Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement), 13538-13539 [2015-05936]

Download as PDF 13538 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for electronic review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 27, 2015. Dated: March 9, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–05934 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9922–70–OEI] Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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 regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Kerwin (202) 566–1669, or email at kerwin.courtney@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate EPA Information Collection Request (ICR) Number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Responses to Agency Clearance Requests OMB Approvals EPA ICR Number 0976.17; 2015 Hazardous Waste Report, Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, and Part A Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification (Renewal); 40 CFR parts 262, 262.41, 263, 264, 264.75, 265, Jkt 235001 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2234.04, OMB Control No. 2040–0274) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request to reinstate a previously discontinued collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 65209) on November 3, 2014, 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 in this notice, including the ICR’s 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 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2014–0593, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred SUMMARY: SUMMARY: Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collections Strategies Division. [EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0593; FRL 9923–54– OEI] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Comment Filed EPA ICR Number 2465.02; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT) (Proposed Rule); 40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT; OMB filed comment on 1/20/2015. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FR Doc. 2015–05878 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] VerDate Sep<11>2014 266, 270, 273, and 279; 42 CFR parts 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 270, 273, and 279; was approved with change on 1/28/ 2015; OMB Number 2050–0024; expires on 1/31/2017. PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 method), by email to ow-docket@ epa.gov 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 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: Robert Barles, Drinking Water Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–3814; fax number: 202–564–3754; email address: barles.robert@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that explain in detail the information that 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 https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Abstract: The purpose of this information collection is to identify the infrastructure needs of public water systems for the 20-year period from January 2015 through December 2034. EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water will collect these data to comply with sections 1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). The Agency will use a questionnaire to collect capital investment need information from selected community water systems serving more than 3,300 persons. Participation in the survey is voluntary. The data from the questionnaires will provide the Agency with new information from the field to assist in the 2015 update to the Agency’s assessment of the nationwide infrastructure needs of public water systems. Also, as mandated by section 1452(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA uses the results of the latest survey to allocate Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) monies to the states. Under the allotment E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices formula, each state receives a grant of the annual DWSRF appropriation in proportion to the state’s share of the total national need, with the proviso that each state receives at least one percent of the total funds available. Form Numbers: 6100–02. Respondents/affected entities: Community water systems and State Agencies. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 2,915 (total). Frequency of response: One time. Total estimated burden: 12,398 hours (average per year over three years). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $578,001 (average per year over three years), includes $0 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,000 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR previously approved by OMB. This burden reduction is due to the use of statistical methods such as random sampling and extrapolation, which will reduce the number of respondents. Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2015–05936 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0056; FRL–9923–96– OW] National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology; Request for Nominations to NACEPT Subcommittee Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates for serving on a new subcommittee under the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) to provide advice and recommendations on how the EPA can best clarify assumable waters for dredge and fill permit programs pursuant to the Clean Water Act section 404(g)(1). The EPA is undertaking this effort to support states and tribes that wish to assume the program. Members are anticipated to be selected by June 15, 2015. Sources in Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 13539 the NACEPT, to be known as the ‘‘Assumable Waters Subcommittee’’ to provide advice on how the EPA can best clarify the waters that a state or tribe may assume permitting responsibility for under an approved Clean Water Act dredge and fill permit program. Subcommittee members, like the parent NACEPT committee, serve as representatives from academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments. It is important to note that other federal agencies have specific interest in this matter and thus will also be solicited for their participation on this subcommittee. The subcommittee is being formed to provide advice concerning a focused but critical aspect of implementing the I. General Information Clean Water Act’s permit program for A. Does this Action apply to me? the discharge of dredge and fill This action is directed to the public materials. The U.S. Army Corps of in general, and may be of particular Engineers currently evaluates permit interest to persons who work in Clean applications for construction activities Water Act and wetland programs. in the majority of the nation’s waters Potentially affected entities may subject to the Clean Water Act. include, but are not limited to: Although states and tribes may assume Environmental groups; state, local, and the dredge and fill permit tribal governments; private sector responsibilities pursuant to section entities who frequently seek Clean 404(g) of the Clean Water Act, only two Water Act section 404 permits; states (Michigan and New Jersey) and no academia; and the public. If you have tribes have assumed the program to date. If a state or tribe is considering questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult assuming such responsibilities, among the first questions that need to be the person listed under FOR FURTHER answered is for which waters will the INFORMATION CONTACT. state or tribe assume permitting B. How can I get copies of this document responsibility and for which waters the and other related information? U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will The docket for this action, identified retain permitting authority. States have by docket identification (ID) number raised concerns to the EPA that section EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0056, is available 404 of the Clean Water Act and its at https://www.regulations.gov or at the implementing regulations lack sufficient Office of Water Regulatory Public clarity to enable states and tribes to Docket in the Environmental Protection estimate the extent of permit program Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC responsibilities they would assume and West Building, Rm. 3334, 1301 associated program implementation Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC costs (Stoner letter from the 20004. The Public Reading Room is Environmental Council of States, the open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Association of Clean Water Monday through Friday, excluding legal Administrators, and the Association of holidays. The telephone number for the State Wetland Managers April 30, 2014. Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. Letter in the docket.). The lack of clarity on these questions could discourage Please review the visitor instructions states and tribes from pursuing and additional information about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/ assumption as envisioned under the Clean Water Act. dockets/. The Assumable Waters Subcommittee II. Background will have a limited duration and narrow The NACEPT is a federal advisory focus. Other aspects of state or tribal committee chartered under the Federal assumption will not be in scope for the Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public deliberations of this advisory Law 92–463. The EPA established the committee. For example, the NACEPT in 1988 to provide advice to subcommittee will not be deliberating the EPA Administrator on a broad range on the merits of assumption. It will focus on how the EPA can clarify the of environmental policy, management waters for which a state or tribe may and technology issues. The EPA is now assume Clean Water Act section 404 seeking to form a subcommittee under addition to this Federal Register document may be utilized in the solicitation of nominees. DATES: Nominations must be emailed or postmarked no later than May 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed or submitted in writing to Laura Bachle at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mail: Laura Bachle, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (MC 4502T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566–2468; email: assumablewaters@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0593; FRL 9923-54-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs 
Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement)

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), ``2015 Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (Reinstatement)'' (EPA ICR 
No. 2234.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0274) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request to reinstate 
a previously discontinued collection. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 65209) on November 3, 2014, 
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 in 
this notice, including the ICR's 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 15, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2014-0593, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred 
method), by email to ow-docket@epa.gov 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 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: Robert Barles, Drinking Water 
Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3814; fax 
number: 202-564-3754; email address: barles.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that explain in detail 
the information that 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection is to identify 
the infrastructure needs of public water systems for the 20-year period 
from January 2015 through December 2034. EPA's Office of Ground Water 
and Drinking Water will collect these data to comply with sections 
1452(h) and 1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
12). The Agency will use a questionnaire to collect capital investment 
need information from selected community water systems serving more 
than 3,300 persons. Participation in the survey is voluntary. The data 
from the questionnaires will provide the Agency with new information 
from the field to assist in the 2015 update to the Agency's assessment 
of the nationwide infrastructure needs of public water systems. Also, 
as mandated by section 1452(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, EPA uses the results of the latest survey to allocate Drinking 
Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) monies to the states. Under the 
allotment

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formula, each state receives a grant of the annual DWSRF appropriation 
in proportion to the state's share of the total national need, with the 
proviso that each state receives at least one percent of the total 
funds available.
    Form Numbers: 6100-02.
    Respondents/affected entities: Community water systems and State 
Agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,915 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 12,398 hours (average per year over three 
years). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $578,001 (average per year over three years), 
includes $0 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,000 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR previously 
approved by OMB. This burden reduction is due to the use of statistical 
methods such as random sampling and extrapolation, which will reduce 
the number of respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-05936 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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