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OMB Control No: 2040-0049	ICR Reference No: 202607-2040-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202410-2040-003
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OW	Agency Tracking No: 0988.17
Title: Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/31/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2026
Responses	1,184	1,277
Time Burden (Hours)	493,362	480,242
Cost Burden (Dollars)	345,180	263,520

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,184	1,277	-93
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	493,362	480,242	13,120
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	345,180	263,520	81,660

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: The full reporting burden for the two Great Lakes collections (i.e., Great Lakes Antidegradation Demonstrations and the Great Lakes Regulatory Relief Requests) is being transferred to and consolidated within the NPDES Program ICR (OMB Control Number 2040-0004) via the renewal package for that collection (EPA ICR # 0229.27). Zeroing-out these two ICs should result in the overall ICR having -148 responses and -9480 hrs. of Program Change Due to Agency Discretion and +55 responses and +22,600 hours of change Due to Adjustment in Office Estimates. ROCIS, however, is not working correctly and continues to push all change to the Adjustments in Agency Estimate column. The helpdesk was notified but has been unable to remedy the situation.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,301,925

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Kendall Scarlett 202 564-1465

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