[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 124 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36318-36319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14522]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2007-1197; FRL-8685-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; 
Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules 
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1896.08, OMB Control No. 2040-0204

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. 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 July 28, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2007-1197 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, MC: 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail 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: Richard Naylor, Drinking Water 
Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (4606M), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3847; 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 February 15, 2008 (73 FR 8865), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two comments during the 
comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments 
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 
notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2007-1197, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and 
Radionuclides Rule (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1896.08, OMB Control No. 2040-0204.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water system (PWS), primacy 
agency and EPA burden and costs for recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements in support of the chemical drinking water regulations. 
These recordkeeping and reporting requirements are mandatory for 
compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The following chemical 
regulations are included: Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection 
Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 DBPR), Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection 
Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 DBPR), Chemical Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V), 
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) and revisions. Future chemical-related 
rulemakings, such as Radon, will be added to this consolidated ICR 
after the regulations are finalized and the initial, rule-specific ICRs 
are due to expire.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.48 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: New and existing public water 
systems (PWSs), primacy agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 155,750.
    Frequency of Response: varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, biennially, and every 3, 
6, and 9 years).

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    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,119,259.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $452,688,716, includes $240,118,273 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 604,910 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is primarily attributable to the 
use of updated system inventories and entry points per system to 
calculate monitoring costs.

    Dated: June 20, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14522 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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