Underground
Injection
Control
Program
ICR
OMB
#
2040­
0042
Attachment
to
Supporting
Statement
Progress
Report
on
Terms
of
Clearence
(
1998
C
2001)

Under
the
Terms
of
Clearance
for
the
currently
approved
ICR
(
expiring
on
September
30,
2001),
OMB
noted
that
EPA
was
exploring
ways
to
streamline
the
reporting
and
record
keeping
requirements
for
well
operators.
OMB
further
acknowledged
the
Agency's
work
group
effort
to
review
the
7520
Federal
Reporting
Forms
series
with
the
expressed
goal
of
redesigning
them
to
reduce
burden.
A
progress
report
was
requested
on
burden
reduction
to
be
submitted
with
the
next
ICR
submission.
To
date,
the
7520
Federal
Reporting
Forms
work
group
completed
draft­
final
revisions
of
those
forms,
however,
EPA's
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water
temporarily
suspended
the
revised
forms
as
it
embarked
on
a
new
initiative
to
make
the
record
keeping
and
data
reporting
less
burdensome
through
the
development
of
the
"
National
Source
Water
Contamination
Prevention
Strategy."
This
Strategy,
upon
approval,
will
significantly
reduce
the
UIC
Program
data
collection
and
reporting
burden
because
it
will
focus
the
7520
reporting
on
more
meaningful
measures
of
program
progress.
This
will
not
compromise
required
Agency
oversight
of
all
UIC
programs.
The
strategy
will
measure
program
success
(
or
lack
of
)
based
on
the
prevention
of
contamination
of
underground
sources
of
drinking
water
(
USDW)
as
well
as
how
the
UIC
Program
is
contributing
to
public
health
protection.
Specific
measures
and
data
elements
have
been
formulated
to
accomplish
this
goal.
Much
progress
has
been
made
as
a
result
of
numerous
meetings
with
operators
and
state
officials
on
this
matter.
When
the
National
Strategy
and
accompanying
measures
of
success
are
completed,
final
modifications
of
the
7520
Federal
Reporting
Forms
will
take
place.
EPA
is
also
exploring
an
electronic
data
management
system
that
will
be
linked
with
other
EPA
water
programs
to
increase
the
efficiency
of
record
keeping
and
reporting
required
of
operators
and
states.

On
the
matter
of
record
keeping
and
reporting
for
the
Class
V
program,
the
Agency
published
revisions
to
the
UIC
program
and
had
the
PRA
review
completed
and
approved
by
OMB
in
1999.
Record
keeping
and
reporting
changes
came
into
effect
during
the
approval
of
the
current
UIC
Program
ICR.
