Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New); EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080-NEW, 47942-47943 [E9-22569]

Download as PDF 47942 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2009 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0114; FRL–8959–5] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New); EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080—NEW AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. 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 for a new 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 October 19, 2009. Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2009–0114, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 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. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan T. Glassmeyer, Ph.D., Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, MS 564, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: 513–569–7526; fax number 513–569–7757; e-mail address: glassmeyer.susan@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 April 8, 2009 (74 FR 15965), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three comments during the comment period, erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:10 Sep 17, 2009 Jkt 217001 which are 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–ORD–2009–0114, which is available for online viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Research and Development Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202– 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Research and Development Docket is 202–566–1752. 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 (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: Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2346.01, OMB Control No. 2080–NEW. 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, 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: Improvements in analytical chemistry instrumentation have allowed PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 scientists to detect trace amounts of chemicals that are commonly used in homes in the environment. These socalled ‘‘emerging contaminants’’ are chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, detergents and even endogenous hormones, which are either excreted from or washed off the body, and enter the wastewater treatment system. Wastewater treatment is not designed to specifically remove these chemicals, so a portion of the chemicals remain in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents. WWTP effluents are commonly released into surface waters. Natural processes such as photolysis, sorption, volatilization, degradation, and simple dilution further attenuate the concentrations of emerging contaminants. However, if a Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) intake is located downstream of a WWTP effluent outfall, there is a potential for these chemicals to be present in finished drinking water. The USEPA’s Office of Research and Development, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is conducting a sampling program at up to 50 DWTPs to determine the presence of these emerging contaminants in both the source water and finished drinking water. To better interpret the results of the sampling program, detailed information concerning the operation of the DWTP at the time of sampling is required. This information can only be gathered through a questionnaire that is completed concurrent to the collection event. The questionnaire will collect information on the following: • The population served by the DWTP; • The source water, potential sources of pollution and current hydraulic conditions; • Detailed treatment steps used by the DWTP, including parameters such as pumpage at sampling, disinfectants used, and distribution system information; • Detailed water quality parameters at the time of sampling. The DWTPs involved in this project will ship samples of their source water and finished water to the USEPA and USGS laboratories. All sampling supplies and paid shipping vouchers will be provided to the DWTPs. The samples will be analyzed by the USEPA and USGS for a suite of approximately 200 emerging chemical and microbial contaminants. A detailed listing of the analytes, as well as the methods to be used can be found in public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2009–0114. E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2009 / Notices Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 hours per response. 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: Drinking Water Treatment Plants (DWTPs) participating in a EPA/USGS sampling program. Estimated Number of Respondents: 50. Frequency of Response: Once. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,000. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $29,735, includes $250 annualized capital or O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates: Because this is a new ICR, there is no burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. Dated: September 15, 2009. John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E9–22569 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Draft EISs EIS No. 20090229, ERP No. D–NPS– E65084–FL, Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/ Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan, Implementation, Collier County, FL. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about surface water and wetland impacts, and recommended that the final EIS include a cumulative impact analysis for the entire Big Cypress National Preserve. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20090246, ERP No. D–AFS– K65376–CA, Eddy Gulch LateSuccessional Reserve Fuels/Habitat Protection Project, To Protect LateSuccessional Habitat used by the Northern Spotted Owl and Other LateSuccessional-Dependent Species, Salmon River and Scott River Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA. Summary: EPA requested additional information regarding a smoke management plan, worker exposure to naturally occurring asbestos, the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), and noxious weeds. Rating EC2. Final EISs EIS No. 20090284, ERP No. F–ARD– L65578–WA, Adoption—White Pass Expansion Master Development Plan, Implementation, Naches Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests and Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Yakima and Lewis Counties, WA. Summary: No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. Dated: September 15, 2009. [ER–FRL–8597–5] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E9–22529 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal Activities at 202–564–7146. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in the Federal Register dated July 17, 2009 (74 FR 34754). VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:10 Sep 17, 2009 Jkt 217001 [ER–FRL–8597–4] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–1399 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 09/07/2009 Through 09/11/2009 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47943 EIS No. 20090320, Draft EIS, AFS, OR, EXF Thinning, Fuel Reduction, and Research Project, Proposal for Vegetation Management and Fuel Reduction within the Lookout Mountain Unit of the Pringle Falls Experimental Forest, Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest, Deschutes County, OR, Comment Period Ends: 11/02/2009, Contact: Beth Peer 541–383–4769. EIS No. 20090321, Final EIS, SFW, AK, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Draft Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Implementation, AK, Wait Period Ends: 10/19/2009, Contact: Peter Wikoff 907–786–3357. EIS No. 20090322, Final EIS, AFS, ID, Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF), Proposes Travel Planning and OHV Route Designation, Lemhi, Custer and Butte Counties, ID, Wait Period Ends: 10/19/2009, Contact: Karen Gallogly 208–756–5103. EIS No. 20090323, Draft EIS, FHW, NV, I–15 Corridor Improvement and Local Arterial Improvements Project, Collectively Known as Project NEON, To Improve the Safety and Travel Efficiency in the I–15 Corridor, City of Las Vegas, Clark County, NV, Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2009, Contact: Abdelmoez Abdalla 775–687–1204. Amended Notices EIS No. 20090225, Draft EIS, AFS, ND, North Billings County Allotment Management Plan Revisions, Proposes to Continue to Permit Livestock Grazing on 43 Allotments, Medora Ranger District, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Billings County, ND, Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2009, Contact: Jeff Adams 701–227–7800. Revision to FR Notice Published 07/ 10/2009: Extending Comment Period from 08/24/2009 to 10/10/2009. EIS No. 20090309, Final EIS, FTA, CO, East Corridor Project, Proposes Commuter Rail Transit from downtown Denver to International Airport (DIA), Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Douglas Counties, CO, Wait Period Ends: 10/ 05/2009, Contact: David Beckhouse 720–963–3306. Revision to FR Notice Published 09/04/2009: Correction to the State from MO to CO. EIS No. 20090316, Final EIS, FAA, 00, PROGRAMMATIC—Streamlining the Processing of Experimental Permit Applications, Issuing Experimental Permits for the Launch and Reentry of Useable Suborbital Rockets, Wait Period Ends: 10/13/2009, Contact: Daniel Czelusniak 202–267–5924. Revision to FR Notice Published E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1

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[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0114; FRL-8959-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water 
Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New); 
EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080--NEW

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 for a new 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 October 19, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0114, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan T. Glassmeyer, Ph.D., 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, 
National Exposure Research Laboratory, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, MS 
564, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: 513-569-7526; fax number 
513-569-7757; e-mail address: glassmeyer.susan@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 April 8, 2009 (74 FR 15965), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three comments during the 
comment period, which are 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-ORD-2009-0114, which is available for online viewing at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Research and 
Development Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Research and 
Development Docket is 202-566-1752.
    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 (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: Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in 
Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2346.01, OMB Control No. 2080-NEW.
    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, 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: Improvements in analytical chemistry instrumentation have 
allowed scientists to detect trace amounts of chemicals that are 
commonly used in homes in the environment. These so-called ``emerging 
contaminants'' are chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care 
products, detergents and even endogenous hormones, which are either 
excreted from or washed off the body, and enter the wastewater 
treatment system. Wastewater treatment is not designed to specifically 
remove these chemicals, so a portion of the chemicals remain in 
wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents. WWTP effluents are 
commonly released into surface waters. Natural processes such as 
photolysis, sorption, volatilization, degradation, and simple dilution 
further attenuate the concentrations of emerging contaminants. However, 
if a Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) intake is located downstream 
of a WWTP effluent outfall, there is a potential for these chemicals to 
be present in finished drinking water.
    The USEPA's Office of Research and Development, in collaboration 
with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is conducting a sampling 
program at up to 50 DWTPs to determine the presence of these emerging 
contaminants in both the source water and finished drinking water. To 
better interpret the results of the sampling program, detailed 
information concerning the operation of the DWTP at the time of 
sampling is required. This information can only be gathered through a 
questionnaire that is completed concurrent to the collection event. The 
questionnaire will collect information on the following:
     The population served by the DWTP;
     The source water, potential sources of pollution and 
current hydraulic conditions;
     Detailed treatment steps used by the DWTP, including 
parameters such as pumpage at sampling, disinfectants used, and 
distribution system information;
     Detailed water quality parameters at the time of sampling.
    The DWTPs involved in this project will ship samples of their 
source water and finished water to the USEPA and USGS laboratories. All 
sampling supplies and paid shipping vouchers will be provided to the 
DWTPs. The samples will be analyzed by the USEPA and USGS for a suite 
of approximately 200 emerging chemical and microbial contaminants. A 
detailed listing of the analytes, as well as the methods to be used can 
be found in public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0114.

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    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 
hours per response. 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: Drinking Water Treatment Plants 
(DWTPs) participating in a EPA/USGS sampling program.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $29,735, includes $250 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Because this is a new ICR, there is no 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: September 15, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-22569 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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