Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Establishing Vessel Sewage No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean Water Act (Renewal), 3804-3806 [2022-01430]

Download as PDF 3804 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2022 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Sector AA—Fabricated Metal Products. Sector AB—Transportation Equipment, Industrial or Commercial Machinery. Sector AC—Electronic, Electrical, Photographic and Optical Goods. Each fact sheet describes the types of facilities included in the sector, typical stormwater pollutants associated with the sector, and types of SCMs that may be used to minimize the discharge of the pollutants. The fact sheets are used by permittees, industrial stormwater stakeholders, and state/territory NPDES permitting authorities on a voluntary basis as a reference tool and informational resource. EPA currently does not mandate the use of the fact sheets for permit compliance or otherwise under the NPDES industrial stormwater program. As part of a 2016 MSGP settlement agreement, EPA agreed to and proposed the following changes in the proposed 2021 MSGP: • Review and revise ‘‘the MSGP’s sector-specific fact sheets to incorporate emerging SCMs that reflect BAT [Best Available Technology Economically Achievable] and BCT [Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology], as revealed by current industry practice and as may be reflected in the NRC Study, as EPA deems appropriate.’’ 1 • Propose, as part of Additional Implementation Measures (AIM) Tier 2, ‘‘the operator must implement all feasible control measures in the relevant sector-specific fact sheet . . .’’ EPA fulfilled these terms from the 2016 MSGP settlement agreement in the proposed 2021 MSGP by incorporating a portion of the revised fact sheets into the proposed permit as sector specific SCM checklists in permit ‘‘Appendix Q.’’ Ultimately, based on public comments, EPA did not finalize that the SCM checklists in Appendix Q or the associated requirement to implement the controls under AIM Tier 2, nor did EPA post the revised versions of the proposed checklists online. Instead, EPA retained the sector-specific fact sheets as guidance documents and revised each of them to include practices that operators could use to minimize per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in stormwater 1 The ‘‘NRC Study’’ refers to a study funded by EPA and conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s National Research Council (NRC) that was completed in February of 2019. The NRC study can be found at the following website: https://www.nap.edu/ catalog/25355/improving-the-epa-multi-sectorgeneral-permit-for-industrial-stormwaterdischarges. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Jan 24, 2022 Jkt 256001 discharges. For a detailed summary of the comments EPA received on Appendix Q and the Agency’s response to comments, please see Comment Response Essay 4 Proposals Not Finalized for ‘‘Appendix Q— Stormwater Control Measures’’ (page 60) in ‘‘Response to Public Comments EPA NPDES 2021 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP)’’ which can be found in the docket for the 2021 MSGP under Document ID number EPA–HQ–OW– 2019–0372–0349 or at the following website: https://www.regulations.gov/ document/EPA-HQ-OW-2019-03720349. Even though EPA did not finalize Appendix Q, the Agency recognized the need to evaluate and potentially revise the fact sheets in the near future. In the final 2021 MSGP Federal Register Notice, EPA stated in two instances that: • ‘‘EPA plans to work with external stakeholders to thoroughly revise the sector-specific fact sheets’’ (86 FR 10269, 10274, February 19, 2021), and • ‘‘EPA will continue to work with stakeholders to further update these sector-specific fact sheets with additional emerging stormwater control measures that could be used by industrial operators’’ (86 FR 10269, 10275, February 19, 2021 (specific to PFAS)). IV. Approach To Obtain Stakeholder Input on Fact Sheets Based on EPA’s commitment in the final 2021 MSGP Federal Register Notice, EPA is now seeking feedback on appropriate updates and revisions to the 29 industrial stormwater fact sheets related to the two main tables in each fact sheet: (1) Common activities, pollutant sources, and associated pollutants at facilities in each sector, and (2) SCMs or BMPs including source control and good housekeeping/ pollution prevention measures for potential pollutant sources at facilities in each sector. The fact sheets can be found in the docket and at https://www.epa.gov/ npdes/stormwater-dischargesindustrial-activities-fact-sheets-andguidance. To assist EPA in reviewing and evaluating public input, please consider the following when preparing your comments for the Agency: • Where possible, organize comments by referencing a specific fact sheet (e.g., ‘‘Sector A’’) and the paragraph, table, or part of the fact sheet. • Explain as clearly as possible why you agree or disagree with the current fact sheet language. PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • Suggest alternatives and substitute language for any requested changes. • Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or data that you used. • Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns. In addition to considering the comments received in response to this Federal Register Notice, EPA will also consider the relevant comments related to the fact sheets that the Agency received during the public comment period for the proposed 2021 MSGP. Through this request for comment, EPA intends to afford commenters the opportunity to consider the full content of the fact sheets, rather than the subset of information that was proposed as ‘‘Appendix Q’’ of the proposed 2021 MSGP, since ‘‘Appendix Q’’ only contained the SCM checklist portion of the existing fact sheets. EPA encourages comment from all stakeholders, including smaller industry groups, individual permittees, and community and environmental groups. EPA will assess the public input received and determine what changes to the fact sheets are appropriate and warranted, and what, if any, further research is needed to support the changes. EPA will then make changes to the fact sheets and post the updated fact sheets on the industrial stormwater website. Dated: January 18, 2022. Andrew D. Sawyers, Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water. [FR Doc. 2022–01382 Filed 1–24–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL 9350–01– OW] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Establishing Vessel Sewage NoDischarge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean Water Act (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Establishing No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1791.09, OMB Control No. 2040–0187) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2022 / Notices accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the EPA solicits 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 August 31, 2022. 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 March 28, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2008–0150, 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. For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA generally will not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). The EPA encourages the public to submit comments via www.regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in processing mail, and hand deliveries will be accepted on a limited basis. For additional submission methods, please contact the person identified in the ‘‘For Further Information Contact’’ section. For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Watts-FitzGerald, Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, (4504T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Jan 24, 2022 Jkt 256001 telephone number: 202–566–0232; email address: watts-fitzgerald.kelsey@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that 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. The official public docket is located at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The regular hours of the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays; however, due to the COVID– 19 pandemic, there may be limited or no opportunity to enter the docket center. At the time of this printing, out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and the EPA staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are open to the public by appointment only to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID–19. During this time, Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. Hand deliveries and couriers may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further information on the EPA Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us online at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566– 1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available on the EPA’s website at www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select ‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that the EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official public PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3805 docket or in the electronic public docket. The EPA’s policy is that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed in the EPA’s electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. The EPA has not included any copyrighted material in the docket for this FR Notice of Information Request. If commenters submit copyrighted material in a public comment, it will be placed in the official public docket and made available for public viewing when the EPA Docket Center is open. For additional information about the EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA 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). The 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, the 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: (A) Sewage No-Discharge Zones: CWA section 312(f) and the implementing regulations in 40 CFR part 140 identify the information that must be included in a state’s application to the EPA to establish a no-discharge zone (NDZ) for vessel sewage for some or all of the state’s waters. In designated NDZs, the discharge of both treated and untreated sewage from vessels is prohibited. A state is not required to designate an NDZ and therefore need only develop applications for waters where such a discharge prohibition has been deemed necessary and beneficial by the state. This ICR addresses the burden to state respondents to develop applications E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1 3806 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2022 / Notices containing the necessary information, as well as the burden associated with the EPA’s review of state applications. The information collection activities discussed in this ICR do not require the submission of any confidential information. (B) Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) NDZs and Review of Discharge Determination or Standard: CWA section 312(n)(7) and the implementing regulations in 40 CFR part 1700 identify the information that a state must submit to the EPA in the state’s application to establish an NDZ for one or more discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces. A state may seek an NDZ designation for any incidental discharge subject to UNDS for which the EPA and Department of Defense (DoD) have promulgated national standards of performance and corresponding implementing regulations, respectively. In addition, CWA section 312(n)(5) provides that that the Governor of any state may petition the EPA and DoD to review any discharge determination or standard promulgated under CWA section 312(n) for vessels of the Armed Forces if there is significant new information that could reasonably result in a change to the discharge determination or standard. This ICR addresses the burden to a state respondent to develop applications for NDZs and requests for a review of a determination or standard and the burden to the EPA to review the applications. The information collection activities discussed in this ICR do not require the submission of any confidential information. Form numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: States. Respondent’s obligation to respond: The responses to this collection of information are required to obtain the benefit of a sewage NDZ (CWA section 312(f)). The responses to this collection of information are required to obtain the benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of an UNDS discharge determination or standard (CWA section 312(n)). Estimated number of respondents: 17 (total). Frequency of response: One time. Total estimated burden: 914 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $50,869 (per year), includes $848 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: The EPA expects a decrease in hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. EPA expects a decrease in the overall costs as well, despite increases to state and federal labor costs. These decreases are attributable to fewer anticipated respondents compared with previous estimates. This adjustment is made to account for overestimates in the existing ICR and the EPA’s estimate of applications for NDZs and review of standards that may be submitted during the three-year ICR cycle. Dated: January 19, 2022. John Goodin, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds. [FR Doc. 2022–01430 Filed 1–24–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION [OMB No. 3064–0095; –0117] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Renewal; Comment Request Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing SUMMARY: information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064–0095; and –0117). Comments must be submitted on or before March 28, 2022. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to the FDIC by any of the following methods: • Agency website: https:// www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/ federal-register-publications/. • Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include the name and number of the collection in the subject line of the message. • Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898– 3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429. • Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 17th Street building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel, 202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB– 3128, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of information: 1. Title: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Protection Act Compliance. OMB Number: 3064–0095. Form Number: None. Affected Public: Insured state nonmember banks. Burden Estimate: DATES: SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDENS (OMB NO. 3064–0095) Type of burden (obligation to respond) khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES IC description Implementation Burden: Bank Protection Act Compliance Recordkeeping Program—Institutions with an (Mandatory). Asset Size Less than $500 million. Bank Protection Act Compliance Recordkeeping Program—Medium-Sized Institu(Mandatory). tions ($500 million–$10 billion). Bank Protection Act Compliance Recordkeeping Program—Large Institutions (Over (Mandatory). $10 billion). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Jan 24, 2022 Jkt 256001 PO 00000 Frequency of response Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Hours per response Annual burden (hours) Annually ......... 35 1 50 1,750 Annually ......... 57 1 300 17,100 Annually ......... 12 1 500 6,000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3804-3806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01430]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA HQ-OW-2008-0150; FRL 9350-01-OW]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Establishing Vessel Sewage No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean Water 
Act (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Establishing No-Discharge Zones 
(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 312 (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
1791.09, OMB Control No. 2040-0187) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in

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accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the 
EPA solicits 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 August 31, 2022. 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 March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0150, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov, follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA 
generally will not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). The EPA encourages the public to submit comments 
via www.regulations.gov, as there will be a delay in processing mail, 
and hand deliveries will be accepted on a limited basis. For additional 
submission methods, please contact the person identified in the ``For 
Further Information Contact'' section. For the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Watts-FitzGerald, Oceans, 
Wetlands and Communities Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and 
Watersheds, (4504T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0232; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents that 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. The official public 
docket is located at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The regular hours of the EPA Docket Center 
Public Reading Room are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays; however, due to the COVID-19 
pandemic, there may be limited or no opportunity to enter the docket 
center. At the time of this printing, out of an abundance of caution 
for members of the public and the EPA staff, the EPA Docket Center and 
Reading Room are open to the public by appointment only to reduce the 
risk of transmitting COVID-19. During this time, Docket Center staff 
will continue to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and 
webform. Hand deliveries and couriers may be received by scheduled 
appointment only. For further information on the EPA Docket Center 
services and the current status, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room 
is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 
566-1752.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available on the 
EPA's website at www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov 
to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 
contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then select 
``search.'' It is important to note that the EPA's policy is that 
public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be 
made available for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without 
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information 
claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute is not included in the official public docket or in the 
electronic public docket.
    The EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including 
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed 
in the EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in 
printed, paper form in the official public docket. The EPA has not 
included any copyrighted material in the docket for this FR Notice of 
Information Request. If commenters submit copyrighted material in a 
public comment, it will be placed in the official public docket and 
made available for public viewing when the EPA Docket Center is open. 
For additional information about the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA 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). The 
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, the 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: (A) Sewage No-Discharge Zones: CWA section 312(f) and the 
implementing regulations in 40 CFR part 140 identify the information 
that must be included in a state's application to the EPA to establish 
a no-discharge zone (NDZ) for vessel sewage for some or all of the 
state's waters.
    In designated NDZs, the discharge of both treated and untreated 
sewage from vessels is prohibited. A state is not required to designate 
an NDZ and therefore need only develop applications for waters where 
such a discharge prohibition has been deemed necessary and beneficial 
by the state. This ICR addresses the burden to state respondents to 
develop applications

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containing the necessary information, as well as the burden associated 
with the EPA's review of state applications. The information collection 
activities discussed in this ICR do not require the submission of any 
confidential information.
    (B) Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) NDZs and Review of 
Discharge Determination or Standard: CWA section 312(n)(7) and the 
implementing regulations in 40 CFR part 1700 identify the information 
that a state must submit to the EPA in the state's application to 
establish an NDZ for one or more discharges incidental to the normal 
operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces. A state may seek an NDZ 
designation for any incidental discharge subject to UNDS for which the 
EPA and Department of Defense (DoD) have promulgated national standards 
of performance and corresponding implementing regulations, 
respectively. In addition, CWA section 312(n)(5) provides that that the 
Governor of any state may petition the EPA and DoD to review any 
discharge determination or standard promulgated under CWA section 
312(n) for vessels of the Armed Forces if there is significant new 
information that could reasonably result in a change to the discharge 
determination or standard. This ICR addresses the burden to a state 
respondent to develop applications for NDZs and requests for a review 
of a determination or standard and the burden to the EPA to review the 
applications. The information collection activities discussed in this 
ICR do not require the submission of any confidential information.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: The responses to this 
collection of information are required to obtain the benefit of a 
sewage NDZ (CWA section 312(f)). The responses to this collection of 
information are required to obtain the benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a 
review of an UNDS discharge determination or standard (CWA section 
312(n)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 17 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 914 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $50,869 (per year), includes $848 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The EPA expects a decrease in hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. EPA expects a decrease in the overall costs as well, 
despite increases to state and federal labor costs. These decreases are 
attributable to fewer anticipated respondents compared with previous 
estimates. This adjustment is made to account for overestimates in the 
existing ICR and the EPA's estimate of applications for NDZs and review 
of standards that may be submitted during the three-year ICR cycle.

    Dated: January 19, 2022.
John Goodin,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 2022-01430 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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