[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62439-62440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17877]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0486; FRL-8234-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2007 Drinking Water
Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment; Agency Information
Collection; EPA ICR No. 2234.01; OMB Control No. 2040-NEW
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 for a new
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 November 24,
2006.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0486, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to barles.robert@epa.gov or by mail to:
Water Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on
docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. The Docket
Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for
submitting comments to www.regulations.gov are not affected by the
flooding and will remain the same.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Barles, Office of Ground Water
and Drinking Water (4606M) Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-3814; fax number: (202) 564-3757; e-mail address:
barles.robert@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 June 5, 2006 (71 FR 32344), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 1 comment during the comment
period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2006-0486, 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 B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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, 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: 2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and
Assessment.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2234.01; OMB Control No. 2040-new.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 purpose of this information collection is to identify
the infrastructure needs of community public water systems for the 20-
year period from January 2007 through December 2027. EPA's Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) will collect these data to
comply with Sections 1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12). EPA will use a questionnaire to collect
capital investment need information from large (serving more than
100,000 people) and medium (serving more than 3,300 people but less
than 100,000) community water systems. The questionnaire will also be
used by EPA survey teams in visits to 400 to 600 statistically-selected
small (serving less than 3,300 people) community water systems to
ascertain their infrastructure needs. Participation in the survey is
voluntary. The data from the questionnaires will provide EPA with a
basis for estimating the nationwide infrastructure needs of community
water systems. Also, as mandated by Section 1452(a)(1) (D)(ii) of the
Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA uses the results of the latest survey to
allocate Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) monies to the
States. Under the allotment formula, each State receives a grant of the
annual DWSRF appropriation in proportion to its share of the total
national need--with the proviso that each State receives at least 1
percent of the total funds available.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7.62
hours per response for Local Government Owned Water Systems; 5.68 hours
per response for Privately Owned Water Systems; 6.72 hours per response
for State Government Owned Water Systems; and 18.7 hours per response
for State and U.S. Territories Water Agencies. 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: Local Government Owned Water
Systems, Privately Owned Water Systems, State Government Owned Water
Systems, and State and U.S. Territories Water Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,193.
Frequency of Response: 0.33 times per year.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15,343.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $513,462 includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Dated: October 18, 2006.
Rick Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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