Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0013-0031
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Program Information on Source Water Protection
Posted Date: 2022-07-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45316-45317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16190]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0013; FRL-10089-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; EPA Program Information on Source Water 
Protection (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), EPA Program Information on Source 
Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.08, OMB Control Number 2040-0197) 
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 July 31, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on December 28, 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 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this announcement, 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 August 29, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2004-0013 to EPA online using https://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 Avenue 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:  Sherri Comerford, Drinking Water 
Protection Division, Prevention Branch, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water (MC 4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-4639; 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 
https://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: EPA is collecting data from the states on their 
advancement toward substantial implementation of protection strategies 
for all community water systems (CWSs). EPA and states use this 
voluntary collection of data to track and understand the progress 
toward increasing the percentage of CWSs (and the populations they 
serve) where risk is minimized through source water protection. Source 
water protection data that states submit directly to the Source Water 
Protection Information System (SDWIS) is accessible to the public via 
EPA's website at: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/safe-drinking-water-information-system-sdwis-federal-reporting. 
Availability of this information, together with source water and 
demographic indicators that are publicly available via EPA's Drinking 
Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS) on EPA's 
website at: https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/drinking-water-mapping-application-protect-source-waters-dwmaps, promote equity by 
empowering communities to include these considerations in their own 
analyses and outreach efforts.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: 51.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 51 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.

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    Total estimated burden: 288 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $17,074 (per year).
    Changes in the estimates: EPA anticipates the annual totals for 
estimated burden and costs at 288 hours and $17,074, respectively. 
There is an expected decrease of hours in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared to what was identified in the ICR currently 
approved by OMB due to voluntary reporting that would decrease in 
frequency from quarterly to annual reporting. State databases are fully 
developed and tracking is routine, which EPA believes will result in 
efficiencies that would allow states to minimize hourly burden and 
cost.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-16190 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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