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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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under the DATES section. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are community 

water systems serving more than 3,300 

persons. 

Title: Title IV of the Public Health 

Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 

and Response Act of 2002: Drinking 

Water Security and Safety (Act). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2103.05; 

OMB Control No. 2040–0253. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2014. 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, and 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 1433 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, as amended by the 

Bioterrorism Act requires each 

community water system serving a 

population of more than 3,300 people to 

conduct a vulnerability assessment of its 

water system and to prepare or revise an 

emergency response plan that 

incorporates the results of the 

vulnerability assessment. These 

requirements are mandatory under the 

statute. EPA will continue to use the 

information collected under this ICR to 

determine whether community water 

systems have conducted vulnerability 

assessments and prepared or revised 

emergency response plans in 

compliance with Section 1433. EPA is 

required to protect all vulnerability 

assessments and all information derived 

from them from disclosure to 

unauthorized parties and has 

established an Information Protection 

Protocol describing how that will be 

accomplished. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 117.9 hours per 

response. 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 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 80. 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

8,994. 

Estimated total annual costs: $77,252. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $1,035/respondent and an estimated 

cost of $16,849 for capital and 

maintenance/operational costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is no decrease in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This reflects EPA’s 

continued need to collect documents 

that were included in the original 

estimate, but still have not been 

submitted to the Agency. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Dated: July 7, 2014. 

Peter C. Gravatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16738 Filed 7–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL—9913–90– 

OW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Permits for Point Source 

Discharges From the Application of 

Pesticides to Waters of the United 

States; EPA ICR No. 2397.02, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0284 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit a request to renew 

an existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 


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Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on 11/30/ 

2014. Before submitting the draft ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ow-docket@epa.gov. 

(Identify Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2008–0719 in the subject line). 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

ATTN: Docket ID #EPA–HQ–OW–2008– 

0719, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. ATTN: Docket ID #EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

identified by the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this draft ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC West 

Building, 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 federal 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 www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are aviilable electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

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 

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; 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. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 


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What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially covered by the 

general permits include but are not 

limited to the following NAICS (North 

American Industry Classification 

System) codes: 111 Crop Production; 

113110 Timber Tract Operations; 

113210 Forest Nurseries Gathering of 

Forest Products; 221310 Water Supply 

for Irrigation; 923120 Administration of 

Public Health Programs; 924110 

Administration of Air and Water 

Resource and Solid Waste Management 

Programs; 924120 Administration of 

Conservation Programs; and 221 

Utilities. 

Title: National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Permits for 

Point Source Discharges from the 

Application of Pesticides to Waters of 

the United States. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2397.02, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0284. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on 11/30/2014. 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: This draft ICR calculates the 

burden and costs associated with 

information collection and reporting 

activities from EPA and state NPDES 

general permits for point source 

discharges from the application of 

pesticides to waters of the United States. 

On November 27, 2006, EPA issued a 

final rule (hereinafter called the ‘‘2006 

NPDES Pesticides Rule’’) clarifying 

circumstances in which an NPDES 

permit was not required to apply 

pesticide to, or over, including near, 

waters of the U.S. On January 9, 2009, 

the Sixth Circuit Court vacated EPA’s 

2006 NPDES Pesticides Rule. 

As a result of the Court’s decision, 

beginning October 31, 2011 NPDES 

permits were required for discharges to 

waters of the U.S. from the application 

of biological pesticides and chemical 

pesticides that leave a residue. 

Regulations governing permit 

requirements for NPDES discharges are 

codified at 40 CFR parts 122. This draft 

ICR includes information submitted or 

recorded by permittees as well as 

information used primarily by 

permitting authorities. The permitting 

authority will use the information to 

assess permittee compliance and 

modify/add new permit requirements as 

appropriate. The estimated burden in 

this draft ICR is based on EPA’s NPDES 

Pesticide General Permit (PGP). 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.7 hours per 

response. 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 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. 

The draft ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 365,047 (365,000 

permittees, 47 permitting authorities [46 

states and Virgin Islands]). 

Frequency of response: varies from 

once, every 5 years, to occasionally as 

needed. 

Estimated total number of responses: 

1,283,531 (1,276,395 by permittees, 

7,136 by permitting authorities [i.e., 

states, tribes, and territories]). 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 3.5 

(1,283,531 responses divided by 365,047 

respondents). 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

834,756 hours (828,141 hours for 

permittees and 6,615 hours for 

permitting authorities [i.e., states, tribes, 

and territories]). 

Estimated total annual cost: 

$38,662,462 ($38,462,682 for permittees 

and $199,780 for permitting authorities), 

includes $0 annualized capital or O&M 

costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 12,896 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. EPA 

expects that the 2016 PGP will be 

similar to the 2011 PGP. All of the 

decrease in burden is attributable to the 

shift from the 2011 PGP to the 2016 PGP 

in year 3 of this draft ICR when 

permittees renewing their coverage 

would not need to develop a new 

Pesticide Discharge Management Plan. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received on this notice and amend the 

draft ICR as appropriate. The final ICR 

package will then be submitted to OMB 

for review and approval pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will 

issue another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this draft ICR 

or the approval process, please contact 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: July 8, 2014. 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16737 Filed 7–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0426; FRL–9907–87] 

EPA’s Design for the Environment 

Program Logo Redesign; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is interested in soliciting 

input regarding the Agency’s Design for 

the Environment (DfE) Program’s logo 

redesign. The Agency will consider the 

information gathered from this notice 

and other sources as it selects a logo for 

the DfE Program that accurately 

communicates the program’s efforts to 

advance human and environmental 

health protection through safer 

products. The Agency will hold two 

listening sessions via webinars on this 

topic to give the public the opportunity 

to provide feedback on draft logo 

designs. 

DATES: The webinars will be held on 

Monday, August 4, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. 

to 2:00 p.m., EDT; and Tuesday, August 

5, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., 

EDT. 


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