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estimated to average 4 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: 

Owners or operators of hot mix asphalt 

facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,325. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, and 

occasionally. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

18,284. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,751,943, which includes $1,751,943 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and no operation and maintenance 

(O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in burden hours to the 

respondent in this ICR as compared to 

the most recently approved ICR. The 

increase is due to industry growth in the 

past three years, resulting in additional 

number of respondents that are subject 

to this standard. In addition, there is an 

increase in burden costs to both the 

respondent and the Agency due to an 

adjustment in labor rates. This ICR uses 

the most recent labor rates from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics in calculating 

the labor costs. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6876 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL 9513–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NPDES and Sewage Sludge 

Monitoring Reports (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. This ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection and its 

estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719 to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB at: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

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: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On December 28, 2011 (76 FR 81488), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. Any additional 

comments on this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, 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 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 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 ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 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: National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Program 

(Renewal). 

ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 0229.20, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0004. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on March 31, 2012. 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 objective of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) is to restore and 

maintain the chemical, physical, and 

biological integrity of the nation’s 

waters (CWA section 101). The NPDES 

program, established under CWA 

section 402, is an important tool for 

controlling pollutant discharges. The 

CWA authorizes the Agency to issue 

permits for the discharge of pollutants 

to waters of the United States. The 

Agency regulates point source 

discharges of pollutants to waters of the 

United States under its NPDES program. 

CWA section 402(b) allows states 

(defined to include Indian tribes and 

U.S. territories) to acquire authority for 

the NPDES program. This authority 

enables them to issue and administer 

NPDES permits. At present, 46 NPDESauthorized states and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands have NPDES permit program 

authority, but only eight states have 


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received authorization to manage the 

Biosolids (Sludge) Program. In states 

that do not have authority for these 

programs, the Agency issues and 

administers NPDES permits. Because 

some permit applications are processed 

by states and some by EPA, this ICR 

calculates government burden and costs 

for both states and EPA. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4.3 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. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

398,340 (397,703 facilities and 637 

States/Tribes/Territories). 

Frequency of Response: Once, every 

five years, annually, semi-annually, 

quarterly, bimonthly, monthly, 

biweekly, weekly, daily, ongoing, 

occasionally/as needed. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

21,324,741 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,014,324,384 includes $211,074 

annualized capital costs and 

$18,551,848 annualized O&M costs. 

Change in Burden: There is a decrease 

of 9,618,566 hours in the total estimated 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

This decrease in burden corresponds to 

31 percent of the overall burden. The 

main reasons for the change in burden 

is that EPA generated a new estimate of 

construction sites based on data 

collected for the development of the 

final Construction Effluent Limitation 

Guidelines. The Agency revised its 

estimate of the number of large and 

small construction sites covered by this 

ICR downward from 243,076 to 84,472 

sites annually. The impact of this 

change in the number of construction 

sites is a decrease of 8,051,315 hours. 

Some other specific reasons for 

burdens changes are presented below: 

• EPA’s continuous effort to improve 

the quality of data in its PCS and ICIS– 

NPDES. This change could reflect more 

accurate data rather than a significant 

change in the number of permits 

actually administered. This change is 

particularly important for activities 

related to general permittees because in 

previous ICRs, EPA based the 

calculation on best professional 

estimates; whereas, for this ICR, the 

Agency has real inventory numbers 

from PCS and ICIS–NPDES. 

• All CSO permits or enforcement 

orders have fulfilled the obligation of 

Phase I technology-based CSO control 

requirements (Nine Minimum Controls). 

• Previously, EPA accounted for 6 

hours per CAAP facilities to submit 

Form 2b and 0.5 hours per application 

per state to process and review the form. 

This burden from CAAP facilities and 

states has been transferred to the 

Animal Sectors ICR (OMB Control No. 

2040–0250). 

• In the previous ICR, EPA accounted 

for the state burden of 24 hours per 

pretreatment compliance inspection, but 

this burden has been transferred to the 

Pretreatment ICR (OMB Control No. 

2040–0009). 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6875 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0240; FRL–9514–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Lime Manufacturing 

(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 April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0240, 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 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

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

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

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 2227A, 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 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–2011–0240, which is 

available for 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 


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