[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10405-10406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5451]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7154-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey, EPA ICR No. 
0318.09, OMB Control No. 2040-0050, Expiration Date February 28, 2002

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 EPA ICR No. 0318.09, OMB Control No. 
2040-0050, expiration date February 28, 2002. 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 April 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0318.09 and OMB 
Control No. 2040-0050, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at [email protected] 
or download off the internet 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 at (202) 564-0668 in the Office 
of Water.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (OMB Control No. 2040-0050; 
EPA
    ICR No. 0318.09; expiring 2/28/2002. This is a renewal of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey is required by sections 
205(a) 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

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facilities in the United States, as well as an estimate of how many 
POTWs are needed to be built. The Clean Watersheds 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 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 July 27, 2001; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
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: The respondents are the States, 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Pacific 
Territories.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: every 4 years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,672 hours.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No.0318.09 and OMB Control No. 2040-0050 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: February 26, 2002.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-5451 Filed 3-6-02; 8:45 am]
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