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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 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: Cooling Water Intake Structures 

New Facility (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1973.05, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0241. 

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: The section 316(b) New 

Facility Rule requires the collection of 

information from new facilities that use 

a CWIS and meet the other eligibility 

requirements. Section 316(b) of the 

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. See 66 FR 65256. Such impact 

occurs as a result of impingement 

(where fish and other aquatic life are 

trapped on technologies at the entrance 

to cooling water intake structures) 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 rule establishes standard 

requirements applicable to the location, 

design, construction, and capacity of 

cooling water intake structures at new 

facilities. These requirements seek to 

minimize the adverse environmental 

impact associated with the use of 

CWISs. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

average reporting and record keeping 

burden is estimated to be 1,620 hours 

per respondent for permitted facilities 

and 154 hours per respondent for States. 

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: New NPDESpermitted facilities that use a cooling 

water intake structure (CWIS), mostly 

power producing facilities and 

manufacturing facilities. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 86 facilities and 47 States 

and Territories. 

Frequency of response: Annual, every 

5 years. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 5.8 for 

facilities (467 annual average responses 

for 81 average facility respondents) and 

8.9 for States and Territories (420 

annual average responses for 47 average 

State respondents). 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

138,421 (131,188 for facilities and 7,233 

for States and Territories). 

Estimated total annual costs: $10.6 

million per year. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $8.1 and an 

estimated cost of $2.5 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Change in Burden: There is an 

increase of 20,212 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase is due 

to the addition of the newly built 

facilities, as well as the continued 

performance of annual activities by 

facilities that received their permit 

during the previous ICR approval 

periods. In addition, this ICR includes 

additional repermitting burden and 

costs because more facilities are 

entering the renewal phase of their 

permits. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32953 Filed 12–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0219; FRL–9508–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Primary and 

Secondary Emissions From Basic 

Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (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 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0219, to: (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 2822IT, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

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Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2223A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0219, which is 

available for either public viewing 

online at http://www.regulations.gov or 

in person viewing at the Enforcement 

and Compliance Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC The EPA Docket 

Center 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 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

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 

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: NSPS for Primary and 

Secondary Emissions from Basic 

Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1069.10, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0029. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2011. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for 

Primary and Secondary Emissions from 

Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, 

subparts N and Na) were promulgated 

on July 25, 1977 and January 2, 1986, 

respectively, and amended on October 

17, 2000. These rules apply to Basic 

Oxygen Process Furnaces (BOPFs) in 

iron and steel plants commencing 

construction, modification or 

reconstruction after June 11, 1973 

(NSPS subpart N) and top-blown 

BOPFs, hot metal transfer stations or 

skimming stations for which 

construction, reconstruction, or 

modification commenced after January 

20, 1983 (NSPS subpart Na). 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must make an initial 

notification, performance tests, periodic 

reports, and maintain records of the 

occurrence and duration of an affected 

facility, or any period during which the 

monitoring system is inoperative. 

Reports are required semiannually at a 

minimum. These notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance; and, in general, are 

required of all sources subject to NSPS. 

Notifications are to inform the Agency 

or delegated authority when a source 

becomes subject to the standard. The 

reviewing authority may then inspect 

the source to ensure that the pollution 

control devices are properly installed 

and operating and that the standards are 

being met. Performance test reports are 

required as these are the Agency’s 

records of a sources’ initial capability to 

comply with the emission standards and 

to serve as a record of the operating 

conditions under which compliance are 

to be achieved. The information 

generated by monitoring, recordkeeping, 

and reporting requirements described in 

this ICR are used by the Agency to 

ensure that facilities that are affected by 

the standard continue to operate the 

control equipment and achieve 

continuous compliance with the 

regulation. 

All reports are sent to the delegated 

state or local authority. In the event that 

there is no such delegated authority, the 

reports are sent directly to the EPA 

regional office. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 60, subpart H, as 

authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of 

the Clean Air Act. The required 

information consists of emissions data 

and other information that have been 

determined to be private. 

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 the EPA regulations are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR 

chapter 15, and are identified on the 

form and/or instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 174 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: 

Primary and secondary emissions from 

basic oxygen furnaces. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

18. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

6,263. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$629,183, which includes $599,483 in 

labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and 

$29,700 in operation and maintenance 

(O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

adjustment increase in burden from the 

most recently approved ICR is due to a 

more accurate estimate of existing 

sources. Consultations with the Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS) and trade associations 

revealed that there are approximately 

eighteen sources subject to the rule, as 

compared with the active ICR that 

shows five sources. There are no new 

facilities expected to be constructed 

over the next three years of this ICR. 

There is also an increase in the 

estimated burden cost as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

approved Burdens. The increase is not 

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due to any program changes. The 

change in burden cost is due to the use 

of the most updated labor rates. 

Because there are no new sources 

with reporting requirements, no capital/ 

startup costs are incurred. The only cost 

that is incurred is for the O&M of the 

monitoring equipment. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32949 Filed 12–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9610–6] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of One Total Maximum 

Daily Load (TMDL) in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability for comment on the 

administrative record files and the 

calculations of one TMDL prepared by 

EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters 

in the State of Louisiana’s Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin that were identified 

as impaired on the State’s Section 

303(d) list. This TMDL was completed 

in response to a court order in the 

lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 

Clifford, et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before February 6, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the one 

TMDL should be sent to Diane Smith, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733 or email: smith.diane@epa.

gov. For further information, contact 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145 or fax 

214.665.7373. The administrative record 

file for the one TMDL is available for 

public inspection at this address as 

well. Documents from the 

administrative record files may be 

viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/ 

6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or obtained 

by calling or writing Ms. Smith at the 

above address. Please contact Ms. Smith 

to schedule an inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, 

two Louisiana environmental groups, 

the Sierra Club and Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network 

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal 

Court against the EPA, styled Sierra 

Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. 96– 

0527, (E.D. La.). Among other claims, 

plaintiffs alleged that the EPA failed to 

establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely 

manner. The EPA proposes this one 

TMDL pursuant to a consent decree 

entered in this lawsuit. 

EPA Seeks Comment on One TMDL 

By this notice the EPA is seeking 

comment on the following one TMDL 

for waters located within Louisiana: 

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

041401 ....... New Orleans 

East Leveed 

Waterbodies 

(Estuarine).

Dissolved 

oxygen. 

The EPA requests the public provide to 

the EPA any water quality related data 

and information that may be relevant to 

the calculations for the one TMDL. The 

EPA will review all data and 

information submitted during the public 

comment period and will revise the 

TMDL where appropriate. The EPA will 

then forward the TMDL to the Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate the 

TMDL into its current water quality 

management plan. 

Dated: December 14, 2011. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33005 Filed 12–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2010–0782; ER–FRL–9000–7] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Environmental Assessment 

(EA)/Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4307h), the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s NEPA 

regulations (40 CFR Part 1500–1508), 

and EPA’s regulations for implementing 

NEPA (40 CFR Part 6), EPA has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) to analyze the potential 

environmental impacts related to the 

reissuance of the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

General Permit for Discharges from 

Construction Activities (2012 

Construction General Permit). The EA 

evaluates the potential environmental 

impacts from the discharge of pollutants 

associated with stormwater runoff from 

construction activities greater than one 

acre, where EPA is the permitting 

authority. Based on the environmental 

impact analysis in the EA, EPA has 

made a preliminary determination that 

no significant environmental impacts 

are anticipated from the issuance of the 

2012 Construction General Permit. 

This notice initiates the 30-day review 

period and invites comments from 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

Indian tribes, and the public regarding 

EPA’s preliminary determination. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2010–0782 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments by clicking on ‘‘Help’’ or 

‘‘FAQs.’’ 

• Mail: Attn: CGP Comments, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Wastewater Management, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Code: 

4203 M, Washington, DC 20460. 

• Courier: Attn: CGP Comments, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Wastewater Management, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Rm # 

7241C, Washington, DC 20004, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Comments should be received within 

30 days of the date of the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

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 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 

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