Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0064-0023
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recognition Application for Sustainable Water Leadership Program (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2010-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 133)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0064; FRL-9174-7; EPA ICR No. 1287.10; OMB Control No. 
2040-0101]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recognition Application for 
Sustainable Water Leadership Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44

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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 August 12, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2003-0064, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to ow-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, 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: Jason Bushta, Office of Water, Mail 
Code 4204M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-3067; e-mail 
address: bushta.jason@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 February 19, 2010 (75 FR 7476), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional 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-2003-0064, 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 202-566-9744.
    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: Recognition Application for Sustainable Water Leadership 
Program (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1287.10, OMB Control No. 2040-0101.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2011. 
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: This Information Collection Request (ICR) calculates the 
burden and costs associated with the recognition application for the 
Sustainable Water Leadership Program, formerly the National Clean Water 
Act Recognition Awards Program and prior to that, the National 
Wastewater Management Excellence Awards Program.
    This voluntary program has been updated to reflect new industry 
practices consistent with EPA's sustainable infrastructure initiatives 
and is authorized by Section 501(e) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The 
Sustainable Water Leadership Program maintains elements from the 
previous Clean Water Act Recognition Awards Program, namely, excellence 
in operations and maintenance, biosolids, combined sewer overflows, 
pretreatment, and stormwater management, and also expands eligibility 
to community drinking water utilities and systems, as well as managed 
decentralized treatment systems (public or private). The development of 
the Sustainable Water Leadership Program is the latest evolution in 
EPA's commitment to recognize and award outstanding and innovative 
utility management practices.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 
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: Water Supply and Irrigation Systems, 
Sewage Treatment Facilities, Engineering Services, Refuse Systems, 
Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools, Air and Water Resource 
and Solid Waste Management.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 679.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,574.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $614,919, includes no annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 11,544 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to changes and adjustments in the 
number and types of applicants eligible for recognition, which are 
expected to attract more applicants. Additionally, this ICR now 
encompasses burden hours for pretreatment awards which have until now 
been covered under a separate ICR for the National Pretreatment Program 
(OMB Control No. 2040-0009, EPA ICR No. 0002.14).

    Dated: July 6, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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