Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0059-0026
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs
Posted Date: 2023-05-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33612-33613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11008]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0059; FRL-10999-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State 
Revolving Fund Programs (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), Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (EPA ICR Number 
1803.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0185) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of two related ICRs that 
are being consolidated--the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ICR, 
which is currently approved through August 31, 2023, and the Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved through May 
31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on January 19, 2023, 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 June 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number--EPA-HQ-
OW-2002-0059, to 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: Howard Rubin, 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-
2051; email address: [email protected]. Or Mark Mylin, Water 
Infrastructure Division, Office of Wastewater Management, 4204M, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0607; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of two related 
ICRs that are being consolidated--the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2023, and the 
Clean Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved 
through May 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on January 19, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 3409). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the 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 information collection activities will occur 
primarily at the program-level through the State Capitalization Grant 
Agreement/Intended Use Plan and Annual Report. The information on the 
Intended Use Plan (IUP) is needed annually to describe how the State 
intends to use available State Revolving Fund (SRF) funds for the year 
to meet the objectives of the Clean Water Act (CWA) or Safe Drinking 
Water Act (SDWA) and to further the goal of protecting public health. 
The Annual Report is needed to provide detailed information on how the 
State has met its goals and objectives of the previous one or two 
fiscal years

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as stated in the IUP and grant agreement. The CWA and SDWA require this 
information to ensure the national accountability, adequate public 
review and comment, fiscal integrity, and consistent management needed 
to achieve public health and CWA and SDWA compliance objectives.
    Additional information about the CWSRFs and DWSRFs are available at 
http://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/learn-about-clean-water-state-revolving-fund-cwsrf and https://www.epa.gov/dwsrf/how-drinking-water-state-revolving-fund-works#tab-1, respectively.
    This ICR renews the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number 
2040-0185 DWSRF ICR and provides updated estimates of the reporting 
burden associated with the information collection activities for both 
DWSRF ICR and CWSRF ICR.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities affected by this action are 
states and local governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit per the Clean Water Act Title VI and the Safe Drinking Water 
Act Section 1452.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,836 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., quarterly, 
semi-annually, annually).
    Total estimated burden: 108,519 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $12,874,081 (per year), which includes 
$6,354,600 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 37,500 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the two separate 
ICRs currently approved by OMB. This change in hourly burden is 
primarily due to a decrease in annual hourly burden in the DWSRF from 
the elimination of the application review estimates to align with the 
estimates from CWSRF.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-11008 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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