Notice2022-16190
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Program Information on Source Water Protection (Renewal)
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July 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), EPA Program Information on Source Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.08, OMB Control Number 2040-0197) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 28, 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 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this announcement, 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 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45316-45317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16190]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0013; FRL-10089-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; EPA Program Information on Source Water
Protection (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), EPA Program Information on Source
Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.08, OMB Control Number 2040-0197)
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31,
2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on December 28, 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 in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this announcement, 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 August 29,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2004-0013 to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a657d076e4549414f5e6a4f5a4b044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8879fe58ca7aba3adbc88adb8a9e6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue 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: Sherri Comerford, Drinking Water
Protection Division, Prevention Branch, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water (MC 4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-4639; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#680b07050d1a0e071a0c461b000d1a1a01280d1809460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f5c50525a4d59504d5b114c575a4d4d567f5a4f5e11585049">[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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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>.
Abstract: EPA is collecting data from the states on their
advancement toward substantial implementation of protection strategies
for all community water systems (CWSs). EPA and states use this
voluntary collection of data to track and understand the progress
toward increasing the percentage of CWSs (and the populations they
serve) where risk is minimized through source water protection. Source
water protection data that states submit directly to the Source Water
Protection Information System (SDWIS) is accessible to the public via
EPA's website at: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/safe-drinking-water-information-system-sdwis-federal-reporting">https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/safe-drinking-water-information-system-sdwis-federal-reporting</a>.
Availability of this information, together with source water and
demographic indicators that are publicly available via EPA's Drinking
Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS) on EPA's
website at: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/drinking-water-mapping-application-protect-source-waters-dwmaps">https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/drinking-water-mapping-application-protect-source-waters-dwmaps</a>, promote equity by
empowering communities to include these considerations in their own
analyses and outreach efforts.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: 51.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 51 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
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Total estimated burden: 288 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $17,074 (per year).
Changes in the estimates: EPA anticipates the annual totals for
estimated burden and costs at 288 hours and $17,074, respectively.
There is an expected decrease of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared to what was identified in the ICR currently
approved by OMB due to voluntary reporting that would decrease in
frequency from quarterly to annual reporting. State databases are fully
developed and tracking is routine, which EPA believes will result in
efficiencies that would allow states to minimize hourly burden and
cost.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-16190 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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