[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17409-17410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9388]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5993-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; The Class V Underground Injection Control
Study
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: The Class V Underground
Injection Control Study (ICR# 1834.01). The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone
at (202) 260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1834.01.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: The Class V Underground Injection Control Study (ICR#
1834.01). This is a new collection of information.
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) will collect information on
Class V injection wells. This information collection will be conducted
to meet the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and
EPA's modified consent decree with the Sierra Club.1 The
consent decree requires EPA, in part, to study Class V wells. The
results of this study will be used by EPA to determine whether
additional regulations are needed for certain Class V wells and to
develop those regulations if necessary.
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\1\ Sierra Club v. Carol M. Browner, Civil Action No. 93-2644
NHJ, 1997.
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The objective of the Class V study is to gather information on
Class V wells. This information will enable EPA to characterize the
nationwide risk Class V wells pose to underground sources of drinking
water (USDWs). To achieve this objective, EPA must have information on
the number of wells by subclass and the risk posed by each subclass.
EPA will collect information on each subclass of Class V well using two
types of data collection: (1) collection of existing information from
State agencies, EPA Regional offices, organizations and businesses by
mail, telephone, and file searches; and (2) enumeration of the number
and types of wells in study areas collected by site visits to those
areas. Data collected during this study will be analyzed and stored in
databases maintained by OGWDW.
Responses to this ICR are voluntary and no assurances of
confidentiality will be provided to those who participate in the data
collection effort.
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 December
18, 1997. No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 28
minutes 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; 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.
Respondent/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of Class V
wells.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3448.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1634 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $45,557.50.
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
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techniques to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR# 1834.01
in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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: April 2, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9388 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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