[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 79889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32198]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0013; FRL 9940-37-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; EPA Strategic Plan Information on Source 
Water Protection

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), ``EPA Strategic Plan 
Information on Source Water Protection'' (EPA ICR No. 1816.06, OMB 
Control No. 2040-0197) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 56465) on 
September 18, 2015, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of 
the ICR is given 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 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2004-0013, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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 change 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: Beth Hall, Drinking Water Protection 
Division--Prevention Branch, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water 
(MC 4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3883; 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 http://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: EPA is collecting, on a voluntary basis, data from states 
and territories on their progress toward substantial implementation of 
protection strategies for all community water systems (CWSs). The 
information to be collected will help states/tribes and EPA understand 
the progress toward the Agency's goal of increasing the number of CWSs 
(and the populations they serve) with minimized risk to public health 
through development and implementation of source water protection 
strategies for source water areas. In April of 2015, the National Water 
Program published guidance for meeting the water-related goals in the 
FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan. In keeping with this guidance, EPA 
specifically tracks the percentage of all CWSs that are implementing 
source water protection and the percentage of the total population 
which is served by those systems.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities affected by this action are 
state and territorial governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 51 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 342 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,853 (per year).
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,066 hours in the 
total estimated burden from the existing approved ICR. This decrease is 
because source water protection programs are maturing. State databases 
are fully developed and tracking is routine compared to the burden and 
costs calculated for the existing ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-32198 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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