Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)

ICR 202410-2040-005

OMB: 2040-0050

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement B
2024-10-09
Supporting Statement A
2024-10-09
ICR Details
2040-0050 202410-2040-005
Received in OIRA 202109-2040-001
EPA/OW 0318.14
Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 10/31/2024
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 10/31/2024
10,350 5,405
13,342 9,645
0 0

The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) is required by Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 205(a) and 516. It is a periodic inventory of existing and planned publicly owned wastewater conveyance and treatment facilities, combined sewer overflow correction, stormwater management and other water pollution control facilities in the United States, as well as an estimate of how many of these facilities need to be built. The CWNS is a joint effort between EPA and the states. The CWNS collects cost and technical data from states that are associated with publicly owned treatment works and other water pollution control facilities, existing and planned. The respondents who provide this information to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) are state agencies responsible for environmental pollution control and local facility contacts who provide documentation to the states. Periodically, the states request data or documentation from contacts at the facility or local government level. These respondents are referred to as facilities. No confidential information is used, nor is sensitive information protected from release under the Public Information Act. EPA achieves national consistency in the final results through the application of uniform guidelines and validation techniques.

PL: Pub.L. 33 - 1 205 Name of Law: Clean Water Act Section 205
   PL: Pub.L. 33 - 2 516 Name of Law: Clean Water Act Section 516
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  89 FR 17464 03/11/2024
89 FR 83009 10/15/2024
Yes

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Facilities
States & Territories

  Total Request 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 10,350 5,405 0 0 4,945 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 13,342 9,645 0 0 3,697 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
The prior burden approved by OMB (0318.13) was an annual burden of 9,645 hours and an annual cost of $505,004 for non-Agency respondents. This ICR estimates an annual burden increase of 3,698 hours and $294,204 in costs, for a total of 13,342 hours and $799,208 in cost. This adjustment is based upon an increase in facility universe (likely due to the higher response rate in the previous survey), as well as an adjustment in labor rates and benefits. The prior ICR estimated that states would submit only half of their facilities (16,048). The majority of the states submitted most of their facilities in 2022 (30,881), almost doubling the estimated facility universe.

$1,138,802
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Joshua Klein 202 564-8616 [email protected]

  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.
10/31/2024


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