Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0443-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Public Water System Supervision Program
Posted Date: 2015-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65748-65749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27311]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0443; FRL 9935-83-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Public Water System Supervision Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 
an Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Public Water System 
Supervision Program (EPA ICR No. 0270.46, OMB Control No. 2040-0090) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently

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approved through October 31, 2015. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 17040) on March 31, 2015, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is provided 
in this renewal notice, 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 November 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0443, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov 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 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: roland.kevin@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that 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 Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program ICR 
examines public water systems, primacy agencies (i.e., states and 
tribes with primary enforcement authority) and tribal operator 
certification provider burden, and costs for ``cross-cutting'' 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements (i.e., the burden and costs 
for complying with drinking water information requirements that are not 
associated with contaminant-specific rulemakings). The following 
activities have recordkeeping and reporting requirements that are 
mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142: The Consumer 
Confidence Report Rule (CCR), the Variance and Exemption Rule (V/E 
Rule), General State Primacy Activities, the Public Notification Rule 
(PN) and Proficiency Testing Studies for Drinking Water Laboratories. 
The information collection activities for both the Operator 
Certification and the Capacity Development Program are driven by the 
grant withholding and reporting provisions under sections 1419 and 
1420, respectively, of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The information 
collection for the Tribal Operator Certification Program is driven by 
grant eligibility requirements outlined in the Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Grant Tribal Set-Aside Program Final Guidelines and the 
Tribal Drinking Water Operator Certification Program Guidelines.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: New and existing 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: 151,724 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement.
    Total estimated burden: 3,769,213 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $187,603,000 (per year), includes $42,103,000 
in operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 344,195 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of removing burden 
associated with variances, exemptions and constructed conveyances to 
reflect no new activity in these categories; updating relevant baseline 
information for each rule with the most current and accurate 
information available (e.g., public water system inventory); and, 
updating burden to incorporate the results of consultation with 
stakeholders. Where appropriate and available, estimated violation and 
other associated rates have also been updated to reflect current 
information on rule compliance.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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