Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2015 / Notices 80767 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL 9940–56– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Cooling 

Water Intake Structures New Facility 

Final Rule (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Cooling Water 

Intake Structures New Facility Final 

Rule (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1973.06, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0241) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2015. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on 

October 5, 2015 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amelia Letnes, Office of Wastewater 

Management, Mail Code 4203M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

5627; email address: letnes.amelia@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

Abstract: Section 316(b) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) provides that ‘‘[a]ny 

standard established pursuant to [CWA 

section 301] or [CWA section 306] and 

applicable to a point source shall 

require that the location, design, 

construction, and capacity of cooling 

water intake structures reflect the best 

technology available for minimizing 

adverse environmental impact.’’ 

The section 316(b) New Facility Rule 

(66 FR 65256; December 18, 2001) and 

minor amendments (68 FR 36749; June 

19, 2003) implement section 316(b) of 

the CWA as it applies to new facilities 

that use cooling water intake structures 

(CWISs). The rule requires new facilities 

to submit several distinct types of 

information as part of their National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permit application. In 

addition, the rule requires new facilities 

to maintain monitoring and reporting 

data as outlined by the Director in their 

NPDES permits. The information 

requirements in this Information 

Collection Request (ICR) are necessary 

to ensure that new facilities are 

complying with the rule’s provisions, 

and thereby minimizing adverse 

environmental impact resulting from 

impingement and entrainment losses 

due to the withdrawal of cooling water. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: State 

Governments, Private Entities 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory per Clean Water Act (CWA) 

section 316(b). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

145 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually, on 

occasion 

Total estimated burden: 151,789 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $11,817,460 (per 

year), includes $2,267,728 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 13,368 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to expected 

growth in the number of permitted 

facilities over the next three years. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32611 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL 9940–54– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; National 

Pretreatment Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘National 

Pretreatment Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 

0002.16, OMB Control No. 2040–0009) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2015. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on 

October 5, 2015 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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