[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39160-39161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18824]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Clean Water Needs Survey, EPA ICR No. 0318.09, OMB 
Control No. 2040-0050, Expiration Date December 31, 2001

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Clean Water Needs Survey, EPA ICR No. 
0318.09, OMB Control No. 2040-0050, expiration date December 31, 2001.
    Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0318.09, OMB Control 
No. 2040-0050 to the following address: Sandra Perrin; U.S. EPA; Office 
of Water; Office of Wastewater Management; Municipal Support Division; 
Municipal Technology Branch; (Mail Code 4204M); 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandra 
Perrin; U.S. EPA; Office of Wastewater Management; Municipal Technology 
Branch (Mail Code 4204M); 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 
20460; (202) 564-0668; Fax (202) 501-2397; E-Mail; 
[email protected] or download off of the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR 0318.09. For technical questions 
about the ICR please call Sandra Perrin; in the Office of Water; (202) 
564-0668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
the States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and 
Pacific Territories.
    Title: Clean Water Needs Survey (OMB Control No. 2040-0050; EPA ICR 
No. 0318.09; expiring 12/31/2001. This is a renewal of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The Clean Water Needs Survey is required by Sections 
205(a)

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and 516(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act. It is a periodic inventory of 
existing and proposed publicly owned wastewater treatment works (POTWS) 
and other water pollution control facilities in the United States, as 
well as an estimate of how many POTWs are needed to be built. The Clean 
Water Needs Survey is a voluntary joint effort of EPA and the States. 
The Survey records cost and technical data associated with all POTWs 
and other water pollution control facilities, existing and proposed, in 
the United States. The States provide this information to EPA. No 
confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information 
protected from release under the Public Information Act, used. EPA 
achieves national consistency in the final results through the 
application of uniform guidelines and validation techniques. 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 ``Clean Water Needs Surveys'' OMB Control No. 2040-
0050, the EPA ICR No. 0318.09.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
11,011 hours.
    The frequency of response is annual with an estimated number of 56 
respondents. 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; adjust the existing 
data to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; and search data sources, complete and review the 
collection of information, and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

    Dated: July 20, 2001
Michael B. Cook,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
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