Notice2023-06037
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules (Renewal)
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Published
March 24, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules" (EPA ICR Number 1896.12, OMB Control Number 2040-0204) 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 March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 15, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17845-17846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06037]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0439; FRL-10832-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and
Radionuclides Rules (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), ``Disinfectants/Disinfection
Byproducts, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules'' (EPA ICR Number
1896.12, OMB Control Number 2040-0204) 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 March 31, 2023. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on December 15, 2021
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2011-0442, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#410e166c052e222a2435012431206f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="28677f056c474b434d5c684d5849064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Roland, Drinking Water
Infrastructure Development Division, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water, (4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
4588: fax number: 202-564-3755; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62100d0e030c064c0907140b0c05220712034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50223f3c313e347e3b3526393e37103520317e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on December 15, 2021 during a 60-day comment period (86 FR 71265). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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>.
Abstract: The Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical, and
Radionuclides Rules ICR examines public water system and primacy agency
burden and costs for recordkeeping and reporting requirements in
support of the microbial drinking water regulations. These
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are mandatory for compliance
with 40 CFR parts 141 and 142. The following regulations are included:
the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1
DBPR), the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
(Stage 2 DBPR), the Chemical Phase Rules (Phases II/IIB/V), the
Radionuclides Rule, Disinfectant Residual Monitoring and Associated
Activities under the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR),\1\ the
Arsenic Rule and the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), including the Lead and
Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. Future chemical-related rulemakings
will be added to this consolidated ICR after the regulations are
promulgated and the initial, rule-specific, ICRs are due to expire.
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\1\ Includes only SWTR components relating to disinfectant
residual monitoring and associated activities. All remaining SWTR
requirements are included in the Microbial Rules ICR.
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Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Public water systems and primacy
agencies.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for compliance with
40 CFR parts 141 and 142.
Estimated number of respondents: 144,197 (total).
Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., on occasion,
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually).
Total estimated burden: 5,652,398 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $593,972,000 (per year), which includes
$319,880,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 491,043 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This is due to increases in burden from the previous
ICR for LCR sampling, analysis and report writing from industry
consultation.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06037 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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