Notice2022-17385
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 312 (Renewal)
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August 12, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49820-49821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method),
by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fbb4acd6bf9498909e8fbb9e8b9ad59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0ffe79df4dfd3dbd5c4f0d5c0d19ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#483f293c3c3b652e213c322f2d3a29242c66232d243b2d31082d3829662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b7c6a7f7f78266d627f716c6e796a676f25606e67786e724b6e7b6a256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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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