[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

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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 [email protected], 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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