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Respondents/Affected Entities:
Business machine manufacturers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
quarterly, semi-annually, and monthly.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
978.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: No
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: October 25, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OW–2005–0019; FRL–8238–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Contaminant Occurrence Data in
Support of EPA’s Second Six-Year
Review of National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations; EPA ICR Number
2231.01
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request for a new
collection. The ICR, abstracted in this
action, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before December 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2005–0019, to: (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method); or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket (Mail
Code 4101T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB by mail to: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
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Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered
damage due to flooding during the last week
of June 2006. The Docket Center is
continuing to operate. However, during the
cleanup, there will be temporary changes to
Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses,
and hours of operation for people who wish
to make hand deliveries or visit the Public
Reading Room to view documents. Consult
EPA’s Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for
current information on docket operations,
locations and telephone numbers. The
Docket Center’s mailing address for U.S. mail
and the procedure for submitting comments
to https://www.regulations.gov are not affected
by the flooding and will remain the same.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Lassovszky, Office of Ground
Water and Drinking Water, Standards
and Risk Management Division, Mail
Code 4607M, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4882; fax number:
(202) 564–3760; e-mail address:
lassovszky.peter@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 5, 2006 (71 FR 32340), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one
public comment during the comment
period, which is addressed in the ICR.
Any additional comments on this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OW–2005–0019, which is available
for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov or in person
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC); see ‘‘Note’’ for
Docket Center access, highlighted in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential
Business Information, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
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information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Contaminant Occurrence Data
in Support of EPA’s Second Six-Year
Review of National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2231.01.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new
information collection activity. 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. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or
by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA), as amended in 1996, requires
that the U.S. EPA review existing
national primary drinking water
regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than
every six years. This cyclical evaluation
is referred to as the ‘‘Six-Year Review of
National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations’’ or, simply, the ‘‘Six-Year
Review.’’ Through the Six-Year Review
process, EPA reviews and assesses risks
to human health posed by regulated
drinking water contaminants. For the
first Six-Year Review cycle (1996–2002),
EPA reviewed 68 chemical NPDWRs
and the Total Coliform Rule (TCR),
which were promulgated prior to the
1996 Amendments. The occurrence
assessments conducted for the first SixYear Review were based on compliance
monitoring data from 1993 to 1997,
which were provided by States. EPA
published the results of this review in
the July 18, 2003, edition of the Federal
Register (68 FR 42907).
To support future Six-Year Reviews,
EPA’s Office of Water is requesting that
States submit, on a voluntary basis,
historical compliance monitoring
(contaminant occurrence) data for
community water systems (CWSs) and
non-transient non-community water
systems (NTNCWSs). EPA is requesting
contaminant occurrence data from 1998
to 2005 for all regulated chemical and
radiological contaminants, as well as
data from the TCR. EPA anticipates that
the compliance monitoring records from
this information collection (including
all results for analytical detections and
non-detections) will provide the data
needed to conduct statistical estimates
of national occurrence for each
regulated contaminant. These national
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occurrence estimates will be used to
support EPA’s review of existing
regulations, and the Agency’s decision
on whether any revisions are needed. In
addition, the 1996 SDWA section
1445(g) requires the Agency to maintain
a national drinking water contaminant
occurrence database (i.e., the National
Contaminant Occurrence Data (NCOD))
using occurrence data for both regulated
and unregulated contaminants in public
water systems (PWSs). This data
collection will provide new occurrence
data on regulated contaminants to
maintain the NCOD.
Following the first public notice of
this proposed data collection rule on
June 5, 2006 (71 FR 32340), EPA
received one public comment. The
commenter expressed concerns that
EPA should (1) make every effort to
minimize the effort it takes States to
share these data; (2) not use the data in
an enforcement context; and (3) not
make future collections mandatory. EPA
agrees with the commenter that the
Agency should aim to minimize burden
on the States and plans to do so by
allowing submission of data in virtually
any electronic format, and providing
States that use the Safe Drinking Water
Information System State Version
(SDWIS/State) with extraction scripts if
States agree with this method of data
transfer. In addition, EPA plans not to
use the data for occurrence assessments
for enforcement actions. Finally, EPA
plans to conduct this data collection as
a voluntary effort. Any possible future
changes regarding the collection of
drinking water contaminant occurrence
data will be handled through a separate
public comment process. The
commenter did not suggest that EPA
make changes to the data collection
format or to the cost and burden
estimates.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 12.2 hours per
State. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
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review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State
drinking water primacy agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56.
Frequency of Response: One time
only.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
681.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$30,608, which includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard Rubin, Mail Code 4606M,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–2051; e-mail address:
rubin.howarde@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 5, 2006 (70 FR 32342), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments during the comment period.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OW–2002–0059, which is available
for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC).
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered
damage due to flooding during the last week
of June 2006. The Docket Center is
continuing to operate. However, during the
cleanup, there will be temporary changes to
Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses,
and hours of operation for people who wish
to visit the Public Reading Room to view
documents. Consult EPA’s Federal Register
notice at 71 FR 54815 (September 19, 2006)
or the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm for current
information on docket status, locations and
telephone numbers.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before December 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2002–0059, to (1) EPA online using
https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to OWDocket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Water Docket,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB by mail to: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Safe Drinking Water Act State
Revolving Fund Program.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1803.05,
OMB Control No. 2040–0185.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on November 30, 2006. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. The
OMB control numbers for EPA’s
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after
[EPA–HQ–OW–2002–0059; FRL–8238–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Safe Drinking
Water Act State Revolving Fund
Program; EPA ICR No. 1803.05, OMB
Control No. 2040–0185
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0019; FRL-8238-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contaminant Occurrence Data in
Support of EPA's Second Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations; EPA ICR Number 2231.01
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new
collection. The ICR, abstracted in this action, describes the nature of
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2005-0019, to: (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method); or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket (Mail Code 4101T), 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current
information on docket operations, locations and telephone numbers.
The Docket Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure
for submitting comments to https://www.regulations.gov are not
affected by the flooding and will remain the same.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Lassovszky, Office of Ground
Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, Mail
Code 4607M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4882; fax
number: (202) 564-3760; e-mail address: lassovszky.peter@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 5, 2006 (71 FR 32340), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one public comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0019, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov or in person viewing at the Water Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC); see ``Note'' for Docket Center access,
highlighted in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential
Business Information, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of EPA's Second Six-
Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2231.01.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996,
requires that the U.S. EPA review existing national primary drinking
water regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than every six years. This
cyclical evaluation is referred to as the ``Six-Year Review of National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations'' or, simply, the ``Six-Year
Review.'' Through the Six-Year Review process, EPA reviews and assesses
risks to human health posed by regulated drinking water contaminants.
For the first Six-Year Review cycle (1996-2002), EPA reviewed 68
chemical NPDWRs and the Total Coliform Rule (TCR), which were
promulgated prior to the 1996 Amendments. The occurrence assessments
conducted for the first Six-Year Review were based on compliance
monitoring data from 1993 to 1997, which were provided by States. EPA
published the results of this review in the July 18, 2003, edition of
the Federal Register (68 FR 42907).
To support future Six-Year Reviews, EPA's Office of Water is
requesting that States submit, on a voluntary basis, historical
compliance monitoring (contaminant occurrence) data for community water
systems (CWSs) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWSs).
EPA is requesting contaminant occurrence data from 1998 to 2005 for all
regulated chemical and radiological contaminants, as well as data from
the TCR. EPA anticipates that the compliance monitoring records from
this information collection (including all results for analytical
detections and non-detections) will provide the data needed to conduct
statistical estimates of national occurrence for each regulated
contaminant. These national
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occurrence estimates will be used to support EPA's review of existing
regulations, and the Agency's decision on whether any revisions are
needed. In addition, the 1996 SDWA section 1445(g) requires the Agency
to maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database
(i.e., the National Contaminant Occurrence Data (NCOD)) using
occurrence data for both regulated and unregulated contaminants in
public water systems (PWSs). This data collection will provide new
occurrence data on regulated contaminants to maintain the NCOD.
Following the first public notice of this proposed data collection
rule on June 5, 2006 (71 FR 32340), EPA received one public comment.
The commenter expressed concerns that EPA should (1) make every effort
to minimize the effort it takes States to share these data; (2) not use
the data in an enforcement context; and (3) not make future collections
mandatory. EPA agrees with the commenter that the Agency should aim to
minimize burden on the States and plans to do so by allowing submission
of data in virtually any electronic format, and providing States that
use the Safe Drinking Water Information System State Version (SDWIS/
State) with extraction scripts if States agree with this method of data
transfer. In addition, EPA plans not to use the data for occurrence
assessments for enforcement actions. Finally, EPA plans to conduct this
data collection as a voluntary effort. Any possible future changes
regarding the collection of drinking water contaminant occurrence data
will be handled through a separate public comment process. The
commenter did not suggest that EPA make changes to the data collection
format or to the cost and burden estimates.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 12.2
hours per State. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State drinking water primacy
agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Frequency of Response: One time only.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 681.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $30,608, which includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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