Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0442-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Microbial Rules
Posted Date: 2019-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18025-18026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08603]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0442; FRL-9992-35-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Microbial Rules (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 Microbial Rules Renewal 
Information Collection Request (EPA ICR Number 1895.10, OMB Control 
Number 2040-0205) 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 the ICR, which is currently approved 
through April 30, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on September 11, 2018, 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 below, including its 
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 May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0442, to (1) 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, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    The 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: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water 
Protection 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: 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 the EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Microbial Rules Renewal ICR examines public water 
system and primacy agency burden and costs for recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements in support of the microbial drinking water 
regulations. These recordkeeping and reporting requirements are 
mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The ICR 
includes the following microbial regulations: The Surface Water 
Treatment Rule (SWTR), the Total Coliform Rule (TCR), the Revised Total 
Coliform Rule (RTCR), the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 
(IESWTR), the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (FBRR), the Long Term 1 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR), the Long Term 2

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Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR), the Ground Water Rule 
(GWR), and the Aircraft Drinking Water Rule (ADWR). Future microbial-
related rulemakings will be added to this consolidated ICR after the 
regulations are promulgated and the initial, rule-specific ICRs are due 
to expire.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: 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: 146,808 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually).
    Total estimated burden: 18,127,581 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $972,102,000 (per year), includes 
$228,972,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,443,983 hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This is due to full implementation of the 
Revised Total Coliform Rule, as well as increased state burden 
associated with recordkeeping, compliance tracking, and significant 
deficiency and corrective action reporting for sanitary surveys at 
large surface water systems.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-08603 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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