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information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 100.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$199,300, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $199,300 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 92,605 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is due to
adjustments to the estimates based on
changed labor rates and the change in
the number of respondents over the last
three years.
Dated: May 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OW–2004–0031; FRL–7918–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NPDES and Sewage Sludge
Monitoring Reports (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 0229.16, OMB Control
Number 2040–0004
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OW–
2004–0031, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail
Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kawana Cohen, Office of Wastewater
Management, 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–2435; fax
number: 202–564–6384; e-mail address:
cohen.kawana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On November 23, 2004 (69 FR 68142)
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and
received one comment. The comment
was not related to the burden hours
reported in this ICR.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OW–
2004–0031, which is available for public
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
DATES:
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comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NPDES and Sewage Sludge
Monitoring Reports (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR estimates the
current monitoring, recordkeeping and
costs associated with submitting and
reviewing Discharge Monitoring Reports
(DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring
reports, and other monitoring reports
under the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) NPDES program. The
NPDES program regulations, codified at
40 CFR parts 122 through 125, require
permitted municipal and non-municipal
point source dischargers to collect,
analyze, and submit data on their
wastewater discharges. Under these
regulations, the permittee is required to
collect and analyze wastewater samples
and perform other types of discharge
monitoring and report the results to the
permitting authority (EPA or an
authorized NPDES State). Sample
monitoring, analysis, and reporting
frequencies vary by permit, but for the
most part, must be performed at least
annually for all permitted discharges.
Upon renewal of this ICR, the
permitting authority will continue to
require NPDES and sewage sludge
facilities to report pollutant discharge
monitoring data. The permitting
authority will use the data from these
forms to assess permittee compliance,
modify/add new permit requirements,
and revise effluent guidelines. The
monitoring data required of NPDES and
sewage sludge facilities represents the
minimum information necessary to
achieve the Agency’s goal and satisfy
regulatory standards.
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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
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identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 24 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Permitted municipal and non-municipal
point source dischargers and sewage
sludge facilities, and States and
Territories authorized to administer and
implement the NPDES permit program.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
81,988.
Frequency of Response: annually and
other.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
14,164,582.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$5,131,000 includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 57,375 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is due to
adjustments to the estimates.
Dated: May 17, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–10482 Filed 5–25–05; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OW–2004–0025; FRL–7918–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect
Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda
Subcategory and the Papergrade
Sulfite Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper
and Paperboard Point Source Category
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1878.02,
OMB Control Number 2040–0243
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2005.Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OW–
2004–0025, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket,
4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack
Faulk, Office of Wastewater
Management, 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–0768; fax
number: (202) 501–2399; e-mail address:
faulk.jack@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On August 30, 2004 (69 FR 52883), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
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to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OW–
2004–0025, which is available for public
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect
Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory
and the Papergrade Sulfite Subcategory
of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard
Manufacturing Category (Renewal).
Abstract: The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) imposed
minimum monitoring requirements on
bleached papergrade kraft and soda
(subpart B) and papergrade sulfite
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OW-2004-0031; FRL-7918-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES and Sewage Sludge
Monitoring Reports (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0229.16, OMB Control
Number 2040-0004
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2005.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0031, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to OW-Docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kawana Cohen, Office of Wastewater
Management, 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2435; fax
number: 202-564-6384; e-mail address: cohen.kawana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On November 23, 2004 (69 FR 68142) EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and received one comment. The comment
was not related to the burden hours reported in this ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OW-2004-0031, which is available for public viewing at the Water
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water Docket
is (202) 566-2426. An electronic version of the public docket is
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NPDES and Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR estimates the current monitoring, recordkeeping
and costs associated with submitting and reviewing Discharge Monitoring
Reports (DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring reports, and other monitoring
reports under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) NPDES
program. The NPDES program regulations, codified at 40 CFR parts 122
through 125, require permitted municipal and non-municipal point source
dischargers to collect, analyze, and submit data on their wastewater
discharges. Under these regulations, the permittee is required to
collect and analyze wastewater samples and perform other types of
discharge monitoring and report the results to the permitting authority
(EPA or an authorized NPDES State). Sample monitoring, analysis, and
reporting frequencies vary by permit, but for the most part, must be
performed at least annually for all permitted discharges. Upon renewal
of this ICR, the permitting authority will continue to require NPDES
and sewage sludge facilities to report pollutant discharge monitoring
data. The permitting authority will use the data from these forms to
assess permittee compliance, modify/add new permit requirements, and
revise effluent guidelines. The monitoring data required of NPDES and
sewage sludge facilities represents the minimum information necessary
to achieve the Agency's goal and satisfy regulatory standards.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
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identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Permitted municipal and non-
municipal point source dischargers and sewage sludge facilities, and
States and Territories authorized to administer and implement the NPDES
permit program.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 81,988.
Frequency of Response: annually and other.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,164,582.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,131,000 includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 57,375 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the
estimates.
Dated: May 17, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-10482 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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