[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47794-47795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18409]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; 2003 Report to Congress on Impacts and Control 
of Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows

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: 2003 Report to Congress on 
Impacts and Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer 
Overflows and expires one year from the effective date of the ICR. 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 21, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 2063.01, to the 
following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; and to Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: 
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby

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at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by E-mail at [email protected] or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 2063.01 For technical questions about the ICR contact Kevin 
DeBell, Office of Water, at (202) 564-0040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Title: 2003 Report to Congress on Impacts and Control of Combined 
Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows (EPA ICR No. 2063.01) 
expiring one year from the effective date of the ICR. This is a new 
collection.
    Abstract: EPA is developing the 2003 Report to Congress on Impacts 
and Control of Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows to 
meet a requirement included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001, Public Law 106-554. EPA's Office of Wastewater 
Management (OWM) will use data from federal sources, state 
environmental agencies, state and local health departments, and 
municipalities to determine, summarize, and report the extent of human 
health and environmental impacts caused by municipal combined sewer 
overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). This Report will 
also include information on resources spent to address these impacts 
and an evaluation of the technologies used by municipalities to address 
these impacts. In addition, this Report will support EPA's SSO Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking effort and data integration efforts for the 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program.
    OWM's method for collecting and analyzing the data for CSOs and 
SSOs from state environmental agencies, state and local health 
departments, and municipalities is as follows: site visits; interviews; 
file review; and phone calls to a subset of publicly owned treatment 
works (POTWs) and health departments nationwide. In addition, 
information that is collected from the various entities is voluntary 
and available to the public.
    The data collected and analyzed for this Report will include the 
location of permitted and unpermitted wastewater discharges, the volume 
of pollutants discharged, and the constituents discharged; 
environmental and public health impacts of discharges; the resources 
spent to address these impacts; and an evaluation of the technologies 
used to address these impacts.
    The burden for states and municipalities to provide, analyze, and 
review data submitted is a total of 6,300 hours and a cost of $307,492. 
This burden will occur once, and the collection of information should 
be completed one-year from the effective date of the ICR. Of the total 
portion, the municipal burden is 2,565 hours and $121,986. The states 
burden is 3,735 hours and $185,506.
    All data will be stored in a data management system developed by 
OWM. The data will be used as a cornerstone of the 2003 Report to 
Congress, giving federal offices, states, municipalities, and the 
public full access to the data collected both in print and through 
OWM's website (www.epa.gov/npdes).
    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 05/02/02 
(67 FR 22077-22078); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information will vary in hours, depending 
on the available information. 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: State environmental agencies; State and local 
health departments; Municipal wastewater treatment authorities
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 535.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,300
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.00.
    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. 2063.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: July 11, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection , Strategies Division.
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