[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 792-793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-222]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6928-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy

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) renewal has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information 
Collection Request for the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy (OMB 
Control Number 2040-0170; EPA ICR Number 1680.03; Expiration Date: 
December 31, 2000. The renewal ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1680.03 and OMB 
Control Number 2040-0170, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental 
Information, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR 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 and refer to EPA ICR No. 1680.03. For technical 
question about the ICR contact Timothy Dwyer, EPA Office of Wastewater 
Management (Mail Code 4203M), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Collection Request for the Combined Sewer 
Overflow Control Policy (OMB Control Number 2040-0170; EPA ICR Number 
1680.03; Expiration Date: December 31, 2000.
    Abstract: The information to be collected under this request is the 
information recommended in the CSO Control Policy that will be 
developed by municipalities with combined sewer systems that have 
combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Specifically, the information is the 
documentation that the municipalities have implemented the nine minimum 
controls specified in the CSO policy, the long-term control plan that 
the municipalities must develop and implement to achieve compliance 
with the requirements of the Clean Water Act and applicable State water 
quality standards (WQS), and compliance monitoring data for 
demonstrating compliance with applicable WQS and National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions. The first two 
information submittals are one-time submittals; the last element will 
be submitted semi-annually as part of the municipalities' Discharge 
Monitoring Reports (DMRs). EPA will use this information to determine 
how well the CSO Control Policy is being implemented at the State and 
local level and to prepare the performance reports required under the 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

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The information to be collected under this information collection is 
necessary to determine the program's achievement of GPRA performance 
measures. 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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 07/03/00 
(65 FR 41065); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 624 
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: Municipalities with combined sewer 
systems that have combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 930.
    Frequency of Response: One time for selected items and semi-
annually for other items.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 580,044 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $182,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1680.03 and OMB Control No. 2040-0170 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: December 27, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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