Attachment 1 

Proposed Information Collection Request for the 

Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines 

Outreach Teleconference 

EPA/OW/EAD Presentation 

November, 2009 
Steam Electric Power Generating 

Effluent Guidelines Rulemaking

Proposed Information Collection Req

Outreach Teleconference

November 16, 2009
November 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference

• Meeting Objectives• Why is EPA Conducting an ICR?• Process Summary• Objective and Description• Schedule• Questions/Comments

OVERVIEW
November 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 right ones to collect 

reliable data?

• Any other way to acquire information requested 

survey instrument? How can EPA get the data anburden on industry respondents?

MEETING OBJECTIVES
November 2009 SE ICR Outreach Teleconference

Why is EPA Conducting an ICR?

• Clean Water Act (CWA)

• Directs EPA to develop effluent limitations guideli

(ELGs) and standards for industries that generate w

• ICR Process – Paperwork Reduction Act (P

• Requires each Federal Agency to seek and obtain O

Management Budget (OMB) approval before any information can be collected from 10 or more respo

• Goals:

• Minimize the burden on respondents• Ensure data collection meets a specific agency n• Avoid unnecessarily duplicating available infor
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ICR Process Summary

• Two opportunities for public comments

• First Federal Register Notice 

• Published on October 29, 2009 • 60 Day Comment Period – Ends December 28, 2

• What happens in between Federal Register N

• EPA will address public comments and tailor th

questionnaire accordingly 

• Second Federal Register Notice

• Publish at the time Information Collection Requ

package is submitted to OMB for approval

• 30 Day Comment Period
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ICR Objective

• Gather Required Information for Rulemaking u

CWA

• Develop Industry Profile• Gain Knowledge of Current Steam Electric Process

Characterize Waste Streams

• Assess Pollutant Reductions and Costs for Treatmen

Technologies, Management Practices and Process C

• Affordability of Candidate Pollution Control Techn
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Questionnaire Description

• Will be Sent to a Statistically Sampled Subset 

Steam Electric Industry

• Consists of Multiple Sections Tailored to Addr

Specific Processes, Data Needs or Type of Pow

• Questionnaire structure will balance the nee

with minimizing the number of respondents questionnaire burden to industry 

• Responses will be Required

in Electronic Format
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Part I – Economic Data 500 10 30 200 

500 10 75 620 

Approximate Total Number of 

Fossil/Nuclear Steam Electric 

Power Plants

Total Number of Respondents 500 10 30 200 

Oil Gas 

Petroleum 

Coal Coke

Steam Electric Power Plants

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10

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10

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10

Part H – Nuclear Power --- --- --- 

Part G – Leachate Sampling 175* --- --- 

Part F – Management Practices 175 --- --- 

Part E – Cleaning Wastes 175 30 200 

Part D – Ponds/Treatment 500 30 --- 

Part C – Ash Handling 500 30 --- 

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Only those 

with FGD 

Systems

Only those with FGD 

Part B – FGD Systems Systems

Part A – Power Plant Operations 500 30 200 

Questionnaire Sections

All will respond Statistical Subset will respond No 

Notes:*175 plants will receive Part G, but only about 30 percent of respondents (~50 plants) are projected to actually opesystems and therefore would collect and analyze wastewater samples. 
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• 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 • Leachate sampling – (Part G) – 120 days after re

SCHEDULE
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FOR MORE INFORMATION....

• Please provide your comments to the Draft Questionnai(Attention to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0819

•http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for s

comments.•E-mail: OW–Docket@epa.gov•Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcod

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,Washington, DC 20460. Please inc3 copies.•Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

3334,1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,Washington, DC. 

• Questions related to the ICR can be addressed to:

Jezebele Alicea-Virella202-566-1755Alicea.Jezebele@epa.gov
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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS