[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0053; FRL-8197-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES Stormwater Program Phase
II, EPA ICR No. 1820.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0211
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-2002-0053, 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 11407-11411), 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
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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-2002-0053, 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: NPDES Stormwater Program Phase II.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1820.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0211.
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: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with
the regulation of stormwater discharges under Phase II of the NPDES
stormwater program. Specifically, it calculates the burden associated
with small MS4 stormwater permits, small construction (1-5 acres)
permits and waivers, and the no-exposure certification (EPA form 3510-
11) available to industrial facilities. The ICR also specifies the
burden on authorized NPDES States to process and administer the Phase
II program.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 14
hours per response. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 NPDES permittees, including operators of small
municipal separate storm sewer systems, small construction activity,
and industrial facilities identified in 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)(i)-(ix)
and (xi) that qualify for a no exposure exemption.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 135,908.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,696,276 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $157,922,968, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The estimated decrease in burden is
1,262,076 hours compared to the total estimated burden hours currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This change is
primarily the result of the decrease in the estimated size of the
regulated universe (based on EPA's estimate of the number of
construction sites affected by this information collection).
Dated: July 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11253 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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