Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0593-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment
Posted Date: 2015-03-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13538-13539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05936]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0593; FRL 9923-54-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs 
Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 
an information collection request (ICR), ``2015 Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement)'' (EPA ICR 
No. 2234.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0274) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request to reinstate 
a previously discontinued collection. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 65209) on November 3, 2014, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given in 
this notice, including the ICR's estimated burden and cost to the 
public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 15, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2014-0593, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred 
method), by email to ow-docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Barles, Drinking Water 
Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3814; fax 
number: 202-564-3754; email address: barles.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that explain in detail 
the information that EPA will be collecting are available in the public 
docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection is to identify 
the infrastructure needs of public water systems for the 20-year period 
from January 2015 through December 2034. EPA's Office of Ground Water 
and Drinking Water will collect these data to comply with sections 
1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
12). The Agency will use a questionnaire to collect capital investment 
need information from selected community water systems serving more 
than 3,300 persons. Participation in the survey is voluntary. The data 
from the questionnaires will provide the Agency with new information 
from the field to assist in the 2015 update to the Agency's assessment 
of the nationwide infrastructure needs of public water systems. Also, 
as mandated by section 1452(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, EPA uses the results of the latest survey to allocate Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) monies to the states. Under the 
allotment

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formula, each state receives a grant of the annual DWSRF appropriation 
in proportion to the state's share of the total national need, with the 
proviso that each state receives at least one percent of the total 
funds available.
    Form Numbers: 6100-02.
    Respondents/affected entities: Community water systems and State 
Agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,915 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 12,398 hours (average per year over three 
years). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $578,001 (average per year over three years), 
includes $0 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,000 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR previously 
approved by OMB. This burden reduction is due to the use of statistical 
methods such as random sampling and extrapolation, which will reduce 
the number of respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-05936 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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