[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78224-78225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31540]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0439; FRL 9939-81-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, 
Chemical and Radionuclides Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 
an Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Disinfectants/
Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules (EPA ICR No. 
1896.10, OMB Control No. 2040-0204) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 
2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (80 FR 17040) on March 31, 2015, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A description of the ICR is provided in this renewal notice, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 15, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0439, to (1) EPA online using 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 via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without modification including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water

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Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 
(4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-4588; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water systems' and primacy 
agencies' 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 the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. 
The following chemical regulations are included: The Stage 1 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 DBPR), the 
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 DBPR), 
the Chemical Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V), the Radionuclides Rule, the 
Disinfectant Residual Monitoring and Associated Activities under the 
Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), the Arsenic Rule and the Lead and 
Copper Rule (LCR). Future chemical-related rulemakings will be added to 
this consolidated ICR after the regulations are promulgated and the 
initial, rule-specific, ICRs are due to expire.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are new and existing public water systems and primacy 
agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for compliance with 
40 CFR parts 141 and 142.
    Estimated number of respondents: 149,822.
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, biennially, and every 3, 6 
and 9 years).
    Total estimated burden: 5,305,696 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined in 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $464,896,000 (per year), includes $5,492,000 
annualized capital costs and $253,440,000 operation and maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 428,639 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of updating relevant 
baseline information for each rule with the most current and accurate 
information available and updating burden to incorporate the results of 
consultation with stakeholders. Estimated violation and other 
associated rates have also been updated to reflect current information 
on rule compliance.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-31540 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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