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1The ‘‘NRC Study’’ refers to a study funded by 

EPA and conducted by the National Academies of 

Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s National 

Research Council (NRC) that was completed in 

February of 2019. The NRC study can be found at 

the following website: https://www.nap.edu/ 

catalog/25355/improving-the-epa-multi-sectorgeneral-permit-for-industrial-stormwaterdischarges. 

Sector AA—Fabricated Metal 

Products. 

Sector AB—Transportation 

Equipment, Industrial or Commercial 

Machinery. 

Sector AC—Electronic, Electrical, 

Photographic and Optical Goods. 

Each fact sheet describes the types of 

facilities included in the sector, typical 

stormwater pollutants associated with 

the sector, and types of SCMs that may 

be used to minimize the discharge of the 

pollutants. The fact sheets are used by 

permittees, industrial stormwater 

stakeholders, and state/territory NPDES 

permitting authorities on a voluntary 

basis as a reference tool and 

informational resource. EPA currently 

does not mandate the use of the fact 

sheets for permit compliance or 

otherwise under the NPDES industrial 

stormwater program. 

As part of a 2016 MSGP settlement 

agreement, EPA agreed to and proposed 

the following changes in the proposed 

2021 MSGP: 

• Review and revise ‘‘the MSGP’s 

sector-specific fact sheets to incorporate 

emerging SCMs that reflect BAT [Best 

Available Technology Economically 

Achievable] and BCT [Best 

Conventional Pollutant Control 

Technology], as revealed by current 

industry practice and as may be 

reflected in the NRC Study, as EPA 

deems appropriate.’’ 1

• Propose, as part of Additional 

Implementation Measures (AIM) Tier 2, 

‘‘the operator must implement all 

feasible control measures in the relevant 

sector-specific fact sheet . . .’’ 

EPA fulfilled these terms from the 

2016 MSGP settlement agreement in the 

proposed 2021 MSGP by incorporating 

a portion of the revised fact sheets into 

the proposed permit as sector specific 

SCM checklists in permit ‘‘Appendix 

Q.’’ Ultimately, based on public 

comments, EPA did not finalize that the 

SCM checklists in Appendix Q or the 

associated requirement to implement 

the controls under AIM Tier 2, nor did 

EPA post the revised versions of the 

proposed checklists online. Instead, 

EPA retained the sector-specific fact 

sheets as guidance documents and 

revised each of them to include 

practices that operators could use to 

minimize per- and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances (PFAS) in stormwater 

discharges. For a detailed summary of 

the comments EPA received on 

Appendix Q and the Agency’s response 

to comments, please see Comment 

Response Essay 4 Proposals Not 

Finalized for ‘‘Appendix Q— 

Stormwater Control Measures’’ (page 60) 

in ‘‘Response to Public Comments EPA 

NPDES 2021 Multi-Sector General 

Permit (MSGP)’’ which can be found in 

the docket for the 2021 MSGP under 

Document ID number EPA–HQ–OW– 

2019–0372–0349 or at the following 

website: https://www.regulations.gov/ 

document/EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0372- 

0349. 

Even though EPA did not finalize 

Appendix Q, the Agency recognized the 

need to evaluate and potentially revise 

the fact sheets in the near future. In the 

final 2021 MSGP Federal Register 

Notice, EPA stated in two instances that: 

• ‘‘EPA plans to work with external 

stakeholders to thoroughly revise the 

sector-specific fact sheets’’ (86 FR 

10269, 10274, February 19, 2021), and 

• ‘‘EPA will continue to work with 

stakeholders to further update these 

sector-specific fact sheets with 

additional emerging stormwater control 

measures that could be used by 

industrial operators’’ (86 FR 10269, 

10275, February 19, 2021 (specific to 

PFAS)). 

IV. Approach To Obtain Stakeholder 

Input on Fact Sheets 

Based on EPA’s commitment in the 

final 2021 MSGP Federal Register 

Notice, EPA is now seeking feedback on 

appropriate updates and revisions to the 

29 industrial stormwater fact sheets 

related to the two main tables in each 

fact sheet: 

(1) Common activities, pollutant 

sources, and associated pollutants at 

facilities in each sector, and 

(2) SCMs or BMPs including source 

control and good housekeeping/ 

pollution prevention measures for 

potential pollutant sources at facilities 

in each sector. 

The fact sheets can be found in the 

docket and at https://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes/stormwater-dischargesindustrial-activities-fact-sheets-andguidance. 

To assist EPA in reviewing and 

evaluating public input, please consider 

the following when preparing your 

comments for the Agency: 

• Where possible, organize comments 

by referencing a specific fact sheet (e.g., 

‘‘Sector A’’) and the paragraph, table, or 

part of the fact sheet. 

• Explain as clearly as possible why 

you agree or disagree with the current 

fact sheet language. 

• Suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for any requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

In addition to considering the 

comments received in response to this 

Federal Register Notice, EPA will also 

consider the relevant comments related 

to the fact sheets that the Agency 

received during the public comment 

period for the proposed 2021 MSGP. 

Through this request for comment, EPA 

intends to afford commenters the 

opportunity to consider the full content 

of the fact sheets, rather than the subset 

of information that was proposed as 

‘‘Appendix Q’’ of the proposed 2021 

MSGP, since ‘‘Appendix Q’’ only 

contained the SCM checklist portion of 

the existing fact sheets. EPA encourages 

comment from all stakeholders, 

including smaller industry groups, 

individual permittees, and community 

and environmental groups. 

EPA will assess the public input 

received and determine what changes to 

the fact sheets are appropriate and 

warranted, and what, if any, further 

research is needed to support the 

changes. EPA will then make changes to 

the fact sheets and post the updated fact 

sheets on the industrial stormwater 

website. 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management, 

Office of Water. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01382 Filed 1–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL 9350–01– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Establishing Vessel Sewage NoDischarge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean 

Water Act (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) plans to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Establishing No-Discharge Zones 

(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 

312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1791.09, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0187) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 


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accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 

the EPA solicits public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through August 31, 2022. 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 March 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0150, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our 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. 

For comments submitted at 

www.regulations.gov, follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from 

www.regulations.gov. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA generally 

will not consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). The EPA 

encourages the public to submit 

comments via www.regulations.gov, as 

there will be a delay in processing mail, 

and hand deliveries will be accepted on 

a limited basis. For additional 

submission methods, please contact the 

person identified in the ‘‘For Further 

Information Contact’’ section. For the 

full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelsey Watts-FitzGerald, Oceans, 

Wetlands and Communities Division, 

Office of Wetlands, Oceans and 

Watersheds, (4504T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–0232; 

email address: watts-fitzgerald.kelsey@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents that 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. The official 

public docket is located at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The regular hours of 

the EPA Docket Center Public Reading 

Room are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays; however, due to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, there may be limited or no 

opportunity to enter the docket center. 

At the time of this printing, out of an 

abundance of caution for members of 

the public and the EPA staff, the EPA 

Docket Center and Reading Room are 

open to the public by appointment only 

to reduce the risk of transmitting 

COVID–19. During this time, Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. Hand deliveries 

and couriers may be received by 

scheduled appointment only. For 

further information on the EPA Docket 

Center services and the current status, 

please visit us online at https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available on the EPA’s website 

at www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that the 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. 

The EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in the EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. The EPA has not included any 

copyrighted material in the docket for 

this FR Notice of Information Request. 

If commenters submit copyrighted 

material in a public comment, it will be 

placed in the official public docket and 

made available for public viewing when 

the EPA Docket Center is open. For 

additional information about the EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA 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). The 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, the 

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: (A) Sewage No-Discharge 

Zones: CWA section 312(f) and the 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 140 identify the information that 

must be included in a state’s application 

to the EPA to establish a no-discharge 

zone (NDZ) for vessel sewage for some 

or all of the state’s waters. 

In designated NDZs, the discharge of 

both treated and untreated sewage from 

vessels is prohibited. A state is not 

required to designate an NDZ and 

therefore need only develop 

applications for waters where such a 

discharge prohibition has been deemed 

necessary and beneficial by the state. 

This ICR addresses the burden to state 

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containing the necessary information, as 

well as the burden associated with the 

EPA’s review of state applications. The 

information collection activities 

discussed in this ICR do not require the 

submission of any confidential 

information. 

(B) Uniform National Discharge 

Standards (UNDS) NDZs and Review of 

Discharge Determination or Standard: 

CWA section 312(n)(7) and the 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 1700 identify the information that 

a state must submit to the EPA in the 

state’s application to establish an NDZ 

for one or more discharges incidental to 

the normal operation of a vessel of the 

Armed Forces. A state may seek an NDZ 

designation for any incidental discharge 

subject to UNDS for which the EPA and 

Department of Defense (DoD) have 

promulgated national standards of 

performance and corresponding 

implementing regulations, respectively. 

In addition, CWA section 312(n)(5) 

provides that that the Governor of any 

state may petition the EPA and DoD to 

review any discharge determination or 

standard promulgated under CWA 

section 312(n) for vessels of the Armed 

Forces if there is significant new 

information that could reasonably result 

in a change to the discharge 

determination or standard. This ICR 

addresses the burden to a state 

respondent to develop applications for 

NDZs and requests for a review of a 

determination or standard and the 

burden to the EPA to review the 

applications. The information collection 

activities discussed in this ICR do not 

require the submission of any 

confidential information. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: States. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

The responses to this collection of 

information are required to obtain the 

benefit of a sewage NDZ (CWA section 

312(f)). The responses to this collection 

of information are required to obtain the 

benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of 

an UNDS discharge determination or 

standard (CWA section 312(n)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 17 

(total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 914 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $50,869 (per 

year), includes $848 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The EPA 

expects a decrease in hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. EPA expects a decrease in the 

overall costs as well, despite increases 

to state and federal labor costs. These 

decreases are attributable to fewer 

anticipated respondents compared with 

previous estimates. This adjustment is 

made to account for overestimates in the 

existing ICR and the EPA’s estimate of 

applications for NDZs and review of 

standards that may be submitted during 

the three-year ICR cycle. 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

John Goodin, 

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and 

Watersheds. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01430 Filed 1–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

[OMB No. 3064–0095; –0117] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

obligations under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the renewal of the existing 

information collections described below 

(OMB Control No. 3064–0095; and 

–0117). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the FDIC by any of the following 

methods: 

• Agency website: https://

www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/ 

federal-register-publications/index.html. 

• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include 

the name and number of the collection 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898– 

3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128, 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 17th Street building 

(located on F Street), on business days 

between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

All comments should refer to the 

relevant OMB control number. A copy 

of the comments may also be submitted 

to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel, 

202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB– 

3128, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposal to renew the following 

currently approved collections of 

information: 

1. Title: Procedures for Monitoring 

Bank Protection Act Compliance. 

OMB Number: 3064–0095. 

Form Number: None. 

Affected Public: Insured state 

nonmember banks. 

Burden Estimate: 

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDENS (OMB NO. 3064–0095) 

IC description 

Type of 

burden 

(obligation to 

respond) 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

(hours) 

Implementation Burden: 

Bank Protection Act Compliance 

Program—Institutions with an 

Asset Size Less than $500 million.

Recordkeeping 

(Mandatory).

Annually ......... 35 1 50 1,750 

Bank Protection Act Compliance 

Program—Medium-Sized Institutions ($500 million–$10 billion).

Recordkeeping 

(Mandatory).

Annually ......... 57 1 300 17,100 

Bank Protection Act Compliance 

Program—Large Institutions (Over 

$10 billion).

Recordkeeping 

(Mandatory).

Annually ......... 12 1 500 6,000 


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