[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41416-41417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19590]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6410-5]


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 document 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, OMB Control No. 2040-0188, EPA ICR No. 1842.02, which 
expires on September 30, 1999. 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 August 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download a copy of the 
ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1842.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Notice of Intent for Storm Water Discharges Associated with 
Construction Activity under a NPDES General Permit (OMB Control No. 
2040-0188; EPA ICR No. 1842.02, expires on 9/30/99). This is a request 
for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This 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, and the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). 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 
new construction NOI only requires the respondent to note whether or 
not a SWPPP has been prepared. 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.

Responses are required to obtain coverage under the NPDES General 
Permit for storm water discharges associated with construction 
activities.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to

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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 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on 06/02/97 (62 FR 29826); two 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40.5 
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: 186,121.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,697,707 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs): 
$2,045,000.
    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. 1842.02 and OMB Control No. 2040-0188 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, 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: July 26, 1999.
Stephen T. Vineski,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19590 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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