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arrangement under the Agreement for 

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of 

Nuclear Energy Between the European 

Atomic Energy Community 

(EURATOM) and the United States of 

America and the Agreement for 

Cooperation between the Government of 

the United States of America and the 

Government of Norway Concerning 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. 

DATES: This subsequent arrangement 

will take effect no sooner than January 

31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Katie Strangis, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International 

Security, National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

Telephone: 202–586–8623 or email: 

Katie.Strangis@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

subsequent arrangement concerns a 

request for a three-year extension (April 

2014 to April 2017) of the current 

programmatic approval for retransfer of 

U.S.-obligated irradiated fuel rods 

between Studsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden, 

and Institutt for Energiteknikk, IFE 

facilities Halden and Kjeller, Norway. 

The rods are being transferred for 

irradiation service, various tests and 

examinations, and will be returned to 

Studsvik Nuclear, Sweden for further 

test and final disposal. The total 

shipping amounts will be the same as 

allowed under the current approval—a 

maximum of 30,000 grams uranium, 400 

grams U–235 and 400 grams plutonium 

in all shipments, combined, with a 

maximum of 100 grams of plutonium 

per shipment. 

The current extension was approved 

in April 2011 and published in the 

Federal Register on March 29, 2011, (76 

FR 17406) and is set to expire April 

2014. If approved, the new extension, 

for three years, will extend to April 

2017. Additional transactions are 

scheduled to occur between April 2014 

and April 2017 and will be subject to 

the U.S.-EURATOM Agreement for 

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of 

Nuclear Energy. 

In accordance with section 131a. of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, it has been determined that 

this subsequent arrangement concerning 

the retransfer of nuclear material of 

United States origin will not be inimical 

to the common defense and security of 

the United States of America. 

Dated: December 17, 2013. 

For the Department of Energy. 

Anne M. Harrington, 

Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL 9904–77– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Cooling Water Intake 

Structure Phase II Existing Facilities 

(Renewal), Cooling Water Intake 

Structures at Phase III Facilities 

(Renewal), and NPDES Animal Sectors 

(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 three Information 

Collection Requests (ICRs) have been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew 

three existing approved collections, 

which are currently approved through 

January 31, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 57150) on September 

17, 2013 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

A fuller description of the ICRs are 

given below, including their 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 February 18, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to ow-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: Water Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460 and (2) 

OMB by email to: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. 

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: 

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. 

A. List of ICRs Submitted 

(1) Cooling Water Intake Structure 

Phase II Existing Facilities (Renewal), 

EPA ICR No. 2060.06, OMB Control No. 

2040–0257; expiration date 01/31/2014. 

(2) Cooling Water Intake Structures at 

Phase III Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR 

No. 2169.05, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0268, expiration date 01/31/2014. 

(3) NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 1989.09; OMB Control No. 

2040–0250, expiration date 01/31/2014. 

B. Individual ICRS: 

(1) Cooling Water Intake Structure 

Phase II Existing Facilities (Renewal) 

EPA ICR Number: 2060.06 

OMB Control Number: 2040–0257 

Abstract: The section 316(b) Phase II 

Existing Facility rule requires the 

collection of information from existing 

point source facilities that generate and 

transmit electric power (as a primary 

activity) or generate electric power but 

sell it to another entity for transmission, 

use a cooling water intake structure 

(CWIS) that uses at least 25 percent of 

the water it withdraws from waters of 

the U.S. for cooling purposes, and have 

a design intake flow of 50 million 

gallons per day (MGD) or more. Section 

316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that any standard established 

under section 301 or 306 of the CWA 

and applicable to a point source must 

require that the location, design, 

construction and capacity of CWISs at 

that facility reflect the best technology 

available (BTA) for minimizing adverse 

environmental impact. Such impact 

occurs as a result of impingement 

(where fish and other aquatic life are 

trapped on technologies at the entrance 

to CWIS) and entrainment (where 

aquatic organisms, eggs, and larvae are 

taken into the cooling system, passed 

through the heat exchanger, and then 

pumped back out with the discharge 


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from the facility). The 316(b) Phase II 

rule establishes requirements applicable 

to the location, design, construction, 

and capacity of CWISs at Phase II 

existing facilities. These requirements 

establish the BTA for minimizing 

adverse environmental impact 

associated with the use of CWISs. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action 

include existing electric power 

generating facilities meeting the 

applicability criteria of the 316(b) Phase 

II Existing Facility rule at 40 CFR 

125.91. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

514 (472 facilities and 42 States). 

Frequency of response: Every five 

years, bi-annually, monthly. 

Total estimated burden: 1,010,021 

(965,509 for facilities and 44,513 for 

States). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $59,478,339. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $48,890,325 and an estimated cost of 

$10,588,074 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 13,500 (1%) hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

marginal change is due to the variations 

of the compliance schedule from year to 

year. 

(2) Cooling Water Intake Structures at 

Phase III Facilities (Renewal) 

EPA ICR Number: 2169.05. 

OMB Control Number: 2040–0268. 

Abstract: The Section 316(b) 

regulations for Phase III facilities (71 FR 

35,006; June 16, 2006) require the 

collection of information from new 

offshore oil and gas extraction facilities 

which use a cooling water intake 

structure(s) that uses at least 25 percent 

of the water it withdraws for cooling 

purposes, and has a design intake flow 

greater than two (2) million gallons per 

day (MGD). Section 316(b) of the CWA 

requires that any standard established 

under section 301 or 306 of the CWA 

and applicable to a point source must 

require that the location, design, 

construction and capacity of cooling 

water intake structure(s) at that facility 

reflect the best technology available for 

minimizing adverse environmental 

impact. Such impact occurs as a result 

of impingement (where fish and other 

aquatic life are trapped on structural 

components at the entrance to cooling 

water intake structures) and 

entrainment (where aquatic organisms, 

eggs, and larvae are taken into the 

cooling system, passed through the heat 

exchanger, and then pumped back out 

with the discharge from the facility). 

The rule contains requirements 

applicable to the location, design, 

construction, and capacity of cooling 

water intake structures at new offshore 

oil and gas extraction facilities. These 

requirements seek to establish the best 

technology available for minimizing 

adverse environmental impact 

associated with the use of cooling water 

intake structure(s). 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action 

include new offshore oil and gas 

extraction facilities meeting the 

applicability criteria of the 316(b) Phase 

III Facilities at 40 CFR 125.131. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 61 

facilities. 

Frequency of response: Every five 

years, annual, monthly. 

Total estimated burden: 56,755 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $3,754,793. This 

includes an estimated labor burden cost 

of $2,795,603 and an estimated cost of 

$959,190 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 22,675 hours in burden from 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

The change in burden is mainly the 

result of the increase in the number of 

facilities performing recurring activities, 

as well as facilities shifting from the 

initial approval period to the permit 

implementation and renewal period of 

the Section 316(b) Phase III rule. 

(3) NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal) 

EPA ICR Number: 1989.09. 

OMB Control Number: 2040–0250. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

information collection burden imposed 

under the NPDES and Effluent 

Limitations Guidelines (ELG) 

regulations for Concentrated Animal 

Feeding Operations (CAFO) and 

Concentrated Aquatic Animal 

Production (CAAP) facilities. 

On July 30, 2012, EPA published its 

most recent revisions to the NPDES 

CAFO regulations (77 FR 44494). These 

revisions were necessary as a result of 

a court decision in 2011 by the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Fifth 

Circuit in litigation relating to the 

NPDES CAFO permitting program 

(National Pork Producers Council v. 

EPA, 635 F.3d 738, 756 (5th Cir. 2011)). 

Although the decision narrowed the 

scope of CAFOs that need to seek 

NPDES permit coverage, the Effluent 

Limitations Guidelines for CAFOs and 

other aspects of the permitting program 

remain unchanged. As a consequence, 

the recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements faced by those CAFOs that 

do seek NPDES permit coverage were 

not affected. 

The Effluent Limitations Guidelines 

and Standards for the Concentrated 

Aquatic Animal Production (CAAP) 

Point Source Category establish specific 

reporting requirements for a portion of 

CAAP facilities through NPDES permits. 

The rule covers facilities which are 

defined as CAAP facilities (see 40 CFR 

122.24 and 40 CFR Part 122) and 

produce at least 100,000 pounds of fish 

per year in flow through, recirculating 

and net pen systems. The special 

reporting and record-keeping 

requirements under the rule are the 

subject of this ICR. CAAP facility 

owners or operators are also required to 

file reports with the permitting 

authority when drugs with special 

approvals are applied to the production 

units or a failure in the structural 

integrity occurs in the aquatic animal 

containment system. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

concentrated animal feeding operations 

(CAFOs) as specified in section 502(14) 

of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1362(14) and 

defined in the NPDES regulations at 40 

CFR 122.23 and a subset of facilities 

engaged in aquatic animal production 

defined in 40 CFR part 451. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

20,961 (20,915 facilities and 46 States). 

Frequency of response: varies from 

once to ongoing. 

Total estimated burden: 3,136,799 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$70,924,281. This includes an estimated 

cost of $8,607,000 for capital investment 

or maintenance and operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: This 

updated ICR estimates a total burden 

that is 136,879 hours less (4.2%) than 

the currently approved amount. This is 

due primarily to the court decision 

mentioned previously, which reduced 

the number of CAFOs that need to seek 

NPDES permit coverage. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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