[Federal Register: February 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 40)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under the
Clean Water Act Section 312
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: Establishing No-Discharge
Zones (NDZs) Under the Clean Water Act Section 312, EPA ICR Number
1791.03, OMB Control Number: 2040-0187 and current expiration date of
February 28, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1791.03 and OMB
Control No. 2040-0187, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to
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: For a copy of the ICR, contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-mail at
Farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1791.03. For technical
questions about the ICR, contact James Woodley at EPA by phone at (202)
260-1998 in the Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under
Clean Water Act Section 312 (OMB Control Number 2040-0187; EPA ICR
Number 1791.03) expiring 02/28/2001. This is a request for extension of
a currently approved collection.
Abstract: (A) UNDS No-discharge Zones: Under section 312(n) of the
Clean Water Act (``Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of
the Armed Forces'' or ``UNDS'') no-discharge zones (``NDZs'') for
discharges from Armed Forces vessels may be established by either State
prohibition or EPA prohibition following the procedures in 40 CFR part
1700. UNDS also provides that the Governor of any State may petition
EPA and the Secretary of Defense to review any determination or
standard promulgated under the UNDS program if there is significant new
information that could reasonably result in a change to the
determination or standard. This ICR discusses the information that will
be required from a State if it decides to establish a NDZ by State
prohibition or apply for a NDZ by EPA prohibition, and the information
that will be
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required from a State if it decides to submit a petition for review.
The responses to this collection of information are required to obtain
the benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of an UNDS determination or
standard (see 33 U.S.C. 1322(n)). The information collection activities
discussed in this ICR do not require the submission of any confidential
information.
(B) Sewage No-discharge Zones: The need for EPA to obtain
information for the establishment of no-discharge zones (NDZs) for
vessel sewage in State waters stems from CWA sections 312(f)(3),
(f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), and subsequent regulations at 40 CFR 140.4(a-
c). No-discharge zones are established to provide State and local
governments with additional protection of waters from treated or
untreated vessel sewage. There are 3 ways in which NDZs for vessel
sewage can be established. This ICR discusses the information
requirements associated with the establishment of NDZs for vessel
sewage. The responses to this collection of information are required to
obtain the benefit of a sewage NDZ (see 33 U.S.C. 1322). The
information collection activities discussed in this ICR do not require
the submission of any confidential information.
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 May 19,
2000 (65 FR 31894) of the Federal Register and no comments were
received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 144
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: States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16 per year.
Frequency of Response: one time collection.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2207 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $2,300.
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 addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1791.03 and OMB Control No. 2040-0187 in any
correspondence.
Dated: February 13, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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