[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25836]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6452-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Applications for NPDES Permits and the Sewage
Sludge Management Permits
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Applications for NPDES
Discharge Permits and the Sewage Sludge Management Permits, OMB Control
No. 2040-0086, EPA ICR No. 0226.15, which expires on November 30, 1999.
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual
data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 4, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at [email protected] You may download a copy of
the ICR from the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 0226.15.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Applications for NPDES Discharge Permits and the Sewage
Sludge Management Permits, (OMB Control No. 2040-0086; EPA ICR No.
0226.15) which expires on 11/30/99.
Abstract: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with
permit applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) discharges and sewage sludge management activities. It is an
update of the ICR, and also integrates and updates application
requirements discussed in one amendment ICR approved by OMB, ``National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Application
Requirements--Form 2A and 2S (Final Rule),'' OMB Control No. 2040-0086,
ICR No. 0226.14, approved January 13, 1999. EPA uses the data contained
in applications and supplemental information requests to set
appropriate permit conditions, issue permits, and assess permit
compliance. EPA maintains national applications information in
databases, which assist permit writers in determining permit
conditions. Depending on the application form they are using,
applicants may be required to supply information about their
facilities, discharges, treatment systems, sewage sludge use and
disposal practices, pollutant sampling data, or other relevant
information. In its burden and cost calculations, this ICR includes
requests for information supplemental to permit applications.
Application information is necessary to obtain an NPDES or sewage
sludge permit. This ICR also includes the development of a storm water
pollution prevention plan as part of the requirements for the multi-
sector general permit, for industrial activities. The average time for
this activity is 80 hours and there are an estimated 16,350
respondents. The estimated annualized burden is 1,307,963 hours. This
is a newly covered area under this ICR and represents the major portion
of the increase in burden.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 04/23/98
(63 FR 20182); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 23.4
hours per response (combining reporting and recordkeeping). 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: Publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs), privately owned treatment works, new and existing industrial
manufacturing and commercial dischargers, storm water dischargers,
treatment works treating domestic sewage (TWTDS), and States and
territories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 88,209.
Frequency of Response: varies.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,038,694 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs):
$1,004,710.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0226.15 and OMB Control No. 2040-0086 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460;
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 29, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25836 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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