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necessary and appropriate, for 

controlling the discharge of sewage and 

graywater from cruise ships covered by 

Title XIV. Title XIV provides that the 

authority of sections 308(a) and 308(b) 

of the Clean Water Act, regarding 

records, reports, and inspections, shall 

be available to carry out the provisions 

of the Act (section 1413). EPA is in the 

process of preparing an ICR for OMB 

approval for gathering data in support of 

this rulemaking. The ICR would request 

approval to collect information from 

cruise lines and each cruise ship 

covered by Title XIV. 

The information to be gathered with 

a survey questionnaire would include: 

general information regarding the cruise 

line and each of the cruise vessels 

authorized to carry for hire 500 or more 

passengers in waters in and near Alaska 

(e.g., size, capacity, ports of call); 

description of sources of graywater; 

ship-board plumbing systems; data 

describing the effectiveness of sewage 

and graywater treatment systems and 

marine sanitation devices (MSDs) 

operating on these large vessels at 

removing pollutants of concern; costs of 

these systems; pollution prevention 

programs and management practices; 

information pertinent to environmental 

assessment; and financial information 

and data necessary for economic impact 

analysis. When possible, EPA would use 

available information to complete 

answers to some questions. In these 

cases, the respondent would be asked to 

verify the information and update it if 

necessary. The survey questionnaire 

would provide instructions on the 

procedures for making CBI claims, if 

necessary, and the respondents would 

be informed of the rules governing 

protection of CBI, obtained under the 

Clean Water Act, for information that 

warrants such claims. 

In a related effort that would not be 

covered by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, EPA intends to sample and analyze 

wastewaters from three to five yet-to-be 

selected vessels operating in Alaska 

during the summer of 2004. The 

purpose of this sampling would be to 

characterize the on-board performance 

of various sewage and graywater 

treatment systems. EPA would like to 

solicit comments on this sampling 

effort. Subsequent to the publication of 

this notice, EPA intends to consult with 

cruise lines and other stakeholders to 

select technologies and vessels to be 

sampled, and will make specific 

information for this activity available for 

further public comment in the second 

Federal Register notice for the survey 

ICR. 

EPA also intends to continue to 

supplement these primary sources by 

gathering additional publicly available 

information and data from the Alaska 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (ADEC) and the U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG), the cruise ship industry, 

and other stakeholders. 

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 in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

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: EPA estimates that 

12 cruise line operators would respond 

to the survey for each of the 32 vessels 

operating in Alaska. EPA estimates it 

would take an average of approximately 

48 hours to complete and review 

responses to the survey questionnaire 

and associated data submissions for 

each cruise ship that is certified by the 

U.S. Coast Guard to discharge 

continuously in the waters in and near 

Alaska under 33 CFR 159.309. This 

estimate includes the burden for 

verifying and updating ‘‘draft’’

responses provided by EPA to a portion 

of the questions. EPA estimates that the 

total burden for cruise lines operating 

the 18 vessels certified to discharge 

continuously under 33 CFR 159.309 

would be approximately 864 hours, or 

$34,000 assuming an average labor rate 

for the likely range of personnel 

involved in responding. 

For the remaining 14 ships that do not

have wastewater treatment systems 

authorized to discharge continuously, 

EPA estimates it would take an average 

of approximately 16 hours to complete 

and review responses to the survey 

questionnaire. EPA estimates that the 

total burden for these 14 vessels would 

be approximately 224 hours, or $9,000 

assuming an average labor rate for the 

likely range of personnel involved in 

responding. 

EPA estimates that the total burden to 

the 12 cruise lines operating 32 vessels 

for responding to the survey 

questionnaire would be approximately 

1088 hours, or $43,000. EPA estimates 

that there would be no start up or 

capital cost associated with responding 

to the surveys described above. 

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.

Dated: January 20, 2004. 

Suzanne E. Schwartz, 

Director, Oceans and Coastal Protection 

Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7617–2] 

EPA Public Meeting: Market 

Enhancement Opportunities for WaterEfficient Products; Notice of Change in 

Meeting Location

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is hosting a one-day public 

meeting to discuss market enhancement 

opportunities for water-efficient 

products. EPA’s goal is to bring together 

stakeholders from Federal, state and 

local governments; utilities; 

manufacturers; building trade 

associations; consumer groups; and 

other interested parties to exchange 

information and views on promoting 

water-efficient products in the 

marketplace. The focus of the February 

meeting will be on landscape irrigation 

products. The first meeting was held in 

Washington, DC on October 9, 2003 and 

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the second was held in Austin, TX on 

January 15, 2004. One additional public 

meeting will be held in Seattle, WA in 

April; notice will be provided on a 

location and time when available. 

The meeting will consist of several 

panel discussions, and is open to the 

public. The audience will have an 

opportunity to ask questions and 

provide comments at the conclusion of 

the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:30 

a.m. on February 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wyndham Phoenix, 50 East Adams 

Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on this meeting, 

please see EPA’s Water Efficiency Web 

Page at www.epa.gov/owm/waterefficiency/index.htm. To register online 

from the Water Efficiency Program page, 

click on the registration form link. You 

may also register by contacting ERG, 

Inc. by phone (781–674–7374), or by 

downloading the registration form and 

sending the completed form to ERG via 

fax at 781–674–2906 or mail to ERG, 

Conference Registration, 110 Hartwell 

Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421–3136. 

Seating is limited, therefore please 

register or request special 

accommodations no later than February 

10, 2004.

Dated: January 23, 2004. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7601–8] 

Notice of Availability and Opportunity 

To Comment on the ‘‘Draft CERCLA 

Model Application/Information Request 

for Service Station Dealers’’ for 

Section 114(c) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

(CERCLA); Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

opportunity for public comment; notice 

of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

a 60-day public comment period for the 

document entitled ‘‘Draft Model 

CERCLA Application/Information 

Request for Service Station Dealers.’’

EPA also is announcing a public 

meeting to discuss questions and 

comments on the draft model document.

DATES: Comments on the ‘‘Draft Model 

CERCLA Application/Information 

Request for Service Station Dealers’’

must be received by April 5, 2004. The 

public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 3, 2004 from 1 to 4 

pm.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to boushell.susan@epa.gov, 

mailed to Susan Boushell, Office of Site 

Remediation Enforcement (Mail Code 

2273A), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006, or 

delivered to Susan Boushell, Ariel Rios 

South Building, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Room 6233Q, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 564–2173. 

The public meeting will be held in room 

6226 of EPA’s Ariel Rios South 

Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Boushell, EPA’s Office of Site 

Remediation Enforcement, (202) 564–

2173 or boushell.susan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

CERCLA Section 114(c), certain service 

station dealers may be exempt from 

liability under section 107(a)(3) or 

107(a)(4) for a release or a threatened 

release of recycled oil. In 2002, EPA 

issued a memorandum entitled ‘‘Use of 

CERCLA Section 114(c) Service Station 

Dealers Exemption,’’ which discusses 

the scope of the exemption and 

encourages EPA Regions to consider its 

application at sites involving used oil. A 

copy of this memorandum may be found 

on EPA’s Web page at http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/

policies/cleanup/superfund/serv-staexemp-mem.pdf. 

EPA currently is developing a model 

CERCLA application/information 

request which is focused specifically on 

the service station dealer industry. This 

targeted application/information request 

generally would be used in lieu of a 

more general information request for 

any party EPA has reason to believe may 

be eligible for the service station dealer 

exemption. EPA believes the model 

document would provide an efficient 

method for gathering the information 

necessary to decide which parties it 

should or should not treat as potentially 

responsible parties (PRPs) at a particular 

Superfund site. 

At some sites, EPA will not have 

sufficient information regarding the 

identities of potential service station 

dealers until after a more general 

request for information has been issued 

to parties at the site. At those sites 

where EPA has reason to believe there 

may be service station dealers (e.g., a 

waste oil recycling facility), the Agency 

would include a statement in the 

general information request or general 

notice letter (whichever is sent first) that 

a party may request the targeted 

application/information request for 

service station dealers. 

A copy of the ‘‘Draft Model CERCLA 

Application/Information Request for 

Service Station Dealers’’ is published 

below and will be available on the 

Internet at http://cfpub.epa.gov/

compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/

superfund/ssde-draftmod-104e-mem.pdf

for review and comment by interested 

parties. The public meeting will include 

a brief overview of the draft model, 

followed by a question, answer and 

comment period. Those planning to 

attend the meeting should call Susan 

Boushell at (202) 564–2173 by 

Thursday, February 26, 2004, so their 

names can be added to a security list. 

After EPA considers and incorporates, 

as appropriate, comments received 

during the public review process, EPA 

will publish a notice of availability of 

the final model application/information 

request in the Federal Register.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

Susan Bromm, 

Director, Office of Site Remediation 

Enforcement.

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The United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is currently 

working to clean up the [name] Site 

located in [city, state] under the federal 

Superfund program. Superfund is a 

program administered by EPA that is 

designed to clean up hazardous 

substances that may pose a threat to 

human health or the environment. A 

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history, conditions and EPA’s efforts at 

the [name] Site is attached to this letter. 

EPA is sending this letter to you 

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you or your business may have sent