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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, Office of Wastewater 

Management, 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 www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

Abstract: This ICR calculates the 

burden and costs associated with 

managing and implementing the 

National Pretreatment Program as 

mandated under Clean Water Act 

(CWA) sections 402(a) and (b) and 

307(b). This ICR includes all existing 

tasks under the National Pretreatment 

Program, as amended by the EPA’s 

Streamlining Rule. EPA’s Office of 

Wastewater Management (OWM) in the 

Office of Water (OW) is responsible for 

the management of the pretreatment 

program. The CWA requires EPA to 

develop national pretreatment standards 

to control discharges from Industrial 

Users (IUs) into POTWs. These 

standards limit the level of certain 

pollutants allowed in non-domestic 

wastewater that is discharged to a 

POTW. EPA administers the 

pretreatment program through the 

NPDES permit program. Under the 

NPDES permit program, EPA may 

approve State or individual POTW 

implementation of the pretreatment 

standards at their respective levels. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: State & 

Local Governments, Private Entities 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory per Clean Water Act (CWA) 

sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

95,462 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually, 

Semi-annually, on occasion 

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 the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 62,110 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to updated 

estimates that account for changes in the 

respondent universe. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32609 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL 9940–49– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Establishing No-Discharge Zones 

(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 

312 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Establishing 

No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under 

Clean Water Act § 312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1791.07, OMB Control No. 

2040–0187) 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 December 31, 2015. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (80 

FR 50276) on August 19, 2015 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0150, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to OWDocket@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: 

Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans and Coastal 

Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans and Watersheds, (4504T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

1266; email address: fox-norse.virginia@

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. 

Abstract: EPA requires the collection 

of information by states interested in 

designating state waters under the Clean 

Water Act § 312(f) as areas prohibiting 

the discharge of treated or untreated 

sewage from vessels. There are two 

information collection activities covered 

by this ICR: 

(A) Sewage No-discharge Zones: The 

need for EPA to obtain information for, 

or to support, the establishment of nodischarge zones (NDZs) for vessel 

sewage in state waters stems from CWA 

sections 312(f)(3), (f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), 

and implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

140.4. No-discharge zones are 

established to provide greater 

environmental protection of specified 

state waters from treated and untreated 

vessel sewage. This ICR addresses the 

information requirements associated 

with the establishment of NDZs for 

vessel sewage. 

(B) UNDS No-discharge Zones: Under 

section 312(n) of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘Uniform National Discharge Standards 

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for Vessels of the Armed Forces’’ or 

‘‘UNDS’’) no-discharge zones for 

discharges from Armed Forces vessels 

may be established by either state 

prohibition or EPA prohibition 

following the procedures in 40 CFR part 

1700. UNDS also provides that the 

Governor of any state may petition EPA 

and the Secretary of Defense to review 

any determination or standard 

promulgated under the UNDS program 

if there is significant new information 

that could reasonably result in a change 

to the determination or standard. This 

ICR discusses the information that is 

required from a state if it decides (1) to 

establish a NDZ by state prohibition or 

(2) to apply for a NDZ by EPA 

prohibition for the UNDS discharges for 

which EPA and DOD have determined 

that it is not reasonable or practicable to 

require a Marine Pollution Control 

Device to mitigate adverse effects on the 

marine environment. 40 CFR 1700.5. 

The ICR also discusses the information 

that is required from a state to submit 

a petition for review of EPA and DOD 

determinations that it is not reasonable 

or practicable to require a Marine 

Pollution Control Device for a particular 

UNDS discharge identified at 40 CFR 

1700.5. 

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 sections 

312(f)(3), (f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), and 

subsequent regulations at 40 CFR 140.4. 

The responses to this collection of 

information are required to obtain the 

benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of 

an UNDS determination or standard (see 

33 U.S.C. 1322(n)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 20 

(total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 1,083 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $54,938 (per 

year), includes $998 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,183 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to 

adjustments to the estimates reflecting a 

reduction in expected program activity. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32613 Filed 12–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0614; FRL 9940–24– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; BEACH 

Act Grants (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘BEACH Act 

Grants (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2048.05, OMB Control No. 2040–0244) 

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 

December 31, 2015. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (80 FR 61419) on 

October 13, 2015, 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: Additional comments must be 

submitted on or before January 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2015–0614, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), 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: 

Tracy Bone, OW, 4305T, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–5257; 

email address: bone.tracy@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. 

Abstract: The Beaches Environmental 

Assessment and Coastal Health 

(BEACH) Act amends the Clean Water 

Act (CWA) in part and authorizes the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) to award BEACH Act Program 

Development and Implementation 

Grants to coastal and Great Lakes states, 

tribes, and territories (collectively 

referred to as states) for their beach 

monitoring and notification programs. 

The grants assist those states to develop 

and implement a consistent approach to 

monitor recreational water quality; 

assess, manage, and communicate 

health risks from waterborne microbial 

contamination; notify the public of 

pollution occurrences, and post beach 

advisories and closures to prevent 

public exposure to microbial pathogens. 

To qualify for a BEACH Act Grant, a 

state must submit information to EPA 

documenting that its beach monitoring 

and notification program is consistent 

with 11 performance criteria outlined in 

the National Beach Guidance and 

Required Performance Criteria for 

Grants, 2014 Edition. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Environmental and public health 

agencies in states, territories, and tribes. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required (Environmental Assessment 

and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act 

amendment to the Clean Water Act 

(CWA)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 38 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annually & 

quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 91,276 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $15,453,308 (per 

year), includes $11,353,146 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 2,464 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to an 

additional respondent qualifying for a 

grant, however this increase is partially 

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