[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57688-57689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21577]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0003; FRL-7819-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Public Water Systems 
Compliance Report (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1812.03, OMB Control Number 
2020-0020

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 OECA-
2004-0003, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acquanetta Delaney, Compliance 
Assistance and Sector Programs Division, Mail Code 2224A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-7061; fax number: (202) 564-0009; 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 March 16, 2004 (69 FR 12323), 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 
number OECA-2004-0003, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1752. 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 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.
    Affected entities: States, tribes, and territories that have 
primary enforcement authority and meet the definition of ``state'' 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act (Act).
    Title: Annual Public Water Systems Compliance Report (Renewal).
    Abstract: Section 1414(c)(3)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
requires that each state that has primary enforcement authority under 
the Act shall prepare, make readily available to the public,

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and submit to the Administrator of EPA, an annual report of violations 
of national primary drinking water regulations in the state. The 
states' reports are to include violations of maximum contaminant 
levels, treatment requirements, variances and exemptions, and 
monitoring requirements determined to be significant by the 
Administrator after consultation with the states. Section 1414(c)(3)(B) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to prepare and make 
available to the public an annual report that summarizes and evaluates 
the reports submitted by the states pursuant to section 1414(c)(3)(A). 
EPA's annual national report must also provide specified information 
about implementation of the public water system supervision system on 
Indian reservations and make recommendations concerning the resources 
necessary to improve compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The 
States have already prepared and published seven annual reports. EPA 
has prepared and published six national reports.
    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. In an effort to minimize a 
state's burden in preparing its annual statutorily-required report, EPA 
issued guidance that explains what Section 1414(c)(3)(A) requires and 
provides model language and reporting templates. EPA also annually 
makes available to the states a computer query that generates for each 
state (from information states are already required to submit to EPA's 
national database on a quarterly basis) the required violations 
information in a table consistent with the reporting template in EPA's 
guidance.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 208 
hours for annual 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: States, Tribes, and territories that 
have primary enforcement authority and meet the definition of ``state'' 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,480.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $280,000, includes $0 annual capital/
startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs and $280,000 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 180 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to the fact that the Navajo Nations 
was approved for primacy on December 6, 2000, which increased the 
number of respondents.

    Dated: September 15, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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