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meeting in a fashion that will facilitate
the orderly conduct of business.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
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copying within 60 days at the Freedom
of Information Public Reading Room,
1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000
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made available for downloading on the
STEAB Web site, https://www.steab.org,
within 60 days.
Issued at Washington, DC, on June 21,
2007.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
State Energy Advisory Board
Department of Energy, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open teleconference.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
teleconference of the State Energy
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Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
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notice of these teleconferences be
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DATE: July 19, 2007 from 2 p.m. to 3
p.m. EDT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary
Burch, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, Assistant Manager,
Intergovernmental Projects & Outreach,
Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401, Telephone 303/275–4801.
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Secretary for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy regarding goals and
objectives, programmatic and
administrative policies, and to
otherwise carry out the Board’s
responsibilities as designated in the
State Energy Efficiency Programs
Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–
440).
Tentative Agenda: Update members
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Public Participation: The
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Issued at Washington, DC, on June 21,
2007.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0142; FRL–8332–1]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; See List of ICRs
Planned To Be Submitted in Section A
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this notice announces that
EPA is planning to submit a request to
renew three existing Information
Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for
review and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
information collections as described at
the beginning of SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Comments must be submitted on
or before August 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2007–0142, by one of the following
methods:
DATES:
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• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov
(Identify Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–
2007–0142 in the subject line).
• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a
total of three copies.
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20460. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket’s normal
hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments
identified by the Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OW–2007–0142. EPA’s policy is
that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI
or otherwise protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
www.regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Letnes, State and Regional
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM
Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
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Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–5627; email address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For All ICRS
An Agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to collection information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations are
displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
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.
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How Can I Access the Docket and/or
Submit Comments?
EPA has established a public docket
for these ICRs under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0142, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room 3334, 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 https://www.regulations.gov to
obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the 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 in this
document.
What Information Is EPA Particularly
Interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
to:
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(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
What Should I Consider When I
Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of technical
information/data you used that support
your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
A. List of ICRS Planned To Be
Submitted
(1) Concentrated Aquatic Animal
Production Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements, EPA ICR
Number 2087.03, OMB Control Number
2040–0258, expiration date 09/30/2007.
(2) National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)/
Compliance Assessment/Certification
Information, EPA ICR Number 1427.08,
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OMB Control Number 2040–0110,
expiration date 09/30/2007.
(3) National Pretreatment Program,
EPA ICR Number 0002.13, OMB Control
Number 2040–0009, expiration date 09/
30/2007.
B. Individual ICRS
(1) Concentrated Aquatic Animal
Production Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements, EPA ICR
Number 2087.03, OMB Control Number
2040–0258, expiration date 09/30/2007.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are a subset of
facilities engaged in aquatic animal
production defined to 40 CFR part 451.
Abstract: This ICR requests OMB
renewal of the ICR for the: ‘‘Effluent
Limitations Guidelines and Standards
for Concentrated Aquatic Animal
Production (CAAP) Point Source
Category’’ (Effluent Guidelines). The
rule establishes specific reporting
requirements for a segment of CAAP
facilities through NPDES permits. The
rule covers facilities which are defined
as CAAP facilities (see 40 CFR 122.24
and 40 CFR part 122 Appendix C) and
produce at least 100,000 pounds per
year in flow through, recirculating and
net pen systems.
The rule includes special reporting
and recordkeeping requirements which
are the subject of this ICR. CAAP facility
owners or operators are also required to
file reports with the permitting
authority when drugs with special
approvals are applied to the production
units or a failure in the structural
integrity occurs in the aquatic animal
containment system.
When CAAP facilities apply either an
Investigational New Animal Drug
(INAD) or a drug that has been
prescribed extra-label by a veterinarian
to treat the aquatic animals at their
facility, the owner or operator must
report this use to the permitting
authority. In addition, the owner or
operator of a CAAP facility must notify
the permitting authority upon agreeing
to participate in an INAD study.
Whenever a structural failure occurs
in the aquatic animal containment
system, the owner or operator must
report this to the permitting authority.
For the purposes of this requirement,
the aquatic animal containment system
is defined as the unit(s) that contain(s)
the aquatic animals and in which their
culture takes place, as well as the
wastewater handling and treatment
units associated with aquatic animal
production.
CAAP facilities subject to this
regulation are also required to develop
and implement a Best Management
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Practices (BMP) plan that ensures that
the regulatory requirements will be met.
Upon completion of this BMP plan, the
owner or operator must certify to the
permitting authority that the plan has
been developed.
CAAP facilities are also expected to
keep records of the feed inputs along
with an estimate of the number and
weight of the animals being raised.
These records are to be used to calculate
the feed conversion ratios for the
facility. Records must also be kept
documenting the frequency of facility
inspections, maintenance and repairs,
along with the cleaning of the rearing
units at flow through and recirculating
facilities or changing the nets at net pen
facilities.
This information collection may
contain CBI, especially the reporting
requirements associated with
investigational drug use. If this is the
case, 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. However, Clean Water Act
(CWA) sec. 308(b) specifically states
that effluent data may not be treated as
confidential.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 180 hours per
respondent per year, or 60 hours per
response.
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 245 (200 facilities and 45
States).
Frequency of response: Once every
five years, on occasion, on-going.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: Three.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
44,196 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$971,500. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $971,500 and an
estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is a decrease
of 4 hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved
by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA’s
corrections to the 2004 ICR and is not
the result of changes to the requirements
covered by this ICR.
(2) National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)/
Compliance Assessment/Certification
Information, EPA ICR Number 1427.08,
OMB Control Number 2040–0110,
expiration date 09/30/2007.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are most facilities
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required to have NPDES permit
coverage, including but not limited to
publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs), privately owned treatment
works (PrOTWs), manufacturing and
commercial dischargers, mining
operations, and Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to
calculate the burden and costs
associated with the data requirements
necessary for a permitting authority
(either an authorized State or the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)) to determine whether an existing
NPDES or sewage sludge permittee is in
compliance with the conditions of its
permit.
A permitting authority collects
information necessary to determine a
permittee’s compliance with specific
permit requirements during the effective
term of a given permit. Compliance
assessment reporting requirements
include routine submittals (e.g., annual
certifications and reports submitted
when a compliance schedule milestone
is reached) and non-routine submittals
(e.g., required when certain conditions
occur, such as an unanticipated bypass).
NPDES staff may use this information to
determine if follow-up activities are
necessary.
This ICR includes burden hours and
costs associated with noncompliance
reports for Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operations (CAFOs) not
accounted for in the NPDES Regulation
and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and
Standards for Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operations ICR (EPA ICR No.
1989.04; OMB No. 2040–0250).
Five additional effluent limitations
guidelines development ICRs are set to
expire in the next three years prior to
the next renewal of this Compliance
Assessment/Certification ICR. The
burden for direct dischargers associated
with those five ICRs has been
incorporated into the Compliance
Assessment/Certification ICR as part of
this renewal process. The five ICRs
include:
1. Milestone Plans for the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory
of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard
Point Source Category (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 1877.02, OMB
Control No. 2040–0202;
2. Best Management Practices (BMPs)
for Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda
Subcategory and the Papergrade Kraft
Sulfite Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper,
and Paperboard Point Source Category
(40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No. 1829.02,
OMB Control No. 2040–0207;
3. Baseline Standards and Best
Management Practices for the Coal
Mining Point Source Category (40 CFR
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part 434)—Coal Remining Subcategory
and Western Alkaline Coal Mining
Subcategory, EPA ICR No. 1944.02,
OMB Control No. 2040–0239;
4. Voluntary Certification in Lieu of
Chloroform Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect
Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory
of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard
Manufacturing Category (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 2015.01, OMB
Control No. 2040–0242; and
5. 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 (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 1878.01, OMB
Control No. 2040–0243.
Burden Statement: The annual
average reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information
by facilities responding is estimated to
be 4.47 hours per respondent (i.e., an
annual average of 2,015,231 hours of
burden divided among an anticipated
annual average of 450,509 unique
facilities). The State reporting and
recordkeeping burden is estimated to
average 1,117 hours per State
respondent (i.e., an annual average of
51,384 hours of burden divided among
46 States).
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 450,555 (450,509 facilities
and 46 States).
Frequency of response: Every five
years, annual, semiannual, quarterly,
monthly, on occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 2.41 (1.1
for facilities, 637 for States)
Estimated total annual burden hours:
2,066,615 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$92,351,594. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $92,351,594 and an
estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is an
increase of 257,035 hours (14.2%) in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This
increase is the result of the migration of
burden from the five ICRs listed above
to this ICR and the increase in the
number of expected stormwater
construction and other non-stormwater
general permittees. It is not the result of
changes to the requirements covered by
this ICR.
(3) National Pretreatment Program,
EPA ICR Number 0002.13, OMB Control
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Number 2040–0009, expiration date 09/
30/2007.
Affected Entities: Various industrial
categories, publicly owned treatment
works (POTWs), Local and State
governments
Abstract: This ICR calculates the
burden and costs associated with
managing and implementing the
National Pretreatment Program as
mandated under CWA sections 402(a)
and (b) and 307(b). This ICR includes all
existing tasks under the National
Pretreatment Program, as amended by
the EPA’s recent Streamlining Rule. It
integrates key elements from two
existing ICRs whose approvals are due
to expire shortly: (1) Information
Collection Request for the National
Pretreatment Program, OMB Control
No.: 2040–0009, EPA ICR No.: 0002.11,
June 7, 2005, and (2) Revision of the
Information Collection Request for the
National Pretreatment Program
(Pretreatment Streamlining ICR) (Title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
[CFR] Part 403), OMB Control No. 2040–
0009, EPA ICR No. 0002.12, September
22, 2005.
EPA’s Office of Wastewater
Management (OWM) in the Office of
Water (OW) is responsible for the
management of the pretreatment
program. The CWA requires EPA to
develop national pretreatment standards
to control discharges from Industrial
Users (IUs) into POTWs. These
standards limit the level of certain
pollutants allowed in non-domestic
wastewater that is discharged to a
POTW. EPA administers the
pretreatment program through the
NPDES permit program. Under the
NPDES permit program, EPA may
approve State or individual POTW
implementation of the pretreatment
standards at their respective levels. Data
collected from IUs during
implementation of the pretreatment
program include the mass, frequency,
and content of IU discharges and IU
schedules for installing pretreatment
equipment. Data also include actual or
anticipated IU discharges of wastes that
violate pretreatment standards, have the
potential to cause problems at the
POTW, or are considered hazardous
under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). OWM uses the
data collected under the pretreatment
program to monitor and enforce
compliance with the pretreatment
regulations, as well as to authorize
program administration at the State or
Local (POTW) level. States and POTWs
applying for approval of their
pretreatment programs submit data
concerning their legal, procedural, and
administrative bases for establishing
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such programs. This information may
include surveys of IUs, local limits for
pollutant concentrations, and schedules
for completion of major project
requirements. IUs and POTWs submit
written reports to the approved State or
EPA. These data may then be entered
into the NPDES databases by the
approved State or by EPA.
Four additional effluent limitations
guidelines development ICRs are set to
expire within the next three years,
before the next renewal of this
Pretreatment Program ICR. The burden
for indirect dischargers associated with
those four ICRs has been incorporated
into this Pretreatment Program ICR as
part of this renewal process. The four
ICRs are the following:
1. Pollution Prevention Compliance
Alternative; Transportation Equipment
Cleaning Point Source Category (40 CFR
part 442), EPA ICR No. 2018.02, OMB
Control No. 2040–0235.
2. Voluntary Certification in Lieu of
Chloroform Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect
Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory
of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard
Manufacturing Category (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 2015.01, OMB
Control No. 2040–0242.
3. Best Management Practices (BMPs)
for Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda
Subcategory and the Papergrade Kraft
Sulfite Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper,
and Paperboard Point Source Category
(40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No. 1829.02,
OMB Control No. 2040–0207.
4. 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 (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 1878.01, OMB
Control No. 2040–0243.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 67.8 hours per
respondent per year, or 68 hours per
response.
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 24,740 (35 States, 1,512
POTWs and 23,193 industrial users).
Frequency of response: On occasion,
semi-annually, annually, and as needed.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 4.1.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
1,806,020 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$80,688,312. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $80,698,312 and an
estimated cost of $10,000 for capital
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investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is a decrease
of 142,439 (7.3%) hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that identified in the ICR currently
approved by OMB. There are burden
increases reflected in this ICR due to
increases in the estimates of state
respondents, number of approved
programs, and incorporation of burden
from other ICRs. However, the main
change in burden is reflected in a
decrease in the number of SIUs. EPA
revised the estimated number of SIUs
and pretreatment programs after
extensive consultation with the EPA
regions and a thorough examination of
PCS data. This resulted in an overall
decrease in the burden of this ICR.
Dated: June 22, 2007.
James A. Hanlon,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:
Notice of Data Availability—Changes in
HCFC Consumption and Emissions
From the U.S. Proposed Adjustments
for Accelerating the HCFC Phaseout
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of data availability and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is making available to the
public information concerning the
potential changes in
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)
consumption and emissions from the
proposed adjustments to the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol)
submitted by the United States for
consideration at the 19th Meeting of the
Parties (MOP–19) to be held in Montreal
beginning on September 17, 2007.
HCFCs are already subject to controls
under the Protocol, and the proposed
adjustments would accelerate the
application of those controls. While
HCFCs are less damaging to
stratospheric ozone than the
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) they
replaced, they still deplete the ozone
layer. EPA is making available the
report Changes in HCFC Consumption
and Emissions from the U.S. Proposed
Adjustments for Accelerating the HCFC
Phaseout, prepared by ICF Consulting.
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35227-35230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12445]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0142; FRL-8332-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; See List of ICRs Planned To Be Submitted in Section A
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit a
request to renew three existing Information Collection Requests (ICR)
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the
ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the information collections as described at the
beginning of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2007-0142, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov (Identify Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2007-0142 in the subject line).
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of three copies.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments identified by the Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0142. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through https://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Letnes, State and Regional
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
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Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-5627; e-
mail address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For All ICRS
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to collection information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
are displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
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.
How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments?
EPA has established a public docket for these ICRs under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0142, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 https://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the 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 in this document.
What Information Is EPA Particularly Interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
What Should I Consider When I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of technical information/data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.
A. List of ICRS Planned To Be Submitted
(1) Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, EPA ICR
Number 2087.03, OMB Control Number 2040-0258, expiration date 09/30/
2007.
(2) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/
Compliance Assessment/Certification Information, EPA ICR Number
1427.08, OMB Control Number 2040-0110, expiration date 09/30/2007.
(3) National Pretreatment Program, EPA ICR Number 0002.13, OMB
Control Number 2040-0009, expiration date 09/30/2007.
B. Individual ICRS
(1) Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production Point Source Category
Effluent Guidelines Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, EPA ICR
Number 2087.03, OMB Control Number 2040-0258, expiration date 09/30/
2007.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
a subset of facilities engaged in aquatic animal production defined to
40 CFR part 451.
Abstract: This ICR requests OMB renewal of the ICR for the:
``Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated
Aquatic Animal Production (CAAP) Point Source Category'' (Effluent
Guidelines). The rule establishes specific reporting requirements for a
segment of CAAP facilities through NPDES permits. The rule covers
facilities which are defined as CAAP facilities (see 40 CFR 122.24 and
40 CFR part 122 Appendix C) and produce at least 100,000 pounds per
year in flow through, recirculating and net pen systems.
The rule includes special reporting and recordkeeping requirements
which are the subject of this ICR. CAAP facility owners or operators
are also required to file reports with the permitting authority when
drugs with special approvals are applied to the production units or a
failure in the structural integrity occurs in the aquatic animal
containment system.
When CAAP facilities apply either an Investigational New Animal
Drug (INAD) or a drug that has been prescribed extra-label by a
veterinarian to treat the aquatic animals at their facility, the owner
or operator must report this use to the permitting authority. In
addition, the owner or operator of a CAAP facility must notify the
permitting authority upon agreeing to participate in an INAD study.
Whenever a structural failure occurs in the aquatic animal
containment system, the owner or operator must report this to the
permitting authority. For the purposes of this requirement, the aquatic
animal containment system is defined as the unit(s) that contain(s) the
aquatic animals and in which their culture takes place, as well as the
wastewater handling and treatment units associated with aquatic animal
production.
CAAP facilities subject to this regulation are also required to
develop and implement a Best Management
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Practices (BMP) plan that ensures that the regulatory requirements will
be met. Upon completion of this BMP plan, the owner or operator must
certify to the permitting authority that the plan has been developed.
CAAP facilities are also expected to keep records of the feed
inputs along with an estimate of the number and weight of the animals
being raised. These records are to be used to calculate the feed
conversion ratios for the facility. Records must also be kept
documenting the frequency of facility inspections, maintenance and
repairs, along with the cleaning of the rearing units at flow through
and recirculating facilities or changing the nets at net pen
facilities.
This information collection may contain CBI, especially the
reporting requirements associated with investigational drug use. If
this is the case, 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.
However, Clean Water Act (CWA) sec. 308(b) specifically states that
effluent data may not be treated as confidential.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 180
hours per respondent per year, or 60 hours per response.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 245 (200
facilities and 45 States).
Frequency of response: Once every five years, on occasion, on-
going.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent:
Three.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 44,196 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $971,500. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $971,500 and an estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is a decrease of 4 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's corrections to
the 2004 ICR and is not the result of changes to the requirements
covered by this ICR.
(2) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/
Compliance Assessment/Certification Information, EPA ICR Number
1427.08, OMB Control Number 2040-0110, expiration date 09/30/2007.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
most facilities required to have NPDES permit coverage, including but
not limited to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), privately owned
treatment works (PrOTWs), manufacturing and commercial dischargers,
mining operations, and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to calculate the burden and
costs associated with the data requirements necessary for a permitting
authority (either an authorized State or the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)) to determine whether an existing NPDES or sewage sludge
permittee is in compliance with the conditions of its permit.
A permitting authority collects information necessary to determine
a permittee's compliance with specific permit requirements during the
effective term of a given permit. Compliance assessment reporting
requirements include routine submittals (e.g., annual certifications
and reports submitted when a compliance schedule milestone is reached)
and non-routine submittals (e.g., required when certain conditions
occur, such as an unanticipated bypass). NPDES staff may use this
information to determine if follow-up activities are necessary.
This ICR includes burden hours and costs associated with
noncompliance reports for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) not accounted for in the NPDES Regulation and Effluent
Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations ICR (EPA ICR No. 1989.04; OMB No. 2040-0250).
Five additional effluent limitations guidelines development ICRs
are set to expire in the next three years prior to the next renewal of
this Compliance Assessment/Certification ICR. The burden for direct
dischargers associated with those five ICRs has been incorporated into
the Compliance Assessment/Certification ICR as part of this renewal
process. The five ICRs include:
1. Milestone Plans for the Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda
Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category
(40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No. 1877.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0202;
2. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Bleached Papergrade Kraft
and Soda Subcategory and the Papergrade Kraft Sulfite Subcategory of
the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 1829.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0207;
3. Baseline Standards and Best Management Practices for the Coal
Mining Point Source Category (40 CFR part 434)--Coal Remining
Subcategory and Western Alkaline Coal Mining Subcategory, EPA ICR No.
1944.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0239;
4. Voluntary Certification in Lieu of Chloroform Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard
Manufacturing Category (40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No. 2015.01, OMB
Control No. 2040-0242; and
5. 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 (40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No.
1878.01, OMB Control No. 2040-0243.
Burden Statement: The annual average reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information by facilities responding is
estimated to be 4.47 hours per respondent (i.e., an annual average of
2,015,231 hours of burden divided among an anticipated annual average
of 450,509 unique facilities). The State reporting and recordkeeping
burden is estimated to average 1,117 hours per State respondent (i.e.,
an annual average of 51,384 hours of burden divided among 46 States).
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 450,555 (450,509
facilities and 46 States).
Frequency of response: Every five years, annual, semiannual,
quarterly, monthly, on occasion.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent:
2.41 (1.1 for facilities, 637 for States)
Estimated total annual burden hours: 2,066,615 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $92,351,594. This includes an
estimated burden cost of $92,351,594 and an estimated cost of $0 for
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is an increase of 257,035 hours (14.2%) in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in
the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase is the result of the
migration of burden from the five ICRs listed above to this ICR and the
increase in the number of expected stormwater construction and other
non-stormwater general permittees. It is not the result of changes to
the requirements covered by this ICR.
(3) National Pretreatment Program, EPA ICR Number 0002.13, OMB
Control
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Number 2040-0009, expiration date 09/30/2007.
Affected Entities: Various industrial categories, publicly owned
treatment works (POTWs), Local and State governments
Abstract: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with
managing and implementing the National Pretreatment Program as mandated
under CWA sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b). This ICR includes all
existing tasks under the National Pretreatment Program, as amended by
the EPA's recent Streamlining Rule. It integrates key elements from two
existing ICRs whose approvals are due to expire shortly: (1)
Information Collection Request for the National Pretreatment Program,
OMB Control No.: 2040-0009, EPA ICR No.: 0002.11, June 7, 2005, and (2)
Revision of the Information Collection Request for the National
Pretreatment Program (Pretreatment Streamlining ICR) (Title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Part 403), OMB Control No. 2040-0009,
EPA ICR No. 0002.12, September 22, 2005.
EPA's Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) in the Office of Water
(OW) is responsible for the management of the pretreatment program. The
CWA requires EPA to develop national pretreatment standards to control
discharges from Industrial Users (IUs) into POTWs. These standards
limit the level of certain pollutants allowed in non-domestic
wastewater that is discharged to a POTW. EPA administers the
pretreatment program through the NPDES permit program. Under the NPDES
permit program, EPA may approve State or individual POTW implementation
of the pretreatment standards at their respective levels. Data
collected from IUs during implementation of the pretreatment program
include the mass, frequency, and content of IU discharges and IU
schedules for installing pretreatment equipment. Data also include
actual or anticipated IU discharges of wastes that violate pretreatment
standards, have the potential to cause problems at the POTW, or are
considered hazardous under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). OWM uses the data collected under the pretreatment program to
monitor and enforce compliance with the pretreatment regulations, as
well as to authorize program administration at the State or Local
(POTW) level. States and POTWs applying for approval of their
pretreatment programs submit data concerning their legal, procedural,
and administrative bases for establishing such programs. This
information may include surveys of IUs, local limits for pollutant
concentrations, and schedules for completion of major project
requirements. IUs and POTWs submit written reports to the approved
State or EPA. These data may then be entered into the NPDES databases
by the approved State or by EPA.
Four additional effluent limitations guidelines development ICRs
are set to expire within the next three years, before the next renewal
of this Pretreatment Program ICR. The burden for indirect dischargers
associated with those four ICRs has been incorporated into this
Pretreatment Program ICR as part of this renewal process. The four ICRs
are the following:
1. Pollution Prevention Compliance Alternative; Transportation
Equipment Cleaning Point Source Category (40 CFR part 442), EPA ICR No.
2018.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0235.
2. Voluntary Certification in Lieu of Chloroform Minimum Monitoring
Requirements for Direct and Indirect Discharging Mills in the Bleached
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard
Manufacturing Category (40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No. 2015.01, OMB
Control No. 2040-0242.
3. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Bleached Papergrade Kraft
and Soda Subcategory and the Papergrade Kraft Sulfite Subcategory of
the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category (40 CFR part
430), EPA ICR No. 1829.02, OMB Control No. 2040-0207.
4. 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 (40 CFR part 430), EPA ICR No.
1878.01, OMB Control No. 2040-0243.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 67.8
hours per respondent per year, or 68 hours per response.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 24,740 (35 States,
1,512 POTWs and 23,193 industrial users).
Frequency of response: On occasion, semi-annually, annually, and as
needed.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent:
4.1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,806,020 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $80,688,312. This includes an
estimated burden cost of $80,698,312 and an estimated cost of $10,000
for capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Change in Burden: There is a decrease of 142,439 (7.3%) hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in
the ICR currently approved by OMB. There are burden increases reflected
in this ICR due to increases in the estimates of state respondents,
number of approved programs, and incorporation of burden from other
ICRs. However, the main change in burden is reflected in a decrease in
the number of SIUs. EPA revised the estimated number of SIUs and
pretreatment programs after extensive consultation with the EPA regions
and a thorough examination of PCS data. This resulted in an overall
decrease in the burden of this ICR.
Dated: June 22, 2007.
James A. Hanlon,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
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