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1The Clean Water Act defines the term ‘‘state’’ to 

mean the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 

specific territories including Guam, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands. 

of the public wishing to provide 

comment should contact the DFO 

directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation on a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker. Interested parties wishing to 

provide comments should contact Dr. 

Diana Wong, DFO (preferably via email), 

at the contact information noted above, 

by August 14, 2015 to be placed on the 

list of public speakers for the 

teleconference. Written Statements: 

Written statements for these 

teleconferences should be received in 

the SAB Staff Office by the same 

deadlines given above for requesting 

oral comments. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO via 

email. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the SAB Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Diana 

Wong at (202) 564–2049 or wong.dianaM@epa.gov. To request accommodation 

of a disability, please contact Dr. Wong 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

teleconferences, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 24, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0465; FRL–9930–00– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Water 

Quality Standards Regulation 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Water Quality Standards Regulation 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0988.12, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0049) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2015. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2011–0465, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to ow-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tangela Cooper, Office of Water, Office 

of Science and Technology, Standards 

and Health Protection Division, (4305T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

0369; fax number: 202–566–0409; email 

address: cooper.tangela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Water quality standards are 

provisions of state,1 tribal, and federal 

law that consist of designated uses for 

waters of the United States, water 

quality criteria to protect the designated 

uses, and an antidegradation policy. 

Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act 

requires states and authorized tribes to 

establish water quality standards, and to 

review and, if appropriate, revise their 

water quality standards once every three 

years. The Act also requires EPA to 

review and either approve or disapprove 

the new or revised standards, and to 

promulgate replacement federal 

standards if necessary. Section 118(c)(2) 

of the Act specifies additional water 

quality standards requirements for 

waters of the Great Lakes system. 

The Water Quality Standards 

regulation (40 CFR part 131 and 

portions of part 132) governs national 

implementation of the water quality 

standards program. The regulation 

describes requirements and procedures 

for states and authorized tribes to 

develop, review, and revise their water 

quality standards, and EPA procedures 

for reviewing and approving the water 

quality standards. The regulation 

requires the development and 

submission of information to EPA, 

including: 

—The minimum elements in water 

quality standards that each state or 

tribe must submit to EPA for review, 

including any new or revised water 


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quality standards resulting from the 

jurisdiction’s triennial review (40 CFR 

131.6 and 131.20). The elements 

include use designations for specific 

water bodies; methods used and 

analyses conducted to support water 

quality standards revisions; 

supporting analysis for use 

attainability analyses; water quality 

criteria sufficient to protect the 

designated uses; methodologies for 

site-specific criteria development; an 

antidegradation policy; certification 

by the jurisdiction’s Attorney General 

or other appropriate legal authority 

that the water quality standards were 

duly adopted pursuant to state or 

tribal law; information that will aid 

EPA in determining the adequacy of 

the scientific basis for the standards; 

and information on general policies 

that may affect the implementation of 

the standards. 

—Information that an Indian tribe must 

submit to EPA in order to determine 

whether a tribe is qualified to 

administer the water quality 

standards program (40 CFR 131.8). 

—Information a state or tribe must 

submit if it chooses to exercise a 

dispute resolution mechanism for 

disputes between states and tribes 

over water quality standards on 

common water bodies (40 CFR 131.7). 

—Information related to public 

participation requirements during 

state and tribal review and revision of 

water quality standards (40 CFR 

131.20). States and tribes must hold 

public hearings as part of their 

triennial reviews, and make any 

proposed standards and supporting 

analyses available to the public before 

the hearing. 

The regulation establishes specific 

additional requirements for water 

quality standards and their 

implementation in the waters of the 

Great Lakes system, contained in the 

Water Quality Guidance for the Great 

Lakes System (40 CFR part 132). This 

portion of the regulation includes the 

following requirements for information 

collection: Bioassay tests to support the 

development of water quality criteria; 

studies to identify and provide 

information on antidegradation control 

measures that will guard against the 

reduction of water quality in the Great 

Lakes system; and information 

collection and record keeping activities 

associated with analyses and reporting 

to request regulatory relief from 

Guidance requirements. The Guidance 

includes additional information 

collections that are addressed in 

separate Information Collection 

Requests for the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System program. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

Water Quality Standards regulation 

requires reporting at least once every 

three years from 96 jurisdictions: 56 

states and territories, and Indian tribes 

with EPA-approved standards (40 tribes 

as of May 2015). The respondents 

affected by this collection activity are in 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) code 92411 

‘‘Administration of Air and Water 

Resources and Solid Waste Management 

Programs,’’ formerly SIC code #9511. 

Additionally water dischargers subject 

to certain requirements related to the 

WQS in the Great Lakes System include 

dischargers in the following NAICS 

codes: Mining (except oil and gas) (212), 

Food manufacturing (311), Paper 

manufacturing (322), Chemical 

manufacturing (325), Petroleum 

refineries (32411), Primary metal 

manufacturing (331), Fabricated metal 

product manufacturing (332), 

Machinery manufacturing (333), 

Computer and electronic product 

manufacturing (334), Electrical 

equipment, appliance, and component 

manufacturing (335), Transportation 

equipment manufacturing (336), Electric 

power generation, transmission, and 

distribution (2211), and Sewage 

treatment facilities (22132). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of potential 

respondents: 96 jurisdictions plus 2,323 

Great Lakes dischargers. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 286,981 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $13,359,089 (per 

year). There are no annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 10,000 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase reflects an increase 

in the estimated number of respondents 

to reflect EPA’s approval of water 

quality standards for four additional 

tribes. These estimates could change 

further if, for example, EPA approves 

water quality standards for additional 

tribes, or if there are changes in the 

burden related to expected NPDES 

permit activities in the Great Lakes 

basin covered by the ICR. 

Dated: June 24, 2015. 

Elizabeth Southerland, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16234 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–9929–26] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Vision Technologies, 

Inc., and Its Identified Subcontractor, 

Computer Sciences Corporation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its 

contractor, Vision Technologies, Inc., of 

Glen Burnie, MD, and Computer 

Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Falls 

Church, VA, its identified subcontractor 

to access information which has been 

submitted to EPA under all sections of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). Some of the information may be 

claimed or determined to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI). 

DATES: Access to the confidential data 

will occur no sooner than July 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Scott 

Sherlock, Environmental Assistance 

Division (7408M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8257; fax 

number: (202) 564–8251; email address: 

sherlock.scott@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004 is available 

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

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 


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