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comparison of burden of the proposed
new effort to the estimates of the
previous 2015 DWINSA ICR.
The estimated total public reporting
burden over the entire 4-year length of
the 2015 DWINSA was 37,195 hours.
The total public reporting burden for the
2020 DWINSA is estimated to be 43,531
hours, an increase of 17 percent over the
2015 DWINSA. Some aspects of the
2020 DWINSA resulted in an estimated
decrease in burden compared to the
same data collection for the 2015 effort,
and some aspects that are new to the
2020 DWINSA resulted in an increase
compared to the 2015 DWINSA.
Specific differences between the 2015
and 2020 DWINSAs that resulted in
changes in burden are as follows:
• The 2015 DWINSA focused on
collecting data on 20-year infrastructure
needs from medium and large systems
through a State DWINSA. The 2015
DWINSA did not collect new data from
small CWSs, state NPNCWSs, or
American Indian or Alaska Native
Village water systems. The 2015
DWINSA relied on data from the 2007
DWINSA for small CWSs’ needs, from
the 1999 DWINSA for the state
NPNCWSs’ needs, and from the 2011
DWINSA for the American Indian and
Alaska Native Village systems’ needs.
The 2020 DWINSA will collect 20-year
infrastructure need data from all of
those survey groups. This increased
scope of the 2020 DWINSA efforts to
collect infrastructure needs compared to
the 2015 DWINSA added survey groups
with corresponding increased burden.
• The approach to data collection and
therefore the overall assumptions on the
burdens associated with collecting 20year infrastructure need information
from each large, medium, and small
CWS for the State DWINSA did not
change relative to the most recent State
DWINSA in which these water systems
were last surveyed. However, the
burden estimate for collecting data from
each NPNCWS has increased since the
last time this type of system was
surveyed in the 1999 State DWINSA. At
that time, the EPA estimated that
NPNCWS staff would spend little time
accompanying the survey team during
the site visit. Subsequently, the EPA
developed more in-depth interview
methods to improve capture of the 20year infrastructure needs. The EPA will
apply these newer survey methods to
small NPNCWSs (serving 10,000 and
fewer persons) for the first time in this
2020 State DWINSA. These changes to
the survey methods were previously
applied for small CWSs in the 2007
survey and, therefore, the same burden
estimates will now apply to both small
CWSs and small NPNCWSs. The EPA
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will apply the same survey methods
and, therefore, the same burden to CWS
serving 10,000–50,000 persons and
NPNCWS serving more than 10,000
persons.
• As previously described, the
assumed burdens for collecting 20-year
infrastructure need information from
each large, medium, and small CWS did
not change relative to the most recent
DWINSA in which these water systems
were surveyed. However, the number of
medium and large systems in the State
DWINSA that will be surveyed
decreased by 322 systems from 2,859
systems in 2015 to 2,537 systems in the
2020 DWINSA. This results in a lower
burden estimate.
• The 2015 DWINSA focused on the
20-year infrastructure needs of the
surveyed systems. The 2020 DWINSA
includes three categories of new
questions: Lead Service Lines, Operator
Workforce, and American Iron and
Steel. These new questions add burden
to participating survey respondents,
dependent on the category of the
question and type of respondent.
• For the first time, the 2015 State
Survey used a modified statistical
approach where a large majority of the
medium systems sampled had been
previously sampled in the earlier 2011
State Survey; the change resulted in a
significant decrease in states’ and
systems’ reported burden hours. The
2020 State DWINSA applies the same
modified approach to the medium
system survey as was applied for the
2015 DWINSA. The 2020 DWINSA also
applies this approach for the first time
to the 2020 Native American DWINSA.
The 2015 DWINSA did not collect data
on American Indian (AI) and Alaska
Native Village (ANV) Needs; however,
the estimated burden associated with
the 2020 Native American DWINSA is
less than was reported in the 2011 ICR.
The increase in burden from the 2015
to the 2020 DWINSA attributable to the
addition of new survey respondents
(i.e., small water systems; NPNCWSs;
and AI and ANV systems, including
Navajo Nation water systems) for their
20-year infrastructure investment needs
is a combined 3,382 burden hours. That
increase is partially offset by a decrease
of 1,548 burden hours to ascertain
infrastructure needs for fewer large and
medium systems. The net result is an
increase of 1,560 burden hours from the
2015 to the 2020 DWINSA for water
system respondents to report
infrastructure needs. Thus, the increase
in burden for water systems overall is
small relative to the additional data to
be collected. The combined burden on
primacy agencies for ascertaining water
systems’ infrastructure needs actually
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decreases from the 2015 to the 2020
DWINSA.
Most of the increase in burden due to
the expanded scope of the type of
systems surveyed for infrastructure
needs in the 2020 DWINSA is borne by
the EPA. The EPA is responsible for
collection of data from the small CWSs
and NPNCWS for the State DWINSA,
and by the EPA Regions for all but the
Navajo Nation systems in the Native
American DWINSA (the Navajo Nation
will collect data for their systems).
An increase of 3,573 burden hours
from the 2015 to the 2020 DWINSA for
water system respondents is attributable
to the additional Lead Service Line,
Operator Workforce, and American Iron
and Steel questions. Most of this
increase in burden is due to the Lead
Service Line questions. The Lead
Service Line questions account for 2,978
hours (83 percent) of the 3,573 hours of
increased burden for the three
additional question categories. The Lead
Service Line questions will gather
information about the water systems’
service lines, as mandated by the
America’s Water Infrastructure Act of
2018 section 2015(e)(2). These 2,978
hours translate to an average of 0.76
burden hours per water system
respondent to specifically address the
Lead Service Line questions.
These changes are further discussed
in the Supporting Statement of the
Information Collection Request
available in the EPA’s docket for
comment.
Dated: January 31, 2020.
Jennifer McLain,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
SUMMARY:
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following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before April 6, 2020.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1252.
Title: Application to Participate in
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Auction, FCC Form 183.
Form Number: FCC Form 183.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, Not-for-profit
institutions, and State, Local or Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 500 respondents and 500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 7
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,500 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Although most information collected in
FCC Form 183 will be made available
for public inspection, the Commission
will withhold certain information
collected in FCC Form 183 from routine
public inspection. Specifically, the
Commission will treat certain technical
and financial information submitted in
FCC Form 183 as confidential and as
though the applicant has requested that
this information be treated as
confidential trade secrets and/or
commercial information. In addition, an
applicant may use the abbreviated
process under 47 CFR 0.459(a)(4) to
request confidential treatment of certain
financial information contained in its
FCC Form 183 application. However, if
a request for public inspection for this
technical or financial information is
made under 47 CFR 0.461, and the
applicant has any objections to
disclosure, the applicant will be notified
and will be required to justify continued
confidential treatment of its request. To
the extent that a respondent seeks to
have other information collected in FCC
Form 183 withheld from public
inspection, the respondent may request
confidential treatment pursuant to 47
CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will use the information collected to
determine whether applicants are
eligible to participate in the Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund auction. On
January 30, 2020 the Commission
adopted the Rural Digital Opportunity
Fund Order, WC Docket Nos. 19–126,
10–90, FCC 20–5 which will commit up
to $20.4 billion over the next decade to
support up to gigabit speed broadband
networks in rural America. The funding
will be allocated through a multi-round,
reverse, descending clock auction that
favors faster services with lower latency
and encourages intermodal competition
in order to ensure that the greatest
possible number of Americans will be
connected to the best possible networks,
all at a competitive cost.
To implement the Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund auction, the
Commission adopted new rules for the
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction,
including the adoption of a two-stage
application process. For the Connect
America Fund Phase II auction,
applicants that wanted to qualify to bid
in the auction were required to submit
the FCC Form 183 short-form
application. Because the Connect
America Fund Phase II auction has
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ended, the Commission intends to
repurpose the FCC Form 183 for the
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.
Any entity that wishes to participate in
the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
auction will be required to submit the
FCC Form 183 short-form application to
demonstrate its qualifications to bid.
Accordingly, the Commission proposes
to revise this collection to indicate that
it now intends to collect this
information pursuant to section
54.804(a) of the Commission’s rules,
replacing section 54.315(a) of the
Commission’s rules. 47 CFR 54.315(a),
54.804(a). The Commission also intends
to make several revisions to FCC Form
183, including text changes to reflect the
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.
Based on the Commission’s experience
with auctions and consistent with the
record, this two-stage collection of
information balances the need to collect
information essential to conduct a
successful auction with administrative
efficiency.
Under this information collection, the
Commission will collect information
that will be used to determine whether
an applicant is legally qualified to
participate in an auction for Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund support. To
aid in collecting this information, the
Commission will use FCC Form 183,
which the public will use to provide the
necessary information and
certifications. Commission staff will
review the information collected on FCC
Form 183 as part of the pre-auction
process, prior to the start of the auction,
and determine whether each applicant
satisfies the Commission’s requirements
to participate in an auction for Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund support.
Without the information collected on
FCC Form 183, the Commission will not
be able to determine if an applicant is
legally qualified to participate in the
auction and has complied with the
various applicable regulatory and
statutory auction requirements for such
participation. This approach is an
appropriate assessment of providers for
ensuring serious participation without
being unduly burdensome.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1252; FRS 16465]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the
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following information collections. Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden
of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection
burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing
to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does
not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 6,
2020. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1252.
Title: Application to Participate in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Auction, FCC Form 183.
Form Number: FCC Form 183.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, Not-for-profit
institutions, and State, Local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 500 respondents and 500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 7 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,500 hours.
Total Annual Costs: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although most information
collected in FCC Form 183 will be made available for public inspection,
the Commission will withhold certain information collected in FCC Form
183 from routine public inspection. Specifically, the Commission will
treat certain technical and financial information submitted in FCC Form
183 as confidential and as though the applicant has requested that this
information be treated as confidential trade secrets and/or commercial
information. In addition, an applicant may use the abbreviated process
under 47 CFR 0.459(a)(4) to request confidential treatment of certain
financial information contained in its FCC Form 183 application.
However, if a request for public inspection for this technical or
financial information is made under 47 CFR 0.461, and the applicant has
any objections to disclosure, the applicant will be notified and will
be required to justify continued confidential treatment of its request.
To the extent that a respondent seeks to have other information
collected in FCC Form 183 withheld from public inspection, the
respondent may request confidential treatment pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information collected
to determine whether applicants are eligible to participate in the
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction. On January 30, 2020 the
Commission adopted the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, WC Docket
Nos. 19-126, 10-90, FCC 20-5 which will commit up to $20.4 billion over
the next decade to support up to gigabit speed broadband networks in
rural America. The funding will be allocated through a multi-round,
reverse, descending clock auction that favors faster services with
lower latency and encourages intermodal competition in order to ensure
that the greatest possible number of Americans will be connected to the
best possible networks, all at a competitive cost.
To implement the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, the
Commission adopted new rules for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
auction, including the adoption of a two-stage application process. For
the Connect America Fund Phase II auction, applicants that wanted to
qualify to bid in the auction were required to submit the FCC Form 183
short-form application. Because the Connect America Fund Phase II
auction has ended, the Commission intends to repurpose the FCC Form 183
for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction. Any entity that wishes
to participate in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction will be
required to submit the FCC Form 183 short-form application to
demonstrate its qualifications to bid. Accordingly, the Commission
proposes to revise this collection to indicate that it now intends to
collect this information pursuant to section 54.804(a) of the
Commission's rules, replacing section 54.315(a) of the Commission's
rules. 47 CFR 54.315(a), 54.804(a). The Commission also intends to make
several revisions to FCC Form 183, including text changes to reflect
the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction. Based on the Commission's
experience with auctions and consistent with the record, this two-stage
collection of information balances the need to collect information
essential to conduct a successful auction with administrative
efficiency.
Under this information collection, the Commission will collect
information that will be used to determine whether an applicant is
legally qualified to participate in an auction for Rural Digital
Opportunity Fund support. To aid in collecting this information, the
Commission will use FCC Form 183, which the public will use to provide
the necessary information and certifications. Commission staff will
review the information collected on FCC Form 183 as part of the pre-
auction process, prior to the start of the auction, and determine
whether each applicant satisfies the Commission's requirements to
participate in an auction for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support.
Without the information collected on FCC Form 183, the Commission will
not be able to determine if an applicant is legally qualified to
participate in the auction and has complied with the various applicable
regulatory and statutory auction requirements for such participation.
This approach is an appropriate assessment of providers for ensuring
serious participation without being unduly burdensome.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-02273 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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