[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45762-45763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18732]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0439; FRL-9994-16-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, 
Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules (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 Disinfectants/Disinfection 
Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules (EPA ICR No. 1896.11, OMB 
Control No. 2040-0204) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through August 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 given below, 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 September 30, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0442, 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

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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 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and 
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water system and primacy agency 
burden and costs for recordkeeping and reporting requirements in 
support of the disinfectants/disinfection byproducts, chemical, and 
radionuclides regulations promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water 
Act. These recordkeeping and reporting requirements are mandatory for 
compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The following 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), including the Lead and Copper 
Rule Short Term Revisions.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are 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: 146,772 (total).
    Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion, 
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually).
    Total estimated burden: 5,161,356 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $455,885,000 (per year), which includes 
$252,952,000 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 144,340 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by the OMB. This is due to a reduction in public water system 
inventory.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18732 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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