80_FR_17103 80 FR 17042 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Information Collection Request Renewal for the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3)

80 FR 17042 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Information Collection Request Renewal for the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 61 (March 31, 2015)

Page Range17042-17043
FR Document2015-07360

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be submitting the ``Information Collection Request Renewal for the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3)'' (EPA ICR No. 2192.06, OMB Control No. 2040-0270) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA solicits public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described in this renewal notice. This is a proposed extension of the information collection request (ICR), which is currently approved through August 31, 2015. 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 80 Issue 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015) 
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0090; FRL-9925-25-OW]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Information Collection Request Renewal for the Unregulated Contaminant 
Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be 
submitting the ``Information Collection Request Renewal for the 
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3)'' (EPA ICR No. 
2192.06, OMB Control No. 2040-0270) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA 
solicits public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described in this renewal notice. This is a 
proposed extension of the information collection request (ICR), which 
is currently approved through August 31, 2015. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before June 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2009-0090, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected] 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda D. Parris, Technical Support 
Center, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive (MS 140), 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone (513) 569-7961 or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that explain in detail 
the information that 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 public docket, visit www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA requests comments 
and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA will consider the 
comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR 
package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. EPA will 
issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the 
ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, 
requires EPA to establish criteria for a program for public water 
systems (PWSs) to monitor not more than 30 unregulated contaminants 
every five years. Information collected under the program supports 
Agency decision making regarding whether or not to regulate particular 
contaminants in drinking water. EPA published the first group of 
contaminants in UCMR 1, in the Federal Register on September 17, 1999 
(64 FR 50556), and the second

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group of contaminants in UCMR 2, in the Federal Register on January 4, 
2007 (72 FR 368). UCMR 3 addresses the third group of 30 contaminants 
and was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2012 (77 FR 26071).
    UCMR 3 ``Assessment Monitoring'' began in January 2013 and 
continues through December 2015 for all large systems (those systems 
serving 10,001 to 100,000 people) and very large systems (those systems 
serving more than 100,000 people), and for a nationally representative 
sample of 800 small systems (those systems serving 10,000 or fewer 
people). The ``Screening Survey'' began in January 2013 and continues 
through December 2015 for all very large systems, 320 randomly-selected 
large systems, and 480 randomly selected small systems. ``Pre-Screen 
Testing'' began in January 2013 and continues through December 2015 for 
a sample of 800 small, undisinfected ground water systems (those 
systems serving 1,000 or fewer people).
    This notice proposes renewal of the currently approved UCMR 3 ICR, 
(OMB Control No. 2040-0270), which covers the period 2012-2014. This 
ICR renewal accounts for activities conducted during 2015-2017. The 
complete five-year UCMR 3 period of 2012-2016 overlaps with the 
applicable ICR period only during 2015 and 2016. PWSs will only be 
involved in active monitoring during 2015 (i.e., one-third of this ICR 
period).
    This information collection does not require respondents to 
disclose confidential information.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Data associated with this ICR are 
collected and submitted by PWSs. States, territories and tribes with 
primacy to administer the regulatory program for PWSs under SDWA may 
participate in UCMR 3 implementation through a partnership agreement 
with EPA. These primacy agencies may sometimes conduct monitoring and 
maintain records.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. The information 
collection is carried out per section 1445(a) of SDWA.
    Estimated number of respondents: There are approximately 6,351 
respondents to UCMR 3, including 2,098 PWSs that will monitor during 
the ICR years of 2015-2017; and 56 states and primacy agents.
    Frequency of response: The frequency of responses varies based on 
the respondent type. PWSs and states have a different number of 
responses. PWSs served by surface water monitor for the UCMR 
contaminants four times during a 12-month period. PWSs served by ground 
water monitor twice during a 12-month period. The number of samples 
collected by PWSs also differs based on the size of the systems, and 
the number of entry points and distribution system sample points within 
each system. The total number of responses per respondent is 2.96 over 
the three ICR years of 2015-2017, or an average of 0.99 responses per 
respondent per year.
    Total estimated burden: EPA estimates the annual labor burden per 
respondent at 8.31 hours during the ICR years of 2015-2017 for states 
and PWSs. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: EPA estimates the total cost at $7.45 million 
per year during the ICR years of 2015-2017 for states and PWSs. The 
total costs include labor costs and laboratory analysis (non-labor) 
costs. EPA pays for the analytical and sample shipping costs for small 
PWSs, and the Agency collects all the Pre-Screen Testing samples for 
all PWSs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 68,294 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden for states and PWSs compared with the 
existing ICR. Respondents to this renewal ICR will incur a different 
burden than those responding to the original ICR for 2012-2014 because:
     Fewer PWSs participate during the ICR period of 2015-2017 
than in 2012-2014. Only one third of the systems monitor for UCMR 3 
contaminants in 2015-2017; two-thirds of the systems have already 
monitored for UCMR 3 contaminants in 2012-2014.
     The schedule of activities for PWSs differs. Some initial 
activities were conducted by all systems during the previous ICR 
period. These activities will not take place during the second ICR 
period of 2015-2017.
     The schedule of activities differs for participating 
states. Management and support activities for states vary with the UCMR 
3 monitoring schedule. States are expected to incur less burden during 
this second UCMR 3 ICR period of 2015-2017.

    Dated: March 20, 2015.
Peter Grevatt,
 Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
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17042 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 61 / Tuesday, March 31, 2015 / Notices of $40,019,000 for maintenance and Dated: March 20, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: operational costs. Peter Grevatt, Brenda D. Parris, Technical Support Changes in estimates: There is no Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Center, Office of Ground Water and estimated increase or decrease of hours Water. Drinking Water, Environmental in the total estimated respondent [FR Doc. 2015–07357 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am] Protection Agency, 26 West Martin burden compared with that identified in BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Luther King Drive (MS 140), Cincinnati, the ICR currently approved by OMB. Ohio 45268; telephone (513) 569–7961 or email at parris.brenda@epa.gov. EPA ICR No. 1896.10, OW–2011–0439 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, AGENCY Supporting documents that explain in Chemical and Radionuclides Rules Information Collection Request [EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0090; FRL–9925–25– detail the information that EPA will be OW] collecting are available in the public Abstract: The Disinfectants/ docket for this ICR. The docket can be Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Proposed Information Collection viewed online at www.regulations.gov Radionuclides Rules ICR examines Request; Comment Request; or in person at the EPA Docket Center, public water system and primacy Information Collection Request WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 agency burden and costs for Renewal for the Unregulated Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, recordkeeping and reporting Contaminant Monitoring Rule DC. The telephone number for the requirements in support of the chemical (UCMR 3) Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For drinking water regulations. These additional information about EPA’s recordkeeping and reporting AGENCY: Environmental Protection public docket, visit www.epa.gov/ requirements are mandatory for Agency (EPA). dockets. compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and ACTION: Notice. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 142. The following chemical regulations the PRA, EPA requests comments and are included: The Stage 1 Disinfectants SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage Protection Agency (EPA) will be whether the proposed collection of 1 DBPR), the Stage 2 Disinfectants and submitting the ‘‘Information Collection information is necessary for the proper Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 Request Renewal for the Unregulated performance of the functions of the DBPR), the Chemical Phase Rules Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR Agency, including whether the (Phases II/IIB/V), the Radionuclides 3)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2192.06, OMB Control information will have practical utility; Rule, the Total Trihalomethanes No. 2040–0270) to the Office of (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the (TTHM) Rule, Disinfectant Residual Management and Budget (OMB) for Agency’s estimate of the burden of the Monitoring and Associated Activities review and approval in accordance with proposed collection of information, under the Surface Water Treatment Rule the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 including the validity of the (SWTR), the Arsenic Rule, the Lead and U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, methodology and assumptions used; Copper Rule (LCR) and the Lead and EPA solicits public comments on (iii) enhance the quality, utility and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. specific aspects of the proposed clarity of the information to be Future chemical-related rulemakings information collection as described in collected; and (iv) minimize the burden will be added to this consolidated ICR this renewal notice. This is a proposed of the collection of information on those after the regulations are promulgated extension of the information collection who are to respond, including through and the initial, rule-specific, ICRs are request (ICR), which is currently the use of appropriate automated due to expire. approved through August 31, 2015. An electronic, mechanical, or other Form numbers: None Agency may not conduct or sponsor and technological collection techniques or Respondents/affected entities: Entities a person is not required to respond to other forms of information technology, potentially affected by this action are a collection of information unless it e.g., permitting electronic submission of new and existing public water systems displays a currently valid OMB control responses. EPA will consider the and primacy agencies. number. comments received and amend the ICR Respondent’s obligation to respond: DATES: Comments must be submitted on as appropriate. The final ICR package Mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR or before June 1, 2015. will then be submitted to OMB for parts 141 and 142. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, review and approval. EPA will issue Estimated number of respondents: referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– another Federal Register notice to 153,036. OW–2009–0090, online using announce the submission of the ICR to Frequency of response: Varies by www.regulations.gov (our preferred OMB and the opportunity to submit requirement (i.e., on occasion, monthly, method), by email to OW-Docket@ additional comments to OMB. quarterly, semi-annually, annually, epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act biennially and every 3, 6 and 9 years). Center, Environmental Protection (SDWA), as amended in 1996, requires Total estimated burden: 5,734,335 Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 EPA to establish criteria for a program hours (per year). Burden is defined in 5 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, for public water systems (PWSs) to CFR 1320.03(b). DC 20460. monitor not more than 30 unregulated Total estimated cost: $435,706,000 EPA’s policy is that all comments contaminants every five years. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (per year), includes $4,984,000 received will be included in the public Information collected under the annualized capital and $225,068,000 docket without change including any program supports Agency decision operation and maintenance costs. personal information provided, unless making regarding whether or not to Changes in Estimates: There is no the comment includes profanity, threats, regulate particular contaminants in estimated increase or decrease of hours information claimed to be Confidential drinking water. EPA published the first in the total estimated respondent Business Information (CBI) or other group of contaminants in UCMR 1, in burden compared with that identified in information whose disclosure is the Federal Register on September 17, the ICR currently approved by OMB. restricted by statute. 1999 (64 FR 50556), and the second VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:32 Mar 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 61 / Tuesday, March 31, 2015 / Notices 17043 group of contaminants in UCMR 2, in ground water monitor twice during a 12- FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE the Federal Register on January 4, 2007 month period. The number of samples CORPORATION (72 FR 368). UCMR 3 addresses the collected by PWSs also differs based on third group of 30 contaminants and was the size of the systems, and the number Agency Information Collection published in the Federal Register on of entry points and distribution system Activities: Proposed Collection May 2, 2012 (77 FR 26071). sample points within each system. The Renewal; Comment Request (3064– UCMR 3 ‘‘Assessment Monitoring’’ total number of responses per 0109, 0162 & 0165) began in January 2013 and continues respondent is 2.96 over the three ICR through December 2015 for all large AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance years of 2015–2017, or an average of Corporation (FDIC). systems (those systems serving 10,001 to 0.99 responses per respondent per year. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 100,000 people) and very large systems (those systems serving more than Total estimated burden: EPA SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 100,000 people), and for a nationally estimates the annual labor burden per continuing effort to reduce paperwork representative sample of 800 small respondent at 8.31 hours during the ICR and respondent burden, invites the systems (those systems serving 10,000 years of 2015–2017 for states and PWSs. general public and other Federal or fewer people). The ‘‘Screening Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). agencies to take this opportunity to Survey’’ began in January 2013 and Total estimated cost: EPA estimates comment on the renewal of existing continues through December 2015 for the total cost at $7.45 million per year information collections, as required by all very large systems, 320 randomly- during the ICR years of 2015–2017 for the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. selected large systems, and 480 states and PWSs. The total costs include Currently, the FDIC is soliciting randomly selected small systems. ‘‘Pre- labor costs and laboratory analysis (non- comment on renewal of the information Screen Testing’’ began in January 2013 labor) costs. EPA pays for the analytical collections described below. and continues through December 2015 for a sample of 800 small, undisinfected and sample shipping costs for small DATES: Comments must be submitted on ground water systems (those systems PWSs, and the Agency collects all the or before April 30, 2015. serving 1,000 or fewer people). Pre-Screen Testing samples for all ADDRESSES: Interested parties are This notice proposes renewal of the PWSs. invited to submit written comments to currently approved UCMR 3 ICR, (OMB Changes in Estimates: There is a the FDIC by any of the following Control No. 2040–0270), which covers decrease of 68,294 hours in the total methods: the period 2012–2014. This ICR renewal • http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/ estimated respondent burden for states accounts for activities conducted during laws/federal/. and PWSs compared with the existing • Email: comments@fdic.gov Include 2015–2017. The complete five-year ICR. Respondents to this renewal ICR UCMR 3 period of 2012–2016 overlaps the name of the collection in the subject will incur a different burden than those line of the message. with the applicable ICR period only responding to the original ICR for 2012– during 2015 and 2016. PWSs will only • Mail: Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel, 2014 because: (202.898.3877), or John Popeo, Counsel, be involved in active monitoring during 2015 (i.e., one-third of this ICR period). • Fewer PWSs participate during the (202.898.6923), MB–3007, Federal This information collection does not ICR period of 2015–2017 than in 2012– Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th require respondents to disclose 2014. Only one third of the systems Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. confidential information. monitor for UCMR 3 contaminants in Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand- Form Numbers: None. 2015–2017; two-thirds of the systems delivered to the guard station at the rear Respondents/affected entities: Data have already monitored for UCMR 3 of the 17th Street Building (located on associated with this ICR are collected contaminants in 2012–2014. F Street), on business days between 7:00 and submitted by PWSs. States, a.m. and 5:00 p.m. territories and tribes with primacy to • The schedule of activities for PWSs All comments should refer to the administer the regulatory program for differs. Some initial activities were relevant OMB control number. A copy PWSs under SDWA may participate in conducted by all systems during the of the comments may also be submitted UCMR 3 implementation through a previous ICR period. These activities to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: partnership agreement with EPA. These will not take place during the second Office of Information and Regulatory primacy agencies may sometimes ICR period of 2015–2017. Affairs, Office of Management and conduct monitoring and maintain • The schedule of activities differs for Budget, New Executive Office Building, records. participating states. Management and Washington, DC 20503. Respondent’s obligation to respond: support activities for states vary with FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Mandatory. The information collection the UCMR 3 monitoring schedule. States Kuiper or John Popeo, at the FDIC is carried out per section 1445(a) of are expected to incur less burden during address above. SDWA. this second UCMR 3 ICR period of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Estimated number of respondents: 2015–2017. Proposal To Renew the Following There are approximately 6,351 respondents to UCMR 3, including Dated: March 20, 2015. Currently-Approved Collections of 2,098 PWSs that will monitor during the Peter Grevatt, Information ICR years of 2015–2017; and 56 states asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 1. Title: Notice of Branch Closure and primacy agents. Water. OMB Number: 3064–0109. Frequency of response: The frequency [FR Doc. 2015–07360 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am] Frequency of Response: On occasion. of responses varies based on the Affected Public: State nonmember BILLING CODE 6560–50–P respondent type. PWSs and states have banks and state savings associations. a different number of responses. PWSs Estimated Number of Respondents: served by surface water monitor for the 509. UCMR contaminants four times during Estimated Time per Response: 2.6 a 12-month period. PWSs served by hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:32 Mar 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before June 1, 2015.
ContactBrenda D. Parris, Technical Support Center, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive (MS 140), Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone (513) 569-7961 or email at [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 17042 
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