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promote the WasteWise program and 

waste reduction to their members. 

The Partner Registration Form 

identifies an organization and its 

facilities registering to participate in 

WasteWise, and requires the signature 

of a senior official that can commit the 

organization to the program. (This form 

can be submitted either electronically or 

in hard copy.) Within six months of 

registering, each partner is asked to 

conduct a waste assessment and submit 

baseline data and waste reduction goals 

to EPA via the Annual Assessment 

Form. (This form can also be submitted 

either electronically or in hard copy.) 

On an annual basis partners are asked 

to report, via the Annual Assessment 

Form, on their progress toward 

achieving their waste reduction goals by 

estimating amounts of waste prevented 

and recyclables collected, and 

describing buying or manufacturing 

recycled-content products. Partners can 

also provide WasteWise with 

information on total waste prevention 

revenue, total recycling revenue, total 

avoided purchasing costs due to waste 

prevention, and total avoided disposal 

costs due to recycling and waste 

prevention. Additionally, they are asked 

to submit new waste reduction goals. 

Endorsers, who are typically trade 

associations or state/local governments, 

submit the Endorser Registration Form 

once during their endorser relationship 

with WasteWise. (This form can be 

submitted either electronically or in 

hard copy.) The Endorser Registration 

Form identifies the organization, the 

principal contact, and the activities to 

which the Endorser commits. 

EPA’s WasteWise program uses the 

submitted information to (1) identify 

and recognize outstanding waste 

reduction achievements by individual 

organizations, (2) compile aggregate 

results that indicate overall 

accomplishments of WasteWise 

partners, (3) identify cost-effective waste 

reduction strategies to share with other 

organizations, and (4) identify topics on 

which to develop assistance and 

information efforts. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 1 hour per response for the 

Partner Registration Form, 40 hours per 

response for the Annual Assessment 

Form, and 10 hours per response for the 

Endorser Registration Form. This results 

in an estimated annual partner 

respondent burden of 41 hours for new 

partners, 40 hours for established 

partners, and a one-time respondent 

burden of 10 hours for endorsers. 

The estimated number of respondents 

is 1,675 in Year 1; 1,775 in Year 2; and 

1,875 in Year 3. Estimated total annual 

burden on all respondents is 66,350 

hours in Year 1; 70,350 hours in Year 2; 

and 74,350 hours in Year 3. 

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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1,525. 

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

56,700. 

Estimated total annual costs: $0. This 

includes an estimated burden cost of $0 

and an estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

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: February 2, 2007. 

Matthew Hale, 

Director, Office of Solid Waste. 

[FR Doc. E7–3588 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0142; FRL–8282–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request for Cooling Water 

Intake Structure Phase II Existing 

Facilities, EPA ICR No. 2060.03, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0257 

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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–

OW–2007–0142, 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 number EPA–HQ–

OW–2007–0142, in the subject line) 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M, 

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. 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 number 

EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0142. 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 

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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 

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; email address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for the ICR identified in this document 

(ID number EPA–HQ–OW–2007–0142), 

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. 

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 technical 

information/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. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action include existing 

electric power generating facilities 

meeting the applicability criteria of the 

316(b) Phase II Existing Facility rule at 

40 CFR 125.91. 

Title: Information Collection Request 

for Cooling Water Intake Structure 

Phase II Existing Facilities. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2060.03, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0257. 

ICR status: 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, 

and 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: The section 316(b) Phase II 

Existing Facility rule requires the 

collection of information from existing 

point source facilities that generate and 

transmit electric power (as a primary 

activity) or generate electric power but 

sell it to another entity for transmission, 

use a cooling water intake structure 

(CWIS) that uses at least 25 percent of 

the water it withdraws from waters of 

the U.S. for cooling purposes, and have 

a design intake flow of 50 million 

gallons per day (MGD) or more. Section 

316(b) of the Clean Water Act (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. Such impact 

occurs as a result of impingement 

(where fish and other aquatic life are 

trapped on technologies at the entrance 

to CWIS) 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 316(b) Phase II 

rule establishes requirements applicable 

to the location, design, construction, 

and capacity of CWISs at Phase II 

existing facilities. These requirements 

establish the BTA for minimizing 

adverse environmental impact 

associated with the use of CWISs. 

On January 25, 2007, the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Second 

Circuit remanded to EPA certain 

provisions in the 2004 Final Regulations 

to Establish Requirements for Cooling 

Water Intake Structures at Phase II 

Existing Facilities (See Riverkeeper, Inc. 


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v. U.S. EPA, No. 04–6692–ag(L) [2d Cir. 

Jan. 25, 2007]). EPA is continuing to 

review the decision to determine its 

impact on the Phase II Rule. Therefore, 

this ICR does not address the results of 

the court decision. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

average reporting and record keeping 

burden for the collection of information 

by facilities responding to the Section 

316(b) Phase II Existing Facility rule is 

estimated to be 2,983 hours per facility 

respondent (i.e., an annual average of 

1,157,216 hours of burden divided 

among an anticipated annual average of 

388 facilities). The state Director 

reporting and record keeping burden for 

the review, oversight, and 

administration of the rule is estimated 

to average 2,034 hours per state 

respondent (i.e., an annual average of 

83,383 hours of burden divided among 

an anticipated 41 States on average per 

year). Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, or 

disclose or provide information to or for 

a Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and use 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 information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 549 (508 facilities and 41 

states). 

Frequency of response: Bi-annually, 

every five years. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 24. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,240,599 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$80,556,134. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $65,592,289 and an 

estimated cost of $14,963,845 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The change 

in burden results mainly from the shift 

from the approval period to the renewal 

period of the 316(b) Phase II Existing 

Facilities rule. This ICR covers the last 

2 years of the permit approval period 

(i.e., years 4 and 5 after implementation) 

and the first year of the renewal period 

(i.e., year 6 after implementation). 

Activities for renewing an NPDES 

permit already issued under the 316(b) 

Phase II Existing Facilities rule are less 

burdensome than those for issuing a 

permit for the first time. Additionally, 

for the approval period ICR (EPA ICR 

No. 2060.02), EPA assumed that all 

facilities complying with the rule would 

be in NPDES-authorized States. EPA has 

moved away from this assumption, and, 

for this ICR, all calculations are based 

on the estimated number and type of 

facilities in authorized and nonauthorized States. 

Dated: February 23, 2007. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–3589 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget 

February 21, 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before April 2, 2007. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10236 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 

395–6466, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or 

via Internet at 

Allison_E._Zaleski@.omb.eop.gov and to 

Judith-B Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 

1–B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 

or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you 

would like to obtain or view a copy of 

this information collection, you may do 

so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: 

http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0953. 

Title: Wireless Medical Telemetry 

Service, ET Docket No. 99–255, FCC 00–

211. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500 

respondents; 2,500 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1–4 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 10,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $500,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

No information is requested that would 

require assurance of confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to OMB as an extension during this 

comment period to obtain the full threeyear clearance from them. There is no 

change in the number of respondents, 

burden hours or annual costs. The 

Commission adopted rules which 

enhance the ability of health care 

providers to offer high quality and cost 

effective care to patients with acute and 

chronic health care needs. Medical 

telemetry equipment is used in 

hospitals and health care facilities to 

transmit patient measurement data, 

such as pulse and respiration rates to a 

nearby receiver that permits greater 

patient mobility and increased comfort. 


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