[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50676-50677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19696]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7255-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, 
Chemical and Radionuclides Rules: Lead and Copper Rule Amendment

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: Disinfectants/Disinfection 
Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules: Lead and Copper Rule 
Amendment, EPA ICR No. 1896.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0204. This ICR 
amendment will add the updated burden and costs for the Lead & Copper 
Rule (LCR) ICR, which expires September 30, 2002, to the Disinfectants/
Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules ICR. The ICR 
amendment 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 September 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No 1896.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2040-0204, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 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) 566-1672, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1896.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Lisa Christ at (202)564-8354, fax (202) 
564-3755, e-mail:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and

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Radionuclides Rules: Lead and Copper Rule Amendment, EPA ICR No. 
1896.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0204. This amendment will update burden 
and costs associated with the LCR and move the burden from the National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper; Final Rule, EPA 
No. 1912.01, OMB Control No. 2040-0210, which expires September 2002, 
to the Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR, EPA ICR No. 1896.03, OMB Control No. 2040-
0204. The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR is the result of a consolidation of activities 
covered in the 1998 Stage 1 Disenfenfectants/Disinfection Byproduct 
Rule (DBPR) ICR, some rules and activities covered in the 1993 Public 
Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) program ICR and activities and rules 
previously covered in other Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water 
(OGWDW) standalone ICRs. As part of the consolidation effort, the 
Disinfectants/Disinfection, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules ICR will 
be amended to include burden and costs associated with the Lead and 
Copper Rule. The National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) 
for Lead and Copper (The Lead and Copper Rule or LCR), promulgated by 
EPA in 1991, is a regulatory program mandated by the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (SDWA). The LCR's goal is to reduce the levels of lead and 
copper at the tap to as close to the maximum contaminant level goals of 
0 parts per billion (ppb) of lead and 1.3 ppb of copper as possible. To 
accomplish this, the LCR requires community and non-transient non-
community water systems to conduct periodic monitoring to optimize 
corrosion control and, under specified conditions, install source water 
treatment, conduct public education, and/or replace lead service lines 
in the distribution system.
    In January 2000, EPA published the Lead and Copper Rule Minor 
Revisions (LCRMR) which eliminated unnecessary requirements, 
streamlined and reduced reporting burden, and promoted consistent 
national implementation. The LCRMR do not affect the lead or copper 
rule maximum contaminant level goals, action levels, or the basic 
regulatory requirements. Monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping are 
required at both the system and State levels under the National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs). EPA has chosen to require the 
least frequent collection that remains consistent with overall public 
health preservation objectives. 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 April 9, 2002 (67 FR 17070-17071), no comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this amendment to a collection of information is estimated 
to average 2.3 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: Public Water Systems and Primacy 
Agents.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 74,587.
    Frequency of Response: Bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, 
semi-annually, triennially, and every nine years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,780,049 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $11,456,047.
    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. 1896.04 and OMB Control No. 2040-0204 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 26, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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