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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 29, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or to obtain 
a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Water

    Title: 1995 Drinking Water Needs Survey. (EPA ICR No:1708.01) This 
ICR requests approval of a new information collection activity.
    Abstract: EPA will conduct a survey to estimate the capital 
investment needs for drinking water systems. The nationwide survey will 
be conducted by the Enforcement and Program Implementation Division 
(EPID) of EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. The 
information will be used in a report to Congress on the allocation of 
state grant funds for a drinking water State Revolving Fund (SRF). The 
survey will examine Community Water Systems (CWSs) serving populations 
greater than 50,000 (large systems), those with populations of 3,301 to 
50,000 (medium systems), and remaining systems that serve populations 
of 3,300 or fewer (small systems). The Agency will model needs for 
systems on Indian lands and systems that serve Alaska Native Villages. 
The survey will be mailed to large and medium systems, while the data 
will be collected from small systems through on-site engineering 
reviews.
    The survey first verifies certain system identifiers (name and 
address, state identification number, population served, number of 
connections, etc.), and then asks 9 sets of questions concerning 
capital improvement needs: The first question set, in table form, asks 
for a description of the needed capital project(s), information on 
system components, documentation to verify need, specific treatment(s) 
to be installed, capital cost estimates and documentation; questions 
two through seven are used if the respondent is unable to provide 
project cost information, and asks for information about treatment 
projects for specific contaminants, or to comply with certain treatment 
rules; question eight asks the respondent to identify other system 
needs not identified earlier, and question nine asks for name, address 
and phone number of the respondent.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average approximately 3\1/2\ hours per 
response for the large, medium and small community water systems. This 
includes time for reading the instructions, collecting supporting 
documentation, and completion of the survey instrument. There are no 
recordkeeping requirements. State burden for helping EPA conduct the 
system survey consists of calling systems that have not returned the 
data collection instrument by a specified date, answering systems' 
questions about the form, and reviewing the returned surveys for 
completeness and accuracy. State burden will vary depending on the 
number of small, medium and large systems in the state, however on 
average the survey will take about 480 hours of effort per state.
    Respondents: community water systems in SIC 4941 (investor owned), 
9511 (publicly owned), plus some non-primary water suppliers in SIC 
6515 (mobile home parks), SIC 6513 (apartment buildings), and SIC 805 
(nursing homes).
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,793 Selected community water 
systems, 51 states.
    Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,622 hours for 
community water systems, and 24,695 hours for states.
    Frequency of Collection: one-time survey.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy 
Branch (Mail Code: 2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 and
Matt Mitchell, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: July 21, 1994.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 94-18558 Filed 7-26-94; 8:45 am]
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