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additional sources are expected to
become subject to the standard in the
next three years. Mercury is the
pollutant regulated under this standard.
This information is being collected to
ensure compliance with 40 CFR part 61,
subpart E.
Owners or operators of affected
facilities must make the following onetime only notification: Date of
construction or reconstruction,
anticipated and actual dates of startup;
physical or operational change to an
existing facility; date of initial
performance test; and results of initial
performance test. These facilities must
also maintain records of performance
test results, and startup, shutdowns, and
malfunctions. In order to ensure
compliance with the standards,
adequate recordkeeping and reporting is
necessary. This information enables the
Agency to identify the sources subject to
the standard, ensure initial compliance
with emission limits, and verify
continuous compliance with the
standard.
Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this subpart must maintain
a file of these measurements, and retain
the file for at least two years following
the collection of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. All
reports are sent to the delegated state or
local authority. In the event that there
is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA
regional office.
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 are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
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 160 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 which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
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review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Mercury processing facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
107.
Frequency of Response: Annually,
semiannually, and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
20,490.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: Zero.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 2,672 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The increase in burden is due
to the fact that we are presently
accounting for technical, managerial,
and clerical burdens in the renewal
package. The previous version of the
ICR omitted the managerial and clerical
burdens and used only technical. There
was also a change in the labor rate
which contributed to the increase in
cost.
There are no changes in the capital/
startup and operations and maintenance
(O&M) costs from the previous ICR.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0035; FRL–8199–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Survey of Drinking Water
Treatment Facilities; EPA ICR No.
2176.01, OMB Control No. 2040–XXXX
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted
below, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
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OW–2004–0035, to (1) EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to OWDocket@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 by mail to: 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: Mr.
M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Office of Water
(Mail Code 4303T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566–1044; fax
number: (202) 566–1053; e-mail address:
siddiqui.ahmar@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 July 5, 2005 (70 FR 38675), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received
several comments during the comment
period from trade associations, utilities,
state agencies, and private citizens,
which are addressed in this ICR. Any
additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OW–2004–0035, which is available
for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
Public Reading Room is open from 8
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.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains
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copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Survey of Drinking Water
Treatment Facilities.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2176.01,
OMB Control No. 2040–XXXX.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new
information collection activity. 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 title 40 of the CFR
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: In its 2004 Effluent
Guidelines Program Plan (September 2,
2004; 69 FR 53705), which EPA
published under Clean Water Act
(CWA) section 304(m), EPA identified
the ‘‘drinking water treatment point
source category’’ as a candidate for
rulemaking. EPA is collecting
information from drinking water
treatment facilities to develop effluent
guidelines or pretreatment standards
necessary to control the discharge of
toxic and non-conventional pollutants
into surface waters of the United States
and to publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs).
In order to inform the rulemaking
process, EPA is conducting several data
collection activities. The technical
survey announced in this Federal
Register notice would provide EPA with
preliminary technical data needed to
quantify any adverse environmental
impacts of the discharges of residuals
and metals from drinking water
treatment facilities and to obtain
information about finished water
production and current residuals
generation and management techniques.
The technical survey is composed of
a questionnaire. The questionnaire
would allow EPA to collect information
from facilities that serve populations
greater than 10,000. EPA would use data
from the questionnaire to better classify
drinking water treatment facilities by
treatment practices, residuals
characteristics, and residuals
management methods. EPA expects to
collect additional information from
some of the recipients of the
questionnaire announced today through
a follow-up detailed questionnaire.
If approved, the survey will be
administered under authority of section
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308 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1318. As a
result, all recipients of the questionnaire
would be required to complete and
return the questionnaire to EPA. 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 6.7 hours per
unique response to the questionnaire.
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 which have subsequently
changed; 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: The
respondents affected by this information
collection request are drinking water
treatment plants that generated
residuals in 2005. More specifically, the
recipients of the questionnaire would be
drinking water treatment utilities
serving populations in excess of 10,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
618.
Frequency of Response: This is a onetime information collection.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
4,143.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$145,544, includes $6,732 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Because
this is a request for a new ICR, there is
no change in the number of hours in the
total estimated burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0070; FRL–8199–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid
Production (Renewal), EPA ICR
Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number
2060–0529
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2005–0070, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: 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:
Learia Williams, Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs
Division (CAMPD), Office of
Compliance (OC), (Mail Code 2223A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
williams.learia@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments. Any additional
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[EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0035; FRL-8199-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey of Drinking Water
Treatment Facilities; EPA ICR No. 2176.01, OMB Control No. 2040-XXXX
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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.
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2004-0035, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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
by mail to: 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: Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, Office of Water
(Mail Code 4303T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1044; fax
number: (202) 566-1053; e-mail address: siddiqui.ahmar@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 July 5, 2005 (70 FR 38675), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received several comments during the
comment period from trade associations, utilities, state agencies, and
private citizens, which are addressed in this ICR. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days
of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0035, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains
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copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Survey of Drinking Water Treatment Facilities.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2176.01, OMB Control No. 2040-XXXX.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 title 40 of the CFR are displayed either by publication in the
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: In its 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (September
2, 2004; 69 FR 53705), which EPA published under Clean Water Act (CWA)
section 304(m), EPA identified the ``drinking water treatment point
source category'' as a candidate for rulemaking. EPA is collecting
information from drinking water treatment facilities to develop
effluent guidelines or pretreatment standards necessary to control the
discharge of toxic and non-conventional pollutants into surface waters
of the United States and to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs).
In order to inform the rulemaking process, EPA is conducting
several data collection activities. The technical survey announced in
this Federal Register notice would provide EPA with preliminary
technical data needed to quantify any adverse environmental impacts of
the discharges of residuals and metals from drinking water treatment
facilities and to obtain information about finished water production
and current residuals generation and management techniques.
The technical survey is composed of a questionnaire. The
questionnaire would allow EPA to collect information from facilities
that serve populations greater than 10,000. EPA would use data from the
questionnaire to better classify drinking water treatment facilities by
treatment practices, residuals characteristics, and residuals
management methods. EPA expects to collect additional information from
some of the recipients of the questionnaire announced today through a
follow-up detailed questionnaire.
If approved, the survey will be administered under authority of
section 308 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1318. As a result, all recipients of
the questionnaire would be required to complete and return the
questionnaire to EPA. 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.7
hours per unique response to the questionnaire. 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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: The respondents affected by this
information collection request are drinking water treatment plants that
generated residuals in 2005. More specifically, the recipients of the
questionnaire would be drinking water treatment utilities serving
populations in excess of 10,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 618.
Frequency of Response: This is a one-time information collection.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,143.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $145,544, includes $6,732 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Because this is a request for a new ICR,
there is no change in the number of hours in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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