[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53184-53185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25258]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5314-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the 
renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: U.S. EPA, Wetlands Division (4502F), 401 M Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Williams, 202-260-5084, fax 202-
260-8000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Affected entities: Entities affected by the action are Federally 
recognized Indian Tribes who are applying to assume the Clean Water Act 
Section 404 permit program.
    Title: Wetlands Indian Regulation; OMB #2040-0140; current ICR 
expires on February 28, 1996.
    Abstract: Indian Tribes are eligible to request assumption of the 
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 permit program. Tribes must 
demonstrate that they meet the requirements in Section 518 of CWA as 
well as the section 404 program specific requirements of 40 CFR part 
233. Tribes seeking to assume the section 404 permit program must:
     Be Federally recognized,
     Carry out substantial governmental duties and powers over 
a Federal Indian reservation,
     Have appropriate authority to regulate reservation waters, 
and
     Be reasonably expected to be capable of administering the 
Section 404 program.
    Tribes must submit documentation demonstrating that they meet these 
requirements. When EPA receives a complete assumption request from a 
Tribe, EPA will solicit comments from the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service about the 
adequacy of the Tribe's program. EPA will publish notice of the 
assumption request and solicit public comment on the request to assume 
the Federal permitting program. EPA will also hold public hearing(s) on 
the assumption request. EPA will review the documentation submitted by 
the Tribe, consider comments received from the public and the Federal 
review agencies in making its decision.
    EPA eliminated unnecessary duplication when revised regulations 
were published in December 1994. Prior to this regulatory revision, 
Tribes first had to qualify for ``treatment as a State.'' Only after 
the Tribe completed the ``treatment as a State'' determination, could 
the Tribe apply to assume the Section 404 program. Under the revised 
regulations, this is all done at the same time with only one submission 
needed from the Tribe, instead of the previous two separate 
submissions. 

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    EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The existing ICR is for 133 hours. The Tribe is 
required to submit this information only one time; at the time that the 
Tribe requests to assume the Federal Section 404 permit program. No 
person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.

    Dated: September 29, 1995.
Robert H. Wayland III,
Director.
[FR Doc. 95-25258 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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