95-23957. Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49833-49834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23957]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5303-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal

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 notice announces that Information Collection Request 
(ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the 
renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Nonpoint Source Control 
Branch, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (4503-F), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 
20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dov Weitman at [phone] (phone), [phone] (facsimile), 
[e-mail] (E-mail); or Amy Sosin at [phone] 
(phone), [phone] (facsimile), [e-mail] (E-
Mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities

    Entities affected by this action are those are States and 5 
Territories with 

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Federally-approved Coastal Zone Management Programs. These States and 
Territories are required to submit coastal nonpoint programs under 
Sec. 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 
(CZARA), in accordance with the Program Development and Approval 
Guidance developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title

    Program Development and Approval Guidance for Coastal Nonpoint 
Pollution Control Programs (CZARA Section 6217). OMB Control Number 
2040-0153, expiration date January 31, 1996.

Abstract

    The Program Development and Approval Guidance implements Section 
6217 of the 1990 Coastal Zone Management Act Reauthorization 
Amendments. The guidance requires 24 coastal States and 5 coastal 
Territories with approval Coastal Zone Management Programs to submit 
Coastal Nonpoint Programs to EPA and NOAA for joint review in July 
1995. This one-time submittal will be used to determine if States and 
Territories receiving Clean Water Act Section 319 and Coastal Zone 
Management Act Section 306 Federal grants will face reductions in 
fiscal year 1996.
    Based on initial reviews of many of the Coastal Nonpoint Programs 
that have been submitted for review, EPA and NOAA anticipate that many 
programs are likely to receive conditional approvals. These conditional 
approvals may require States and Territories to submit additional 
information at a later date prior to receiving final program approval.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement

    The original Information Collection Request estimated that the 
reporting burden to develop coastal nonpoint programs under the Program 
Development and Approval Guidance would average 1,874 hours per 
response (29 respondents), including the time for reviewing 
instruction, searching existing data sources, completing and reviewing 
the information, and preparing the final report. Because most of the 
coastal States and Territories have completed a large portion of their 
program development at this time, EPA estimates that the remaining 
reporting burden will be approximately 20 percent of the original 
burden estimate, or appropriately 375 hours per response.
    No person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.

    Dated: September 19, 1995.
Robert H. Wayland III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 95-23957 Filed 9-26-95; 8:45 am]
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