[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76404-76405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31402]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0439; FRL-9500-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection 
Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides (Renewal)

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 January 6, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2011-0439, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 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: Matthew Reed, 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) 564-4719; fax number: 
(202) 564-3755; email 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 July 5, 2011 (76 FR 39092), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. 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-2011-0439 Notice 2, 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 (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1896.09, OMB Control No. 2040-0204.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
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 Code of Federal Regulations (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 ICR examines Public Water System, 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 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 .45 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

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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: Owners/operators of Public Water 
Systems who must report to their primacy agency. Primacy agencies, 
which include States. Tribes (if they have been authorized to act as 
primacy agencies), and EPA Regions that act as primacy agencies in 
Indian lands and States that do not have primacy.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 153,036.
    Frequency of Response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, biennially, and every 3, 
6, and 9 years).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,734,335.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $435,706,000 includes $230,059,000 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 384,924 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is a result of updating relevant 
baseline information for each rule with the most current and accurate 
information available (e.g., Public Water System inventories) and 
updating burden to incorporate the results of consultation with 
stakeholders. Where appropriate and available, estimated violation, 
waiver, and other associated rates have also been updated to reflect 
current information on rule compliance.

    Dated: November 30, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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