75698 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices

in the Certification and Compliance

Division of the Office of Transportation

and Air Quality; telephone (202) 564–

9297, email address

rutledge.william@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Spark-Ignition Marine Engine

Application for Emission Certification

and Participation in the Averaging,

Banking, and Trading Program OMB

Control Number 2060–0321, EPA ICR

No. 1722.03, expiring December 31,

2000. This is a request for extension of

a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Under Title II of the Clean

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.; CAA),

EPA is charged with issuing certificates

of conformity for certain spark-ignition

engines used to propel marine vessels

that comply with applicable emission

standards. Such a certificate must be

issued before engines may be legally

introduced into commerce. To apply for

a certificate of conformity,

manufacturers are required to submit

descriptions of their planned

production line, including detailed

descriptions of the emission control

system and engine emission test data.

This information is organized by

‘‘engine family’’ groups expected to

have similar emission characteristics.

To comply with the corporate average

emission standard, manufacturers must

use the Averaging, Banking and Trading

Program (AB&T) and must submit

information regarding the calculation,

actual generation and usage of emission

credits in an initial report, end-of-theyear report, and final report. These

reports are used for engine family

certification, that is, to insure preproduction compliance with emissions

requirements, and enforcement

purposes. There are also record-keeping

requirements. Manufacturers must

maintain records for eight years on the

engine families included in the

program.

This information is collected by the

Engine Programs Group (EPG),

Certification and Compliance Division

(CCD), Office of Transportation and Air

Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, to provide assurance of

compliance with certain minimal

requirements for certification. Besides

CCD, this information could be used by

EPA’s Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance (OECA) and the

Department of Justice for enforcement

purposes. Information that is not

confidential business information (CBI)

is also disclosed in a public database

and through EPA’s Internet web site. It

is used by trade associations,

environmental groups, and the public.

The information is usually submitted in

an electronic format, and it is stored in

CCD’s certification database.

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 are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on August

31, 2000 (65 FR 53005). No comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 152 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; 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

Respondents/Affected Entities: Engine

manufacturers (SIC 3519).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

and annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

38,647 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,881.80.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1722.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0321 in any

correspondence.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6911–1]

Notice of Availability of Guidance for

Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution

From Marinas and Recreational

Boating and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has developed and is

requesting comments on draft technical

guidance for managing sources of

nonpoint pollution at marinas and

recreational boating facilities. This

guidance is intended to provide

technical assistance to state program

managers and others on the best

available, economically achievable

means of reducing nonpoint pollution of

surface and ground water from marinas

and recreational boating activity. The

guidance provides background

information about nonpoint source

pollution, where it comes from, and

how it enters the nation’s waters;

discusses the broad concepts of

assessing and addressing water quality

problems on a watershed level; and

presents up-to-date technical

information about how to prevent and

reduce nonpoint source pollution from

marinas and recreational boating.

Reviewers should note that the draft

technical guidance is entirely consistent

with the Guidance Specifying

Management Measures for Sources of

Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters,

which EPA published in January 1993

under section 6217(g) of the Coastal

Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments

of 1990 (CZARA). The draft document

does not supplant or replace the

requirements of the 1993 document. It

enhances the technical information

contained in the 1993 coastal guidance

to include inland as well as coastal

context and to provide updated

technical information based on current

understanding and implementation of

best management practices. It does not

set new or additional standards for

either CZARA section 6217 or Clean

Water Act section 319 programs.

EPA will consider comments on this

draft guidance and will then publish

final guidance.

DATES: Written comments must be

postmarked no later than March 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

addressed to Edwin F. Drabkowski,

Assessments and Watershed Protection

Division (4503–F), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices 75699

or electronically mailed to

drabkowski.ed@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons requesting additional

information or a complete draft of the

document should contact Ed

Drabkowski at (202) 260–7009;

drabkowski.ed@epa.gov; or the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(4503–F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The

complete text of the draft guidance is

also available on EPA’s Internet site on

the Nonpoint Source Control Branch

homepage <http://www.epa.gov/owow/

nps/new.html>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In recent years, state, territory, and

tribal water quality assessments have

identified nonpoint source (NPS)

pollution as the most significant cause

of degradation in surveyed waters

nationwide. In 1987, Congress enacted

section 319 of the Clean Water Act to

establish a national program to control

nonpoint sources of water pollution.

Under section 319, states, territories,

and tribes address NPS pollution by

assessing the NPS pollution problems

within the state, territory, or tribal

lands, identifying the sources of

pollution, and implementing

management programs to control the

NPS pollution. Section 319 also

authorizes EPA to award grants to states

and tribes to assist them in

implementing management programs

which have been approved by EPA.

Program implementation includes nonregulatory and regulatory programs,

technical assistance, financial

assistance, education, training,

technology transfer, and demonstration

projects. In fiscal year 2000, Congress

appropriated and EPA awarded $200

million dollars for nonpoint source

management program grants. EPA has

awarded a total of $1 billion under

section 319 to states, territories, and

Indian tribes since 1990.

In 1993, under the authority of section

6217(g) of the Coastal Zone Act

Reauthorization Amendments, EPA

issued Guidance Specifying

Management Measures for Sources of

Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

(EPA840–B–92–002). That guidance

document details management measures

appropriate for the control of five

sources of nonpoint pollution in the

coastal zone: agriculture, forestry, urban

areas, marinas and recreational boating,

and hydromodification. The document

also includes management measures for

wetlands, riparian areas, and vegetated

treatment systems, as they are important

to the abatement of nonpoint source

pollution in coastal waters. State and

territory Coastal Nonpoint Pollution

Control Programs were required to

adopt measures ‘‘in conformity’’ with

the coastal management measures

guidance.

The 1993 management measures

guidance focused on conditions and

examples of management measure

implementation for the coastal zone. To

date, technical guidance on the best

available, economically achievable

measures for controlling nonpoint

sources with a national scope has not

been released. The draft national

management measures guidance is

intended to address this gap. While the

practices detailed in the 1993 guidance

generally apply to inland waters, EPA

has recognized the utility of developing

and publishing a technical guidance

document that explicitly addresses

nonpoint source pollution on a

nationwide basis. Moreover, additional

data and examples from inland marinas

and recreational boating facilities are

available to enrich the national

guidance. These additional data have

helped to prompt the revision and

expansion of the marinas and

recreational boating chapter of the 1993

guidance.

II. Scope of the Draft Guidance—

Sources of Marinas and Recreational

Boating Nonpoint Pollution Addressed

The draft technical guidance

continues to focus on the most

significant potential sources of pollution

from marinas and recreational boating

which were originally identified in the

1993 coastal guidance by EPA in

consultation with a number of other

federal agencies and leading national

experts, including several experts from

national marina associations and state

Sea Grant Universities. Specifically, the

guidance provides management

measures for the following:

1. Marina flushing;

2. Water quality assessment;

3. Habitat assessment;

4. Shoreline stabilization;

5. Storm water runoff;

6. Fueling station design;

7. Petroleum control;

8. Liquid material management;

9. Solid waste management;

10. Fish waste management;

11. Sewage facility management

12. Maintenance of sewage facilities;

13. Boat cleaning;

14. Boat operation; and

15. Public education.

III. Approach Used to Develop

Guidance

The draft national management

measures guidance is based in large part

on the 1993 coastal guidance. The 1993

coastal guidance was developed using a

workgroup approach to draw upon

technical expertise within other federal

agencies as well as state water quality

and coastal zone management agencies.

The 1993 text has been expanded to

include more information on marinas

and recreational boating management

practices, including boat launching

ramps. The draft guidance also

incorporates examples and data from

inland marinas in addition to improving

the coverage of unique coastal

environments. The document expands

the information on operations and the

costs of management measures at

marina facilities.

None of the management measures

from the 1993 document has been

altered in substance. However, some

editing was done on the management

measure for shoreline stabilization and

the order of some measures were

rearranged.

IV. Request for Comments

EPA is soliciting comments on the

draft guidance on management

measures to control sources of nonpoint

pollution at marinas and recreational

boating facilities. The Agency is

soliciting additional information and

supporting data on the measures

specified in this guidance and on

additional measures that may be as

effective or more effective in controlling

nonpoint source pollution at marinas

and recreational boating facilities.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

J. Charles Fox,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6911–5]

Notice of Request for Comments on

State, Regulated Community, and

Small Business Cost Resulting From

the TMDL Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice for solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is soliciting comments on

State resources required for

development and implementation of

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),

estimated annual costs to the regulated

community, and estimated costs to

small businesses resulting from