Notice2024-08983
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for Discharges Into Marine Waters (Renewal)
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Published
April 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for Discharges into Marine Waters (EPA ICR Number 0138.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0088) 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, which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32421-32422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08983]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0033; FRL--11929-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for
Discharges Into Marine Waters (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), Modification of Secondary
Treatment Requirements for Discharges into Marine Waters (EPA ICR
Number 0138.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0088) 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,
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 4, 2023,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2003-0033, to EPA 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#b1fee69cf5ded2dad4c5f1d4c1d09fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d524a3059727e7678695d786d7c337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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: Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans, Wetlands
and Communities Division, Office of Water, (4504T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202 566-1266; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4929b8cd99a9b868791da829d86939d9a9d95b4918495da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4a2abbce9aaabb6b7a1eab2adb6a3adaaada584a1b4a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on August 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 51813). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting
documents, which explain in detail the information that 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 EPA Docket
Center, EPA 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: The Clean Water Act (CWA) section 301(h) allows for a
case-by-case review of treatment requirements for publicly owned
treatment works (POTW) discharges to marine waters. Eligible POTWs that
met the set of environmentally stringent criteria in CWA section 301(h)
received a modified National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permit waiving the secondary treatment requirements for the
conventional pollutants-biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids,
and pH. CWA section 301(h) only applies to the 25 POTWs that currently
hold CWA 301(h) modified permits. No new applications are accepted. The
CWA section 301(h) program involves collecting information from two
sources: 1) the POTW, and 2) the state in which the POTW is located.
The POTW holding or seeking to renew or revise a CWA section 301(h)
modified permit provides application, reapplication, monitoring, and
toxic control program information to demonstrate that its discharge
meets and continues to meet all the CWA section 301(h) environmental
criteria. The state provides state determination and certification
information.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Municipalities that currently have
CWA section 301(h) modifications from secondary treatment, or have
applied for
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a renewal of a CWA section 301(h) modified permit, and the states
within which these municipalities are located.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary, required to obtain
or retain a benefit. (40 CFR part 125 subpart G, 40 CFR 124.53 and
124.54).
Estimated number of respondents: 30 (total).
Frequency of response: From once every five years, to varies case-
by-case, depending on the category of information.
Total estimated burden: 44,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,418,675 (per year), which includes no
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. There is no change in program requirements, nor
program status, information needs, and use of technology.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-08983 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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