Notice2023-11008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (Renewal)
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Published
May 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (EPA ICR Number 1803.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0185) 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 two related ICRs that are being consolidated--the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2023, and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved through May 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 19, 2023, 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 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33612-33613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11008]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0059; FRL-10999-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund Programs (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), Clean Water State Revolving Fund
and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (EPA ICR Number
1803.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0185) 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 two related ICRs that
are being consolidated--the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ICR,
which is currently approved through August 31, 2023, and the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved through May
31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on January 19, 2023, 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 June 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number--EPA-HQ-
OW-2002-0059, 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#612e364c250e020a0415210411004f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="48071f650c272b232d3c082d3829662f273e">[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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Rubin, 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-
2051; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb99bea9a2a5e583a4bcaab9af8e8baebbaae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3b196818a8dcdab8c94829187a6a3869382cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>. Or Mark Mylin, Water
Infrastructure Division, Office of Wastewater Management, 4204M,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0607; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d29fabbebbbcfc9fb3a0b992b7a2b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04497d686d6a2a4965766f446174652a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of two related
ICRs that are being consolidated--the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2023, and the
Clean Water State Revolving Fund ICR, which is currently approved
through May 31, 2024. 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 January 19, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 3409). 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 information collection activities will occur
primarily at the program-level through the State Capitalization Grant
Agreement/Intended Use Plan and Annual Report. The information on the
Intended Use Plan (IUP) is needed annually to describe how the State
intends to use available State Revolving Fund (SRF) funds for the year
to meet the objectives of the Clean Water Act (CWA) or Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) and to further the goal of protecting public health.
The Annual Report is needed to provide detailed information on how the
State has met its goals and objectives of the previous one or two
fiscal years
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as stated in the IUP and grant agreement. The CWA and SDWA require this
information to ensure the national accountability, adequate public
review and comment, fiscal integrity, and consistent management needed
to achieve public health and CWA and SDWA compliance objectives.
Additional information about the CWSRFs and DWSRFs are available at
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/learn-about-clean-water-state-revolving-fund-cwsrf">http://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/learn-about-clean-water-state-revolving-fund-cwsrf</a> and <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dwsrf/how-drinking-water-state-revolving-fund-works#tab-1">https://www.epa.gov/dwsrf/how-drinking-water-state-revolving-fund-works#tab-1</a>, respectively.
This ICR renews the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number
2040-0185 DWSRF ICR and provides updated estimates of the reporting
burden associated with the information collection activities for both
DWSRF ICR and CWSRF ICR.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities affected by this action are
states and local governments.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit per the Clean Water Act Title VI and the Safe Drinking Water
Act Section 1452.
Estimated number of respondents: 2,836 (total).
Frequency of response: Varies by requirement (i.e., quarterly,
semi-annually, annually).
Total estimated burden: 108,519 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $12,874,081 (per year), which includes
$6,354,600 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 37,500 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the two separate
ICRs currently approved by OMB. This change in hourly burden is
primarily due to a decrease in annual hourly burden in the DWSRF from
the elimination of the application review estimates to align with the
estimates from CWSRF.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-11008 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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