Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, 58381-58382 [2019-23720]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 211 / Thursday, October 31, 2019 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES terminated once coverage under IDG131000 or IDG133000 is available. Facilities covered under IDG130000 that discharge within the Upper Snake-Rock Subbasin are not affected by this action and will remain covered under IDG130000. By separating out discharges from aquaculture facilities located in Indian County in Idaho, where the EPA is the permitting authority, under a separate General Permit (IDG133000), this action will facilitate the transfer of IDG131000 to the State of Idaho in 2020 as part of the phased implementation of Idaho’s administration of the NPDES Program. DATES: The issuance date of the General Permit is October 31, 2019, the date of publication of this notice. The General Permits will be effective December 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Copies of the general permits, Fact Sheet, and Response to Comments are available upon request. Written requests may be submitted to: Water Division; USEPA Region 10; 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, WD19–C04, Seattle, WA 98101–3188. Electronic requests may be sent to: washington.audrey@epa.gov. For requests by phone, call Audrey Washington at (206) 553–0523. These documents can also be accessed online on the EPA Region 10 website at: www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/draftnpdes-general-permits-aquaculturefacilities-idaho. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information There are approximately 25 facilities eligible for coverage under the two General Permits. Aquaculture facilities may use one of several types of production systems, including ponds, flow-through systems, and recirculating systems. Most of the facilities eligible for coverage under the General Permits use flow-through systems. Most facilities have a quiescent zone at the bottom of their raceways to allow solids and debris to settle out (where they can be vacuumed and removed) and use a full-flow settling basin or offline settling basin to remove sediment and associated pollutants prior to discharge. The General Permits include numeric effluent limits for total phosphorus and total suspended solids for all facilities and temperature limits for some facilities, as well as prohibitions on certain discharges and practices. Numeric limitations for facilities may differ depending on applicable Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Wasteload Allocations. The Permit includes reporting requirements for usage of drugs and chemicals and the VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 Oct 30, 2019 Jkt 250001 development of a Best Management Practices Plan. Major changes from the 2007 General Permit include: Removal of the percent total suspended solids removal requirement for offline settling basins; prohibition on copper usage; the addition of continuous temperature monitoring for some facilities; and miscellaneous monitoring revisions. Facilities will receive a written notification from the EPA whether permit coverage and authorization to discharge under one of the General Permits is approved. The EPA received 30 comments from 5 entities during the public comment period which extended from June 6, 2019 through July 22, 2019. The EPA also received tribal and state CWA 401 certifications, which can be found in Appendix D of the Fact Sheet. A Response to Comments document was prepared, which explains any changes made to Permit between proposal and final issuance. The EPA has completed a Biological Evaluation for these Permit actions. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act between the EPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been completed. The Services concurred on the EPA’s determination that the Permit actions are not likely to adversely affect species listed under the Endangered Species Act or designated critical habitat. II. Other Legal Requirements This action was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under Executive Orders 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and was determined to be not significant. Compliance with Endangered Species Act, Essential Fish Habitat, Paperwork Reduction Act, and other requirements are discussed in the Fact Sheet to the permits. Appeal of Permit: Any interested person may appeal the final permit action within 120 days of October 31, 2019 (i.e., the issuance date of this permit) in the Federal Court of Appeals in accordance with Section 509(b)(1) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1369(b)(1). Dated: October 23, 2019. Daniel D. Opalski, Director, Water Division, Region 10. [FR Doc. 2019–23831 Filed 10–30–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58381 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0241; FRL–10001–73– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA’s Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR) for Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA’s Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (EPA ICR Number 2574.01, OMB Control Number 2040– 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 October 5, 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 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 December 2, 2019. SUMMARY: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OW–2018–0241, to: (1) The EPA online, using https:// www.regulations.gov/ (our 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 the 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. ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1 58382 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 211 / Thursday, October 31, 2019 / Notices Jini Mohanty at (202) 564–5269 or Nicole Tucker at (202) 564–1946, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, 4607M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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 https:// www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202– 566–1744. For additional information about the EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The EPA is required by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, to review existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than every six years. This routine evaluation is referred to as the ‘‘Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations’’ or simply, the ‘‘SixYear Review.’’ Throughout the Six-Year Review process, the EPA assesses new data to determine risks to human health posed by regulated drinking water contaminants and identifies NPDWRs that may be appropriate for revision. The EPA completed and published review results for the first Six-Year Review cycle (1996–2002) on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42908). The occurrence assessments for the first Six-Year Review were based on compliance monitoring from a cross-section of 16 States, collected from 1993 to 1997, which were voluntarily provided by the States. The EPA completed and published review results for the second Six-Year Review cycle (2003–2009) on March 29, 2010 (75 FR 15500). The occurrence assessments conducted for the second Six-Year Review are based on data collected between 1998 and 2005, voluntarily submitted by States and other drinking water primary enforcement (primacy) agencies (i.e., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or an eligible Indian tribe). The EPA completed and published review results for the third Six-Year Review cycle (2010–2016) on January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3518). The occurrence khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 Oct 30, 2019 Jkt 250001 assessments conducted for the third SixYear Review are based on contaminant occurrence and treatment techniques data collected between 2006 and 2011, voluntarily submitted by States and other drinking water primacy agencies. The EPA created this new ICR to continue to engage States and other drinking water primacy agencies in data collection efforts. For this ICR, the EPA is soliciting States and other primacy agencies to (voluntarily) provide historical, compliance monitoring (contaminant occurrence) data for community water systems (CWSs) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWSs) to the Agency in support of the fourth Six-Year Review. The EPA is requesting contaminant occurrence and treatment technique data collected from 2012 to 2019 for all regulated chemical, radiological, and microbial contaminants, including data collected for the Revised Total Coliform Rule, newly promulgated since the third Six-Year Review information collection. The compliance monitoring records for this information collection (including all results for analytical detections and non-detections) provide the data needed to conduct statistical estimates of national occurrence for regulated contaminants and evaluate treatment technique information associated with the control of pathogens, disinfectants, and disinfection byproducts. The national occurrence estimates and information on treatment techniques will support the EPA’s review of existing NPDWRs as required by the SDWA, section 1412(b)(9). In addition, the SDWA, section 1445(g), requires the EPA to maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database (i.e., the National Contaminant Occurrence Database (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. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: States and other drinking water primacy agencies. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntarily. Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total). Frequency of response: One-time only. Total estimated burden: 765 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $43,021 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operations and maintenance costs. PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Changes in the estimates: The new burden under this ICR is for a one-time data collection effort in support of the fourth six-year review of national primary drinking water regulations. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–23720 Filed 10–30–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION [Notice 2019–15] Filing Dates for the Wisconsin Special Election in the 7th Congressional District AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. Notice of filing dates for special election. ACTION: Wisconsin has scheduled special elections on December 30, 2019, and January 27, 2020, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 7th Congressional District vacated by Representative Sean Duffy. Committees required to file reports in connection with the Special Primary Election on December 30, 2019, shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary Report. Committees required to file reports in connection with both the Special Primary and Special General Election on January 27, 2020, shall file a 12-day PrePrimary, a consolidated 12-day PreGeneral Report and Year-End Report, and a 30-day Post-General Report. SUMMARY: Ms. Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information Division, 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100; Toll Free (800) 424– 9530. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Principal Campaign Committees All principal campaign committees of candidates who participate in the Wisconsin Special Primary and Special General Elections shall file a 12-day PrePrimary Report on December 18, 2019; a consolidated 12-day Pre-General and Year-End Report on January 15, 2020; and a 30-day Post-General Report on February 26, 2020. (See charts below for the closing date for each report.) All principal campaign committees of candidates participating only in the Special Primary Election shall file a 12day Pre-Primary Report on December 18, 2019. (See charts below for the closing date for each report.) E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1

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Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of 
the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water 
Regulations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR) for Contaminant Occurrence Data in 
Support of the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations (EPA ICR Number 2574.01, OMB Control Number 
2040-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 October 5, 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 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 December 2, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2018-0241, to: (1) The EPA online, using https://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 
the 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jini Mohanty at (202) 564-5269 or 
Nicole Tucker at (202) 564-1946, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 
Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, 4607M, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.

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 
https://www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. The 
telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA is required by the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(SDWA), as amended in 1996, to review existing National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than every six years. 
This routine evaluation is referred to as the ``Six-Year Review of 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations'' or simply, the ``Six-Year 
Review.'' Throughout the Six-Year Review process, the EPA assesses new 
data to determine risks to human health posed by regulated drinking 
water contaminants and identifies NPDWRs that may be appropriate for 
revision.
    The EPA completed and published review results for the first Six-
Year Review cycle (1996-2002) on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42908). The 
occurrence assessments for the first Six-Year Review were based on 
compliance monitoring from a cross-section of 16 States, collected from 
1993 to 1997, which were voluntarily provided by the States.
    The EPA completed and published review results for the second Six-
Year Review cycle (2003-2009) on March 29, 2010 (75 FR 15500). The 
occurrence assessments conducted for the second Six-Year Review are 
based on data collected between 1998 and 2005, voluntarily submitted by 
States and other drinking water primary enforcement (primacy) agencies 
(i.e., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or an 
eligible Indian tribe).
    The EPA completed and published review results for the third Six-
Year Review cycle (2010-2016) on January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3518). The 
occurrence assessments conducted for the third Six-Year Review are 
based on contaminant occurrence and treatment techniques data collected 
between 2006 and 2011, voluntarily submitted by States and other 
drinking water primacy agencies.
    The EPA created this new ICR to continue to engage States and other 
drinking water primacy agencies in data collection efforts. For this 
ICR, the EPA is soliciting States and other primacy agencies to 
(voluntarily) provide historical, compliance monitoring (contaminant 
occurrence) data for community water systems (CWSs) and non-transient 
non-community water systems (NTNCWSs) to the Agency in support of the 
fourth Six-Year Review. The EPA is requesting contaminant occurrence 
and treatment technique data collected from 2012 to 2019 for all 
regulated chemical, radiological, and microbial contaminants, including 
data collected for the Revised Total Coliform Rule, newly promulgated 
since the third Six-Year Review information collection.
    The compliance monitoring records for this information collection 
(including all results for analytical detections and non-detections) 
provide the data needed to conduct statistical estimates of national 
occurrence for regulated contaminants and evaluate treatment technique 
information associated with the control of pathogens, disinfectants, 
and disinfection byproducts. The national occurrence estimates and 
information on treatment techniques will support the EPA's review of 
existing NPDWRs as required by the SDWA, section 1412(b)(9). In 
addition, the SDWA, section 1445(g), requires the EPA to maintain a 
national drinking water contaminant occurrence database (i.e., the 
National Contaminant Occurrence Database (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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States and other drinking water 
primacy agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntarily.
    Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total).
    Frequency of response: One-time only.
    Total estimated burden: 765 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $43,021 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operations and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: The new burden under this ICR is for a 
one-time data collection effort in support of the fourth six-year 
review of national primary drinking water regulations.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-23720 Filed 10-30-19; 8:45 am]
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