[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23740-23741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9867]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2004-0009, FRL-7655-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection By-Products, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1896.05, OMB Control 
Number 2040-0204

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting

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comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as 
described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0009, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to 
[email protected], or by mail to: Water Docket, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. OW-2004-0009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Naylor, Office of Ground 
Water and Drinking Water, (4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202.564.3847; fax number: 202.564.3755; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OW-2004-0009, 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) 566-1744, 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 obtain a copy of the draft 
collection of information, 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 within 
60 days of this notice. 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
new and existing public water systems (PWS), primacy agencies, and EPA.
    Title: Disinfectants/Disinfection By-Products, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules (Renewal).
    Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection By-Products, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines PWS, primacy agency and EPA burden and 
costs for recordkeeping and reporting requirements in support of the 
chemical regulations. These activities which have recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 
parts 141 and 142 include the following chemical regulations: Stage 1 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 DBPR), Chemical 
Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V), Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 
(UCMR), Lists 1 and 2, 1976 Radionuclides Rule and 2000 Radionuclides 
Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Rule, Disinfectant Residual 
Monitoring and Associated Activities under the Surface Water Treatment 
Rule, Arsenic Rule, Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). Future chemical-related 
rulemakings, such as Radon and the Stage 2 DBPR, will be added to this 
ICR after the regulations are finalized and the initial, rule-specific, 
ICRs have expired. 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    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 through 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 estimated annual burden hours for the 
Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides 
Rules ICR are 6,428,593 hours. The estimated average burden hours per 
response is 0.4 hours. The proposed frequency of response varies by 
requirement (e.g., monthly, quarterly, annually). The estimated average 
number of responses per respondent is 109. The estimated number of 
likely respondents annually is 161,274. The total annualized capital/
startup costs are $6.9 million. The estimated annual cost for operation 
and maintenance is $187.4 million.
    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.

    Dated: April 23, 2004.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 04-9867 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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