[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57687-57688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21576]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2003-0078; FRL-7819-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Wastewater Operator 
Training and Technical Assistance Program--CWA 104(g)(1) (Renewal), EPA 
ICR Number 1977.02, OMB Control Number 2040-0238

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 27, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2003-
0078, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Dodds, Office of Water, Mail 
Code 4204M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-0728; fax 
number: (202) 501-2396; 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 November 10, 2003 (68 FR 63778), 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-2003-0078, 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 Office of 
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. 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: National Wastewater Operator Training and Technical 
Assistance Program--CWA 104(g)(1) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The Wastewater Operator Training Program provides on-site 
technical assistance to municipal wastewater treatment plants. 
Information will be collected from the network of forty-six 104(g)(1) 
training centers set up through out the United States. The information 
will be collected to identify the facilities assisted, the different 
types of assistance the program provides and the environmental outcomes 
and benefits of the assistance provided by the program. The information 
will be collected and submitted on either an annual or semi-annual 
basis. A Microsoft Access database and a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet have 
been developed for this purpose. This ICR will be used by EPA for the 
technical and financial management of the 104(g)(1) Program. It is 
strongly suggested that the 104(g)(1) Program training centers 
participate in the information collection although it is not mandatory. 
All information in the data system will be made public upon request.
    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 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for

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this collection of information is estimated to average 7 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: State and local governments, State 
and county colleges, and those organizations which provide training 
assistance through the Clean Water Act 104(g)(1) Program to municipal 
wastewater treatment plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 46.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and biannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 322.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs and $13,000 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 14 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the reduction of the 
number of respondents from forty-eight (48) to forty-six (46). There is 
an increase of $6,000 in the total estimated cost burden. This increase 
is due to the increase of the average salary of those involved in 
reporting.

    Dated: September 9, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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