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OMB Control No: 2080-0021	ICR Reference No: 200705-2080-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200403-2080-003
Agency/Subagency: EPA/ORD	Agency Tracking No: 0234.09
Title: Performance Evaluation Studies on Water and Wastewater Laboratories (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/31/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/15/2007
Terms of Clearance: OMB notes that 139,770 hours have been removed to reflect the fact that the WS and WP programs are no longer authorized under this ICR. This ICR now authorizes only the DMR-QA program. The burden estimate for this program has been adjusted upward by 6,786 hrs per year.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2010	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2007
Responses	7,516	0	17,168
Time Burden (Hours)	47,351	0	180,335
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,240,140	0	3,350,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	7,516	17,168	-10,679	1,027
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	47,351	180,335	-139,770	6,786
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,240,140	3,350,000	-2,382,913	273,053

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The primary reason for change in burden is due to the fact that this ICR no longer includes WS and WP programs - only the DMR-QA program, so it should not be compared exactly with the previous ICR which included all three programs. The WS and WP are being submitted as a separate ICR through the Office of Water (OW). Other burden changes include: Participation in the DMR-QA PE study has increased from an estimated average of 6,489 to 7,516 since the last renewal of this ICR, while the list of average analytes done by the average respondent was increased to include WET test methods which were not included in the previous ICR. Labor and Operation & Maintenance costs were updated since the previous renewal of this ICR. The average cost of obtaining PE samples from the PT Providers was added to this ICR to reflect the fact that respondents (permittees) have to incur the burden of paying this cost passed on from the PT Providers.

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