[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43542-43543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21578]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5558-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Pretreatment Program

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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Revision of the Information 
Collection Request for the National Pretreatment Program (OMB Control 
No. 2040-0009, EPA ICR No. 0002.08). The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0002.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Pretreatment Program Information Collection Request 
(OMB Control No. 2040-0009, EPA ICR No. 0002.08) expiring 10/31/96. 
This is a request for review of a revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Pursuant to Sections 307(b) and 402(a) & (b) of the Clean 
Water Act and 40 CFR Part 403, EPA, States, and Publicly Owned 
Treatment Works (POTWs) implement the National Pretreatment Program. 
The Pretreatment Program is a joint regulatory effort by federal, 
State, and local authorities to control nondomestic (i.e., industrial 
and commercial) sources of pollutants discharged to POTWs. The Clean 
Water Act requires EPA to develop national pretreatment standards to 
control discharges from Industrial Users (IUs) into sewage systems, or 
POTWs. These standards limit the level of certain pollutants in IU 
wastewaters. EPA administers the pretreatment program through the 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. 
Under the NPDES permit program, EPA may approve State or individual 
POTW implementation of the pretreatment standards at their respective 
levels.
    EPA uses the data collected under the pretreatment program to 
monitor and enforce compliance with the regulations, as well as to 
authorize program administration at the State or local (POTW) level. 
The data collected from IUs includes the mass, frequency, and content 
of their discharges, their schedules for installing pretreatment 
equipment, and actual or anticipated discharges of wastes that violate 
pretreatment standards, have the potential to cause problems at the 
POTW, or are considered hazardous under the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA). IUs and POTWs submit written reports. States and 
POTWs applying for approval of pretreatment programs submit data 
concerning their legal, procedural, and administrative bases for 
establishing such programs. This information may include surveys of 
IUs, local limits for pollutant concentration, and schedules for 
completion of major project requirements.
    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. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on April 24, 
1996 (61 FR 18137); no comments

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 were received during the comment period, however one comment was 
received after the close of the comment period. The requestor's (the 
American Crop Protection Association) comments were considered and 
incorporated into the ICR. Changes made in response to the comments 
centered on reporting requirements for pollution prevention contained 
in the Pesticides Formulating, Packaging and Repackaging Effluent 
Guidelines and Standards (40 CFR 455).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.5 
hours per response and to require 7 hours per respondent for 
recordkeeping. 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: State and local governments and the 
regulated industrial users.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 33,526.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,765,156 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $47,349,000.
    Respondents and affected entities are the total number of 
recordkeepers and the total number of respondents.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 0002.08 and OMB Control No. 2040-0009 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 15, 1996.
David Schwarz,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-21578 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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