[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4466-4467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2036]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2002-0058, FRL-7445-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 2092.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request

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: Tribal Operator Certification 
Program Information Collection Request (EPA ICR No. 2092.01). The ICR, 
which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 28, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Christ, Drinking Water Protection 
Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 4606M, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8354; fax number: 202-
564-3755; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 17, 2002 (67 FR58603), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OW-2002-0058, which is available for public viewing at the Water 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1742, and the telephone number for the Water Docket 
is (202) 566-2426. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Information Collection Request for the Tribal Operator 
Certification Program (EPA ICR Number 2092.01). This is a request for a 
new collection. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to 
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission 
is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The Tribal Operator Certification Program was developed 
to increase public health protection by increasing training and 
certification of personnel operating community and nontransient 
noncommunity drinking water systems in Indian Country. This voluntary 
program is intended to provide tribes with further training and 
certification opportunities in addition to existing training or 
certification programs offered by States, various federal agencies, and 
private organizations. The Information Collection Request will estimate 
the burden and cost to tribal drinking water system operators who seek 
certifications from EPA approved providers. In addition, the burden and 
cost to Tribal Certification Providers will be estimated. The 
information collected will be used to measure EPA's goal for 80% of 
tribal community and nontransient noncommunity water systems to have a 
certified operator by 2005. Establishing a tribal operator 
certification program will help achieve this goal while bringing 
greater public health protection to tribal communities. The information 
collected will include: number and level of new certifications, number 
and level of renewal certifications, information regarding revoked and 
suspended certifications, and training status for tribal drinking water 
system operators. Responses to the collection of information are 
voluntary.
    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,

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and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
18 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: Tribal water systems and tribal 
certification providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 271.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,597.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $71,526, includes $82 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.

    Dated: January 16, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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