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request program assumption; there will 

be approximately 14,000 permit 

applications (3,500 applications per 

state); and 4 States/Tribes which have 

assumed the program (the two current 

programs and potentially two who may 

be approved under this ICR) which will 

submit an annual report. 

Frequency of response: States/Tribes 

will respond one time to request 

assumption and once the program is 

approved they will respond annually for 

the annual permit and annual report; 

permit applicants will respond one time 

when requesting a permit. 

Total estimated burden: The public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to be 90,960 hours (per year). 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: Costs to states 

for assumed Section 404 permit 

programs will vary widely by state and 

permit, however there are $0 capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 10,400 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is because the 

estimated number of permits reviewed 

by a state per year decreased. This 

decrease is based on the experience of 

the state of New Jersey, due in part to 

a change in the economy and to a 

recalculation in the number of permits 

estimated. There was an increase in the 

number of hours spent reviewing each 

permit, due to an increase in the 

number of times applicants requested a 

review of mitigation options. The 

estimate used here is a weighted average 

of Michigan’s and New Jersey’s 

estimates. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Environmental Impact Assessment of 

Nongovernmental Activities in 

Antarctica (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Environmental Impact Assessment of 

Nongovernmental Activities in 

Antarctica (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1808.07, OMB Control No. 2020–0007) 

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 proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

March 31, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 57847) on September 

20, 2013 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 

below, including its 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2007–0468, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

docket.oeca@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: Julie 

Roemele, Office of Federal Activities, 

Mail Code 2252A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–5632; fax 

number: (202) 564–0072; email address: 

roemele.julie@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 www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

EPA ICR #: 1808.07. 

OMB Control #: 2020–0007. 

Abstract: The Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) regulations 

at 40 CFR part 8, Environmental Impact 

Assessment of Nongovernmental 

Activities in Antarctica (Rule), were 

promulgated pursuant to the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act 

of 1996 (Act), 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., as 

amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a, which 

implements the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection (Protocol) to 

the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Treaty). 

The Rule provides for assessment of the 

environmental impacts of 

nongovernmental activities in 

Antarctica, including tourism, for which 

the United States is required to give 

advance notice under Paragraph 5 of 

Article VII of the Treaty, and for 

coordination of the review of 

information regarding environmental 

impact assessments received from other 

Parties under the Protocol. Persons 

subject to the Rule must prepare 

environmental documentation to 

support the operator’s determination 

regarding the level of environmental 

impact of the proposed expedition. The 

Protocol and the Rule also require an 

operator to employ procedures to assess 

and provide a regular and verifiable 

record of the actual impacts of an 

activity which proceeds on the basis of 

an Initial Environmental Evaluation 

(IEE) or Comprehensive Environmental 

Evaluation (CEE). 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

operators. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 8). 

Estimated number of respondents: 18. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,254 hours. 

Total estimated cost: $100,575 (per 

year) includes $3,390 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 454 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is the result of a 

change to the level of environmental 

documentation EPA anticipates the 

operators will submit as well as an 

anticipated decrease of operators 

submitting documentation. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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