[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 133 (Friday, July 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41582-41583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14822]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA R08-OW-2019-0404; FRL--10012-05-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Filter Adoption Survey (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Filter Adoption Survey (EPA ICR 
Number 2615.01, OMB Control Number 2008-New) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new 
collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on March 12, 2020 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 August 10, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-R08-
OW-2019-0404, to (1) EPA online using 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelique Diaz, Ph.D., P.E., Section 
Chief, Drinking Water Section B, Water Division, 8WD-SDB, Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado 80202-
1129; telephone number: (303)312-6344; 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: Denver Water is a public water system which must comply 
with applicable requirements of the lead and copper rule (LCR). On 
September 6, 2019 Denver Water submitted to the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region 8 office a request for a Variance from the 
optimal corrosion control treatment requirements under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act's LCR. The request included a multi-pronged approach 
to result in at least as efficient lead removal to orthophosphate, the 
designated optimal corrosion control treatment. Three of those prongs 
of the variance request are: PH and alkalinity adjustments to reduce 
corrosivity of the water; accelerated lead service line removal; and a 
filter program where Denver Water will distribute pitcher filters to 
consumers with known, suspected, and possible lead service

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lines. Under section 1415(a)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, on 
December 16, 2019, the U.S. EPA granted Denver Water a variance from 
the definition of ``optimal corrosion control treatment'' in 40 CFR 
141.2. The Variance contains requirements to determine the efficacy the 
filter program. EPA will use the survey results that Denver Water 
annually distributes to determine the consumer filter adoption rate, 
and to confirm whether customers are using and maintaining the filters 
correctly, and per manufacturer's instructions. Each year, the filter 
adoption survey will be sent by Denver Water via postal mail to as many 
as 20,000 consumers that have known, suspected, and possible lead 
service lines. Surveys will be sent via direct mailings and will 
include an online completion option (the survey questions are included 
below). Direct mailings will be sent with a unique QR code to track 
which addresses responses have been received from. Surveys will be sent 
out in both English and Spanish. Additionally, Denver Water will 
annually conduct, in person surveys at a minimum of 50 locations in use 
by customers enrolled in the filter program. Information being 
collected is information on if, and how, consumers use the filter 
(e.g., for drinking, cooking, or making infant-fed formula), whether 
the customers are using and maintain the filters correctly (e.g., 
washing, replacing the filters per manufacturer's instructions), as 
well as demographic information to inform filter adoption rate by 
neighborhood or demographic group so Denver Water's health equity and 
environmental justice principles set forth in their variance request 
can be evaluated.
    Form Numbers: 6700-009.
    Respondents/affected entities: Customers of Denver Water or of 
other integrated systems that have either known or suspected lead 
service lines (LSLs).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 20,001 (per year).
    Frequency of response: Annually for three years.
    Total estimated burden: 1,270 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $100,262 per year, includes $1,000 annualized 
capital or operations & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection and therefore 
there are no changes in burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-14822 Filed 7-9-20; 8:45 am]
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