Information Collection Request (ICR) Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; ICR Supporting Statement Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal), 44408-44409 [2017-20279]

Download as PDF 44408 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices response to comments document (Ref. 2.), which can be found under docket ID EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226. IV. Do PRNs contain binding requirements? The PRNs discussed in this notice are intended to provide guidance to EPA personnel and pesticide registrants. While the requirements in the statutes and Agency regulations are binding on EPA and the applicants, these PRNs are not binding on either EPA or pesticide registrants, and EPA may depart from these PRNs where circumstances warrant and without prior notice. Likewise, pesticide registrants may assert that the guidance in these PRNs is not appropriate generally or not applicable to a specific pesticide or situation. V. References The following is a listing of the documents that are specifically referenced in this notice. The docket includes these documents and other information considered by EPA, including documents that are referenced within the documents that are included in the docket, even if the referenced document is not physically located in the docket. For assistance in locating these other documents, please consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. USEPA, 2017a. Response to Comments Received on PRN 2016–X: Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling. USEPA, 2017b. Response to Comments Received on PRN 2016–XX: Draft Guidance for Herbicide Resistance Management Labeling, Education, Training, and Stewardship. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Dated: August 28, 2017. Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2017–20331 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL–9968–04– OEI] Information Collection Request (ICR) Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; ICR Supporting Statement Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Sep 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 ACTION: Notice. The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘ICR Supporting Statement Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0229.23, OMB Control No. 2040– 0004) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 2017. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (82FR29549) on June 29, 2017 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Weiss, State and Regional Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–0742; fax number: (202) 564–9544; email address: weiss.kevin@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information, visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: This ICR estimates the burden and costs associated with the information collection requirements of the NPDES program, identifies the types of activities regulated under the NPDES program, describes the roles and responsibilities of state governments and the Agency, and presents the program areas that address the various types of regulated activities. This renewal also incorporates the burden and costs for seven more NPDES programs, which were previously contained in separate ICRs, including: Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB Control No. 2040–0250; EPA ICR Number 1989.09); Pesticide Applicators (OMB Control No. 2040–0284; EPA ICR Number 2397.02); National Pretreatment Program (OMB Control No. 2040–0009; EPA ICR Number 0002.15); Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase I—New Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0241; EPA ICR Number 1973.06); Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0268, EPA ICR No. 2169.05); Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0257; EPA ICR No. 2060.07); and NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (OMB Control No. 2020– 0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02). Permit applications and other respondent reports may contain confidential business information. If a respondent does consider this information to be of a confidential nature, the respondent may request that such information be treated as confidential. All confidential data will be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s Security Manual part III, chapter 9, dated August 9, 1976. Respondents/affected entities: Any industrial point source discharger of pollutants, including but not limited to publicly owned and privately owned treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), industrial dischargers to POTWs and PrOTWs, sewage sludge management and disposal operations, small and large vessels, airports with deicing operations, dischargers of stormwater, construction sites, municipalities, pesticide applicators, local and state goverments. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 402(p); 40 (CFR) Parts 122, 123, 124, and 125 (and Parts 501 and 503 for Biosolids); and the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act (CPA). Estimated number of respondents: 935,020 total (934,383 permittees and 637 States/Tribes/Territories). Frequency of response: Varies depending on the specific response activity and can range from ongoing and monthly to once every 5 years. Total estimated burden: 28,239,262 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $1,476,244,044 (per year), includes $43,659,009 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: There is a net increase of 836,289 (3%) hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the combined burden of the component ICRs currently approved by OMB. This change in the total is primarily due to a combination of both burden increases and decreases in the component ICRs. Minor changes in the estimated burden occurred for five of the eight component ICRs (NPDES ICR, Pesticide Applicators ICR, National Pretreatment Program ICR, Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase I New Facilities ICR, and the Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase III Facilities ICR). Significant changes occurred for three of the eight component ICRs (Consolidated Animal Sectors ICR, Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing Facility ICR, and Electronic Reporting Rule ICR). These significant changes included: (1) A decrease of 12 percent in the animal sector labor burden due to revised EPA estimates based on changes in industry practice, adherence to USDA guidelines, and industry consolidation (OMB Control No. 2040–0250); (2) an increase of 140 percent in the cooling water intake structures existing facilities labor burden due to the coincidence of the period of greatest implementation burden with the three year ICR period (OMB Control No. 2040–0257); and (3) a decrease of 164 percent in the electronic reporting rule labor burden due to the reduced need for data input due to increased participation in electronic filing of forms and reports as the rule is implemented (OMB Control No. 2020–0035). Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2017–20279 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Sep 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–9035–3] Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7146 or https://www2.epa.gov/ nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Filed 09/11/2017 Through 09/15/2017 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters on EISs are available at: https:// cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/ action/eis/search. EIS No. 20170178, Draft Supplement, USACE, NM, Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico: Mountain View, Isleta and Belen Units Integrated General Reevaluation Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2017, Contact: Michael D. Porter 505–342–3264. EIS No. 20170179, Draft, USFS, CA, Craggy Vegetation Management, Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2017, Contact: Andrew Mueller 530–468– 1223. EIS No. 20170180, Final, USFS, CA, Trinity Post Fire Hazard Reduction and Salvage, Review Period Ends: 10/30/2017, Contact: Thomas Hall 530–628–1200. EIS No. 20170181, Revised Draft, USACE, WA, Mount St. Helens LongTerm Sediment Management Plan, Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2017, Contact: Ann Hodgson 503–808–4663. EIS No. 20170182, Final, USACE, OK, ADOPTION—Plains and Eastern Clean Line Transmission Line Project, Review Period, Contact: David Gade 918–669–7579. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—Tulsa District, District Commander Christopher A. Hussin, adopts the Department of Energy’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Line Project (Final EIS #182396 [DOE/EIS/0486]) filed with the USEPA on 11/13/2015. As the USACE was a cooperating agency, recirculation of the document (EIS) is not necessary under 40 CFR 1506.3(c). EIS No. 20170183, Final, EPA, Other, ADOPTION—Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44409 and Gas 2017–2022 Final Multisale EIS, Review Period, Contact: Keith Hayden 214–665–2133. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management’s (BOEM) Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 2017–2022 Final Multisale Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) No. 20170030. BOEM filed its Final EIS with EPA on March 10, 2017, (82 FR 13338). EPA was a cooperating agency on the project and recirculation of the document is not necessary under Section 1506.3(c) of the CEQ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations. Amended Notices EIS No. 20170137, Draft Supplement, Caltrans, CA, I–710 Corridor Project, Comment Period Ends: 10/23/2017, Contact: Jason Roach 213–897–0357. Revision to FR Notice Published 07/28/2017; Extending Comment Period from 09/22/2017 to 10/23/ 2017. EIS No. 20170152, Draft, BR, CA, WITHDRAWN—San Luis Low Point Improvement Project, Comment Period Ends: 09/25/2017, Contact: Nicole Johnson 916–978–5085. Revision to FR Notice Published 08/11/2017; Officially Withdrawn per request of the submitting agency. EIS No. 20170162, Draft Supplement, USFWS, MT, Proposed Amendment to the Endangered Species Act 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Associated with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Forested State Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan, Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2017, Contact: Amelia Orton-Palmer 303–236–4211. Revision to FR Notice Published 08/25/2017; Correction to Comment Period from 10/09/2017 to 10/13/2017. EIS No. 20170169, Draft, USACE, AK, Nanushuk Project, Comment Period Ends: 11/14/2017, Contact: Ellen Lyons 907–474–2169. Revision to FR Notice Published 09/01/2017; Extending Comment Period from 10/16/2017 to 11/14/2017. EIS No. 20170170, Draft, USACE, TX, Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project, Comment Period Ends: 11/13/2017, Contact: Kelly Burks-Copes 409–766– 3044. Revision to FR Notice Published 09/01/2017; Extending Comment Period from 10/16/2017 to 11/13/2017. EIS No. 20170177, Draft, USFS, SD, Black Hills Resilient Landscapes E:\FR\FM\22SEN1.SGM 22SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44408-44409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719; FRL-9968-04-OEI]


Information Collection Request (ICR) Submitted to OMB for Review 
and Approval; Comment Request; ICR Supporting Statement Information 
Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(NPDES) Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``ICR Supporting Statement 
Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0229.23, 
OMB Control No. 2040-0004) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through December 31, 2017. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register (82FR29549) on June 
29, 2017 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 23, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0719, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Weiss, State and Regional 
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-0742; fax number: (202) 564-9544; email 
address: weiss.kevin@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR estimates the burden and costs associated with 
the information collection requirements of the NPDES program, 
identifies the types of activities regulated under the NPDES program, 
describes the roles and responsibilities of state governments and the 
Agency, and presents the program areas that address the various types 
of regulated activities. This renewal also incorporates the burden and 
costs for seven more NPDES programs, which were previously contained in 
separate ICRs, including: Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB Control No. 
2040-0250; EPA ICR Number 1989.09); Pesticide Applicators (OMB Control 
No. 2040-0284; EPA ICR Number 2397.02); National Pretreatment Program 
(OMB Control No. 2040-0009; EPA ICR Number 0002.15); Cooling Water 
Intake Structures Phase I--New Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040-0241; 
EPA ICR Number 1973.06); Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III 
Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040-0268, EPA ICR No. 2169.05); Cooling 
Water Intake Structures Existing Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040-0257; 
EPA ICR No. 2060.07); and NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (OMB Control 
No. 2020-0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02).
    Permit applications and other respondent reports may contain 
confidential business information. If a respondent does consider this 
information to be of a confidential nature, the respondent may request 
that such information be treated as confidential. All confidential data 
will be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and 
EPA's Security Manual part III, chapter 9, dated August 9, 1976.
    Respondents/affected entities: Any industrial point source 
discharger of pollutants, including but not limited to publicly owned 
and privately owned treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), industrial 
dischargers to POTWs and PrOTWs, sewage sludge management and disposal 
operations, small and large vessels, airports with deicing operations, 
dischargers of stormwater, construction sites, municipalities, 
pesticide applicators, local and state goverments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 
304, 306, 307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of the CWA; the 
1987 Water Quality Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section

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402(p); 40 (CFR) Parts 122, 123, 124, and 125 (and Parts 501 and 503 
for Biosolids); and the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act (CPA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 935,020 total (934,383 permittees 
and 637 States/Tribes/Territories).
    Frequency of response: Varies depending on the specific response 
activity and can range from ongoing and monthly to once every 5 years.
    Total estimated burden: 28,239,262 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,476,244,044 (per year), includes 
$43,659,009 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a net increase of 836,289 (3%) 
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the 
combined burden of the component ICRs currently approved by OMB. This 
change in the total is primarily due to a combination of both burden 
increases and decreases in the component ICRs. Minor changes in the 
estimated burden occurred for five of the eight component ICRs (NPDES 
ICR, Pesticide Applicators ICR, National Pretreatment Program ICR, 
Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase I New Facilities ICR, and the 
Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase III Facilities ICR). Significant 
changes occurred for three of the eight component ICRs (Consolidated 
Animal Sectors ICR, Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing Facility 
ICR, and Electronic Reporting Rule ICR). These significant changes 
included: (1) A decrease of 12 percent in the animal sector labor 
burden due to revised EPA estimates based on changes in industry 
practice, adherence to USDA guidelines, and industry consolidation (OMB 
Control No. 2040-0250); (2) an increase of 140 percent in the cooling 
water intake structures existing facilities labor burden due to the 
coincidence of the period of greatest implementation burden with the 
three year ICR period (OMB Control No. 2040-0257); and (3) a decrease 
of 164 percent in the electronic reporting rule labor burden due to the 
reduced need for data input due to increased participation in 
electronic filing of forms and reports as the rule is implemented (OMB 
Control No. 2020-0035).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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