[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22353-22354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11007]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 9

[FRL-7173-6]


OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical 
Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Restructuring by the OGWDW of its existing drinking water 
program Information Collection Requests (ICR) has resulted in the 
consolidation of rules and activities of standalone ICRs into three 
main drinking water program ICRs.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for 
the Public Water System Supervision Program (PWSS) Information 
Collection Request (ICR), Microbial Rules ICR and Disinfectants/
Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides (DBP/Chem/Rads) 
Rules ICR.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This is effective May 3, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Christ at 202-564-8354.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is amending the table of currently 
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by 
OMB for various regulations. The amendment updates the table to list 
those information collection requirements which have moved due to the 
restructure and consolidation of the Office of Ground Water Drinking 
Water ICRs. An announcement that the following ICRs: PWSS ICR, OMB 
Control No. 2040-0090; Microbial ICR, OMB Control No. 2040-0205; and 
the DBP/Chem/Rads ICR, OMB Control No 2040-0204, have been forwarded to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, 
appeared in the Federal Register on October 5, 2001 (66 FR 194). The 
affected regulations are codified at 40 CFR parts (141.21-142.312). EPA 
will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated table 
format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and 
in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The table lists CFR 
citations with reporting, recordkeeping, or other information 
collection requirements, and the current OMB control numbers. This 
listing of the OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in 
the CFR satisfies the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320.
    These ICRs were previously subject to public notice and comment 
prior to OMB approval. Due to the technical nature of the table, EPA 
finds that further notice and comment is unnecessary. As a result, EPA 
finds that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the 
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to amend this table 
without prior notice and comment.

I. Administrative Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition, 
this action does not impose any enforceable duty, contain any unfunded 
mandate, or impose any significant or unique impact on small 
governments as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-4). This action also does not require prior 
consultation with State, local, and tribal government officials as 
specified by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993) or 
Executive Order 13084 (63 FR 27655 (May 10, 1998), or involve special 
consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). Because this 
action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the 
Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to 
the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C.

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601 et seq.). This action also is not subject to Executive Order 13045 
(62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because EPA interprets E.O. 13045 as 
applying only to those regulatory actions that are based on health or 
safety risks, such that the analysis required under section 5-501 of 
the Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This action is 
not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not establish an 
environmental standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.

Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a good 
cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, 
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must 
be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the 
reasons therefore. EPA has submitted reports containing these rules and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not 
a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: April 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division, Office of Information 
Collection.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended 
as follows:

PART 9--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.


    2. In Sec. 9.1 the table is amended to revise existing entries for 
`` National Primary Drinking Water Regulations'' and ``National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations Implementation'' to read as follows:


Sec. 9.1  OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act

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               National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
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141.2......................................................    2040-0090
141.4......................................................    2040-0090
141.11-141.15..............................................    2040-0090
141.21.....................................................    2040-0205
141.22.....................................................    2040-0090
141.23A(a)-(b).............................................    2040-0204
141.23(d)-141.24...........................................    2040-0204
141.25.....................................................    2040-0090
141.26.....................................................    2040-0204
141.27-141.30..............................................    2040-0090
141.31(a)-(c) and (e)......................................    2040-0204
141.32(a)-(g)..............................................    2040-0090
141.33(a)-(d)..............................................    2040-0204
141.33(e)..................................................    2040-0090
141.35.....................................................    2040-0204
141.40.....................................................    2040-0204
141.41.....................................................    2040-0090
141.42-141.43..............................................    2040-0204
141.50-141.52..............................................    2040-0090
141.60-141.63..............................................    2040-0090
141.70-141.74..............................................    2040-0090
141.75.....................................................    2040-0205
141.76.....................................................    2040-0205
141.80-141.91..............................................    2040-0210
141.100....................................................    2040-0090
141.110....................................................    2040-0090
141.111....................................................    2040-0204
141.130-141.132............................................    2040-0204
141.134-141.135............................................    2040-0204
141.140-141.144............................................    2040-0090
141.153-141.154............................................    2040-0201
141.155(a)-(g)(1) and (h)..................................    2040-0090
141.170....................................................    2040-0205
141.172....................................................    2040-0205
141.173....................................................    2040-0205
141.174(a)-(b).............................................    2040-0205
141.175(a)-(b).............................................    2040-0205
141.175(c).................................................    2040-0090
141.201-141.210............................................    2040-0090
141.530-141.536............................................    2040-0229
141.540-141.544............................................    2040-0229
141.550-141.553............................................    2040-0229
141.560-141.564............................................    2040-0229
141.570-141.571............................................    2040-0229
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       National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation
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142.2-142.3................................................    2040-0090
142.10.....................................................    2040-0090
142.11.....................................................    2040-0090
142.12.....................................................    2040-0090
142.14(a)..................................................    2040-0205
142.14(b)-(d)(1)...........................................    2040-0090
142.14(d)(2)-(7)...........................................    2040-0204
142.14(d)(12)(i)-(iv)......................................    2040-0204
142.14(d)(13)-(16).........................................    2040-0204
142.15(a)-(b)..............................................    2040-0090
142.15(c)(1)-(5)...........................................    2040-0205
142.16(b)..................................................    2040-0205
142.16(c)..................................................    2040-0090
142.16(e)..................................................    2040-0204
142.16(f)..................................................    2040-0090
142.16(g)..................................................    2040-0205
142.16(h)..................................................    2040-0204
142.16(i)..................................................    2040-0205
142.16(j)..................................................    2040-0229
142.16(k)(1)...............................................    2040-0204
142.16(l)(1) and (2).......................................    2040-0204
142.17-142.24..............................................    2040-0090
142.51.....................................................    2040-0090
142.56-142.57..............................................    2040-0090
142.60-142.61..............................................    2040-0090
142.62.....................................................    2040-0090
142.63-142.64..............................................    2040-0090
142.70-142.78..............................................    2040-0090
142.81.....................................................    2040-0090
142.306-142.308............................................    2040-0090
142.311-142.312............................................    2040-0090
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