Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0128-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Clean Watersheds Needs Survey
Posted Date: 2021-09-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50117-50118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19312]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0128; FRL--8951-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) 
(Reinstatement)

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 Watersheds Needs Survey 
(EPA ICR Number 0318.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0050) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of 
reinstatement a previously approved ICR. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on March 1st, 2021 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 October 7, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2021-0128 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 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: Joshua Klein, Office of Water, State 
Revolving Fund Branch, (4204M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-8616; email address: klein.joshua@epa.gov.

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 EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by 
Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 205(a) and 516. It is a periodic 
inventory of existing and planned publicly owned wastewater conveyance 
and treatment facilities, combined sewer overflow correction, 
stormwater management and other water pollution control facilities in 
the United States, as well as an estimate of how many of these 
facilities need to be built. The CWNS is a joint effort between EPA and 
the states. The CWNS collects cost and technical data from states that 
are associated with publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and other 
water pollution control facilities, existing and planned. The 
respondents who provide this information to EPA are state agencies 
responsible for environmental pollution control and local facility 
contacts who provide documentation to the states. Periodically, the 
states request data or documentation from contacts at the facility or 
local government level. These respondents are referred to as 
facilities.
    No confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information 
collected that would be protected from release under the Public 
Information Act. EPA achieves national consistency in the final results 
through the application of uniform guidelines and validation 
techniques.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States, Territories, and Local 
Facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 56 States and Territories, 5,349 
Local Facilities (total).
    Frequency of response: Every 4 years.
    Total estimated burden: 9,645 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $505,004 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 541 hours and 
$134,820 in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
previously approved by OMB. This increase is based upon an increase in 
facility universe, as well as an adjustment in labor rates and 
benefits.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-19312 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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