Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; ICR Supporting Statement Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal), 29549-29550 [2017-13672]
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distribution system, particularly in
retail storage tanks, of gasoline
containing between nine and 10 volume
percent ethanol with gasoline which
does not contain ethanol in that range.
Such mixing would likely result in a
gasoline which is in violation of its RVP
standard. Also, a party seeking a testing
exemption for research on gasoline that
is not in compliance with the applicable
volatility standard must submit certain
information to EPA. EPA has additional
PTD requirements for gasoline
containing ethanol at 40 CFR 80.1503.
Those requirements are covered in a
separate ICR.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those who produce or import gasoline
containing ethanol, or who wish to
obtain a testing exemption.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per 40 CFR 80.27(d) and (e).
Estimated number of respondents:
2,000.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 12,330 hours
per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1.1 million,
includes $20 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
change in the hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The use of ethanol in gasoline has
remained stable.
Dated: April 27, 2017.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL–9962–12–
OW]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; ICR
Supporting Statement Information
Collection Request for National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Program (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘ICR Supporting Statement Information
Collection Request for National
SUMMARY:
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Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR
No. 0229.22, OMB Control No. 2040–
0004) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so,
EPA is soliciting public comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection. This is a
proposed revision of the ICR which is
currently approved through December
31, 2017. 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: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2008–0719, FRL–9962–12–OW,
online using https://
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to letnes.amelia@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
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, 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; fax
number: (202) 564 9544; 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 https://
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 https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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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. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: This consolidated ICR
calculates the burden and costs
associated with the NPDES program,
identifies the types of activities
regulated under the NPDES program,
describes the roles and responsibilities
of state governments and the Agency,
and presents the program areas that
address the various types of regulated
activities. It is a revision of the
Information Collection Request for the
NPDES Program (OMB Control Number:
2040–0004; EPA ICR Number: 0229.21;
expiration date 12/31/2017) submitted
to OMB in December 2015 that
consolidated the burden and costs
associated with activities previously
reported in 11 NPDES program or
NPDES-related ICRs administered by
EPA’s Water Permits Division. This
renewal documents the addition, into
the consolidated NPDES ICR, of the
burden and costs for seven more NPDES
programs, which were previously
contained in separate ICRs as listed
below:
• Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB
Control No. 2040–0250; EPA ICR
Number 1989.09; Expiration date—5/31/
2019)
• Pesticide Applicators (OMB Control
No. 2040–0284; EPA ICR Number
2397.02; Expiration date—3/31/2019)
• National Pretreatment Program
(OMB Control No. 2040–0009; EPA ICR
Number 0002.15; Expiration date—4/30/
2019)
• Cooling Water Intake Structures
Phase I—New Facilities (OMB Control
No. 2040–0241; EPA ICR Number
1973.06; Expiration date—11/30/2019)
• Cooling Water Intake Structures at
Phase III Facilities (OMB Control No.
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2040–0268, EPA ICR No. 2169.05;
Expiration date—07/31/2017)
• Cooling Water Intake Structures
Existing Facilities (OMB Control No.
2040–0257; EPA ICR No. 2060.07
Expiration date—10/31/2017)
• NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule
(OMB Control No. 2020–0035; EPA ICR
No. 2468.02; Expiration date—1/31/
2019)
Permit applications and other
respondent reports may contain
confidential business information. If a
respondent does consider this
information to be of a confidential
nature, 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 part III, chapter 9,
dated August 9, 1976.
Form Numbers: OMB No. 2040–0086;
OMB No. 2040–0250; OMB No. 2040–
0188, OMB No. 2040–0211; OMB No.
1004–0189; OMB 2040–0284; OMB No.
0596–0082; and OMB No. 2040–0004.
Respondents/affected entities: Any
industrial point source discharger of
pollutants, including but not limited to
publicly owned and privately owned
treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs),
industrial dischargers to POTWs and
PrOTWs, sewage sludge management
and disposal operations, small and large
vessels, airports with deicing
operations, dischargers of stormwater,
construction sites, municipalities,
pesticide applicators, local and state
governments.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 304, 306,
307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and
510 of the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality
Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section
402(p); 40 (CFR) Parts 122, 123, 124,
and 125 (and Parts 501 and 503 for
Biosolids); and the Great Lakes Critical
Programs Act (CPA).
Estimated number of respondents:
935,020 total (934,383 permittees and
637 States/Tribes/Territories).
Frequency of response: The frequency
of response varies depending on the
specific response activity and can range
from ongoing and monthly to once every
5 years.
Total estimated burden: 28,239,262
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,476,244,044
(per year), includes $43,659,009
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a net
increase of 836,289 (3%) hours in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with the combined burden of
the component ICRs currently approved
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by OMB. This minor change in the total
is primarily due to a combination of
both burden increases and decreases in
the component ICRs. Minor changes in
the estimated burden occurred for five
of the eight component ICRs (NPDES
ICR, Pesticide Applicators ICR, National
Pretreatment Program ICR, Cooling
Water Intake Structures Phase I New
Facilities ICR, and the Cooling Water
Intake Structures Phase III Facilities
ICR). Significant changes occurred for
three of the eight component ICRs
(Consolidated Animal Sectors ICR,
Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing
Facility ICR, and Electronic Reporting
Rule ICR). These significant changes
included:
• A decrease of 12 percent in the
animal sector labor burden due to
revised EPA estimates based on changes
in industry practice, adherence to USDA
guidelines, and industry consolidation
(OMB Control No. 2040–0250; EPA ICR
Number 1989.09);
• an increase of 140 percent in the
cooling water intake structures existing
facilities labor burden due to the
coincidence of the period of greatest
implementation burden with the three
year ICR period (OMB Control No.
2040–0257; EPA ICR No. 2060.07); and
• a decrease of 164 percent in the
electronic reporting rule labor burden
due to the reduced need for data input
due to increased participation in
electronic filing of forms and reports as
the rule is implemented (OMB Control
No. 2020–0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02).
Dated: April 26, 2017.
Sheila E. Frace,
Acting Director, Office of Wastewater
Management, Office of Water.
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OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Alternative Affirmative Defense
Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur
Diesel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Alternative Affirmative Defense
Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur
Diesel’’ (EPA ICR No.2364.05, OMB
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Control No. 2060–0639 to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through May 31, 2017. 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: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2007–1158, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
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:
Geanetta Heard, Fuels Compliance
Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–343–9017; fax number:
202–565–2085; email address:
heard.geanetta@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 https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719, FRL-9962-12-OW]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; ICR
Supporting Statement Information Collection Request for National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``ICR Supporting
Statement Information Collection Request for National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No.
0229.22, OMB Control No. 2040-0004) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed information collection. This is a
proposed revision of the ICR which is currently approved through
December 31, 2017. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0719, FRL-9962-12-OW, online using https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), by email to letnes.amelia@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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, 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; fax number: (202) 564 9544; 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 https://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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
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. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: This consolidated ICR calculates the burden and costs
associated with the NPDES program, identifies the types of activities
regulated under the NPDES program, describes the roles and
responsibilities of state governments and the Agency, and presents the
program areas that address the various types of regulated activities.
It is a revision of the Information Collection Request for the NPDES
Program (OMB Control Number: 2040-0004; EPA ICR Number: 0229.21;
expiration date 12/31/2017) submitted to OMB in December 2015 that
consolidated the burden and costs associated with activities previously
reported in 11 NPDES program or NPDES-related ICRs administered by
EPA's Water Permits Division. This renewal documents the addition, into
the consolidated NPDES ICR, of the burden and costs for seven more
NPDES programs, which were previously contained in separate ICRs as
listed below:
Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB Control No. 2040-0250;
EPA ICR Number 1989.09; Expiration date--5/31/2019)
Pesticide Applicators (OMB Control No. 2040-0284; EPA ICR
Number 2397.02; Expiration date--3/31/2019)
National Pretreatment Program (OMB Control No. 2040-0009;
EPA ICR Number 0002.15; Expiration date--4/30/2019)
Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase I--New Facilities
(OMB Control No. 2040-0241; EPA ICR Number 1973.06; Expiration date--
11/30/2019)
Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III Facilities
(OMB Control No.
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2040-0268, EPA ICR No. 2169.05; Expiration date--07/31/2017)
Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing Facilities (OMB
Control No. 2040-0257; EPA ICR No. 2060.07 Expiration date--10/31/2017)
NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (OMB Control No. 2020-
0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02; Expiration date--1/31/2019)
Permit applications and other respondent reports may contain
confidential business information. If a respondent does consider this
information to be of a confidential nature, 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 part III, chapter 9, dated August 9, 1976.
Form Numbers: OMB No. 2040-0086; OMB No. 2040-0250; OMB No. 2040-
0188, OMB No. 2040-0211; OMB No. 1004-0189; OMB 2040-0284; OMB No.
0596-0082; and OMB No. 2040-0004.
Respondents/affected entities: Any industrial point source
discharger of pollutants, including but not limited to publicly owned
and privately owned treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), industrial
dischargers to POTWs and PrOTWs, sewage sludge management and disposal
operations, small and large vessels, airports with deicing operations,
dischargers of stormwater, construction sites, municipalities,
pesticide applicators, local and state governments.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. Sections 301, 302,
304, 306, 307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of the CWA; the
1987 Water Quality Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section 402(p); 40 (CFR)
Parts 122, 123, 124, and 125 (and Parts 501 and 503 for Biosolids); and
the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act (CPA).
Estimated number of respondents: 935,020 total (934,383 permittees
and 637 States/Tribes/Territories).
Frequency of response: The frequency of response varies depending
on the specific response activity and can range from ongoing and
monthly to once every 5 years.
Total estimated burden: 28,239,262 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,476,244,044 (per year), includes
$43,659,009 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a net increase of 836,289 (3%) hours
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the combined
burden of the component ICRs currently approved by OMB. This minor
change in the total is primarily due to a combination of both burden
increases and decreases in the component ICRs. Minor changes in the
estimated burden occurred for five of the eight component ICRs (NPDES
ICR, Pesticide Applicators ICR, National Pretreatment Program ICR,
Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase I New Facilities ICR, and the
Cooling Water Intake Structures Phase III Facilities ICR). Significant
changes occurred for three of the eight component ICRs (Consolidated
Animal Sectors ICR, Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing Facility
ICR, and Electronic Reporting Rule ICR). These significant changes
included:
A decrease of 12 percent in the animal sector labor burden
due to revised EPA estimates based on changes in industry practice,
adherence to USDA guidelines, and industry consolidation (OMB Control
No. 2040-0250; EPA ICR Number 1989.09);
an increase of 140 percent in the cooling water intake
structures existing facilities labor burden due to the coincidence of
the period of greatest implementation burden with the three year ICR
period (OMB Control No. 2040-0257; EPA ICR No. 2060.07); and
a decrease of 164 percent in the electronic reporting rule
labor burden due to the reduced need for data input due to increased
participation in electronic filing of forms and reports as the rule is
implemented (OMB Control No. 2020-0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02).
Dated: April 26, 2017.
Sheila E. Frace,
Acting Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
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