Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1989.07; OMB Control No. 2040-0250, 56097-56098 [2010-22975]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Notices personnel will be given access to information submitted to EPA under all sections of TSCA. EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information under all sections of TSCA that EPA may provide IEI access to these CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All access to TSCA CBI under this contract will take place at EPA Headquarters and IEI’s site located in Cambridge, MA, in accordance with EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection Manual. Access to TSCA data, including CBI, will continue until February 28, 2015. If the contract is extended, this access will also continue for the duration of the extended contract without further notice. IEI personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to TSCA CBI. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Confidential business information. Dated: September 9, 2010. Matthew Leopard, Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. [FR Doc. 2010–22999 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL–9201–9] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1989.07; OMB Control No. 2040–0250 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 15, 2010. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ADDRESSES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:57 Sep 14, 2010 Jkt 220001 OW–2008–0719 to (1) EPA online using https://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 28221T, 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: Amelia Letnes, State and Regional Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–5627; e-mail address: letnes.amelia@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 February 25, 2010 (75 FR 8695), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the comment period. 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–2008–0719, 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 8:30 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 https:// 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 ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified in this document. 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, confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56097 restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Title: NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal) ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 1989.07, OMB Control No. 2040–0250. ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. 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, and 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: The purpose of this ICR is to consolidate, streamline, and update EPA’s concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP) facility ICRs into the currently approved ICR for CAFOs (OMB Control No. 2040– 0250). The two ICRs that are being consolidated in this ICR are: (1) NPDES and ELG Regulatory Revisions for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (Final Rule) (OMB Control No. 2040–0250); and (2) Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production (CAAP) Effluent Guidelines (OMB Control No. 2040–0258). Additionally, two activities reported in the NPDES Program ICR (OMB Control No. 2040–0004) that are directly related with CAAP facilities or CAFOs will be incorporated in this ICR. (The two activities are the Permit Application for CAAP facilities using form 2B and Other Noncompliance Reports for CAFOs.) Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.1 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 E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 56098 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Notices 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: concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and a subset of facilities engaged in aquatic animal production defined in 40 CFR part 451. Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,844. Frequency of Response: Varies (On occasion, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually). Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,273,678. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $73,624,822, includes $8,780,398 annualized capital or O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates: The current burden approved by OMB for the two ICRs being consolidated plus the activities from the NPDES Program ICR being migrated to this ICR is 3,044,140 hours. This consolidated ICR estimates a total burden that is 229,538 hours more than the currently approved burden for the same ICRs (a 7.5 percent increase). The main cause of increase is that the animal agricultural industry has continued to grow and consolidate, which has resulted in a greater number of animal feeding operations (AFOs) that meet the size threshold for being defined as a Large CAFO. The projections also reflect more robust estimates from States and EPA regions on numbers of CAFOs in each. EPA estimates that the industry will grow at an average annual rate of 5.6% over the life of this ICR; with permitted CAFOs growing at an average annual rate of 6.0%. Dated: September 9, 2010. John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2010–22975 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0533; FRL–8844–3 srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES Amitraz; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the South Dakota Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide amitraz (CAS No. 330089– 61–1) to treat up to 250,000 colonies of SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:57 Sep 14, 2010 Jkt 220001 beehives to control varroa mites. The applicant proposes a use of a pesticide which was voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and which poses a risk similar to the risk which was voluntarily canceled under section 6(f) of FIFRA. EPA is soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption. DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 30, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0533, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010– 0533. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line 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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at https://www.regulations.gov. 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 copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at https:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Groce, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–2505; fax number: (703) 605– 0781; e-mail address: groce.stacey@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. 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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22975]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719, FRL-9201-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal); 
EPA ICR No. 1989.07; OMB Control No. 2040-0250

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0719 to (1) EPA online using https://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 
28221T, 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: Amelia Letnes, State and Regional 
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-5627; e-mail address: 
letnes.amelia@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 February 25, 2010 (75 FR 8695), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. 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-2008-0719, 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 
8:30 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 https://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 ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified in this 
document. 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, 
confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose 
public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information 
about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal)
    ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 1989.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0250.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31, 
2012. 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, and 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: The purpose of this ICR is to consolidate, streamline, 
and update EPA's concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and 
concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP) facility ICRs into the 
currently approved ICR for CAFOs (OMB Control No. 2040-0250). The two 
ICRs that are being consolidated in this ICR are: (1) NPDES and ELG 
Regulatory Revisions for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (Final 
Rule) (OMB Control No. 2040-0250); and (2) Concentrated Aquatic Animal 
Production (CAAP) Effluent Guidelines (OMB Control No. 2040-0258). 
Additionally, two activities reported in the NPDES Program ICR (OMB 
Control No. 2040-0004) that are directly related with CAAP facilities 
or CAFOs will be incorporated in this ICR. (The two activities are the 
Permit Application for CAAP facilities using form 2B and Other 
Noncompliance Reports for CAFOs.)
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.1 
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

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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: concentrated animal feeding 
operations (CAFOs) and a subset of facilities engaged in aquatic animal 
production defined in 40 CFR part 451.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,844.
    Frequency of Response: Varies (On occasion, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, 
Annually).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,273,678.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $73,624,822, includes $8,780,398 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The current burden approved by OMB for 
the two ICRs being consolidated plus the activities from the NPDES 
Program ICR being migrated to this ICR is 3,044,140 hours. This 
consolidated ICR estimates a total burden that is 229,538 hours more 
than the currently approved burden for the same ICRs (a 7.5 percent 
increase). The main cause of increase is that the animal agricultural 
industry has continued to grow and consolidate, which has resulted in a 
greater number of animal feeding operations (AFOs) that meet the size 
threshold for being defined as a Large CAFO. The projections also 
reflect more robust estimates from States and EPA regions on numbers of 
CAFOs in each. EPA estimates that the industry will grow at an average 
annual rate of 5.6% over the life of this ICR; with permitted CAFOs 
growing at an average annual rate of 6.0%.

    Dated: September 9, 2010.
John Moses, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-22975 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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