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Dated: February 2, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–02637 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Edward Laird, Watershed Restoration, Assessment and Protection Division (WRAPD), Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Mail Code: 4503T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 2848; fax number: 202–566–1437; email address: laird.edward@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed 3-year extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (87 FR 43029) on July 19, 2022 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting documents that explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR (Docket ID EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0026). 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. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0026; FRL–10661–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Water Quality Inventory Reports (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), National Water Quality Inventory Reports (EPA ICR Number 1560.13, OMB Control Number 2040–0071) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 3year extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 19, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. SUMMARY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 2003–0026, to EPA 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Feb 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8281 Abstract: The Clean Water Act Section 305(b) reports contain information on whether waters assessed by a state meet the state’s water quality standards, and, when waters are impaired, the pollutants and potential sources affecting water quality. This information helps states and the public track progress in addressing water pollution. Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires states to identify and 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. During the period covered by this ICR renewal, respondents will: complete their 2024 Section 305(b) reports and 2024 Section 303(d) lists; complete their 2026 Section 305(b) reports and 2026 Section 303(d) lists; transmit annual electronic updates of ambient monitoring data via the Water Quality Exchange; and continue to develop TMDLs according to their established schedules. EPA will prepare biennial updates on assessed and impaired waters for Congress and the public for the 2024 reporting cycle and for the 2026 cycle, and EPA will review 303(d) list and TMDL submissions from respondents. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: 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: 3,696,243 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $243,597,191 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 10,944 hours in the total E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1 8282 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 2023 / Notices estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to efficiencies gained from the use of EPA’s modernized Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load Tracking and Implementation System (ATTAINS) database and the integration of EPA’s data and information systems to better support reporting, tracking water quality protection, and restoration actions. These efficiencies streamlined water quality assessment and reporting by reducing paper copy transactions and improving electronic data exchange. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–02687 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OA–2019–0296; FRL–10660–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions (EPA ICR Number 2243.10, OMB Control Number 2020–0033) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 23, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 28, 2022, during a 60day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OA–2019–0296, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to oira_submission@ omb.eop.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Feb 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candi Schaedle, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities, Mail Code 2501G, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–6121; email address: schaedle.candi@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 23, 2023. 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 28, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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. Abstract: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 establishes a national policy for the environment. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) oversees the NEPA implementation. CEQ’s Regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508 set the standard for NEPA compliance. They also require agencies to establish their own NEPA implementing procedures. The EPA’s procedures for implementing NEPA are found in 40 CFR part 6. Through this PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 part, the EPA adopted the CEQ Regulations and supplemented those regulations for actions proposed by the EPA that are subject to NEPA requirements. The EPA actions subject to NEPA include the award of wastewater treatment construction grants under section 201 of the Clean Water Act, the EPA’s issuance of new source National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits under section 402 of the Clean Water Act, certain research and development projects, the EPA actions involving renovations or new construction of EPA facilities, and certain grants awarded for projects authorized by Congress through the agency’s annual appropriations act. The EPA is collecting information from certain applicants as part of the process of complying with either NEPA or Executive Order 12114 (‘‘Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions’’). The EPA’s NEPA regulations apply to actions of the EPA that are subject to NEPA in order to ensure that environmental information is available to the agency’s decision-makers and the public before decisions are made and before actions are taken. When the EPA conducts an environmental assessment pursuant to its Executive Order 12114 procedures, the agency generally follows its NEPA procedures. Compliance with the procedures is the responsibility of the EPA’s Responsible Officials, and for applicant proposed actions applicants may be required to provide environmental information to the EPA as part of the environmental review process. For this ICR, applicantproposed projects subject to either NEPA or Executive Order 12114 (and that are not addressed in other EPA programs’ ICRs) are addressed through the NEPA process. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Certain grant or permit applicants who must submit environmental information documentation to the EPA for their projects to comply with NEPA or Executive Order 12114, including Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants Program facilities funded under section 201 of the Clean Water Act, State and Tribal Assistance Grant recipients, and new source NPDES permittees. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 516 (total). Frequency of response: On occasion. Total estimated burden: 73,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8281-8282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0026; FRL-10661-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Water Quality Inventory Reports (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), National Water Quality Inventory 
Reports (EPA ICR Number 1560.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0071) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 3-year 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on July 19, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-2003-
0026, to EPA 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Laird, Watershed Restoration, 
Assessment and Protection Division (WRAPD), Office of Wetlands, Oceans, 
and Watersheds, Mail Code: 4503T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-
2848; fax number: 202-566-1437; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed 3-year extension of the 
ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
(87 FR 43029) on July 19, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents that explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR (Docket ID 
EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0026). 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.
    Abstract: The Clean Water Act Section 305(b) reports contain 
information on whether waters assessed by a state meet the state's 
water quality standards, and, when waters are impaired, the pollutants 
and potential sources affecting water quality. This information helps 
states and the public track progress in addressing water pollution. 
Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires states to identify and 
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.
    During the period covered by this ICR renewal, respondents will: 
complete their 2024 Section 305(b) reports and 2024 Section 303(d) 
lists; complete their 2026 Section 305(b) reports and 2026 Section 
303(d) lists; transmit annual electronic updates of ambient monitoring 
data via the Water Quality Exchange; and continue to develop TMDLs 
according to their established schedules. EPA will prepare biennial 
updates on assessed and impaired waters for Congress and the public for 
the 2024 reporting cycle and for the 2026 cycle, and EPA will review 
303(d) list and TMDL submissions from respondents.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: 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: 3,696,243 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $243,597,191 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 10,944 hours in the 
total

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estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. This decrease is due to efficiencies gained from the use of EPA's 
modernized Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load Tracking and 
Implementation System (ATTAINS) database and the integration of EPA's 
data and information systems to better support reporting, tracking 
water quality protection, and restoration actions. These efficiencies 
streamlined water quality assessment and reporting by reducing paper 
copy transactions and improving electronic data exchange.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-02687 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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