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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 for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: This information collection 

activity provides the EPA with 

notification of supplemental registration 

of distributors of pesticide products. 

EPA is responsible for the regulation of 

pesticides as mandated by the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended. Section 3(e) 

of FIFRA (see 7 U.S.C. 136a (e), allows 

pesticide registrants to distribute or sell 

a registered pesticide product under a 

different name instead of or in addition 

to the name under the original 

registration. Such distribution and sale 

is termed ‘‘supplemental distribution’’ 

and the product is termed a ‘‘distributor 

product.’’ EPA requires the pesticide 

registrant to submit a supplemental 

statement (EPA Form 8570–5, Notice of 

Supplemental Distribution of a 

Registered Pesticide Product) when the 

registrant has entered into an agreement 

with a second company that will 

distribute the registrant’s product under 

the second company’s name and 

product name. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.32 hours per 

response. The ICR, a copy of which is 

available in the docket, provides a 

detailed explanation of this estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1,885. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

603 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $54,463. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $ 54,463 and an estimated cost of $ 

0 for non-burden hour paperwork costs, 

e.g., investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

result in an overall increase of 216 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. This increase reflects the 

increase in the number of applications 

the Agency expects to receive in the 

next 3 years. EPA had expected to 

receive about 1,451 notice submissions 

annually over the past three years. 

Based on the number of submissions 

received annually over that period, the 

Agency now expects to receive about 

1,885 notice submissions annually over 

the next 3 years. This change is an 

adjustment. 

III. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICRs as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of this ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity for the public to submit 

additional comments for OMB 

consideration. If you have any questions 

about this ICR or the approval process 

in general, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: March 25, 2016. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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[EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0015; FRL–9944–45– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Clean 

Water Act State Revolving Fund 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 1391.10, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0118), to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through July 31, 2016. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 3, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2004–0015, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to ow-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

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: 

Mark Mylin, Municipal Support 

Division, Office of Wastewater 

Management, 4204M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–0607; 

email address: mylin.mark@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, docket number 

EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0015. 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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

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

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EPA 

is soliciting comments and information 

to enable it to: 

• 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; 

• 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; 

• enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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. 

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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. At that time, EPA will 

issue another Federal Register notice to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The Clean Water State 

Revolving Funds (CWSRF) were 

established by the 1987 amendments to 

the Clean Water Act (CWA) as a 

financial assistance program for a wide 

range of wastewater infrastructure and 

other water quality projects. The 1987 

amendments added Title VI to the CWA, 

enabling EPA to provide grants to all 50 

states and Puerto Rico to capitalize 

CWSRFs. The CWSRFs can provide 

loans and other forms of assistance for 

a wide array of projects, including 

construction of wastewater treatments 

facilities, green infrastructure projects, 

agricultural best management practices, 

and other water quality projects. Eligible 

borrowers of CWSRF funding range 

from municipalities to nonprofit 

organizations and other private entities. 

Recently, Title VI of the CWA was 

amended in 2014 by the Water 

Resources Reform and Development Act 

(WRRDA). Additional information about 

the CWSRFs is available at http://

www.epa.gov/cwsrf/learn-about-cleanwater-state-revolving-fund-cwsrf. 

This ICR renews the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Number 2040–0118 CWSRF ICR and 

provides updated estimates of the 

reporting burden associated with the 

information collection activities. The 

updated estimates are based on EPA’s 

most recent public consultation and 

capture the estimated impact of the 

WRRDA amendments. 

The individual information 

collections covered under this ICR are 

briefly described as follows: 

Capitalization Grant Agreement/

Intended Use Plan 

The Capitalization Grant Agreement is 

the principal instrument by which a 

CWSRF commits to manage its 

revolving fund program in conformity 

with the requirements of the Clean 

Water Act. The grant agreement 

contains or incorporates by reference 

the intended use plan, application 

materials, required certifications, and 

other documentation required by EPA. 

The intended use plan describes how a 

CWSRF program intends to use its funds 

for the upcoming year to meet the 

objectives of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA). 

Annual Report 

The annual report indicates how the 

CWSRF has met its goals and objectives 

of the previous state fiscal year as stated 

in the grant agreement and, more 

specifically, in the intended use plan. 

The report provides information on loan 

recipients, loan amounts, loan terms, 

project categories of eligible costs, and 

similar data on other forms of 

assistance. 

Annual Audit 

The CWA requires a CWSRF to 

undergo an annual audit. Though an 

audit conducted under the Single Audit 

Act meets this requirement, EPA still 

recommends that a CWSRF also 

undergo a separate independent audit as 

a best management practice. The audit 

must contain an opinion on the 

financial condition of the CWSRF 

program, a report on its internal 

controls, and a report on compliance 

with applicable laws and the CWA. 

Clean Water National Information 

Management System (CWNIMS) and 

CWSRF Benefits Reporting (CBR) 

To meet the CWA objective of 

‘‘promoting the efficient use of fund 

resources,’’ states must enter financial 

data, including project disbursements, 

into the CWNIMS database on an annual 

basis. This publicly available 

information is used by the EPA to assess 

compliance with the CWSRFs’ mandate 

to use all funds in an ‘‘expeditious and 

timely’’ manner and achieve the 

objectives of the CWA. Project level data 

is collected on a quarterly basis using 

the CBR System to record projected 

environmental results from CWSRF 

projects. 

Public Awareness Policy 

Per EPA Grants Policy Issuance (GPI) 

14–02: Enhancing Public Awareness of 

EPA Assistance Agreements, CWSRF 

borrowers must publicize the EPA’s 

involvement in project funding only up 

to the funding amount in each year’s 

capitalization grant. The CWSRFs have 

various options to meet this 

requirement. 

With the exception of the public 

awareness policy, the respondents for 

the information collection activities are 

the state environmental departments, 

and/or finance agencies responsible for 

operating the CWSRFs. The public 

awareness policy directly impacts 

CWSRFs borrowers that are designated 

as recipients of federal funds. The 

burden associated with the public 

awareness policy may have an impact 

on small entities. However, this impact 

is mitigated by the fact that the CWSRFs 

have flexibility in determining which 

borrowers must comply with this 

requirement. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

affected by this action are state 

environmental departments, and/or 

finance agencies responsible for 

operating the CWSRFs and eligible 

CWSRF borrowers. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit per 

Title VI of CWA as amended by 

WRRDA. 

Estimated number of respondents: 51 

state environmental departments and/or 

finance agencies (per year); 393 eligible 

CWSRF borrowers (per year). 

Frequency of response: Varies by 

requirement (i.e., quarterly, semiannually and annually). 

Total estimated burden: 57,376 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $6,074,741 (per 

year). 

Changes in Estimates: This renewal 

adds two information collections 

activities not included in the previous 

version of the ICR. Specifically, the 

renewal includes the additional burden 

associated with the EPA requirement 

that the CWSRFs submit data into the 

CWNIMS and CBR databases on a 

recurring basis. The renewal also 

reflects the additional burden related to 

the recently released public awareness 

policy, directing CWSRF borrowers that 

receive federal funds to publicize EPA’s 

role in funding the projects. 

Though these information collection 

activities add additional burden, the 

total estimated reporting burden under 

this renewal is significantly lower 

compared to the previously approved 

ICR. The estimate of the annual burden 

has been decreased by 748,471 hours 

while the total annual cost burden has 

been decreased by $17,744,006. This 

significant revision is due to the 

removal of the burden associated with 

CWSRF applications and ongoing ARRA 

reporting. 

Dated: March 25, 2016. 

Sheila E. Frace, 

Acting Director, Office of Wastewater 

Management. 

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