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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on March 27, 2015. 

Dated: March 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9922–70–OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance 

requests in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 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 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Kerwin (202) 566–1669, or 

email at kerwin.courtney@epa.gov and 

please refer to the appropriate EPA 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 0976.17; 2015 

Hazardous Waste Report, Notification of 

Regulated Waste Activity, and Part A 

Hazardous Waste Permit Application 

and Modification (Renewal); 40 CFR 

parts 262, 262.41, 263, 264, 264.75, 265, 

266, 270, 273, and 279; 42 CFR parts 

262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 270, 273, and 

279; was approved with change on 1/28/ 

2015; OMB Number 2050–0024; expires 

on 1/31/2017. 

Comment Filed 

EPA ICR Number 2465.02; NSPS for 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New 

Electric Utility Generating Units (40 

CFR part 60, subpart TTTT) (Proposed 

Rule); 40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT; 

OMB filed comment on 1/20/2015. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collections Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0593; FRL 9923–54– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submittal to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 2015 

Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs 

Survey and Assessment 

(Reinstatement) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted 

an information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure 

Needs Survey and Assessment 

(Reinstatement)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2234.04, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0274) 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.). 

This is a request to reinstate a 

previously discontinued collection. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (79 

FR 65209) on November 3, 2014, during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. A fuller description 

of the ICR is given in this notice, 

including the ICR’s estimated burden 

and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2014–0593, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s 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; and (2) OMB via email to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

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: 

Robert Barles, Drinking Water 

Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–3814; fax number: 

202–564–3754; email address: 

barles.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents that explain in 

detail the information that 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. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to identify the 

infrastructure needs of public water 

systems for the 20-year period from 

January 2015 through December 2034. 

EPA’s Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water will collect these data to 

comply with sections 1452(h) and 

1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). The Agency 

will use a questionnaire to collect 

capital investment need information 

from selected community water systems 

serving more than 3,300 persons. 

Participation in the survey is voluntary. 

The data from the questionnaires will 

provide the Agency with new 

information from the field to assist in 

the 2015 update to the Agency’s 

assessment of the nationwide 

infrastructure needs of public water 

systems. Also, as mandated by section 

1452(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Safe Drinking 

Water Act, EPA uses the results of the 

latest survey to allocate Drinking Water 

State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) monies 

to the states. Under the allotment 


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formula, each state receives a grant of 

the annual DWSRF appropriation in 

proportion to the state’s share of the 

total national need, with the proviso 

that each state receives at least one 

percent of the total funds available. 

Form Numbers: 6100–02. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Community water systems and State 

Agencies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,915 (total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 12,398 hours 

(average per year over three years). 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $578,001 

(average per year over three years), 

includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 11,000 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR previously approved by 

OMB. This burden reduction is due to 

the use of statistical methods such as 

random sampling and extrapolation, 

which will reduce the number of 

respondents. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0056; FRL–9923–96– 

OW] 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology; 

Request for Nominations to NACEPT 

Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates for serving on a 

new subcommittee under the National 

Advisory Council for Environmental 

Policy and Technology (NACEPT) to 

provide advice and recommendations 

on how the EPA can best clarify 

assumable waters for dredge and fill 

permit programs pursuant to the Clean 

Water Act section 404(g)(1). The EPA is 

undertaking this effort to support states 

and tribes that wish to assume the 

program. Members are anticipated to be 

selected by June 15, 2015. Sources in 

addition to this Federal Register 

document may be utilized in the 

solicitation of nominees. 

DATES: Nominations must be emailed or 

postmarked no later than May 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

emailed or submitted in writing to Laura 

Bachle at the address listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mail: Laura Bachle, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and 

Watersheds (MC 4502T), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566–2468; 

email: assumablewaters@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of particular 

interest to persons who work in Clean 

Water Act and wetland programs. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Environmental groups; state, local, and 

tribal governments; private sector 

entities who frequently seek Clean 

Water Act section 404 permits; 

academia; and the public. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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–OW–2015–0056, is available 

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

Office of Water Regulatory Public 

Docket in the Environmental Protection 

Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC 

West Building, Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20004. The 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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Please review the visitor instructions 

and additional information about the 

docket available at http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/. 

II. Background 

The NACEPT is a federal advisory 

committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463. The EPA established the 

NACEPT in 1988 to provide advice to 

the EPA Administrator on a broad range 

of environmental policy, management 

and technology issues. The EPA is now 

seeking to form a subcommittee under 

the NACEPT, to be known as the 

‘‘Assumable Waters Subcommittee’’ to 

provide advice on how the EPA can best 

clarify the waters that a state or tribe 

may assume permitting responsibility 

for under an approved Clean Water Act 

dredge and fill permit program. 

Subcommittee members, like the parent 

NACEPT committee, serve as 

representatives from academia, 

industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and state, local, and tribal 

governments. It is important to note that 

other federal agencies have specific 

interest in this matter and thus will also 

be solicited for their participation on 

this subcommittee. 

The subcommittee is being formed to 

provide advice concerning a focused but 

critical aspect of implementing the 

Clean Water Act’s permit program for 

the discharge of dredge and fill 

materials. The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers currently evaluates permit 

applications for construction activities 

in the majority of the nation’s waters 

subject to the Clean Water Act. 

Although states and tribes may assume 

the dredge and fill permit 

responsibilities pursuant to section 

404(g) of the Clean Water Act, only two 

states (Michigan and New Jersey) and no 

tribes have assumed the program to 

date. If a state or tribe is considering 

assuming such responsibilities, among 

the first questions that need to be 

answered is for which waters will the 

state or tribe assume permitting 

responsibility and for which waters the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will 

retain permitting authority. States have 

raised concerns to the EPA that section 

404 of the Clean Water Act and its 

implementing regulations lack sufficient 

clarity to enable states and tribes to 

estimate the extent of permit program 

responsibilities they would assume and 

associated program implementation 

costs (Stoner letter from the 

Environmental Council of States, the 

Association of Clean Water 

Administrators, and the Association of 

State Wetland Managers April 30, 2014. 

Letter in the docket.). The lack of clarity 

on these questions could discourage 

states and tribes from pursuing 

assumption as envisioned under the 

Clean Water Act. 

The Assumable Waters Subcommittee 

will have a limited duration and narrow 

focus. Other aspects of state or tribal 

assumption will not be in scope for the 

deliberations of this advisory 

committee. For example, the 

subcommittee will not be deliberating 

on the merits of assumption. It will 

focus on how the EPA can clarify the 

waters for which a state or tribe may 

assume Clean Water Act section 404 


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