[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62192-62193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29895]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6475-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Clean Water Needs Survey
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Clean Water Needs Survey, EPA
ICR No. 0318.08, OMB Control No. 2040-0050, expiration date January 31,
2000. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its
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expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual
data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 16, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or download a copy of the
ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.
0318.08.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Clean Water Needs Survey (OMB) Control No. 2040-0050; EPA
ICR No. 318.08; expiring 1/31/2000. This is an extension of a currently
approved collection.
Abstract: The Needs Survey is required by sections 205(a) and
516(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is a biennial inventory of
publicly owned wastewater treatment works (POTWs) in the United States
as well as an estimate of how many POTWs are needed to be built. The
Survey is a joint effort of the States, EPA Headquarters (Office of
Wastewater Management (OWM)) and EPA Regions. The Survey records costs
associated with a broad range of water quality and public health
problems eligible for funding from the State Revolving Fund program
under Title VI of the CWA. This includes the collection and treatment
of municipal wastewater, the control of combined sewer overflows, storm
water management, and control of non point source runoff. The States
provide this information to EPA. EPA achieves national consistency in
the final results through the application of uniform guidelines and
validation techniques. No confidential information is used, nor is
sensitive information protected from release under the Public
Information Act used.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 7/8/99 (64
FR 36866); two comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 1.47 hours per response. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by person
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; 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: States, District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands, and Pacific Territories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Frequency of Response: Biennial.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Non-Labor Cost Burden: $6,000.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0318.08 and OMB Control No. 2040-0050 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460;
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: November 9, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-29895 Filed 11-15-99; 8:45 am]
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