Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0443-0020
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Public Water System Supervision Program
Posted Date: 2023-03-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17846-17847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06036]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0443; FRL-10831-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Public Water System Supervision Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Public Water System 
Supervision Program (EPA ICR Number 0270.48, OMB Control Number 2040-
0090) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is 
a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 15, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0443, EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Development Division, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, (4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
4588: fax number: 202-564-3755; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. An agency may 
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
OMB control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on December 15, 2021 (86 FR 71265) during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which 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.

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    Abstract: The Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program ICR 
examines public water systems, primacy agencies (i.e., states and 
tribes with primary enforcement authority) and tribal operator 
certification provider burden, and costs for ``cross-cutting'' 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements (i.e., the burden and costs 
for complying with drinking water information requirements that are not 
associated with contaminant-specific rulemakings). The following 
activities have recordkeeping and reporting requirements that are 
mandatory for compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 
40 CFR parts 141 and 142: the Consumer Confidence Report Rule (CCR), 
the Variance and Exemption Rule (V/E Rule), General State Primacy 
Activities, the Public Notification Rule (PN), and Proficiency Testing 
Studies for Drinking Water Laboratories. The information collection 
activities for both the Operator Certification and the Capacity 
Development Program are driven by the grant withholding and reporting 
provisions under sections 1419 and 1420, respectively, of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act. The information collection for the Tribal Operator 
Certification Program is driven by grant eligibility requirements 
outlined in the Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant Tribal Set-Aside 
Program Final Guidelines and the Tribal Drinking Water Operator 
Certification Program Guidelines.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: New and existing public water 
systems and primacy agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for compliance with 
40 CFR parts 141 and 142.
    Estimated number of respondents: 146,099 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually).
    Total estimated burden: 3,421,278 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $208,214,000 (per year), includes $37,756,000 
in operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 222,093 hours in 
the total estimated annual respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of updating 
relevant baseline information for each rule with the most current and 
accurate information available (e.g., public water system inventory); 
and updating burden to incorporate the results of consultation with 
stakeholders. Where appropriate and available, estimated violation and 
other associated rates have also been updated to reflect current 
information on rule compliance.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06036 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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