[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0011; FRL-8197-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notice of Intent for Stormwater
Discharges Associated With Construction Activity Under a NPDES General
Permit, EPA ICR No. 1842.05, OMB Control No. 2040-0188
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30,
2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 16,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OW-2003-0011, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to ow-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail Code
4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Stabenfeldt, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-564-0602; fax number: 202-501-2399; e-mail
address: stabenfeldt.lynn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 7, 2006 (71 FR 11401-11411), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one set of comments
on the draft ICR. EPA's response to those comments is reflected in the
ICR supporting statement. Any additional comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0011, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the Water Docket is (202) 566-2426.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
comments in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Notice of Intent for Stormwater Discharges Associated with
Construction Activity Under a NPDES General Permit.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1842.05, OMB Control No. 2040-0188.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permitting Program, as authorized by the Clean Water Act (CWA),
establishes regulations for the discharge of pollutants or combinations
of pollutants to waters of the United States, including discharges of
stormwater from construction activities disturbing five acres or more.
The primary permitting mechanism for construction site operators is the
Construction General Permit (CGP), issued by EPA or a state authorized
to administer the NPDES Program. To obtain coverage under the CGP, a
construction site operator must
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submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the permitting authority and develop
a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). The information
collection and reporting activities covered in this ICR include only
those activities related to completing and submitting an NOI form,
developing a SWPPP, and conducting routine inspections. This ICR only
covers the burden on construction sites of five or more acres, as small
construction activities are addressed in the Stormwater Phase II ICR
(OMB Control Number 2040-0188, EPA ICR Number 1842.05).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 51.3
hours per respondent in NPDES-authorized states and 53.5 hours per
respondent in states and territories where EPA is the permitting
authority. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those which have storm water discharges associated with
large construction activity (40 CFR 122.25(b)(14)(x)) to waters of the
U.S.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 157,546.
Frequency of Response: Once initially, prior to commencement of
construction.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,247,638 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $375,329,979, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The estimated increase in burden is
327,393 hours compared to the total estimated burden hours currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burden. The increase in
applicant respondent and NPDES-authorized state burden is primarily the
result of one change, that being the addition of routine site
inspection burden for existing large construction sites (previously not
addressed in any ICR). A portion of the burden is reduced based on
EPA's estimate of the number of entities affected by this information
collection.
Dated: July 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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