[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 94 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23186-23187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0011; FRL-8906-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Laboratory Quality Assurance 
Evaluation Program for Analysis of Cryptosporidium Under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2067.04, OMB Control No. 
2040-0246

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 June 17, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2002-0011, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
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: Carrie Miller, EPA, Office of Ground 
Water and Drinking Water, Technical Support Center, 26 West Martin 
Luther King Drive (MS-140), Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; 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 25, 2009 (74 FR 8529), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three 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-2002-0011, which is available for online viewing at 
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 
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program for Analysis 
of Cryptosporidium under the Safe Drinking Water Act (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2067.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0246.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on May 31, 
2009. 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: Under the Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program 
for Analysis of Cryptosporidium (``Lab

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QA Program''), EPA has approved voluntary laboratories that have 
demonstrated, and continue to demonstrate, proficient detection and 
enumeration of Cryptosporidium in surface water sources for public 
water systems. Approved laboratories that do not continue to meet the 
criteria for the Lab QA Program, including successful participation in 
tri-annual proficiency tests, may have their status downgraded to 
``provisional'' or have their approval suspended.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 74.5 
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: Public and private water testing 
laboratories.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 65.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,843.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $411,729.40, includes $141,929.00 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 863 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Changes in burden have occurred due to re-
evaluation of hours for tasks, improved demonstration of capability and 
growth in the respondent universe. Inflation has increased all 
operation and maintenance and labor costs accordingly. EPA's original 
estimates for hours to participate and maintain the Lab QA Program were 
made before the program began. Because the program has matured and 
several years of QC data have been collected, the burden has changed 
for performing improved and refined procedures. The burden for some 
tasks has been estimated and will be re-evaluated as the program 
progresses.

    Dated: May 12, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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