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Download as PDF 71290 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 227 / Monday, November 28, 2005 / Notices and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40 CFR parts 63, 264, 265, 266 and 270. This ICR describes the paperwork requirements that apply to the owners and operators of BIFs. This includes the requirements under the comparable/ syngas fuel specification at 40 CFR 261.38; the general facility requirements at 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, subparts B thru H; the requirements applicable to BIF units at 40 CFR part 266; and the RCRA Part B permit application and modification requirements at 40 CFR part 270. Examples of paperwork collected under these requirements include one-time notices, certifications, waste analysis data, inspection and monitoring records, plans reports, RCRA Part B permit applications and modifications. The responses to the collection of information are mandatory. EPA needs this information for the proper implementation, compliance tracking, and fulfillment of the congressionally delegated mandate under RCRA to protect public health and the environment. EPA, however, has taken steps to minimize the burden imposed on the facilities, and ensures the confidentiality of the provided information by complying with section 3007(b) of RCRA, Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular #108. Based on information from the EPA Regions, we estimated at last renewal of this ICR that 91 BIF facilities are subject to the RCRA hazardous waste program. Of these, we estimate that 32 BIFs are currently under interim status and the remaining 59 are in permitted status. This renewal takes into account the current universe of the BIF facilities, and the current regulations applicable to them based on the amendments made to date. 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 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 2,626 hours per facility. 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:28 Nov 25, 2005 Jkt 208001 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: Business or other for-profit entities. Estimated Number of Respondents: 91. Frequency of Response: Varies (from on-occasion to annually). Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 238,997 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $33,665,000, includes $ 7,855,000 annualized capital/ startup cost, $9,880,000 annual O&M costs and $15,930,000 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 68,952 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of a program change of 50,188 hours due to the transitioning of burden into another ICR (#1773.08, OMB Control Number 2050–0171) as a result of the newly promulgated MACT rule under the Clean Air Act, and an adjustment of 18,764 hours due to a change in the respondent universe. Dated: November 16, 2005. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E5–6590 Filed 11–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OW–2005–0006, FRL–8002–9] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Willingness To Pay Survey for Section 316(b) Phase III Cooling Water Intake Structures: Instrument, Pre-Test, and Implementation; EPA ICR Number 2155.02 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 for a new collection. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 28, 2005. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW– 2005–0006, 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, EPA West, 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: Erik Helm, Office of Science and Technology, Mail Code 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 1066; fax number: 202–566–1054; e-mail address: helm.erik@epamail.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 June 9, 2005, (70 FR 33746), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments received. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID number OW–2005–0006, 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, DATES: E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 227 / Monday, November 28, 2005 / Notices 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: Willingness to Pay Survey for section 316(b) Phase III Cooling Water Intake Structures: Instrument, Pre-test, and Implementation Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of developing new regulations to provide national performance standards for controlling impacts from cooling water intake structures (CWIS) for Phase III facilities under section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Phase III under Clean Water Act section 316(b) regulations applies to facilities that withdraw water for cooling purposes from rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, oceans, or other waters of the United States, and that are either existing electrical generators with cooling water intake structures that are designed to withdraw 50 million gallons of water per day (MGD) or less, or existing manufacturing and industrial facilities. The regulation also establishes section 316(b) requirements for new offshore oil and gas extraction facilities. EPA has previously published final section 316(b) regulations that address new facilities (Phase I) on December 18, 2001 (66 FR 65256) and existing large power producers (Phase II) on July 9, 2004 (69 FR 41576). See 40 CFR part 125, subparts I and J, respectively. As required under Executive Order 12866, EPA is conducting economic impact and cost-benefit analyses for the section 316(b) regulation for Phase III facilities. Comprehensive, estimates of total resource value include both use and non-use values, such that the resulting total social benefit estimates may be compared to total social cost. Many public comments on the proposed section 316(b) regulation for Phase II facilities and the Phase II Notice of Data Availability suggested that a properly designed and conducted stated preference, or contingent valuation VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:28 Nov 25, 2005 Jkt 208001 (CV), survey would be the most appropriate and acceptable method to estimate the non-use benefits of the rule. Stated preference survey methodology is the generally accepted means to estimate non-use values. To assess public policy significance or importance of the ecological gains from the section 316(b) regulation for Phase III facilities, EPA proposes to conduct a stated preference study to measure non-use benefits of reduced fish losses at CWIS due to the regulation. The survey will ask respondents to choose how they would vote, if presented with two different hypothetical regulatory options characterized by (a) changes in annual impingement and entrainment losses of fish and other organisms, (b) effects on long-term fish populations, (c) effects on recreational and commercial catch, and (d) an unavoidable cost of living increase for the respondent’s household. Respondents will be allowed to ‘‘vote’’ for one of the presented regulatory options, or to choose not to vote for either option. The survey will also ask respondents to answer questions about their reasons for voting, their level of concern about various policy issues, and their affiliations and recreational activities. Survey subjects will be randomly selected from a representative national panel of respondents maintained by Knowledge Networks, an online survey company. Subjects will be asked to complete a web-based questionnaire. Participation in the survey is voluntary. Additionally, EPA will conduct nonresponse follow-up interviews with 600 individuals, and will use statistical techniques to correct for unobserved heterogeneity in the survey data. To assist in the development of this stated preference survey, EPA previously obtained approval from the Office of Management and Budget to conduct a series of twelve focus groups with a total of 96 respondents (see EPA ICR number 2155.01, OMB number 2040–0262. EPA received several comments on the proposed ICR for this survey. Many comments provided specific reasons why the survey might overestimate or underestimate willingness to pay to prevent fish losses. Almost all of these comments have been addressed through the focus groups and cognitive interviews, which have helped the Agency to improve the survey. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71291 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 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 41 minutes per respondent. 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: Individuals greater than 18 years of age/ households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000. Frequency of Response: Once. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,383 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $59,919. EPA estimates that there will be no capital or O&M costs. Dated: November 16, 2005. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E5–6591 Filed 11–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OECA–2005–0017; FRL–8002–7] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Bulk Gasoline Terminals (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 0664.08; OMB Control Number 2060–0006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Willingness To Pay Survey for 
Section 316(b) Phase III Cooling Water Intake Structures: Instrument, 
Pre-Test, and Implementation; EPA ICR Number 2155.02

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 for a new collection. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 28, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2005-
0006, 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, EPA West, 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: Erik Helm, Office of Science and 
Technology, Mail Code 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
566-1066; fax number: 202-566-1054; e-mail address: 
helm.erik@epamail.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 June 9, 2005, (70 FR 33746), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments 
received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number OW-2005-0006, 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,

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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: Willingness to Pay Survey for section 316(b) Phase III 
Cooling Water Intake Structures: Instrument, Pre-test, and 
Implementation
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the 
process of developing new regulations to provide national performance 
standards for controlling impacts from cooling water intake structures 
(CWIS) for Phase III facilities under section 316(b) of the Clean Water 
Act (CWA). Phase III under Clean Water Act section 316(b) regulations 
applies to facilities that withdraw water for cooling purposes from 
rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, oceans, or other waters 
of the United States, and that are either existing electrical 
generators with cooling water intake structures that are designed to 
withdraw 50 million gallons of water per day (MGD) or less, or existing 
manufacturing and industrial facilities. The regulation also 
establishes section 316(b) requirements for new offshore oil and gas 
extraction facilities. EPA has previously published final section 
316(b) regulations that address new facilities (Phase I) on December 
18, 2001 (66 FR 65256) and existing large power producers (Phase II) on 
July 9, 2004 (69 FR 41576). See 40 CFR part 125, subparts I and J, 
respectively.
    As required under Executive Order 12866, EPA is conducting economic 
impact and cost-benefit analyses for the section 316(b) regulation for 
Phase III facilities. Comprehensive, estimates of total resource value 
include both use and non-use values, such that the resulting total 
social benefit estimates may be compared to total social cost. Many 
public comments on the proposed section 316(b) regulation for Phase II 
facilities and the Phase II Notice of Data Availability suggested that 
a properly designed and conducted stated preference, or contingent 
valuation (CV), survey would be the most appropriate and acceptable 
method to estimate the non-use benefits of the rule. Stated preference 
survey methodology is the generally accepted means to estimate non-use 
values. To assess public policy significance or importance of the 
ecological gains from the section 316(b) regulation for Phase III 
facilities, EPA proposes to conduct a stated preference study to 
measure non-use benefits of reduced fish losses at CWIS due to the 
regulation.
    The survey will ask respondents to choose how they would vote, if 
presented with two different hypothetical regulatory options 
characterized by (a) changes in annual impingement and entrainment 
losses of fish and other organisms, (b) effects on long-term fish 
populations, (c) effects on recreational and commercial catch, and (d) 
an unavoidable cost of living increase for the respondent's household. 
Respondents will be allowed to ``vote'' for one of the presented 
regulatory options, or to choose not to vote for either option. The 
survey will also ask respondents to answer questions about their 
reasons for voting, their level of concern about various policy issues, 
and their affiliations and recreational activities.
    Survey subjects will be randomly selected from a representative 
national panel of respondents maintained by Knowledge Networks, an 
online survey company. Subjects will be asked to complete a web-based 
questionnaire. Participation in the survey is voluntary. Additionally, 
EPA will conduct non-response follow-up interviews with 600 
individuals, and will use statistical techniques to correct for 
unobserved heterogeneity in the survey data.
    To assist in the development of this stated preference survey, EPA 
previously obtained approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
to conduct a series of twelve focus groups with a total of 96 
respondents (see EPA ICR number 2155.01, OMB number 2040-0262.
    EPA received several comments on the proposed ICR for this survey. 
Many comments provided specific reasons why the survey might 
overestimate or underestimate willingness to pay to prevent fish 
losses. Almost all of these comments have been addressed through the 
focus groups and cognitive interviews, which have helped the Agency to 
improve the survey.
    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 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 41 
minutes per respondent. 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: Individuals greater than 18 years of 
age/households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,383 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $59,919. EPA estimates that there will 
be no capital or O&M costs.

    Dated: November 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E5-6591 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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