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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 2080-0021	ICR Reference No: 201312-2080-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201010-2080-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/ORD	Agency Tracking No: 0234.11
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 with change	Conclusion Date: 03/04/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/17/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2014
Responses	5,509	0	6,589
Time Burden (Hours)	36,361	0	41,511
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,376,638	0	1,251,910

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Private Sector Permittees	EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021), EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021)	,
State/Local Permitees	EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021), EPA 6400-01 (OMB 2080-0021)	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	5,509	6,589	-1,080
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	36,361	41,511	-5,150
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,376,638	1,251,910	1,124,728

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a decrease of 5,150 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease in burden hours can be attributed to a number of states obtaining full or partial waivers from this activity through agreements with the EPA. Labor costs were revised upward to take into account employee benefit compensation costs and inflation. Non-labor costs for obtaining proficiency test samples increased because of an update to the list of most commonly used analytes, and due to inflation.

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