United States Office of Water EPA 821-F-09-003 

Environmental Protection 4303T May 2010 

Agency 

Fact Sheet 

Proposed Information Collection Request: 

Stormwater Management Including Discharges 

from Developed Sites 

Summary 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted a proposed 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 

for review and approval. EPA is seeking approval to distribute multiple mandatory 

questionnaires under the authority of the Clean Water Act to inform a rulemaking to 

strengthen national stormwater regulations and to establish a comprehensive program 

to reduce stormwater discharges from developed sites. This is the second opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed questionnaires, which EPA revised to address 

comments received during the first Federal Register comment period that ended on 

December 30, 2009. 

 

Background on Stormwater 

Developed sites, such as subdivisions 

and commercial shopping centers, can 

significantly alter the hydrology of the site 

and can have a negative impact on 

receiving waterbodies. 

Generally, as sites are developed, there is 

an increase in areas where water cannot 

soak into the ground (i.e. impervious areas) 

leading to increases in stormwater volume. 

This additional stormwater volume, as well 

as the introduction of pollutants such as 

fertilizers and deposition of vehicle 

emissions, contributes to increased 

stormwater impacts. Development and 

redevelopment can also significantly reduce 

groundwater recharge, leading to lower 

water tables and a reduction in local stream 

levels between storms. 

In December 2009, EPA announced a 

proposed rulemaking to strengthen its 

stormwater program and to further reduce 

the impact of long term stormwater 

discharges from developed sites. 

Proposed Questionnaires 

EPA will use the information collected in 

the proposed questionnaires to inform its 

stormwater rulemaking. 

The mandatory questionnaires will be sent 

to owners and developers of newly and 

redeveloped sites; owners and operators 

of municipal separate storm sewer 

systems (MS4s); State, county, and local 

Departments of Transportation (DOTs) 

and NPDES Permitting Authorities. 

EPA developed a short and long version 

of the Owner/Developer questionnaires. 

Both are designed to gather information 

on building and real estate improvement 

projects, long term stormwater 

management and controls associated with 

these projects, and financial conditions. 

The MS4 and NPDES Permitting Authority 

questionnaires will gather information to 

characterize the current scope, 

components, and implementation of 

existing local, county, and state 
stormwater programs; ordinances and 

laws that may constrain long term 

stormwater best management practices; 

retrofit requirements for existing property; 

and the current burden and expenditures 

to comply with and enforce existing 

requirements. 

Additional Information 

For further information about this ICR, please write to: 

Ms. Jan Matuszko 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water (4303T) 

Engineering and Analysis Division 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20460 

e-mail: matuszko.jan@epa.gov 

or 

Ms. Holly Galavotti 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water (4203M) 

Water Permits Division 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20460 

e-mail: galavotti.holly @epa.gov 

You can view or download the complete text of this Federal Register notice, the 

questionnaires, and the ICR Support Statement, or EPA’s announcement of this 

rulemaking on the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/rulemaking. 

EPA will accept comments for 30 days after publication of this notice.