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rank waters that cannot meet water 

quality standards (WQS) following the 

implementation of technology-based 

controls. Under Section 303(d), States 

are also required to establish total 

maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for 

listed waters not meeting standards 

because of pollutant discharges. In 

developing the Section 303(d) lists, 

States are required to consider various 

sources of water quality related data and 

information, including the Section 

305(b) State water quality reports. 

Section 106(e) requires that states 

annually update monitoring data and 

use it in their Section 305(b) report. 

Section 314(a) requires states to report 

on the condition of their publicly 

owned lakes within the Section 305(b) 

report. 

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and 

its implementing regulations, EPA’s 

WRAPD works with its Regional 

counterparts to review and approve or 

disapprove State Section 303(d) lists 

and TMDLs from 56 respondents (the 50 

States, the District of Columbia, and the 

five Territories). Section 303(d) 

specifically requires States to develop 

lists and TMDLs, and EPA is to review 

and approve or disapprove the lists and 

the TMDLs. EPA also collects State 

305(b) reports from 59 respondents (the 

50 States, the District of Columbia, five 

Territories, and 3 River Basin 

Commissions). 

Tribes are not required to submit 

Section 305(b) reports. However, to 

meet the needs of Tribes at all levels of 

development, EPA has prepared 

guidance that presents the basic steps a 

Tribe should take to collect the water 

quality information it needs to make 

effective decisions about its program, its 

goals and its future directions. Tribal 

water quality monitoring and reporting 

activities are covered under the Section 

106 Tribal Grants Program and are not 

included in the burden estimates for 

this ICR. In addition, ICR number 

2553.02 ‘‘Treatment of Indian Tribes in 

a Similar Manner as States for Purposes 

of Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act 

(Final Rule)’’ addresses the Tribes’ CWA 

Section 303(d) Impaired Water Listing 

and TMDL TAS application and 303(d) 

Program implementation burden, as 

well as EPA’s burden for reviewing the 

Tribes’ applications and 303(d) Program 

submittals. 

During the period covered by this ICR 

renewal, respondents will: Complete 

their 2020 Section 305(b) reports and 

2020 Section 303(d) lists; complete their 

2022 Section 305(b) reports and 2022 

Section 303(d) lists; transmit annual 

electronic updates of ambient 

monitoring data via the Water Quality 

Exchange; and continue to develop 

TMDLs according to their established 

schedules. EPA will prepare biennial 

updates on assessed and impaired 

waters for Congress and the public for 

the 2020 reporting cycle and for the 

2022 cycle, and EPA will review 303(d) 

list and TMDL submissions from 

respondents. 

The burdens of specific activities that 

States undertake as part of their Section 

305(b) and 303(d) programs are derived 

from a project among EPA, States and 

other interested stakeholders to develop 

a tool for estimating the States’ resource 

needs for State water quality 

management programs. This project has 

developed the State Water Quality 

Management Workload Model 

(SWQMWM), which estimates and sums 

the workload involved in more than one 

hundred activities or tasks comprising a 

State water quality management 

program. Over twenty States contributed 

information about their activities that 

became the basis for the model. 

According to the SWQMWM, to meet 

Section 305(b) and 303(d) reporting 

requirements the States will conduct: 

Watershed monitoring and 

characterization; modeling and analysis; 

development of Section 303(d) lists and 

TMDLs for public review; public 

outreach; formal public participation; 

tracking; planning; legal support; etc. In 

general, respondents have conducted 

each of these reporting and record 

keeping activities for past Section 305(b) 

and 303(d) reporting cycles and thus 

have staff and procedures in place to 

continue their Section 305(b) and 303(d) 

reporting programs. The burden 

associated with these tasks is estimated 

in this ICR to include the total number 

of TMDLs that may be submitted during 

the period covered by this ICR. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

States, Territories and Tribes with Clean 

Water Act (CWA) responsibilities. 

Respondent ’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory: Integrated Water Quality 

Inventory Reports (Clean Water Act 

Sections 305(b), 303(d), 314(a), and 

106(e)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 59 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Biennial. 

Total estimated burden: 3,740,017 

(per year) hours. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $214,524,738 

(per year), includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in estimates: There is no 

change of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB, 

published on March 1, 2016. EPA has 

completed phase 1 of the Water Quality’ 

Framework, which is a new way of 

integrating EPA’s data and information 

systems to more effectively support 

reporting and tracking water quality 

protection and restoration actions. 

Phase 1 streamlined water quality 

assessment and reporting by reducing 

transactions associated with paper copy 

reviews and increasing electronic data 

exchange. The system to support this 

new electronic reporting was released to 

support the 2018 reporting cycle in 

April of 2018. Because this is the first 

year that the new reporting method is 

being used, EPA will use this reporting 

cycle to gather information on reporting 

burden using this new approach. EPA 

expects the new approach will result in 

a reduction in reporting burden, but 

does not have enough information at 

this time to quantify the reduction. EPA 

will use the information collected on 

reporting burden from the 2018 cycle to 

revise the ICR burden estimates in the 

next iteration of this ICR. 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

John Goodin, 

Acting Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, 

and Watersheds. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18856 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0349] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 


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information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before October 1, 2018. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0349. 

Title: Equal Employment Opportunity 

(‘‘EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections 

73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 

76.1702. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; annual 

reporting requirement; five year 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority which covers this information 

collection is contained in Section 154(i) 

and 303 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, and Section 634 of 

the Cable Communications Policy Act of 

1984. 

Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements approved under 

this collection are as follows: 47 CFR 

Section 73.2080 provides that equal 

opportunity in employment shall be 

afforded by all broadcast stations to all 

qualified persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such stations because of race, color, 

religion, national origin or sex. Section 

73.2080 requires that each broadcast 

station employment unit with 5 or more 

full-time employees shall establish, 

maintain and carry out a program to 

assure equal opportunity in every aspect 

of a broadcast station’s policy and 

practice. These same requirements also 

apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio 

Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. In 1997, 

the Commission determined that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO requirements. See 

Establishment of Rules and Policies for 

the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service 

in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band, 

12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997) 

(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. In 

2008, the Commission clarified that 

SDARS licensees must comply with the 

Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and 

policies, including the same 

recruitment, outreach, public file, 

website posting, record-keeping, 

reporting, and self-assessment 

obligations required of broadcast 

licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 

73.2080, as well as any other 

Commission EEO policies. See 

Applications for Consent to the Transfer 

of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite 

Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to 

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 

23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and 

note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger 

Order’’). 

47 CFR Section 76.73 provides that 

equal opportunity in employment shall 

be afforded by all multichannel video 

program distributors (‘‘MVPD’’) to all 

qualified persons and no person shall be 

discriminated against in employment by 

such entities because of race, color, 

religion, national origin, age or sex. 

Section 76.75 requires that each 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees shall 

establish, maintain and carry out a 

program to assure equal opportunity in 

every aspect of a cable entity’s policy 

and practice. 

Section 76.79 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees maintain, 

for public inspection, a file containing 

copies of all annual employment reports 

and related documents. 

Section 76.1702 requires that every 

MVPD employment unit employing six 

or more full-time employees place 

certain information concerning its EEO 

program in its public inspection file. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18844 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 

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