Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0078-0012
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activity; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical Assistance Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1977.03, OMB Control Number 2040-0238
Posted Date: 2008-06-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 118)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0078; FRL-8581-2]

 
Agency Information Collection Activity; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical 
Assistance Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1977.03, OMB Control 
Number 2040-0238

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 18, 2008.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2003-0078, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to ow-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Water 
Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gajindar Singh, Municipal Support 
Division, Office of Wastewater Management, OWM Mail Code: 4204M, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-0634; fax number: 
(202) 501-2396; e-mail address: singh.gajindar@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On January 23, 2008, (73 FR 3956), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. Any comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and 
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0078, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Reading Room is 202-566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Water Docket is 202-566-2426.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical 
Assistance Program (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1977.03, OMB Control No. 2040-0238.
    ICR Status: This ICR expires on June 30, 2008. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Wastewater Operator Training Program, section 
104(g)(1) of the Clean Water Act, provides on-site technical assistance 
to municipal wastewater treatment plants. Information will be collected 
from the network of forty-six states or the 104(g)(1) training centers 
set up through out the United States. The information will be collected 
to identify the facilities assisted, the different types of assistance 
the program provides and the environmental outcomes and benefits of the 
assistance provided by the program. The information will be collected 
and submitted on either an annual or semi-annual basis. A Microsoft 
Access database and an Excel spreadsheet have been developed for this 
purpose. This ICR will be used by EPA for the technical and financial 
management of the 104(g)(1) Program. The 104(g)(1) Program training 
centers participate in the information collection in compliance with 
the grant conditions. All information in the data system will be made 
public upon request.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.333 
hours per response. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: States and training centers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 46.
    Frequency of Response: Three times a year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 322 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $14,361, which is entirely for labor. 
There are no annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden hours compared with that identified in the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. EPA has not modified the requirements that 
were included in the previous ICR.

    Dated: June 4, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-13765 Filed 6-17-08; 8:45 am]

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