Notice2024-22295
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Textile Mills Industry Data Collection (New)
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Published
September 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Textile Mills Industry Data Collection (EPA ICR Number 2798.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 28, 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 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79585-79586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22295]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2023-0287; FRL-12303-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Textile Mills Industry Data Collection (New)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Textile Mills Industry Data
Collection (EPA ICR Number 2798.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
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accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on November 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2023-0287, 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#703f275d341f131b1504301500115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="115e463c557e727a7465517461703f767e67">[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: Paul Schriner, Engineering and
Analysis Division, mail code 4301M, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 101-
566-1076; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#147b7d66754b676176797d67677d7b7a547b79763a717b643a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e28d8b9083bd9197808f8b91918b8d8ca28d8f80cc878d92cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new
collection. 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 November 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 83125). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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: Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the EPA develops
effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) to limit pollutants discharged
from industrial point source categories. The EPA initially promulgated
the Textiles Mills ELGs in 1974 (39 FR 24736, July 5, 1974) and amended
the regulations in 1977 (42 FR 26979, May 26, 1977) and 1982 (47 FR
38810, September 2, 1982). Textiles mills receive and prepare fibers,
transforming these materials into yarn, thread or webbing. Other mills
convert yarns and webbing into fabric or related products and finish
these materials. Many textile mills produce a final consumer product
such as thread, yarn, fabric, hosiery, sheets, towels, and carpet. The
current regulation covers wastewater discharges from textile mills
which perform one or more of the following operations and discharge
process wastewater directly to surface waters or indirectly to surface
waters through publicly owned treatment works (POTWs): wool scouring,
wool finishing, yarn and unfinished fabric manufacturing, woven fabric
finishing, knit fabric finishing, carpet finishing, and nonwoven
textile products of wool, cotton, synthetics, or blends of such
fabrics.
As announced in the Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (88 FR
6258, January 31, 2023), the EPA is continuing to evaluate the
available data on types and concentrations of PFAS in wastewater
discharged from textile mills. A questionnaire for the textile mills
industry is necessary for the EPA to determine if the current
regulations remain appropriate and, if warranted, to develop and
propose new regulations. If new regulations are deemed to be warranted,
the questionnaire is essential for the EPA to complete the detailed
technical analysis necessary for the rulemaking. The EPA has identified
and compiled mailing addresses for approximately 2,200 textile
manufacturing facilities in the United States. A subsequent wastewater
sampling program will require a subset of approximately 20 textile
manufacturing facilities that completed the questionnaire to also
collect wastewater samples and submit them to an EPA-contracted
laboratory. Wastewater sampling data are critical for characterizing
the wastewater generated and discharged by textile manufacturing
facilities, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of pollution
control practices and technologies to reduce or eliminate PFAS in
discharges. Additional objectives of the questionnaire and sampling
will be to confirm the current population of textile mills, estimate
the volume of wastewater discharged from the industry, confirm which
mills still use PFAS in their processes, and gather facility-specific
information and data relevant to generation and discharge of PFAS-
containing wastewater by the industry.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Up to 2,243 textile mills in the
U.S. will receive the questionnaire and no more than 20 facilities will
be asked to conduct specific wastewater sampling.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (Clean Water Act
section 308).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,243 (total).
Frequency of response: One-time data collection.
Total estimated burden: 22,863 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,615,788 (per year), which includes $10,576
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new data collection request and
is a one-time temporary increase to the Agency's burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-22295 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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