Notice2024-23683
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)
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Published
October 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)" (EPA ICR Number 0318.14, 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 proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83009-83010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23683]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0063; FRL-12335-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (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 Watersheds Needs Survey
(CWNS) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 0318.14, 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
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
October 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 11, 2024, during a 60-day
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comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before November 14, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2024-0063, 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, (7309J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
557-6786; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#37544059447752475619505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="791a0e170a391c0918571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through October 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 March 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 17464). 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 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by
the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 516(b)(1)(B) as well as CWA section
609, which was added by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA), Public Law 117-58, November 15, 2021. It is a periodic
inventory of existing and planned publicly owned wastewater conveyance
and treatment, combined sewer overflow correction, stormwater
management and other water pollution control infrastructure in the
United States, as well as an estimate of how much of this
infrastructure may need to be repaired or upgraded. The CWNS also asked
for information regarding new infrastructure that is needed. The CWNS
is a joint effort between the EPA and the states. The CWNS collects
cost and technical data from states that is associated with POTWs and
other water pollution control facilities, existing and planned. The
respondents who provide this information to the EPA are state and
territory agencies responsible for environmental pollution control
(states) and local facility contacts who provide documentation to the
states (facilities).
No confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information
protected from release under the Public Information Act. The 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 Facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 56 States and Territories, 6,684
Facilities (per year).
Frequency of response: Every 4 years.
Total estimated burden: 13,342 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $799,208 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 3,698 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is based upon an increase in facility
universe. The prior ICR estimated that states would submit only half of
their facilities (16,048). The majority of the states submitted most of
their facilities in 2022 (30,881), almost doubling the estimated
facility universe.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23683 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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