[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 560-561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-243]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5947-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges 
Associated With Construction Activity Under a NPDES General Permit

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: Notice of Intent for Storm 
Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity under a NPDES 
General Permit. 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 February 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer 
to EPA ICR No. 1842.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges Associated with 
Construction Activity under a NPDES General Permit. This is a new 
collection. (EPA ICR No. 1842.01).
    Abstract: This Information Collection Request (ICR) calculates the 
burden and costs associated with the preparation of the Notice of 
Intent (NOI) for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction 
Activity under a NPDES General Permit. EPA uses the data contained in 
the NOIs to track facilities covered by the storm water general permit 
and assess permit compliance. EPA has developed a format for 
construction NOIs. The standardized one-page form is called: Notice of 
Intent (NOI) for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction 
Activity Under a NPDES General Permit. This form is a revision of an 
existing form entitled, ``NOI for Storm Water Discharges Associated 
with Industrial Activity Under a NPDES General Permit.'' The following 
information is requested (the questions that are on the new NOI which 
are not on the existing NOI are indicated by asterisks at the end of 
the item):
     Name, address, phone number of the facility.
     Status of the owner/operator (whether federal, state, 
public, or private).
     Name and location of the project (City, State, ZIP, 
Latitude, Longitude, County*).
     Whether the facility is located on Indian Country Lands.
     Whether a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) 
has been prepared*.
     Optional: location for viewing SWPPP and telephone number 
for scheduling viewing times: Address, City, State, ZIP*.
     The name of the receiving water.
     Estimated construction start date and completion date.
     The estimated area to be disturbed (to nearest acre).
     An estimate of the likelihood of a discharge*.
     Whether any protected species or critical habitat in the 
project area.
     Which section of Part I.B.3.e.(2) of the permit through 
which permit eligibility with regard to protection of endangered 
species is satisfied.
     Whether any historic properties in the project area.
     Which section of Part I.B.3.f.(2) of the permit through 
which permit eligibility with regard to protection of historic 
properties is satisfied.
     Responses are required to obtain coverage under the NPDES 
General

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Permit for storm water discharges associated with construction 
activities. 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 June 2, 
1997 (62 FR 29826); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.7 
hours per response. 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: Owners/Operators of construction 
activities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,632.
    Frequency of Response: For each construction start.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3.7 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $3,646,741.
    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.1842.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 30, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-243 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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