84 FR 11779 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Strategic Plan Information on Source Water Protection (Renewal)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), EPA Strategic Plan Information on Source Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.07, 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 renewal of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 9, 2018 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.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11779-11780]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05982]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0013; FRL-9990-95-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; EPA Strategic Plan 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 Strategic Plan Information on 
Source Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.07, 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 renewal of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 
31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on November 9, 2018 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 April 29, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2004-0013, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to the OW Docket at [email protected], or 
by mail to: the OW Docket, EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB via email to [email protected]. Address 
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    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.

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 Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
4639; fax number: 202-564-3756; email address: 
[email protected].

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 
www.regulations.gov 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

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public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA is collecting data from the states on their 
progress toward substantial implementation of protection strategies for 
all community water systems (CWSs). The EPA and states use this 
voluntary collection of data to understand the progress toward the 
Agency's goal of increasing the percentage of CWS (and the populations 
they serve) where risk is minimized through source water protection. 
The EPA specifically tracks the percentage of all CWSs that are 
implementing source water protection and the percentage of the 
population which is served by those systems.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State environmental and health 
agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 51 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 684 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $29,874 (per year).
    Changes in the Estimates: The EPA anticipates the annual totals for 
estimated burden to be 684 hours, an increase of 342 hours compared 
with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This is a two-fold-increase due 
to voluntary reporting that would increase in frequency from annually 
to quarterly compared to the ICR currently approved by OMB. States may 
use their existing methodology for routine tracking, which the EPA 
believes will result in efficiencies that would allow states to 
minimize hourly burden and cost.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05982 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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