In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2023
36 Months From Approved
1,323
0
0
14,510
0
0
0
0
0
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) will conduct an assessment to estimate the capital investment
needs for drinking water systems eligible to receive Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) moneis. The nationwide assessment will
be conducted by the Drinking Water Protection Dvision (DWPD) of
EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW). The data
collection is authorized by Sections 1452(i)(4) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and will be used to estimate the
infrastructure investment cost of providing safe drinking water to
consumers over a 20-year period. The data from the report will also
be used to allot DWSRF monies among states.
This is a new ICR. The
estimated total public reporting burden over the entire four-year
length of the 2020 DWINSA is over 8,000 hours higher compared with
the ICR approved by OMB for the 2015 DWINSA survey (OMB control
number 2040-0274). This burden increase is almost entirely a result
of the 2020 Survey being the first effort to collect information on
lead service line inventories for all system types across all
states and territories as well as tribal water systems. In
determining an appropriate survey approach, EPA strives to achieve
an acceptable level of statistical precision and avoid measurement
errors while minimizing the burden placed on the states,
territories, the Navajo Nation, water systems, and the Agency in
conducting the survey effort. The two sources of potential
inaccuracy in the survey results are measurement error, which
arises when determining the need for each individual infrastructure
investment, and sampling error, which occurs when estimating the
needs of all water systems from a representative sample of those
systems. EPA strives to reduce measurement error by relying on
information from and judgment of those individuals most familiar
with and directly responsible for the infrastructure, the owners
and operators of water systems, and by assuring that their
estimates of investment needs are within the context of the
industry's best engineering practices. EPA addresses the sampling
error by identifying and specifying statistical precision targets
for the survey and determining the necessary sample and sub-sample
sizes to achieve those targets.
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.