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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL 9940–56–
OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Cooling
Water Intake Structures New Facility
Final Rule (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Cooling Water
Intake Structures New Facility Final
Rule (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1973.06,
OMB Control No. 2040–0241) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
December 31, 2015. Public comments
were previously requested via the
Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on
October 5, 2015 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before January 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OW–2008–0719, 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, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Letnes, Office of Wastewater
Management, Mail Code 4203M,
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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–
5627; email address: letnes.amelia@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: Section 316(b) of the Clean
Water Act (CWA) provides that ‘‘[a]ny
standard established pursuant to [CWA
section 301] or [CWA section 306] and
applicable to a point source shall
require that the location, design,
construction, and capacity of cooling
water intake structures reflect the best
technology available for minimizing
adverse environmental impact.’’
The section 316(b) New Facility Rule
(66 FR 65256; December 18, 2001) and
minor amendments (68 FR 36749; June
19, 2003) implement section 316(b) of
the CWA as it applies to new facilities
that use cooling water intake structures
(CWISs). The rule requires new facilities
to submit several distinct types of
information as part of their National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit application. In
addition, the rule requires new facilities
to maintain monitoring and reporting
data as outlined by the Director in their
NPDES permits. The information
requirements in this Information
Collection Request (ICR) are necessary
to ensure that new facilities are
complying with the rule’s provisions,
and thereby minimizing adverse
environmental impact resulting from
impingement and entrainment losses
due to the withdrawal of cooling water.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State
Governments, Private Entities
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per Clean Water Act (CWA)
section 316(b).
Estimated number of respondents:
145 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, on
occasion
Total estimated burden: 151,789
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $11,817,460 (per
year), includes $2,267,728 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 13,368 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is due to expected
growth in the number of permitted
facilities over the next three years.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; National
Pretreatment Program (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘National
Pretreatment Program’’ (EPA ICR No.
0002.16, OMB Control No. 2040–0009)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
December 31, 2015. Public comments
were previously requested via the
Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on
October 5, 2015 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before January 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OW–2008–0719, 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, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
SUMMARY:
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EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amelia Letnes, Office of Wastewater
Management, Mail Code 4203M,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–
5627; email address: letnes.amelia@
epa.gov.
Total estimated burden: 1,744,406
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $77,907,187 (per
year), includes $2,515,470 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 62,110 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to updated
estimates that account for changes in the
respondent universe.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: This ICR calculates the
burden and costs associated with
managing and implementing the
National Pretreatment Program as
mandated under Clean Water Act
(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
Streamlining Rule. 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.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State &
Local Governments, Private Entities
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per Clean Water Act (CWA)
sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b).
Estimated number of respondents:
95,462 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually,
Semi-annually, on occasion
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Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Establishing No-Discharge Zones
(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section
312 (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Establishing
No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under
Clean Water Act § 312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA
ICR No. 1791.07, OMB Control No.
2040–0187) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through December 31, 2015.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register (80
FR 50276) on August 19, 2015 during a
60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments. A fuller description
of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before January 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OW–2008–0150, to (1) EPA online
SUMMARY:
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using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to OWDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans and Coastal
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands,
Oceans and Watersheds, (4504T),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–
1266; email address: fox-norse.virginia@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: EPA requires the collection
of information by states interested in
designating state waters under the Clean
Water Act § 312(f) as areas prohibiting
the discharge of treated or untreated
sewage from vessels. There are two
information collection activities covered
by this ICR:
(A) Sewage No-discharge Zones: The
need for EPA to obtain information for,
or to support, the establishment of nodischarge zones (NDZs) for vessel
sewage in state waters stems from CWA
sections 312(f)(3), (f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B),
and implementing regulations at 40 CFR
140.4. No-discharge zones are
established to provide greater
environmental protection of specified
state waters from treated and untreated
vessel sewage. This ICR addresses the
information requirements associated
with the establishment of NDZs for
vessel sewage.
(B) UNDS No-discharge Zones: Under
section 312(n) of the Clean Water Act
(‘‘Uniform National Discharge Standards
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719; FRL 9940-54-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; National Pretreatment Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``National Pretreatment Program''
(EPA ICR No. 0002.16, OMB Control No. 2040-0009) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
December 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on October 5, 2015 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 27,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0719, 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, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for
EPA.
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EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Letnes, Office of Wastewater
Management, Mail Code 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
5627; email address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with
managing and implementing the National Pretreatment Program as mandated
under Clean Water Act (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 Streamlining Rule. 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.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State & Local Governments, Private
Entities
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per Clean Water Act
(CWA) sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b).
Estimated number of respondents: 95,462 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, Semi-annually, on occasion
Total estimated burden: 1,744,406 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $77,907,187 (per year), includes $2,515,470
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 62,110 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to updated estimates that account
for changes in the respondent universe.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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