# 2026-19502: EPA renews drinking water paperwork—comment if you dare!

2026-19502, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Program Information on Source Water Protection (Renewal), is a Federal Register notice from Environmental Protection Agency published 2026-09-24, effective Comments may be submitted on or before October 26, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19502
- As of: 2026-10-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19502
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Program Information on Source Water Protection (Renewal)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 91 FR 60623
- Published: 2026-09-24
- Effective: Comments may be submitted on or before October 26, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-26
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-01

## In one line

EPA renews drinking water paperwork—comment if you dare!

## Summary

The EPA is asking to keep collecting info about protecting our drinking water sources for a few more years. This affects water agencies and anyone involved in keeping water safe, with no new costs or big changes. You’ve got until October 26, 2026, to share your thoughts before the plan gets the green light.

## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), EPA Program Information on Source Water Protection (EPA ICR Number 1816.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0197) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 9, 2026, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

## Effects PRIA read

- Public Access to Source Water Data: benefit, low. EPA will continue collecting annual, voluntary data from 51 state respondents about source water protection and will make that information publicly available through the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS). The…

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## Sources
- [2026-19502 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/24/2026-19502/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2026-19502 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-24/pdf/2026-19502.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19502 (as of 2026-10-01).