60142 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 192 / Monday, October 5, 2015 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9023–3] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa. 

Receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EISs) Filed 09/28/2015 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at:https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20150283, Draft, NOAA, LA, 

PROGRAMMATIC—Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill: Draft Programmatic 

Damage Assessment and Restoration 

Plan, Comment Period Ends: 12/04/

2015, Contact: Courtney Groeneveld 

301–427–8666 

Dated: September 28, 2015. 

Karin Leff, 

Acting Director,NEPA Compliance 

Division,Office of Federal Activities. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW_2008–0719; FRL–9935–28– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Requests; Comment Requests 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit 

three information collection requests 

(ICRs): ‘‘Information Collection Request 

for Cooling Water Intake Structures New 

Facility Final Rule (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1973.06, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0241); ‘‘ICR Supporting Statement 

Information Collection Request: 

National Pretreatment Program’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 0002.15, OMB Control No. 

2040–0009); and ‘‘ICR Supporting 

Statement Information Collection 

Request for National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Program 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0229.21, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0004) 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 

collections as described below. This is 

a proposed extension of the three ICRs, 

which are 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 December 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing the Docket ID numbers 

provided for each item in the text online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to owdocket@epa.gov (Identify Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719 in the subject 

line), 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: 

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; fax 

number: (202) 564 9544; email address: 

letnes.amelia@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. 

A. List of ICRS Planned To Be 

Submitted 

(1) ‘‘Information Collection Request for 

Cooling Water Intake Structures 

New Facility Final Rule (Renewal)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1973.06, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0241), expiration 

date: December 31, 2015. Docket 

Number: EPA–HQ–OW_2008–0719 

(2) ‘‘ICR Supporting Statement 

Information Collection Request for 

National Pretreatment Program’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 0002.15, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0009), expiration 

date: December 31, 2015. Docket 

Number: EPA–HQ–OW_2008–0719 

(3) ‘‘ICR Supporting Statement 

Information Collection Request for 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) 

Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

0229.21, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0004), expiration date: December 

31, 2015. Docket Number: EPA– 

HQ–OW_2008–0719 

B. Individual ICRS 

(1) Information Collection Request for 

Cooling Water Intake Structures 

New Facility Final Rule (Renewal) 

(EPA ICR No. 1973.06, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0241), expiration 

date: December 31, 2015 

Abstract: Section 316(b) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) provides that ‘‘[a]ny 

standard established pursuant to [CWA 

section 301] or [CWA section 306] and 

applicable to a point source shall 

require that the location, design, 

construction, and capacity of cooling 

water intake structures reflect the best 

technology available for minimizing 

adverse environmental impact.’’ The 

section 316(b) New Facility Rule (66 FR 

65256; December 18, 2001) and minor 

amendments (68 FR 36749; June 19, 

2003) implement section 316(b) of the 

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CWA as it applies to new facilities that 

use cooling water intake structures 

(CWISs). The rule requires new facilities 

to submit several distinct types of 

information as part of their NPDES 

permit application. In addition, the rule 

requires new facilities to maintain 

monitoring and reporting data as 

outlined by the Director in their NPDES 

permits. The information requirements 

in this ICR are necessary to ensure that 

new facilities are complying with the 

rule’s provisions, and thereby 

minimizing adverse environmental 

impact resulting from impingement and 

entrainment losses due to the 

withdrawal of cooling water. 

Applications for an NPDES permit 

may contain confidential business 

information. However, EPA does not 

consider the specific information being 

requested by the final rule to be typical 

of confidential business or personal 

information. If a respondent does 

consider this information to be of a 

confidential nature, the respondent may 

request that such information be treated 

as confidential. All confidential data 

will be handled in accordance with 40 

CFR 122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s 

Security Manual part III, chapter 9, 

dated August 9, 1976. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents affected include any new 

industrial facility that operates a cooling 

water intake structure that withdraws 

greater than 2 MGD of surface water and 

uses 25% or more of this water for 

cooling purposes. While respondents for 

this ICR would include any new 

facilities that meet the applicable 

requirements of the rule, EPA estimates 

that there are six primary industrial 

sectors that account for more than 99 

percent of all cooling water used in the 

United States: (1) Traditional steam 

electric utilities, (2) nonutility power 

producers, (3) manufacturers in SIC 

Major Group 26 (paper and allied 

products), (4) manufacturers in SIC 

Major Group 28 (chemicals and allied 

products), (5) manufacturers in SIC 

Major Group 29 (petroleum and coal 

products, and (6) manufacturers in SIC 

Major Group 33 (primary metals). A 

detailed description of the SIC (and 

NAICS) codes can be found at 66 FR 

65257. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory—Section 316(b) New 

Facility Rule (66 FR 65256; December 

18, 2001) and minor amendments (68 

FR 36749; June 19, 2003). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

The estimated number of respondents is 

145 (total). 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

of response varies depending on the 

specific response activity and can range 

between monthly and once every 5 

years. 

Total estimated burden: 151,789 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $11,817,460 (per 

year), includes $2,267,728 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a net 

increase of 13,367 hours (10%) in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase is 

primarily due to the addition of the 

newly built facilities and an increase in 

the number of facilities are entering the 

renewal phase of the permitting process. 

(2) ICR Supporting Statement 

Information Collection Request: 

National Pretreatment Program’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 0002.15, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0009), expiration 

date: December 31, 2015. 

Abstract: This ICR calculates the 

burden and costs associated with 

managing and implementing the 

National Pretreatment Program as 

mandated under sections 402(a) and (b) 

and 307(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA 

or the Act). This ICR includes all 

existing tasks under the National 

Pretreatment Program, as amended by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA) Streamlining Rule. 

Section 402(b) of CWA requires EPA to 

develop national pretreatment standards 

to control industrial discharges into 

sewage systems. The purpose of these 

standards is to prevent pollutants from 

passing through the treatment plant or 

interfering with treatment plant 

operations, possibly resulting in damage 

to the environment or a threat to public 

health. 

Reporting requirements may contain 

CBI, proprietary information, or 

information containing compromising 

trade secrets. In such cases, the 

respondent has the right to request that 

the information be treated as CBI. If a 

respondent does consider this 

information to be of a confidential 

nature, the respondent may request that 

such information be treated as 

confidential. All confidential data will 

be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 

122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s 

Security Manual part III, chapter 9, 

dated August 9, 1976. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Various industrial categories, publicly 

owned treatment works (POTWs), Local 

and State governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory—Sections 402(a) and (b) and 

307(b) of the CWA. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

The estimated number of respondents is 

23,571 (total). 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

of response varies depending on the 

specific response activity and can range 

between monthly and once every 5 

years. 

Total estimated burden: 1,744,406 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $77,907,187 (per 

year), includes $2,515,470 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a net 

decrease of 62,110 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This change is primarily the 

result of revised estimates of the number 

of SIUs, including facilities that closed, 

facilities that were downgraded from 

CIU or SIU status, and the addition of 

facilities that opened or are newly 

permitted. The reduction also reflects a 

reduction in the number of POTWs 

projected to develop a pretreatment 

program during the three-year ICR 

period. 

(3) ICR Supporting Statement 

Information Collection Request for 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Program 

(Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 0229.21, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0004), expiration 

date: December 31, 2015. 

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 2011 

Information Collection Request for the 

NPDES Program (OMB Control Number: 

2040–0004; EPA ICR Number: 0229.20) 

that consolidated the burden and costs 

associated with activities previously 

reported in ten of the 15 NPDES 

program or NPDES-related ICRs 

administered by EPA’s Water Permits 

Division. This renewal includes the 

addition of the burden and costs for the 

Airport Deicing Category, which were 

previously contained in a separate ICR. 

Permit applications and other 

respondent reports may contain 

confidential business information. If a 

respondent does consider this 

information to be of a confidential 

nature, the respondent may request that 

such information be treated as 

confidential. All confidential data will 

be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 

122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s 

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Security Manual part III, chapter 9, 

dated August 9, 1976. 

Form Numbers: OMB No. 2040–0086; 

OMB No. 2040–0250; OMB No. 2040– 

0188, OMB No. 2040–0211; OMB No. 

1004–0189; and OMB No. 2040–0004. 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

industrial point source discharger of 

pollutants, including but not limited to 

publicly owned and privately owned 

treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), 

sewage sludge management and 

disposal operations, small and large 

vessels, airports with deicing 

operations, dischargers of stormwater, 

construction sites, municipalities, local 

and state governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 

307, 308, 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of 

the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality Act 

(WQA) revisions to CWA section 402(p); 

40 (CFR) Parts 122, 123, 124, and 125 

(and Parts 501 and 503 for Biosolids); 

and the Great Lakes Critical Programs 

Act (CPA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

532,523 total (321,205 facilities, 210,681 

vessels, and 637 States/Tribes/

Territories). 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

of response varies depending on the 

specific response activity and can range 

from ongoing and monthly to once every 

5 years. 

Total estimated burden: 21,038,480 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,035,773,445 

(per year), includes $20,453,959 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a net 

decrease of 286,261 (1.3%) hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease is 

primarily due to a reduction in the 

estimate of the number of respondents. 

This net reduction included an increase 

in burden related to: The addition of the 

burden associated with the airport 

deicing category; changes in the burden 

associated with agency actions related 

to changes in the VGP; and addition of 

burden associated with the issuance of 

the small vessels general permit (sVGP). 

Dated: September 24, 2015. 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0007, FRL–9935– 

26–OSWER; EPA ICR Number 1426.11, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0105] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; EPA Worker 

Protection Standards for Hazardous 

Waste Operations and Emergency 

Response (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

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

announces that Environmental 

Protection Agency (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 on December 

31, 2015. 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 December 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0007 by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: 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 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sella M. Burchette, U.S. Environmental 

Response Team, MS 101, Building 205, 

Edison, NJ 08837, telephone number: 

732–321–6726; fax number: 732–321– 

6724; email address: burchette.sella@

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 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. 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: Section 126(f) of the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

requires EPA to set worker protection 

standards for State and local employees 

engaged in hazardous waste operations 

and emergency response in the 27 States 

that do not have Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration approved 

State plans. The EPA coverage, as cited 

in 40 CFR 311, required to be identical 

to the OSHA standards, extends to three 

categories of employees: Those engaged 

in clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous 

waste sites, including corrective actions 

at Treatment, Storage and Disposal 

(TSD) facilities regulated under the 

Resource Conservation and recovery Act 

(RCRA); employees working on routine 

hazardous waste operations at RCRA 

TSD facilities; and employees involved 

in emergency response operations 

without regard to location. This ICR 

renews existing mandatory record 

keeping collection of ongoing activities 

including monitoring of any potential 

employee exposure at uncontrolled 

hazardous waste sites, maintaining 

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