[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10822-10823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05515]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0443; FRL-9990-61-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Public Water System Supervision Program 
(Renewal)

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 Public Water System 
Supervision Program (EPA ICR No. 0270.47, OMB Control No. 2040-0090) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed renewal 
of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2019. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
September 11, 2018, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 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 April 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0443, 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.
    The 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: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water 
Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 
(4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-4588: fax number: 202-
564-3755; 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 the EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program ICR 
examines public water system, primacy agency (e.g., states and tribes 
with primary enforcement authority) and tribal operator certification 
provider burden, and costs for ``cross-cutting'' recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements (i.e., the burden and costs for complying with 
drinking water information requirements that are not associated with 
contaminant-specific rulemakings). The following activities have 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements that are mandatory for 
compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR parts 
141 and 142: The Consumer Confidence Report Rule (CCR), the Variance 
and Exemption Rule (V/E Rule), General State Primacy Activities, the 
Public Notification (PN) Rule and Proficiency Testing Studies for 
Drinking Water Laboratories. The information collection activities for 
both the Operator Certification and the Capacity Development Program 
are driven by the grant withholding and reporting provisions under 
sections 1419 and

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1420, respectively, of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The information 
collection for the Tribal Operator Certification Program is driven by 
grant eligibility requirements outlined in the Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Grant Tribal Set-Aside Program Final Guidelines and the 
Tribal Drinking Water Operator Certification Program Guidelines.
    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: 148,674 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually).
    Total estimated burden: 3,643,372 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $192,654,000 (per year), includes $38,121,000 
in operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 125,841 hours in 
the total estimated annual 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 (e.g., public water system inventory); 
and, updating burden to include expected reductions associated with use 
of a cloud-based reporting database. Where appropriate and available, 
estimated violation and other associated rates have also been updated 
to reflect current information on rule compliance.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05515 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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