[Federal Register: January 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 3)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy
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) renewal has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information
Collection Request for the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy (OMB
Control Number 2040-0170; EPA ICR Number 1680.03; Expiration Date:
December 31, 2000. The renewal ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 5, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1680.03 and OMB
Control Number 2040-0170, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental
Information, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at
farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1680.03. For technical
question about the ICR contact Timothy Dwyer, EPA Office of Wastewater
Management (Mail Code 4203M), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Collection Request for the Combined Sewer
Overflow Control Policy (OMB Control Number 2040-0170; EPA ICR Number
1680.03; Expiration Date: December 31, 2000.
Abstract: The information to be collected under this request is the
information recommended in the CSO Control Policy that will be
developed by municipalities with combined sewer systems that have
combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Specifically, the information is the
documentation that the municipalities have implemented the nine minimum
controls specified in the CSO policy, the long-term control plan that
the municipalities must develop and implement to achieve compliance
with the requirements of the Clean Water Act and applicable State water
quality standards (WQS), and compliance monitoring data for
demonstrating compliance with applicable WQS and National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions. The first two
information submittals are one-time submittals; the last element will
be submitted semi-annually as part of the municipalities' Discharge
Monitoring Reports (DMRs). EPA will use this information to determine
how well the CSO Control Policy is being implemented at the State and
local level and to prepare the performance reports required under the
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
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The information to be collected under this information collection is
necessary to determine the program's achievement of GPRA performance
measures. 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 07/03/00
(65 FR 41065); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 624
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: Municipalities with combined sewer
systems that have combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 930.
Frequency of Response: One time for selected items and semi-
annually for other items.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 580,044 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost
Burden: $182,000.
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 addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1680.03 and OMB Control No. 2040-0170 in any
correspondence.
Dated: December 27, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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