# Attachment 1

Proposed Information Collection Request for the

Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines

Outreach Teleconference

EPA/OW/EAD Presentation

November, 2009Steam Electric Power GeneratingEffluent Guidelines RulemakingProposed Information Collection RequestOutreach TeleconferenceNovember 16, 2009November 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference• Meeting Objectives• Why is EPA Conducting an ICR?• Process Summary• Objective and Description• Schedule• Questions/CommentsOVERVIEW2 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference• Introduction to the ICR Process• Encourage Feedback on Draft Questionnaire• Scope of questionnaire• Questionnaire Recipients• Questions included in survey• Are the questions asked the rightones to collect intended andreliable data?• Any other way to acquire information requested besides thesurvey instrument? How can EPA get the data and reduceburden on industry respondents?MEETING OBJECTIVES3 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceWhy is EPA Conducting an ICR?•Clean Water Act (CWA)• Directs EPA to develop effluent limitations guidelines(ELGs) and standards for industries that generate wastewater.•ICR Process – Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)• Requires each Federal Agency to seek and obtain Office ofManagement Budget (OMB) approval before anyinformation can be collected from 10 or more respondents.• Goals:• Minimize the burden on respondents• Ensure data collection meets a specific agency need• Avoid unnecessarily duplicating available information4 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceICR Process Summary• Two opportunities for public comments• First Federal Register Notice• Published on October 29, 2009• 60 Day Comment Period – Ends December 28, 2009• What happens in between Federal Register Notices?• EPA will address public comments and tailor thequestionnaire accordingly• Second Federal Register Notice• Publish at the time Information Collection Request (ICR)package is submitted to OMB for approval• 30 Day Comment Period5 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceICR Objective• Gather Required Information for Rulemaking underCWA• Develop Industry Profile• Gain Knowledge of Current Steam Electric Processes andCharacterize Waste Streams• Assess Pollutant Reductions and Costs for TreatmentTechnologies, Management Practices and Process Changes• Affordability of Candidate Pollution Control Technologies6 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceQuestionnaire Description• Will be Sent to a Statistically Sampled Subset of theSteam Electric Industry• Consists of Multiple Sections Tailored to AddressSpecific Processes, Data Needs or Type of Power Plants• Questionnaire structure will balance the need for datawith minimizing the number of respondents andquestionnaire burden to industry• Responses will be Requiredin Electronic FormatNovember 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference202003010500Part I – Economic Data706207510500Approximate Total Number ofFossil/NuclearSteam ElectricPower Plants202003010500Total Number of RespondentsNuclearGasOilPetroleumCokeCoalSteam Electric Power Plants---------10---10---1020---------Part H – Nuclear Power20------175*Part G – Leachate Sampling---------175Part F – Management Practices2020030175Part E – Cleaning Wastes------30500Part D – Ponds/Treatment------30500Part C – Ash Handling------Only thosewith FGDSystemsOnly those with FGDSystemsPart B – FGD Systems2020030500Part A – Power Plant OperationsQuestionnaire SectionsAll will respond Statistical Subset will respond No respondentsNotes:*175 plants will receive Part G, but only about 30 percent of respondents (~50 plants)are projected to actually operate leachate collectionsystems and therefore would collectand analyze wastewater samples.8 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference•First Federal Register Notice• Published on October 29, 2009• Outreach conference calls – November 2009• Comments due – December 28, 2009•Second Federal Register Notice• Publication – Early 2010• Comments due – 30 days after publication•Questionnaire Mail-out• Questionnaire mail-out – Spring 2010• Responses deadline:• All questionnaire parts but Part G – 60 days after receipt• Leachate sampling – (Part G) – 120 days after receiptSCHEDULE9 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceFOR MORE INFORMATION....• Please provide your comments to the Draft Questionnaire(Attention to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0819) by:•http://www.regulations.gov:Follow the on-line instructions for submittingcomments.•E-mail:OW–Docket@epa.gov•Mail:Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M,1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,Washington,DC 20460. Please include a total of3 copies.•Hand Delivery:Water Docket, EPA DocketCenter, EPA West, Room3334,1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,Washington, DC.• Questions related to the ICR can be addressed to:Jezebele Alicea-Virella202-566-1755Alicea.Jezebele@epa.gov10 of 11November 2009 SE ICR Outreach TeleconferenceQUESTIONS/COMMENTS11 of 11