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estimated to average 142 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, on 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

2,266 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$108,622 includes $2,300 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 59 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to revised 

estimates based on comments from 

independent state reviewers 

(respondents) who applied for NDZs 

over the last several years. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32956 Filed 12–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL 9508–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Pretreatment 

Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to owdocket@epa.gov. (Identify Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719 in the subject 

line), or by mail to: Water Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 and 

(2) OMB by mail to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

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; fax 

number: (202) 564–9544; email address: 

letnes.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 25, 2011 (76 FR 53123), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

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 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

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 EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: National Pretreatment Program 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 

0002.15, OMB Control Number 2040– 

0009. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 12/31/2011. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

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 402(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 Publicly-Owned 

Treatment Works (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 

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collected from IUs during 

implementation of the pretreatment 

program include the mass, frequency, 

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 74.0 hours per 

respondent per year, or 18.35 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

Affected entities: Various industrial 

categories, publicly owned treatment 

works (POTWs), Local and State 

governments. 

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. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 4. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,806,517 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$77,647,536. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $75,328,623 and an 

estimated cost of $2,318,913 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Change in Burden: There is an 

increase of 9,430 (0.5%) hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. Most of the 

increase in burden is attributable to the 

transfer of the burden associated with 

Pretreatment Compliance Inspection 

(PCI) from the NPDES Program ICR 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0004, EPA ICR 

No. 0229.20). There are also additional 

burden increases in other areas. For 

example, the number of state 

respondents has increased from 35 to 

36, and the number of approved 

programs has increased to 1,548 from 

1,512. 

However, the increases in burden are 

partially offset by a decrease in burden 

attributable 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. 

The revised number of SIUs drives the 

decrease in respondent burden because 

SIUs constitute the bulk of respondents. 

This ICR shows a shift in burden from 

POTWs to States as a consequence of 

EPA’s updated estimates of SIUs 

regulated by POTWs and States. 

However, this is not the result of 

programmatic changes but simply a 

reflection of more accurate information 

about the implementation of the 

pretreatment program. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32961 Filed 12–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1121; FRL–9509–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Fuel Quality 

Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 

2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt 

(Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & NonRoad Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–1121, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail 

Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB by mail to: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geanetta Heard, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Mail Code: 6406J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9017 fax number: (202) 343–2801; 

email address: heard.geanetta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 18, 2011 (76 FR 51362), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2007–1121, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 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 Air Docket 

is (202) 566–1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

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