Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0064-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0029.08 (OMB No. 2040-0068) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notice.
Posted Date: 2003-04-24T04:00Z

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Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
79
/
Thursday,
April
24,
2003
/
Notices
characteristics,
almost
all
of
the
RFETS
plutonium
will
be
included
in
the
approximately
6.5
MT
of
alternate
feedstock,
meaning
that
this
material
would
not
require
long­
term
storage.
Based
on
these
analyses,
DOE/
NNSA
has
determined
that
the
potential
environmental
impacts
associated
with
the
proposed
changes
to
the
revised
disposition
program,
including
facility
design
changes,
a
small
increase
in
the
total
amount
of
material
to
be
fabricated
into
MOX
fuel,
and
the
processing
of
approximately
6.5
MT
of
surplus
plutonium
originally
intended
for
immobilization,
would
not
constitute
significant
new
circumstances
or
information
relevant
to
environmental
concerns
and
bearing
on
the
action
and
impacts
previously
analyzed
in
the
SPD
EIS.
Therefore,
pursuant
to
10
CFR
1021.314,
no
additional
NEPA
analysis
is
required
for
DOE/
NNSA
to
move
forward
with
the
design
changes
and
modify
its
disposition
program
so
that
it
will
entail
processing
34
MT
of
surplus
plutonium,
including
approximately
6.5
MT
of
plutonium
originally
intended
for
immobilization,
into
MOX
fuel.

V.
Amended
Decision
DOE/
NNSA
is
modifying
its
previous
surplus
plutonium
disposition
decisions
in
order
to
implement
the
U.
S.­
Russia
Agreement
using
a
34­
MT
MOX­
only
approach.
DOE/
NNSA
is
modifying
its
decisions
on
the
disposition
of
surplus
plutonium
as
follows:

 
Pursue
a
program
of
fabricating
into
MOX
fuel
(
after
appropriate
sampling
to
determine
actual
material
characteristics)
approximately
6.5
MT
of
surplus
weapons­
grade
plutonium
originally
intended
for
immobilization,
including
the
material
transferred
from
RFETS
to
SRS
for
storage
that
after
appropriate
sampling
is
determined
to
meet
the
MOX
fabrication
facility's
specifications.

 
Increase
the
total
amount
of
surplus
plutonium
to
be
fabricated
into
MOX
fuel
under
that
program
from
33
MT
to
34
MT.

Issued
in
Washington,
DC,
this
17th
day
of
April,
2003.

Linton
F.
Brooks,

Acting
Administrator,
National
Nuclear
Security
Administration.
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
0029.08
(
OMB
No.
2040
 
0068)
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
NPDES
Modifications
and
Variance
Requests.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
27,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Jack
Faulk,
Water
Permits
Division,
Office
of
Wastewater
Management,
Mail
Code
4203M,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202
 
564
 
0768;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
6431;
email
address:
faulk.
jack@
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
January
10,
2003,
(
68
FR
1454),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2002
 
0064,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Water
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
owdocket
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Water
Docket,
Mail
Code:
4101T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
NPDES
Modification
and
Variance
Requests
(
OMB
Control
Number
2040
 
0068,
EPA
ICR
Number
0029.08).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
April
30,
2003.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
This
ICR
calculates
the
burden
and
costs
associated
with
modifications
and
variances
made
to
NPDES
permits
and
to
the
National
Sewage
Sludge
Management
Program
permit
requirements.
The
regulations
specified
at
40
CFR
122.62
and
122.63
specify
information
a
facility
must
report
in
order
for
the
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24,
2003
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Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
to
determine
whether
a
permit
modification
is
warranted.
A
NPDES
permit
applicant
may
request
a
variance
from
the
conditions
that
would
normally
be
imposed
on
the
applicant's
discharge.
An
applicant
must
submit
information
so
the
permitting
authority
can
assess
whether
the
facility
is
eligible
for
a
variance,
and
what
deviation
from
Clean
Water
Act
(
CWA)
provisions
is
necessary.
In
general,
EPA
and
authorized
States
use
the
information
to
determine
whether:
(
1)
The
conditions
or
requirements
that
would
warrant
a
modification
or
variance
exist,
and
(
2)
the
progress
toward
achieving
the
goals
of
the
(
CWA)
will
continue
if
the
modification
or
variance
is
granted.
Other
uses
for
the
information
provided
include:
updating
records
on
permitted
facilities,
supporting
enforcement
actions,
and
overall
program
management,
including
policy
and
budget
development
and
responding
to
Congressional
inquiries.
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
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
about
23
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;
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:
NPDES
permit
applicants
that
request
a
variance
or
modification
of
the
NPDES
or
sewage
sludge
management
conditions.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
13,137.
Frequency
of
Response:
On
occasion.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
303,997
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost
(
non
labor
costs):
$
10,952,021,
includes
$
0
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
10,674
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
in
the
applicant
respondent
and
NPDES­
authorized
state
burden
is
due
to
an
increase
in
the
number
of
States
authorized
to
administer
the
NPDES
permitting
program
(
i.
e.,
shift
of
burden
from
EPA
to
the
States).

Dated:
April
10,
2003.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
2078.01
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
ENERGY
STAR
 
Product
Labeling.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
27,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Rachel
Schmeltz,
Climate
Protection
Partnerships
Division,
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation,
MC
6202J,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202
 
564
 
9124;
fax
number:
202
 
565
 
2077;
email
address:
schmeltz.
rachel@
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
July
17,
2002
(
67
FR
46969),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR
 
2003
 
0033,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
a­
and­
r­
Docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code
6102T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
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