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rank waters that cannot meet water
quality standards (WQS) following the
implementation of technology-based
controls. Under Section 303(d), States
are also required to establish total
maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for
listed waters not meeting standards
because of pollutant discharges. In
developing the Section 303(d) lists,
States are required to consider various
sources of water quality related data and
information, including the Section
305(b) State water quality reports.
Section 106(e) requires that states
annually update monitoring data and
use it in their Section 305(b) report.
Section 314(a) requires states to report
on the condition of their publicly
owned lakes within the Section 305(b)
report.
Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and
its implementing regulations, EPA’s
WRAPD works with its Regional
counterparts to review and approve or
disapprove State Section 303(d) lists
and TMDLs from 56 respondents (the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the
five Territories). Section 303(d)
specifically requires States to develop
lists and TMDLs, and EPA is to review
and approve or disapprove the lists and
the TMDLs. EPA also collects State
305(b) reports from 59 respondents (the
50 States, the District of Columbia, five
Territories, and 3 River Basin
Commissions).
Tribes are not required to submit
Section 305(b) reports. However, to
meet the needs of Tribes at all levels of
development, EPA has prepared
guidance that presents the basic steps a
Tribe should take to collect the water
quality information it needs to make
effective decisions about its program, its
goals and its future directions. Tribal
water quality monitoring and reporting
activities are covered under the Section
106 Tribal Grants Program and are not
included in the burden estimates for
this ICR. In addition, ICR number
2553.02 ‘‘Treatment of Indian Tribes in
a Similar Manner as States for Purposes
of Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act
(Final Rule)’’ addresses the Tribes’ CWA
Section 303(d) Impaired Water Listing
and TMDL TAS application and 303(d)
Program implementation burden, as
well as EPA’s burden for reviewing the
Tribes’ applications and 303(d) Program
submittals.
During the period covered by this ICR
renewal, respondents will: Complete
their 2020 Section 305(b) reports and
2020 Section 303(d) lists; complete their
2022 Section 305(b) reports and 2022
Section 303(d) lists; transmit annual
electronic updates of ambient
monitoring data via the Water Quality
Exchange; and continue to develop
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TMDLs according to their established
schedules. EPA will prepare biennial
updates on assessed and impaired
waters for Congress and the public for
the 2020 reporting cycle and for the
2022 cycle, and EPA will review 303(d)
list and TMDL submissions from
respondents.
The burdens of specific activities that
States undertake as part of their Section
305(b) and 303(d) programs are derived
from a project among EPA, States and
other interested stakeholders to develop
a tool for estimating the States’ resource
needs for State water quality
management programs. This project has
developed the State Water Quality
Management Workload Model
(SWQMWM), which estimates and sums
the workload involved in more than one
hundred activities or tasks comprising a
State water quality management
program. Over twenty States contributed
information about their activities that
became the basis for the model.
According to the SWQMWM, to meet
Section 305(b) and 303(d) reporting
requirements the States will conduct:
Watershed monitoring and
characterization; modeling and analysis;
development of Section 303(d) lists and
TMDLs for public review; public
outreach; formal public participation;
tracking; planning; legal support; etc. In
general, respondents have conducted
each of these reporting and record
keeping activities for past Section 305(b)
and 303(d) reporting cycles and thus
have staff and procedures in place to
continue their Section 305(b) and 303(d)
reporting programs. The burden
associated with these tasks is estimated
in this ICR to include the total number
of TMDLs that may be submitted during
the period covered by this ICR.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
States, Territories and Tribes with Clean
Water Act (CWA) responsibilities.
Respondent ’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory: Integrated Water Quality
Inventory Reports (Clean Water Act
Sections 305(b), 303(d), 314(a), and
106(e)).
Estimated number of respondents: 59
(total).
Frequency of response: Biennial.
Total estimated burden: 3,740,017
(per year) hours. Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $214,524,738
(per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no
change of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB,
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published on March 1, 2016. EPA has
completed phase 1 of the Water Quality’
Framework, which is a new way of
integrating EPA’s data and information
systems to more effectively support
reporting and tracking water quality
protection and restoration actions.
Phase 1 streamlined water quality
assessment and reporting by reducing
transactions associated with paper copy
reviews and increasing electronic data
exchange. The system to support this
new electronic reporting was released to
support the 2018 reporting cycle in
April of 2018. Because this is the first
year that the new reporting method is
being used, EPA will use this reporting
cycle to gather information on reporting
burden using this new approach. EPA
expects the new approach will result in
a reduction in reporting burden, but
does not have enough information at
this time to quantify the reduction. EPA
will use the information collected on
reporting burden from the 2018 cycle to
revise the ICR burden estimates in the
next iteration of this ICR.
Dated: August 22, 2018.
John Goodin,
Acting Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans,
and Watersheds.
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
SUMMARY:
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information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall
be subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the PRA that does not display
a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before October 1, 2018.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a
copy of this information collection
request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go
to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the
section of the web page called
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
Commission’’ from the list of agencies
presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
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information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity
(‘‘EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections
73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and
76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; annual
reporting requirement; five year
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Section 154(i)
and 303 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and Section 634 of
the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements approved under
this collection are as follows: 47 CFR
Section 73.2080 provides that equal
opportunity in employment shall be
afforded by all broadcast stations to all
qualified persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by
such stations because of race, color,
religion, national origin or sex. Section
73.2080 requires that each broadcast
station employment unit with 5 or more
full-time employees shall establish,
maintain and carry out a program to
assure equal opportunity in every aspect
of a broadcast station’s policy and
practice. These same requirements also
apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio
Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. In 1997,
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the Commission determined that
SDARS licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO requirements. See
Establishment of Rules and Policies for
the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service
in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band,
12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997)
(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. In
2008, the Commission clarified that
SDARS licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file,
website posting, record-keeping,
reporting, and self-assessment
obligations required of broadcast
licensees, consistent with 47 CFR
73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See
Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and
note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger
Order’’).
47 CFR Section 76.73 provides that
equal opportunity in employment shall
be afforded by all multichannel video
program distributors (‘‘MVPD’’) to all
qualified persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by
such entities because of race, color,
religion, national origin, age or sex.
Section 76.75 requires that each
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees shall
establish, maintain and carry out a
program to assure equal opportunity in
every aspect of a cable entity’s policy
and practice.
Section 76.79 requires that every
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees maintain,
for public inspection, a file containing
copies of all annual employment reports
and related documents.
Section 76.1702 requires that every
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees place
certain information concerning its EEO
program in its public inspection file.
Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0349]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested
concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
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information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject
to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before October 1,
2018. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following
information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the
Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection
burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity (``EEO'') Policy, 47 CFR
Sections 73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; not for profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; annual reporting
requirement; five year reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers this information collection is
contained in Section 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 634 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements approved
under this collection are as follows: 47 CFR Section 73.2080 provides
that equal opportunity in employment shall be afforded by all broadcast
stations to all qualified persons and no person shall be discriminated
against in employment by such stations because of race, color,
religion, national origin or sex. Section 73.2080 requires that each
broadcast station employment unit with 5 or more full-time employees
shall establish, maintain and carry out a program to assure equal
opportunity in every aspect of a broadcast station's policy and
practice. These same requirements also apply to Satellite Digital Audio
Radio Service (``SDARS'') licensees. In 1997, the Commission determined
that SDARS licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO
requirements. See Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital
Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12
FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997) (``1997 SDARS Order''), FCC 97-70. In
2008, the Commission clarified that SDARS licensees must comply with
the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file, website posting, record-keeping,
reporting, and self-assessment obligations required of broadcast
licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor,
to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,)
174, and note 551 (2008) (``XM-Sirius Merger Order'').
47 CFR Section 76.73 provides that equal opportunity in employment
shall be afforded by all multichannel video program distributors
(``MVPD'') to all qualified persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by such entities because of race,
color, religion, national origin, age or sex.
Section 76.75 requires that each MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees shall establish, maintain and carry out a
program to assure equal opportunity in every aspect of a cable entity's
policy and practice.
Section 76.79 requires that every MVPD employment unit employing
six or more full-time employees maintain, for public inspection, a file
containing copies of all annual employment reports and related
documents.
Section 76.1702 requires that every MVPD employment unit employing
six or more full-time employees place certain information concerning
its EEO program in its public inspection file.
Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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