Notice2021-19312
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Reinstatement)
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Published
September 7, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (EPA ICR Number 0318.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0050) 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 reinstatement a previously approved ICR. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 1st, 2021 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50117-50118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19312]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0128; FRL--8951-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS)
(Reinstatement)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Clean Watersheds Needs Survey
(EPA ICR Number 0318.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0050) 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
reinstatement a previously approved ICR. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on March 1st, 2021 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 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 October 7,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2021-0128 online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method) or
by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Klein, Office of Water, State
Revolving Fund Branch, (4204M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-8616; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c8cfc6cacd8dc9ccd0cbd6c2e3c6d3c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e883848d8186c682879b809d89a88d9889c68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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Abstract: The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by
Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 205(a) and 516. It is a periodic
inventory of existing and planned publicly owned wastewater conveyance
and treatment facilities, combined sewer overflow correction,
stormwater management and other water pollution control facilities in
the United States, as well as an estimate of how many of these
facilities need to be built. The CWNS is a joint effort between EPA and
the states. The CWNS collects cost and technical data from states that
are associated with publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and other
water pollution control facilities, existing and planned. The
respondents who provide this information to EPA are state agencies
responsible for environmental pollution control and local facility
contacts who provide documentation to the states. Periodically, the
states request data or documentation from contacts at the facility or
local government level. These respondents are referred to as
facilities.
No confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information
collected that would be protected from release under the Public
Information Act. EPA achieves national consistency in the final results
through the application of uniform guidelines and validation
techniques.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: States, Territories, and Local
Facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 56 States and Territories, 5,349
Local Facilities (total).
Frequency of response: Every 4 years.
Total estimated burden: 9,645 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $505,004 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 541 hours and
$134,820 in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
previously approved by OMB. This increase is based upon an increase in
facility universe, as well as an adjustment in labor rates and
benefits.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-19312 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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