Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0051-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities:  Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Drinking Water Regulations Compliance and Cost Retrospective Survey.
Posted Date: 2003-04-14T04:00Z

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BILLING
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Drinking
Water
Regulations
Compliance
and
Cost
Retrospective
Survey
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
notice
announces
that
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
is
planning
to
submit
the
following
proposed
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB):
Drinking
Water
Regulations
Compliance
and
Cost
Retrospective
Survey
(
EPA
ICR
No.
2101.01).
Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
as
follows.
DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
June
13,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Send
comments
to
Water
Docket,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code
4101T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
section
I.
C.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
John
Bennett
of
the
EPA
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
at
(
202)
564
 
4690,
or
by
facsimile:
(
202)
564
 
3760,
or
e­
mail:
bennett.
johnb@
epa.
gov.
For
general
information,
contact
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Hotline,
(
800)
426
 
4791.
The
Safe
Drinking
Water
Hotline
is
open
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
Federal
Holidays,
from
9
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
This
Action
Apply
to
Me?
You
may
be
potentially
affected
by
this
action
if
you
are
a
public
water
system.
Public
water
systems
are
those
systems
that
provide
piped
water
for
human
consumption
to
at
least
15
service
connections
or
serve
an
average
of
at
least
25
people
for
at
least
60
days
each
year.
Therefore,
respondents
will
be
both
traditional
water
systems
as
well
as
water
suppliers
that
do
not
supply
water
as
their
primary
business.
Potentially
affected
categories
and
entities
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:

Type
of
business
NAICS
code
Investor­
Owned
Water
Systems
.......
22131
Publicly
Owned
Water
Systems
.......
92411
This
table
lists
the
types
of
entities
that
EPA
is
now
aware
of
that
could
potentially
be
affected.
Other
types
of
entities
not
listed
in
this
table
could
also
be
affected.
If
you
have
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
one
of
the
persons
listed
in
the
preceding
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
the
ICR
Supporting
Statement
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
the
ICR,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
ICR.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Water
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
(
EPA/
DC)
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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
Public
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Office
of
Water
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
2426.
2.
Electronic
Access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
Federal
Register
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
section
I.
B.
For
public
commenters,
it
is
important
to
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
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copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Public
comments
submitted
on
computer
disks
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
transferred
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Public
comments
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
Docket
will
be
scanned
and
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Where
practical,
physical
objects
will
be
photographed,
and
the
photograph
will
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
along
with
a
brief
description
written
by
the
docket
staff.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?
You
may
submit
comments
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
identify
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
comment.
Please
ensure
that
your
comments
are
submitted
within
the
specified
comment
period.
Comments
received
after
the
close
of
the
comment
period
will
be
marked
``
late.''
EPA
is
not
required
to
consider
these
late
comments.
1.
Electronically.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment
as
prescribed
below.
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name,
mailing
address,
and
an
e­
mail
address
or
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
Also
include
this
contact
information
on
the
outside
of
any
disk
or
CD
ROM
you
submit,
and
in
any
cover
letter
accompanying
the
disk
or
CD
ROM.
This
ensures
that
you
can
be
identified
as
the
submitter
of
the
comment
and
allows
EPA
to
contact
you
in
case
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
or
needs
further
information
on
the
substance
of
your
comment.
EPA's
policy
is
that
EPA
will
not
edit
your
comment,
and
any
identifying
or
contact
information
provided
in
the
body
of
a
comment
will
be
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
i.
EPA
Dockets.
Your
use
of
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
to
submit
comments
to
EPA
electronically
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Go
directly
to
EPA
Docket
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
and
follow
the
online
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
and
then
key
in
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
The
system
is
an
``
anonymous
access''
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity,
e­
mail
address,
or
other
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
ii.
E­
mail.
Comments
may
be
sent
by
electronic
mail
(
e­
mail)
to
OW
 
Docket@
epa.
gov,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
In
contrast
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
email
system
is
not
an
``
anonymous
access''
system.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
the
Docket
without
going
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
automatically
captures
your
e­
mail
address.
E­
mail
addresses
that
are
automatically
captured
by
EPA's
e­
mail
system
are
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
iii.
Disk
or
CD
ROM.
You
may
submit
comments
on
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
the
mailing
address
identified
in
section
I.
C.
2.
These
electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
or
ASCII
file
format.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
2.
By
Mail.
Send
an
original
and
three
copies
of
your
comments
to:
Water
Docket,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code:
4101T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
3.
By
Hand
Delivery
or
Courier.
Deliver
your
comments
to:
Water
Docket,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0051.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
Docket's
normal
hours
of
operation
as
identified
in
Section
I.
B.
1.

D.
What
Should
I
Consider
as
I
Prepare
My
Comments
for
EPA?

You
may
find
the
following
suggestions
helpful
for
preparing
your
comments:
1.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible.
2.
Describe
any
assumptions
that
you
used.
3.
Provide
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
you
used
that
support
your
views.
4.
If
you
estimate
potential
burden
or
costs,
explain
how
you
arrived
at
your
estimate.
5.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns.
6.
Offer
alternatives.
7.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
comment
period
deadline
identified.
8.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
identify
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
It
would
also
be
helpful
if
you
provided
the
name,
date,
and
Federal
Register
citation
related
to
your
comments.

II.
What
Information
Collection
Activity
or
ICR
Does
This
Action
Apply
to?

EPA
is
seeking
comments
on
the
following
ICR:
Title:
Drinking
Water
Regulations
Compliance
and
Cost
Retrospective
Survey
(
EPA
ICR
No.
2101.01).
Abstract:
The
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act
(
SDWA)
(
1412(
b))
requires
EPA
to
analyze
the
costs
related
to
the
promulgation
of
drinking
water
regulations.
Since
the
reauthorization
of
SDWA
in
1996,
EPA
has
proposed
and
promulgated
national
primary
drinking
water
regulations
for
several
contaminants.
Each
of
these
final
and
proposed
rules
has
a
supporting
``
Economic
Analysis,''
which
includes
an
analysis
of
compliance
costs.
The
cost
analysis
includes
capital
and
operations
and
maintenance
(
O&
M)
costs
for
treatment
and
other
compliance
measures
taken
by
systems
with
Maximum
Contaminant
Level
(
MCL)
violations
or
from
systems
that
are
subject
to
treatment
technique
requirements,
as
well
as
costs
related
to
start­
up,
training
and
monitoring
for
all
regulated
systems.
Key
to
the
accurate
estimation
of
costs
is
an
understanding
of
the
compliance
decision
process
of
Public
Water
Systems
(
PWS).
In
this
survey,
EPA's
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
(
OGWDW)
plans
to
collect
information
from
PWSs
on
their
compliance
decisions
and
associated
costs
for
a
set
of
rulemakings.
A
compliance
decision
is
a
decision
made
in
direct
response
to
the
implementation
of
a
drinking
water
regulation
to
come
into
compliance
with
the
regulation.
Examples
of
compliance
decisions
include
installing
a
new
treatment
technology;
modifying
an
existing
treatment
technology;
using
a
non­
treatment
approach;
and,
finding
a
new
water
source.
EPA
plans
to
collect
information
on
which
compliance
alternatives
were
considered,
and
which
were
chosen
from
that
set
of
alternatives,
along
with
information
on
associated
capital,
operating
and
maintenance,
and
add­
on
costs.
Responses
are
voluntary
and
will
not
be
considered
confidential.
EPA
plans
to
use
the
results
of
the
survey
to
update
its
cost
estimation
process
for
future
rulemakings.

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The
survey
will
target
systems
in
two
categories:
systems
which
have
had
violations
of
one
or
more
chosen
rulemakings
and
systems
which
have
not
had
violations
(
but
have
made
compliance
decisions
to
prevent
a
violation).
An
initial
short
survey
will
be
used
to
identify
a
sample
of
systems
that
have
made
compliance
decisions
in
response
to
the
representative
rulemakings
without
actually
having
been
out
of
compliance.
The
full
survey
(
including
a
pilot
study
phase)
will
be
sent
to
these
systems,
as
well
as
to
a
sample
of
systems
that
have
recorded
violations.
We
estimate
that
the
initial
survey
(
known
as
a
screener
survey,
since
it
will
identify
respondents
appropriate
for
the
full
survey)
will
provide
data
from
1,875
respondents
indicating
whether
or
not
they
made
some
type
of
compliance
decision
associated
with
the
representative
rulemakings.
We
estimate
that
the
full
survey
(
including
a
pilot
study
phase),
sent
to
systems
with
and
without
recorded
violations,
will
provide
data
from
718
respondents.
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
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
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,
via
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.

III.
What
Are
EPA's
Burden
and
Cost
Estimates
for
This
ICR?
The
following
is
a
summary
of
the
burden
and
cost
estimates
associated
with
this
proposed
information
collection
effort.
Burden
and
cost
estimates
are
taken
from
the
ICR,
which
provides
a
detailed
explanation
of
the
burden
estimates
summarized
in
this
notice.
EPA
anticipates
that
the
only
entities
affected
by
this
information
request
will
be
public
water
systems.
The
total
number
of
estimated
potential
respondents
is
1,875
for
the
screener
survey
and
718
for
the
full
survey.
Respondents
to
the
screener
survey
will
only
have
to
respond
to
that
survey
once.
Respondents
to
the
full
survey
will
only
have
to
respond
to
the
full
survey
once.
Some
respondents,
however,
will
have
to
respond
to
both
the
screener
survey
and
the
full
survey.
EPA
estimates
that
1,567
respondents
will
respond
once
to
the
screener
survey,
410
respondents
will
respond
once
to
the
full
survey,
and
308
respondents
will
respond
once
to
both
the
screener
survey
and
the
full
survey.
The
annual
public
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
0.25
hours
per
screener
survey
response;
1
hour
per
full
survey
response
for
small
public
water
systems;
2
hours
per
full
survey
response
for
medium
public
water
systems;
and
3
hours
per
full
survey
response
for
large
public
water
systems.
The
estimated
total
annual
respondent
burden
for
screener
survey
respondents
is
469
hours
with
a
current
annual
cost
of
$
10,742;
the
estimated
total
annual
respondent
burden
for
full
survey
respondents
is
1,304
hours
with
a
current
annual
cost
of
$
34,204.
Total
estimated
annual
respondent
burden
associated
with
the
complete
information
collection
effort
is
1,773
hours
with
a
current
annual
cost
of
$
44,946.
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.

Dated:
March
21,
2003.

Cynthia
C.
Dougherty,

Director,
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water.
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Science
Advisory
Board,
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee,
Notification
of
Public
Advisory
Committee
Meeting;
Teleconference
Consultation
on
Risk
Analysis
Plans
for
Coarse
Particulate
Matter
(
PM10
 
2.5)
and
PM10
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
Science
Advisory
Board
(
SAB),
announces
the
conduct
of
a
publically­
accessible
teleconference
of
the
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
(
CASAC)
Particulate
Matter
(
PM)
Review
Panel
to
review
the
Agency's
risk
analysis
plans
for
coarsefraction
PM10
 
2.5
and
PM10.
DATES:
The
conference
call
meeting
will
take
place
on
Thursday,
May
1,
2003,
from
10
a.
m.
to
12
p.
m.
eastern
time.
Participation
will
be
by
teleconference
only.

ADDRESSES:
Members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
obtain
the
call­
in
number
and
access
code
to
participate
must
contact
Ms.
Delores
Darden,
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board
Staff,
at
telephone/
voice
mail:
(
202)
564
 
2282,
via
e­
mail
at:
darden.
delores@
epa.
gov;
or
at
mailing
address:
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
1400A),
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460
(
FedEx/
Courier
Zip
Code:
20004),
in
order
to
register.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Any
member
of
the
public
wishing
further
information
about
this
conference
call
should
contact
Mr.
Fred
Butterfield,
Designated
Federal
Officer
(
DFO),
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board
Staff;
at
telephone/
voice
mail:
(
202)
564
 
4561;
or
via
e­
mail
at:
butterfield.
fred@
epa.
gov.
General
information
concerning
the
CASAC
or
the
EPA
Science
Advisory
Board
can
be
found
on
the
EPA
Web
site
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
1.
Summary.
The
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
was
established
by
42
U.
S.
C.
7409
in
part
to
provide
advice,
information
and
recommendations
on
the
scientific
and
technical
aspects
of
issues
related
to
the
criteria
for
national
ambient
air
quality
standards
(
NAAQS).
The
CASAC
Particulate
Matter
Review
Panel
will
report
to
the
Administrator
of
EPA
through
the
CASAC,
which
is
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