Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0150-0032
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Establishing No-Discharge Zones under Clean Water Act Section 312 (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2022-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49820-49821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17385]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0150; FRL-10140-01-OMS]

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.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Establishing No-Discharge Zones 
(NDZs) under Clean Water Act Section 312 (EPA ICR number 1791.09, OMB 
Control Number 2040-0187) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR that is currently approved 
through August 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on January 25, 2022, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A 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 September 12, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0150, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    For additional delivery options and information about EPA's 
dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: [email protected].

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: (A) Sewage No-Discharge Zones (NDZs): 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 an NDZ for vessel sewage for some or all the state's 
waters.
    In designated NDZs, 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 respondents to develop 
applications 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

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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 
vessel sewage NDZ (CWA section 312(f)) or an UNDS NDZ or review of a 
discharge determination or standard (CWA section 312(n)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 11 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 577 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $34,713 (per year), includes $548 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 337 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This estimated decrease is attributable to a downward 
adjustment in the estimated number of anticipated total actions during 
the upcoming 3-year period.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17385 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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