[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41416-41417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19590]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6410-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges
Associated With Construction Activity Under a NPDES General Permit
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: Notice of Intent for Storm
Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity under a NPDES
General Permit, OMB Control No. 2040-0188, EPA ICR No. 1842.02, which
expires on September 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 August 30, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or download a copy of the
ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.
1842.02.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges Associated with
Construction Activity under a NPDES General Permit (OMB Control No.
2040-0188; EPA ICR No. 1842.02, expires on 9/30/99). This is a request
for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with
the preparation of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for Storm Water
Discharges Associated with Construction Activity under a NPDES General
Permit, and the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). EPA uses
the data contained in the NOIs to track facilities covered by the storm
water general permit and assess permit compliance. EPA has developed a
format for construction NOIs. The standardized one-page form is called:
Notice of Intent (NOI) for Storm Water Discharges Associated with
Construction Activity Under a NPDES General Permit. This form is a
revision of an existing form entitled, ``NOI for Storm Water Discharges
Associated with Industrial Activity Under a NPDES General Permit.'' The
new construction NOI only requires the respondent to note whether or
not a SWPPP has been prepared. The following information is requested
(the questions that are on the new NOI which are not on the existing
NOI are indicated by asterisks at the end of the item):
Name, address, phone number of the facility.
Status of the owner/operator (whether federal, state,
public, or private).
Name and location of the project (City, State, ZIP,
Latitude, Longitude, County)*.
Whether the facility is located on Indian Country Lands.
Whether a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
has been prepared.*
Optional: location for viewing SWPPP and telephone number
for scheduling viewing times: Address, City, State, ZIP.*
The name of the receiving water.
Estimated construction start date and completion date.
The estimated area to be disturbed (to nearest acre).
An estimate of the likelihood of a discharge.*
Whether any protected species or critical habitat in the
project area.
Which section of Part I.B.3.e.(2) of the permit through
which permit eligibility with regard to protection of endangered
species is satisfied.
Responses are required to obtain coverage under the NPDES General
Permit for storm water discharges associated with construction
activities.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to
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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 06/02/97 (62 FR 29826); two
comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40.5
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; 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: Owners/Operators of construction
activities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 186,121.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,697,707 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs):
$2,045,000.
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. 1842.02 and OMB Control No. 2040-0188 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: July 26, 1999.
Stephen T. Vineski,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19590 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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