[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43160-43161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21274]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5873-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Public Water Systems Supervision Program
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 notice announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Public Water Systems
Supervision Program, OMB Control Number 2040-0090, which expires on
September 30, 1997. 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 September 11, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0270.38.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Public Water Systems Supervision Program (OMB Control No.
2040-0090; EPA ICR No. 0270.38) expiring 9/30 /97. This is a request
for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: This ICR contains record keeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR parts 141
and 142. Sections 1401 and 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA),
as amended, require EPA to establish National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations (NPDWRs) that ensure the safety of drinking water. These
regulations guarantee that exposure to contaminants--microbial, organic
and inorganic chemicals, and radionuclides in finished drinking water
is below the level established by human health risk assessments. The
Act further requires EPA to ensure compliance with and enforce these
regulations. Section 1445 of SDWA stipulates that every supplier of
water shall conduct monitoring, maintain records, and provide such
information as is needed for the Agency to carry out its compliance and
enforcement responsibilities with respect to SDWA. Implementation of
these requirements is principally a responsibility of the States,
particularly the 49 States that have assumed primary enforcement
responsibility (primacy) for public water systems under SDWA section
1413. As part of the Public Water Systems Supervision Program, the
Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) collect data
from the States on public water systems regulated by EPA. Data include
the public water system inventory, violations, and Federal and State
enforcement actions. Without comprehensive, up-to-date information on
drinking water contamination, the Agency would not be able to ensure
``a supply of drinking water which dependably complies with such
maximum contaminant levels' (SDWA, section 1401(1)(d)).
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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on March 31,
1997; no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.7
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; 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: Owners/operators of Public Water
Systems, Primacy agents who report to EPA Headquarters.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 173,317.
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Frequency of Response: varies from weekly to biannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11.3 million hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $204.7 million.
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. 00270.38 and OMB Control No. 2040-0090 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: August 6, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21274 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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