Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations

ICR 201910-2040-004

OMB: 2040-0298

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2019-10-31
ICR Details
2040-0298 201910-2040-004
Active
EPA/OW 2574.01
Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 02/28/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/31/2019
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
02/28/2023 36 Months From Approved
19 0 0
765 0 0
0 0 0

The EPA is required by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, to review existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) no less often than every six years. This routine evaluation is referred to as the “Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations” or simply, the “Six-Year Review.” Throughout the Six-Year Review process, the EPA assesses new data to determine risks to human health posed by regulated drinking water contaminants and identifies NPDWRs that may be appropriate for revision. The EPA completed and published review results for the first Six-Year Review cycle (1996-2002) on July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42908). The occurrence assessments for the first Six-Year Review were based on compliance monitoring from a cross-section of 16 States, collected from 1993 to 1997, which were voluntarily provided by the States. The EPA completed and published review results for the second Six-Year Review cycle (2003-2009) on March 29, 2010 (75 FR 15500). The occurrence assessments conducted for the second Six-Year Review are based on data collected between 1998 and 2005, voluntarily submitted by States and other drinking water primary enforcement (primacy) agencies (i.e., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or an eligible Indian tribe). The EPA completed and published review results for the third Six-Year Review cycle (2010-2016) on January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3518). The occurrence assessments conducted for the third Six-Year Review are based on contaminant occurrence and treatment techniques data collected between 2006 and 2011, voluntarily submitted by States and other drinking water primacy agencies. The EPA created this new ICR to continue to engage States and other drinking water primacy agencies in data collection efforts. For this ICR, the EPA is soliciting States and other primacy agencies to (voluntarily) provide historical, compliance monitoring (contaminant occurrence) data for community water systems (CWSs) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWSs) to the Agency in support of the fourth Six-Year Review. The EPA is requesting contaminant occurrence and treatment technique data collected from 2012 to 2019 for all regulated chemical, radiological, and microbial contaminants, including data collected for the Revised Total Coliform Rule, newly promulgated since the third Six-Year Review information collection. The compliance monitoring records for this information collection (including all results for analytical detections and non-detections) provide the data needed to conduct statistical estimates of national occurrence for regulated contaminants and evaluate treatment technique information associated with the control of pathogens, disinfectants, and disinfection byproducts. The national occurrence estimates and information on treatment techniques will support the EPA’s review of existing NPDWRs as required by the SDWA, section 1412(b)(9). In addition, the SDWA, section 1445(g), requires the EPA to maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence database (i.e., the National Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD)), using occurrence data for both regulated and unregulated contaminants in public water systems (PWSs). This data collection will provide new occurrence data on regulated contaminants to maintain the NCOD.

PL: Pub.L. 93 - 523 1145(g)(1) and (6) Name of Law: Safe Drinking Water Act
   PL: Pub.L. 93 - 523 1412(b)(9) Name of Law: Safe Drinking Water Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  83 FR 50361 10/05/2018
84 FR 58381 10/31/2019
Yes

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Contaminant Occurrence Data in Support of the EPA's Fourth Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 19 0 0 19 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 765 0 0 765 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
The new burden under this ICR is for a one-time data collection effort in support of the fourth six-year review of national primary drinking water regulations.

$408,763
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jini Mohanty 202 564-5269 mohanty.jini@epa.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10/31/2019


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