44408 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

response to comments document (Ref. 

2.), which can be found under docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0226. 

IV. Do PRNs contain binding 

requirements? 

The PRNs discussed in this notice are 

intended to provide guidance to EPA 

personnel and pesticide registrants. 

While the requirements in the statutes 

and Agency regulations are binding on 

EPA and the applicants, these PRNs are 

not binding on either EPA or pesticide 

registrants, and EPA may depart from 

these PRNs where circumstances 

warrant and without prior notice. 

Likewise, pesticide registrants may 

assert that the guidance in these PRNs 

is not appropriate generally or not 

applicable to a specific pesticide or 

situation. 

V. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this notice. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

USEPA, 2017a. Response to Comments 

Received on PRN 2016–X: Draft Guidance 

for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide 

Resistance Management Labeling. 

USEPA, 2017b. Response to Comments 

Received on PRN 2016–XX: Draft Guidance 

for Herbicide Resistance Management 

Labeling, Education, Training, and 

Stewardship. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: August 28, 2017. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20331 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL–9968–04– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; ICR 

Supporting Statement Information 

Collection Request for National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System (NPDES) Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘ICR 

Supporting Statement Information 

Collection Request for National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 0229.23, OMB Control No. 2040– 

0004) 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, 2017. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (82FR29549) on June 

29, 2017 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 October 23, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, 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: 

Kevin Weiss, State and Regional Branch, 

Water Permits Division, OWM Mail 

Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0742; fax number: 

(202) 564–9544; email address: 

weiss.kevin@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, visit http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: This ICR estimates the 

burden and costs associated with the 

information collection requirements of 

the NPDES program, identifies the types 

of activities regulated under the NPDES 

program, describes the roles and 

responsibilities of state governments 

and the Agency, and presents the 

program areas that address the various 

types of regulated activities. This 

renewal also incorporates the burden 

and costs for seven more NPDES 

programs, which were previously 

contained in separate ICRs, including: 

Consolidated Animal Sectors (OMB 

Control No. 2040–0250; EPA ICR 

Number 1989.09); Pesticide Applicators 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0284; EPA ICR 

Number 2397.02); National Pretreatment 

Program (OMB Control No. 2040–0009; 

EPA ICR Number 0002.15); Cooling 

Water Intake Structures Phase I—New 

Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0241; 

EPA ICR Number 1973.06); Cooling 

Water Intake Structures at Phase III 

Facilities (OMB Control No. 2040–0268, 

EPA ICR No. 2169.05); Cooling Water 

Intake Structures Existing Facilities 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0257; EPA ICR 

No. 2060.07); and NPDES Electronic 

Reporting Rule (OMB Control No. 2020– 

0035; EPA ICR No. 2468.02). 

Permit applications and other 

respondent reports may contain 

confidential business information. If a 

respondent does consider this 

information to be of a confidential 

nature, the respondent may request that 

such information be treated as 

confidential. All confidential data will 

be handled in accordance with 40 CFR 

122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s 

Security Manual part III, chapter 9, 

dated August 9, 1976. 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

industrial point source discharger of 

pollutants, including but not limited to 

publicly owned and privately owned 

treatment works (POTWs and PrOTWs), 

industrial dischargers to POTWs and 

PrOTWs, sewage sludge management 

and disposal operations, small and large 

vessels, airports with deicing 

operations, dischargers of stormwater, 

construction sites, municipalities, 

pesticide applicators, local and state 

goverments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 

307, 308, 316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 

510 of the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality 

Act (WQA) revisions to CWA section 

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 44409 

402(p); 40 (CFR) Parts 122, 123, 124, 

and 125 (and Parts 501 and 503 for 

Biosolids); and the Great Lakes Critical 

Programs Act (CPA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

935,020 total (934,383 permittees and 

637 States/Tribes/Territories). 

Frequency of response: Varies 

depending on the specific response 

activity and can range from ongoing and 

monthly to once every 5 years. 

Total estimated burden: 28,239,262 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,476,244,044 

(per year), includes $43,659,009 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

net increase of 836,289 (3%) hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with the combined burden of 

the component ICRs currently approved 

by OMB. This change in the total is 

primarily due to a combination of both 

burden increases and decreases in the 

component ICRs. Minor changes in the 

estimated burden occurred for five of 

the eight component ICRs (NPDES ICR, 

Pesticide Applicators ICR, National 

Pretreatment Program ICR, Cooling 

Water Intake Structures Phase I New 

Facilities ICR, and the Cooling Water 

Intake Structures Phase III Facilities 

ICR). Significant changes occurred for 

three of the eight component ICRs 

(Consolidated Animal Sectors ICR, 

Cooling Water Intake Structures Existing 

Facility ICR, and Electronic Reporting 

Rule ICR). These significant changes 

included: (1) A decrease of 12 percent 

in the animal sector labor burden due to 

revised EPA estimates based on changes 

in industry practice, adherence to USDA 

guidelines, and industry consolidation 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0250); (2) an 

increase of 140 percent in the cooling 

water intake structures existing facilities 

labor burden due to the coincidence of 

the period of greatest implementation 

burden with the three year ICR period 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0257); and (3) 

a decrease of 164 percent in the 

electronic reporting rule labor burden 

due to the reduced need for data input 

due to increased participation in 

electronic filing of forms and reports as 

the rule is implemented (OMB Control 

No. 2020–0035). 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20279 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9035–3] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS) 

Filed 09/11/2017 Through 09/15/2017 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20170178, Draft Supplement, 

USACE, NM, Middle Rio Grande 

Flood Protection Bernalillo to Belen, 

New Mexico: Mountain View, Isleta 

and Belen Units Integrated General 

Reevaluation Report and 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement, Comment Period Ends: 

11/06/2017, Contact: Michael D. 

Porter 505–342–3264. 

EIS No. 20170179, Draft, USFS, CA, 

Craggy Vegetation Management, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2017, 

Contact: Andrew Mueller 530–468– 

1223. 

EIS No. 20170180, Final, USFS, CA, 

Trinity Post Fire Hazard Reduction 

and Salvage, Review Period Ends: 

10/30/2017, Contact: Thomas Hall 

530–628–1200. 

EIS No. 20170181, Revised Draft, 

USACE, WA, Mount St. Helens LongTerm Sediment Management Plan, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2017, 

Contact: Ann Hodgson 503–808–4663. 

EIS No. 20170182, Final, USACE, OK, 

ADOPTION—Plains and Eastern 

Clean Line Transmission Line Project, 

Review Period, Contact: David Gade 

918–669–7579. The U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers—Tulsa District, District 

Commander Christopher A. Hussin, 

adopts the Department of Energy’s 

Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Plains & Eastern 

Clean Line Transmission Line Project 

(Final EIS #182396 [DOE/EIS/0486]) 

filed with the USEPA on 11/13/2015. 

As the USACE was a cooperating 

agency, recirculation of the document 

(EIS) is not necessary under 40 CFR 

1506.3(c). 

EIS No. 20170183, Final, EPA, Other, 

ADOPTION—Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil 

and Gas 2017–2022 Final Multisale 

EIS, Review Period, Contact: Keith 

Hayden 214–665–2133. The U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has adopted the Bureau of 

Ocean and Energy Management’s 

(BOEM) Gulf of Mexico Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 

2017–2022 Final Multisale 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS), Council of Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) No. 20170030. BOEM 

filed its Final EIS with EPA on March 

10, 2017, (82 FR 13338). EPA was a 

cooperating agency on the project and 

recirculation of the document is not 

necessary under Section 1506.3(c) of 

the CEQ National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20170137, Draft Supplement, 

Caltrans, CA, I–710 Corridor Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/23/2017, 

Contact: Jason Roach 213–897–0357. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

07/28/2017; Extending Comment 

Period from 09/22/2017 to 10/23/ 

2017. 

EIS No. 20170152, Draft, BR, CA, 

WITHDRAWN—San Luis Low Point 

Improvement Project, Comment 

Period Ends: 09/25/2017, Contact: 

Nicole Johnson 916–978–5085. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

08/11/2017; Officially Withdrawn per 

request of the submitting agency. 

EIS No. 20170162, Draft Supplement, 

USFWS, MT, Proposed Amendment to 

the Endangered Species Act 

10(a)(1)(B) Permit Associated with the 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation Forested 

State Trust Lands Habitat 

Conservation Plan, Comment Period 

Ends: 10/13/2017, Contact: Amelia 

Orton-Palmer 303–236–4211. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

08/25/2017; Correction to Comment 

Period from 10/09/2017 to 

10/13/2017. 

EIS No. 20170169, Draft, USACE, AK, 

Nanushuk Project, Comment Period 

Ends: 11/14/2017, Contact: Ellen 

Lyons 907–474–2169. Revision to FR 

Notice Published 09/01/2017; 

Extending Comment Period from 

10/16/2017 to 11/14/2017. 

EIS No. 20170170, Draft, USACE, TX, 

Houston Ship Channel Expansion 

Channel Improvement Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/13/2017, 

Contact: Kelly Burks-Copes 409–766– 

3044. Revision to FR Notice Published 

09/01/2017; Extending Comment 

Period from 10/16/2017 to 

11/13/2017. 

EIS No. 20170177, Draft, USFS, SD, 

Black Hills Resilient Landscapes