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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2005–0023; FRL–9110–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Clean Water Act Section 404 

State-Assumed Programs (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 0220.11, OMB Control No. 

2040–0168 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2005–0023, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and 

(2) OMB by mail to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Hurld, Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans, and Watersheds, Wetlands 

Division (4502T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 202–566–1348; fax number: 

202–566–1349; e-mail address: 

hurld.kathy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 26, 2009 (74 FR 43116) EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2005–0023, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Clean Water Act Section 404 

State-Assumed Programs (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0220.11, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0168. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2010. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Section 404(g) of the Clean 

Water Act authorizes States and Tribes 

to assume the section 404 permit 

program. States/Tribes must 

demonstrate that they meet the statutory 

and regulatory requirements (40 CFR 

part 233) for an approvable program. 

Specified information and documents 

must be submitted by the State/Tribe to 

EPA to request assumption. Once the 

required information and documents are 

submitted and EPA has a complete 

assumption request package, the 

statutory time clock for EPA’s decision 

to either approve or deny the State/ 

Tribe’s assumption request starts. The 

information contained in the 

assumption request is made available to 

the other involved Federal agencies 

(Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, and National Marine 

Fisheries Service) and to the general 

public for review and comment. These 

minimum information requirements are 

based on the information that must be 

submitted when applying for a section 

404 permit from the Corps of Engineers 

(33 CFR part 325). 

States/Tribes must be able to issue 

permits that comply with the 404(b)(1) 

Guidelines, the environmental review 

criteria. States/Tribes and the reviewing 

Federal agencies must be able to review 

proposed projects to evaluate, avoid, 

minimize and compensate for 

anticipated impacts. EPA’s assumption 

regulations establish recommended 

elements that should be included in the 

State/Tribes’ permit application, so that 

sufficient information is available to 

make a thorough analysis of anticipated 

impacts. These minimum information 

requirements are based on the 

information that must be submitted 

when applying for a section 404 permit 

from the Corps of Engineers (CWA 

section 404(h)(1)(A)(i) and section 404(j) 

and 40 CFR 230.10, 233.20, 233.21, 

233.34, and 233.50) (33 CFR 325.1). 

EPA is responsible for oversight of 

assumed programs to ensure that State/ 

Tribal programs are in compliance with 

applicable requirements and that State/ 

Tribal permit decisions adequately 

consider, avoid, minimize and 

compensate for anticipated impacts. 

States/Tribes must evaluate their 

programs annually and submit the 

results in a report to EPA. EPA’s 

assumption regulations establish 

minimum requirements for the annual 

report (40 CFR 233.52). 

Burden Statement: This collection of 

information is separated into three 

pieces. The annual public reporting and 

record keeping burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 520 hours to request program 

assumption, 5 hours to complete a 

permit application and 80 hours to 

prepare the annual report. 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 


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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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: States 

and Tribes seeking to or having assumed 

section 404 permit programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6. 

Frequency of Response: Once, On 

Occasion, Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

101,360. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There 

are no annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2538 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2005–0019; FRL–9110–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Contaminant Occurrence 

Data in Support of EPA’s Third SixYear Review of National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 2231.02, OMB Control No. 

2040–0275 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2005–0019, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket (MC 

28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shari Bauman, Office of Ground Water 

and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk 

Management Division (MC 4607M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–0293. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On September 11, 2009 (74 FR 46765), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. Any additional 

comments on this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2005–0019, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Contaminant Occurrence Data 

in Support of EPA’s Third Six-Year 

Review of National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2231.02, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0275. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2010. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA), as amended in 1996, requires 

that EPA review existing National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

(NPDWRs) no less often than every six 

years. This cyclical evaluation is 

referred to as the ‘‘Six-Year Review.’’ 

Through the Six-Year Review process, 

the EPA reviews existing NPDWRs and 

evaluates whether potential revisions 

are appropriate to maintain or improve 

the health of those persons served by 

public water systems. 

EPA completed and published review 

results for the first Six-Year Review 

cycle (1996–2002) on July 18, 2003 (68 

FR 42908). The occurrence assessments 

conducted for the first Six-Year Review 

were based on compliance monitoring 

data from 1993 to 1997, which were 

voluntarily provided by States. 

EPA expects to complete and publish 

the review results for the second SixYear Review cycle (2003–2009) in the 

near future. The occurrence assessments 

conducted for the second Six-Year 

Review are based on data collected 

between 1998 and 2005 and voluntarily 

submitted by States and other primacy 

agencies under the current Information 

Collection Request (ICR No. 2231.01, 71 

FR 32340, June 5, 2006). 

To support future Six-Year Reviews, 

EPA’s Office of Water is renewing the 

current ICR and requesting that States 


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