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service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: August 16, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL–9456–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request on Two Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

EPA is planning to submit a request to 

renew two existing Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB). 

Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collections as described at 

the beginning of SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov 

(Identify Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2008–0719 in the subject line) 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4101T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

identified by the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amelia Letnes, State and Regional 

Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM 

Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–5627; 

e-mail address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For All 

ICRS: 

An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to collection information unless 

it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations are 

displayed in 40 CFR part 9. 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

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 

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to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

A. List of ICRS Planned To Be 

Submitted 

(1) Information Collection Request for 

Cooling Water Intake Structures New 

Facility Final Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR 

No. 1973.05, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0241; expiration date 12/31/2011. 

(2) National Pretreatment Program, 

EPA ICR Number 0002.14, OMB Control 

Number 2040–0009, expiration date 12/ 

31/2011. 

B. Individual ICRs 

(1) Information Collection Request for 

Cooling Water Intake Structures New 

Facility Final Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR 

No. 1973.05, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0241; expiration date 12/31/2011. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are new facilities 

that are point sources (i.e., subject to a 

NPDES permit) that use or propose to 

use a cooling water intake structure 

(CWIS), have at least one cooling water 

intake structure that uses at least 25 

percent (measured on an average 

monthly basis) of the water withdrawn 

for cooling purposes, withdraw the 

water from surface waters, and have a 

design intake flow greater than two 

million gallons per day (MGD). 

Generally, facilities that meet these 

criteria fall into two major groups: new 

power producing facilities and new 

manufacturing facilities. Power 

producers affected by the final rule are 

likely to be both utility and nonutility 

power producers since they typically 

have large cooling water requirements. 

EPA identified four categories of 

manufacturing facilities that tend to 

require large amounts of cooling water: 

paper and allied products, chemical and 

allied products, petroleum and coal 

products, and primary metals. However, 

the New Facility Rule is not limited to 

manufacturers in these sectors; any new 

manufacturer that meets the criteria 

above is subject to the rule. 

Abstract: The section 316(b) New 

Facility Rule requires the collection of 

information from new facilities that use 

a CWIS and meet the other eligibility 

requirements. Section 316(b) of the 

CWA requires that any standard 

established under section 301 or 306 of 

the CWA and applicable to a point 

source must require that the location, 

design, construction and capacity of 

CWISs at that facility reflect the best 

technology available (BTA) for 

minimizing adverse environmental 

impact. See 66 FR 65256. Such impact 

occurs as a result of impingement 

(where fish and other aquatic life are 

trapped on technologies at the entrance 

to cooling water intake structures) and 

entrainment (where aquatic organisms, 

eggs, and larvae are taken into the 

cooling system, passed through the heat 

exchanger, and then pumped back out 

with the discharge from the facility). 

The rule establishes standard 

requirements applicable to the location, 

design, construction, and capacity of 

cooling water intake structures at new 

facilities. These requirements seek to 

minimize the adverse environmental 

impact associated with the use of 

CWISs. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

average reporting and recordkeeping 

burden for the collection of information 

by facilities responding to the section 

316(b) New Facility Rule is estimated to 

be 1,620 hours per respondent (i.e., an 

annual average of 131,188 hours of 

burden divided among an anticipated 

annual average of 81 facilities). The 

State reporting and recordkeeping 

burden for the review, oversight, and 

administration of the rule is estimated 

to average 154 hours per respondent 

(i.e., an annual average of 7,233 hours of 

burden divided among an anticipated 47 

States on average per year). 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 86 facilities and 47 States 

and Territories. 

Frequency of response: Annual, every 

5 years. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 5.8 for 

facilities (467 annual average responses 

for 81 average facility respondents) and 

8.9 for States and Territories (420 

annual average responses for 47 average 

State respondents). 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

138,421 (131,188 for facilities and 7,233 

for States and Territories). 

Estimated total annual costs: $10.6 

million per year. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $8.1 and an 

estimated cost of $2.5 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Change in Burden: There is an 

increase of 20,212 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase is due 

to the addition of the newly built 

facilities, as well as the continued 

performance of annual activities by 

facilities that received their permit 

during the previous ICR approval 

periods. In addition, this ICR includes 

additional repermitting burden and 

costs because more facilities are 

entering the renewal phase of their 

permits. 

(2) National Pretreatment Program, 

EPA ICR Number 0002.14, OMB Control 

Number 2040–0009, expiration date 12/ 

31/2011. 

Affected entities: Various industrial 

categories, publicly owned treatment 

works (POTWs), local and State 

governments. 

Abstract: This ICR calculates the 

burden and costs associated with 

managing and implementing the 

National Pretreatment Program as 

mandated under CWA sections 402(a) 

and (b) and 307(b). This ICR includes all 

existing tasks under the National 

Pretreatment Program, as amended by 

the EPA’s Streamlining Rule. 

EPA’s Office of Wastewater 

Management (OWM) in the Office of 

Water (OW) is responsible for the 

management of the pretreatment 

program. The CWA requires EPA to 

develop national pretreatment standards 

to control discharges from Industrial 

Users (IUs) into POTWs. These 

standards limit the level of certain 

pollutants allowed in non-domestic 

wastewater that is discharged to a 

POTW. EPA administers the 

pretreatment program through the 

NPDES permit program. Under the 

NPDES permit program, EPA may 

approve State or individual POTW 

implementation of the pretreatment 

standards at their respective levels. Data 

collected from IUs during 

implementation of the pretreatment 

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and content of IU discharges and IU 

schedules for installing pretreatment 

equipment. Data also include actual or 

anticipated IU discharges of wastes that 

violate pretreatment standards, have the 

potential to cause problems at the 

POTW, or are considered hazardous 

under the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA). OWM uses the 

data collected under the pretreatment 

program to monitor and enforce 

compliance with the pretreatment 

regulations, as well as to authorize 

program administration at the State or 

local (POTW) level. States and POTWs 

applying for approval of their 

pretreatment programs submit data 

concerning their legal, procedural, and 

administrative bases for establishing 

such programs. This information may 

include surveys of IUs, local limits for 

pollutant concentrations, and schedules 

for completion of major project 

requirements. IUs and POTWs submit 

written reports to the approved State or 

EPA. These data may then be entered 

into the NPDES databases by the 

approved State or by EPA. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 73.1 hours per 

respondent per year, or 18.1 hours per 

response. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 24,411 (36 States, 1,548 

POTWs and 22,827 industrial users). 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

semi-annually, annually, and as needed. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 4.0. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,784,568 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$76,773,776. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $74,454,863 and an 

estimated cost of $2,318,913 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Change in Burden: There is a decrease 

of 12,5195 (0.7%) hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. Most of the decrease 

in burden is attributed to the decrease 

in the number of SIUs. EPA revised the 

estimated number of SIUs and 

pretreatment programs after extensive 

consultation with the EPA regions and 

a thorough examination of PCS data. 

This ICR shows a shift in burden from 

POTWs to States as a consequence of 

EPA’s updated estimates of of SIUs 

regulated by POTWs and States. 

However, EPA does not believe this is 

the result of programmatic changes but 

simply a reflection of more accurate 

information about the implementation 

of the pretreatment program. 

What is the next step in the process for 

these ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: August 12, 2011. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21723 Filed 8–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9456–8; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0425] 

Draft Toxicological Review of Libby 

Amphibole Asbestos: In Support of the 

Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period and a public 

listening session for the external review 

draft human health assessment titled 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Libby 

Amphibole Asbestos: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/ 

635/R–11/002A). The draft assessment 

was prepared by staff in both EPA’s 

Region 8 Office (Colorado, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 

Wyoming, and 27 tribal nations), and 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). EPA is releasing the draft 

assessment for the purposes of public 

comment and peer review. This draft 

assessment is not final as described in 

EPA’s Information Quality Guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. When finalizing the draft 

document, EPA intends to consider any 

public comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. The public 

comments submitted in accordance with 

this notice will be made available to the 

peer review panel. 

The draft document is also being 

provided to EPA’s Science Advisory 

Board (SAB), a body established under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, for 

independent external peer review. The 

public comment period and the EPA 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) peerreview, which will be scheduled at a 

later date and announced in the Federal 

Register, are separate processes that 

provide opportunities for all interested 

parties to comment on the document. 

EPA is also announcing a listening 

session to be held on October 6, 2011 

during the public comment period for 

this draft assessment. The purpose of 

the listening session is to allow all 

interested parties to present scientific 

and technical comments on draft IRIS 

health assessments to EPA and other 

interested parties attending the listening 

session. EPA welcomes the scientific 

and technical comments that will be 

provided to the Agency by the listening 

session participants. The comments will 

be considered by the Agency as it 

revises the draft assessment after the 

independent external peer review. If 

listening session participants would like 

EPA to share their comments with the 

external peer reviewers, they should 

also submit written comments during 

the public comment period using the 

detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins August 25, 2011, and ends 

October 24, 2011. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by October 24, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft IRIS 

health assessment for Libby Amphibole 

Asbestos will be held in Arlington, VA, 

on October 6, 2011, beginning at 1 p.m. 

and ending at 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time, or when the last presentation has 

been completed. If you would like to 

make a presentation at the listening 

session, you should register by 

September 29, 2011. To attend the 

listening session, register by September 

29, 2011, by sending an e-mail to 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov (subject 

line: Libby Amphibole Asbestos 

Listening Session); by calling Christine 

Ross at 703–347–8592; or by faxing a 

registration request to 703–347–8689. 

Please reference the ‘‘Libby Amphibole 

Asbestos Listening Session’’ and 

include your name, title, affiliation, full 

address, and contact information. To 

present at the listening session, indicate 

in your registration that you would like 

to make oral comments at the session 

and provide the length of your 


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