Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for the NPDES Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, EPA ICR No. 1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0250, 41215-41216 [E6-11528]

Download as PDF rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES_1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 139 / Thursday, July 20, 2006 / Notices been part of the program for longer than one year, the average number of annual burden hours is 67 hours for verifying and updating the Annual GHG Inventory Summary and Goal Tracking Form one time per year. Partners may also submit voluntary updates of company profiles or contact information, via the Climate Leaders Web site or e-mail. These updates would take 3 hours per response. All of these activities are included in the annual burden estimate. There are no capital or start-up costs associated with this information collection. The average annual operation and maintenance cost resulting for this collection of information is $3 per respondent. The average annual labor cost is $6,914 per respondent. The resulting total annual cost averaged over the three year period is $878,176. 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: Climate Leaders Partner Corporations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 127. Frequency of Response: Annually, on occasion, one-time. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,955. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $878,000, includes $0 annual capital/ startup costs, $60 annual O&M costs and $878,000 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 6,841 hours in the total estimated burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase includes an adjustment of 4,637 hours and a program change of 2,204 hours. This increase reflects an evolution of the Climate Leader Partnership which has modified the reporting and tracking procedures in order to continue to assess the program’s effectiveness. EPA has collaborated with partners to VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:44 Jul 19, 2006 Jkt 208001 develop these revised reporting requirements, which are better suited for establishing and tracking progress of corporate GHG reduction goals. This change is result of a more interactive program approach between EPA and Climate Leaders partners and a larger number of partners in the program since the currently approved ICR. Dated: July 12, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11527 Filed 7–19–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2006–0136; FRL–8200–8] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for the NPDES Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, EPA ICR No. 1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040–0250 Environmental Protection Agency. 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 July 31, 2006. 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 August 21, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– OW–2006–0136, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email 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 at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41215 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Bonnelycke, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202.564.0764; fax number: 202.564.6384; e-mail address: bonnelycke.nina@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 March 7, 2006 (71 FR 11407–11411), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one set of comments on the draft ICR. EPA’s response to those comments is reflected in the ICR supporting statement. 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–2006–0136, 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 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. 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 comments 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 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: Information Collection Request for the NPDES Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040–0250. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES_1 41216 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 139 / Thursday, July 20, 2006 / Notices ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with the NPDES and ELG regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). These regulations regulate land application of manure, litter and wastewater generated at CAFO facilities. The rule requires all facilities defined as a CAFO to apply for a NPDES permit. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less than 18 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; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are owners and operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,080 Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,500,000 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $78,660,000 includes $440,000 for VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:44 Jul 19, 2006 Jkt 208001 capital investment and $8,680,000 for O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates: The burden estimate has increased due to growth in the industry and trends towards consolidation into larger facilities. As a result calculations were revised to accommodate this. Dated: July 12, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11528 Filed 7–19–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R01–OW–2006–0435; FRL–8200–3] Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard—Notice of Determination Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Determination. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency—New England Region, has determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay, Massachusetts; their respective coastal waters and coastal tidal rivers covered under this determination. ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copy-righted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically in www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency—New England Region, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, COP, Boston, MA 02114–2023. Telephone: (617) 918–0538. Fax number: (617) 918– 1505. e-mail address: Rodney.ann@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice of Determination is for the waters of Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay, Massachusetts. The area of designation includes: North to include the northernmost reaches of the Back River—42°04′06″ N– PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 70°39′12″ W; West to Kingston—Route 3A bridge over the Jones River— 41°59′48″ N–70°44′30″ W; South to Plymouth—Route 3A bridge over the Eel River and southernmost waters of Warren Cove—41°56′51″ N–70°37′55″ W; Duxbury municipal boundary— 42°04′22″ N–70°38′55″ W; East to navigational marker N ‘‘8’’ located off Howland Ledge—42°04′36″ N–70°36′48″ W; South to navigational marker RW ‘‘GP’’ Bell located east of Gurnet Point— 41°59′57″ N–70°35′03″ W; South to navigation Marker R ‘‘12’’ Whistle located off Mary Ann Rocks—41°55′07″ N–70°33′22″ W; South to navigation marker RW ‘‘CC’’ Bell located off the Cape Cod Canal—41°48′52″ N–70°27′38″ W; and West to Plymouth municipal boundary—41°48′38″ N–70°32′13″ W. The delineation places the eastern boundary 9,900 feet seaward of Duxbury Beach at the public parking area; 4,775 feet seaward of Gurnet Point; 6,775 feet seaward of Manomet Point; and 15,000 feet seaward of Peaked Cliff. On June 1, 2006, notice was published that the State of Massachusetts had petitioned the Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, to determine that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay, Massachusetts and their respective coastal waters and coastal tidal rivers. No comments were received on this petition. The petition was filed pursuant to section 312 (f) (3) of Public Law 92–500, as amended by Public laws 95–217 and 100–4, for the purpose of declaring these waters a ‘‘No Discharge Area’’ (NDA). Section 312(f)(3) states: After the effective date of the initial standards and regulations promulgated under this section, if any State determines that the protection and enhancement of the quality of some or all of the waters within such States require greater environmental protection, such State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters, except that no such prohibition shall apply until the Administrator determines that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for such water to which such prohibition would apply. The information submitted to EPA by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certifies that there are six pumpout facilities at four locations located within the proposed area. A list of the facilities, E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0136; FRL-8200-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Request 
for the NPDES Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and 
Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, EPA ICR No. 
1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0250

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 July 31, 2006. 
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 August 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OW-2006-0136, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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: Nina Bonnelycke, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202.564.0764; fax number: 202.564.6384; e-mail 
address: bonnelycke.nina@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 March 7, 2006 (71 FR 11407-11411), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one set of comments 
on the draft ICR. EPA's response to those comments is reflected in the 
ICR supporting statement. 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-2006-0136, 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 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.
    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 
comments 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 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: Information Collection Request for the NPDES Regulation and 
Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal 
Feeding Operations.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0250.

[[Page 41216]]

    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with 
the NPDES and ELG regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding 
Operations (CAFOs). These regulations regulate land application of 
manure, litter and wastewater generated at CAFO facilities. The rule 
requires all facilities defined as a CAFO to apply for a NPDES permit.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less 
than 18 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; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are owners and operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding 
Operations (CAFOs).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,080
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,500,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $78,660,000 includes $440,000 for 
capital investment and $8,680,000 for O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The burden estimate has increased due to 
growth in the industry and trends towards consolidation into larger 
facilities. As a result calculations were revised to accommodate this.

    Dated: July 12, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11528 Filed 7-19-06; 8:45 am]
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