80 FR 51804 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring in Public Water Systems (UCMR 3) (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring in Public Water Systems (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.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 17042) on March 31, 2015, during a 60-day comment period. No public comments were received relating to the UCMR 3 ICR Renewal. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given in this notice, 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 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51804-51805]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21136]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0090; FRL 9932-01-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring in Public 
Water Systems (UCMR 3) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 
an information collection request (ICR), ``Unregulated Contaminant 
Monitoring in Public Water Systems (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.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through August 31, 2015. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 17042) on 
March 31, 2015, during a 60-day comment period. No public comments were 
received relating to the UCMR 3 ICR Renewal. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given in this notice, 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 September 25, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2009-0090, to (1) EPA 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, 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: Brenda D. Parris, Standards and Risk 
Management Division (SRMD), Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water 
(OGWDW) (MS 140), Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin 
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: (513) 569-
7961; or 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,

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DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For 
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, 
requires EPA to establish criteria for a program 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. 
UCMR 3 addresses the third group of 30 contaminants and was published 
in the Federal Register on May 2, 2012.
    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 public water systems (PWSs) (those 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 very small (systems serving 
1,000 or fewer people) undisinfected ground water systems.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Public Water Systems (PWSs) and 
States, territories and tribes with primacy to administer the 
regulatory program for PWSs under SDWA.
    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 approximately 2,098 PWSs that will 
monitor during the ICR years of 2015-2017, and 56 states and primacy 
agents.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 17,902 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,449,927 per year, including $6,546,967 in 
non-labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 22,765 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the existing ICR. 
This decrease is an adjustment to estimates due to the reduced number 
of PWSs that have to monitor during the ICR period of 2015-2017.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-21136 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am]
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