[Federal Register: October 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 207)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control
Programs
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint
Pollution Control Programs, EPA ICR Number 1569.05, OMB Control Number
2040-0153, expiring on April 30, 2003. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 25, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to, and copies of the ICR may be
obtained without charge from, the Nonpoint Source Control Branch,
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (4503-T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacie Craddock at EPA by phone at
(202) 566-1204, by fax at (202) 566-1545, by e-mail at
craddock.stacie@epa.gov, or download a copy of the ICR off the Internet
at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1569.05.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
18 coastal States and 3 Territories with conditionally approved Coastal
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs.
Title: Approval of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs,
(OMB Control No. 2040-0153; EPA ICR No. 1569.05) expiring April 30,
2003.
Abstract: Under the provisions of national Program Development and
Approval Guidance implementing section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act
Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA) which was jointly developed
and published by EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 26 coastal States and 5 coastal Territories with
Federally approved Coastal Zone Management Programs have developed and
submitted to EPA and NOAA Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Programs. EPA and
NOAA have approved 8 States and 2 Territories, and conditionally
approved 18 States and 3 Territories. The conditional approvals will
require States and Territories to submit additional information in
order to obtain final program approval. Recent administrative changes
mutually agreed to by States, Territories, EPA and NOAA are expected to
expedite the final approval process. CZARA section 6217 requires States
and Territories to obtain final approval of their Coastal Nonpoint
Pollution Programs in order to retain their full share of funding
available to them under section 319 of the Clean Water Act and section
306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act. 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 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, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(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
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 125
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
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 18 States and 3 Territories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,625.
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Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $91,875.
Robert H. Wayland III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 02-27236 Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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