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OMB Control No: 2080-0021	ICR Reference No: 201010-2080-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200705-2080-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/ORD	Agency Tracking No: 0234.10
Title: Performance Evaluation Studies on 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: 01/06/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/20/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2011
Responses	6,589	0	7,516
Time Burden (Hours)	41,511	0	47,351
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,251,910	0	1,240,140

Abstract: Discharge Monitoring Report-Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) participation is mandatory for major and selected minor permit holders under the Clean Water Act's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Section 308. The DMR-QA study is designed to evaluate the entire process used by permittees to routinely report monitoring results in Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs). The study addresses the analytic ability of the laboratories that perform chemical, microbiological and whole effluent toxicity (WET) analyses required in the NPDES permits and the ability to properly report these results in the DMRs. Under DMR-QA, the permit holder is responsible for obtaining un-graded results of analyses of test samples performed by in-house and/or contract laboratories, and submitting these results to the appropriate federal or state NPDES regulatory authority and the commercial proficiency testing (PT) provider that supplies the test samples. Permit holders are responsible for submitting corrective action reports to the appropriate regulatory authority.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 33 USC 1251 Name of Law: Clean Water Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 34111	06/16/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 64725	10/20/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Private Sector	EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021), EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021)	,
State Agencies	EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021), EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021)	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,589	7,516	-927	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	41,511	47,351	-5,840	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,251,910	1,240,140	-152,955	164,725

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Participation in the DMR-QA PE study has decreased from an estimated average of 7,516 to 6,589 since the last renewal of this ICR. This is due to EPA granting a waiver to four additional states, allowing them to employ their state laboratory certification program as an adequate substitute for the federal DMR-QA program. Labor and Operation & Maintenance costs were updated since the previous renewal of this ICR. Operation & Maintenance costs reflect the costs of obtaining PE samples from the PT Providers. The estimated average cost of obtaining PE samples increased from $165 per respondent (permittee) to $190 per respondent.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $11,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Patrick Yellin 202 564-2970 yellin.patrick@epa.gov

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