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1984 (49 FR 50582), are available at 

http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

April 27, 2011, Federal Register Notice 

(FRN) (76 FR 23583), Western 

announced that in marketing the BCP as 

of October 1, 2017, it will apply the 

Program’s Power Marketing Initiative 

(PMI) and that all BCP electric service 

contracts resulting from this marketing 

effort shall have a term of thirty (30) 

years commencing October 1, 2017. The 

effective date of these decisions was 

designated as May 27, 2011. 

Subsequently, on May 24, 2011 (76 FR 

30147), Western announced an 

extension of the effective date of these 

decisions to December 31, 2011. 

In the April 27, 2011, FRN, Western 

also made proposals and sought 

comments on the amount of marketable 

contingent capacity and firm energy to 

be extended to existing contractors, the 

size of the resource pool to be created, 

and excess energy provisions. 

On December 21, 2011 the Hoover 

Power Allocation Act of 2011, Public 

Law 112–72, was enacted into law. The 

Act directs Western to market 

contingent capacity and firm energy for 

delivery to existing contractors in 

amounts specified in the Act. Contracts 

shall have a fifty (50) year term, 

commencing October 1, 2017. The Act 

also directs Western to create a resource 

pool of contingent capacity and firm 

energy to be offered to new allottees. 

Western will implement these directives 

in subsequent FRNs. Since the Act 

supersedes Western’s decisions and 

proposals pertaining to the BCP Post2017 marketing effort, Western 

withdraws its decisions and proposals 

as set forth in its April 27, 2011 FRN, 

without further public procedure 

including further response to comments 

received related to the proposals. 

Dated: December 16, 2011. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33299 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL–9613–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

EPA is planning to submit a request to 

renew an existing approved Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 

2012. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ow-docket@epa.gov (Identify 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719 

in the subject line) 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Please include a 

total of three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

identified by the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719. 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. 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 send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. 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 you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

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 

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 http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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, 


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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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of technical 

information/data you used that support 

your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and FEDERAL REGISTER citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected Entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are most facilities 

required to have NPDES permit 

coverage, including but not limited to 

publicly owned treatment works 

(POTWs), privately owned treatment 

works (PrOTWs), manufacturing and 

commercial dischargers, mining 

operation, stormwater dischargers, and 

vessels. 

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 currently 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2012. 

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: This consolidated ICR 

calculates the burden and costs 

associated with the NPDES program, 

identifies the types of activities 

regulated under the NPDES program, 

describes the roles and responsibilities 

of state governments and the Agency, 

and presents the program areas that 

address the various types of regulated 

activities. It is an update of the 2008 

Information Collection Request for the 

NPDES Program (OMB Control Number: 

2040–0004; EPA ICR Number: 0229.19) 

that consolidated the burden and costs 

associated with activities previously 

reported in nine of the 15 NPDES 

program or NPDES-related ICRs 

administered by EPA’s Water Permits 

Division. 

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: The current 

burden approved by OMB for the ICRs 

being consolidated is 30,943,308 hours. 

This consolidated ICR estimates a total 

burden that is 9,618,566 hours less than 

the currently approved burden. 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 electronic 

systems. 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 inventory numbers from its 

electronic data systems. 

• All combined sewer overflow (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 concentrated aquatic 

agriculture production (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). 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 


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pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: December 19, 2011. 

Randolph L. Hill, 

Acting Director, Office of Wastewater 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33270 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2011–0997; FRL–9613–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Contractor 

Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire as follows: 

EPA ICR No. 0246.11 on May 31, 2012. 

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2011–0997 by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: hubbell.holly@epa.gov. 

• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of three (3) copies and identify the 

Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OARM– 

2011–0997, Contractor Cumulative 

Claim and Reconciliation. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket CenterAttention OEI Docket, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2011– 

0997. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 

or email. The 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 send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. 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 you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Holly Hubbell, Policy Training and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–1091; email address: 

hubbell.holly@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OARM–2011–0997, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OEI 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 


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