance Report (Reinstatement); EPA ICR No. 1812.04 OMB Control No. 
2020-0020

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 September 23, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2009-0280, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 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: Joyce Chandler, Compliance Assurance & 
Sector Division, Office of Compliance, Mailcode 2224A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-564-7073; fax number: 202-564-7083; e-mail 
address: chandler.joyce@epa.gov.

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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 July 2, 2009 (74 FR 31730), 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-OECA-2009-0280, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance 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 Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket is 202-566-1752.
    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: Annual Public Water System Compliance Report 
(Reinstatement).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1812.04, OMB Control No. 2020-0020.
    ICR Status: This is a request to reinstate an ICR that expired on 
June 30, 2008. 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: Section 1414 (c)(3)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
requires that each state (a term that includes states, commonwealths 
and territories) that has primary enforcement authority under the Act 
shall prepare, make readily available to the public, and submit to the 
Administrator of EPA, an annual report of violations of national 
primary drinking water regulations in the state. These Annual State 
Public Water System Compliance Reports are to include violations of 
maximum contaminant levels, treatment requirements, variances and 
exemptions, and monitoring requirements determined to be significant by 
the Administrator after consultation with the states. To minimize a 
state's burden in preparing its annual statutorily-required report, EPA 
issued guidance that explains what Section 1414(c)(3)(A) requires and 
provides model language and reporting templates. EPA also annually 
makes available to the states a computer query that generates for each 
state (from information states are already separately required to 
submit to EPA's national database on a quarterly basis) the required 
violations information in a table consistent with the reporting 
template in EPA's guidance.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 80 
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: State, local and/or Tribal 
Governments
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 55.
    Frequency of Response: Yearly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,400.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $232,303, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 80 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to miscalculating the number 
of states required to submit reports. Wyoming was counted in the 
previous ICR as a respondent although it doesn't have primacy for the 
drinking water program and the US EPA submits its annual report. The 
number of respondents should be fifty-five entities (49 states, 5 
territories and one tribe). The change is an adjustment to the 
estimates

    Dated: August 18, 2010.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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