[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65563-65564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27236]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7399-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint 
Pollution Control Programs, EPA ICR Number 1569.05, OMB Control Number 
2040-0153, expiring on April 30, 2003. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects 
of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to, and copies of the ICR may be 
obtained without charge from, the Nonpoint Source Control Branch, 
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (4503-T), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacie Craddock at EPA by phone at 
(202) 566-1204, by fax at (202) 566-1545, by e-mail 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. 1569.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
18 coastal States and 3 Territories with conditionally approved Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs.
    Title: Approval of Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs, 
(OMB Control No. 2040-0153; EPA ICR No. 1569.05) expiring April 30, 
2003.
    Abstract: Under the provisions of national Program Development and 
Approval Guidance implementing section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act 
Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA) which was jointly developed 
and published by EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), 26 coastal States and 5 coastal Territories with 
Federally approved Coastal Zone Management Programs have developed and 
submitted to EPA and NOAA Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Programs. EPA and 
NOAA have approved 8 States and 2 Territories, and conditionally 
approved 18 States and 3 Territories. The conditional approvals will 
require States and Territories to submit additional information in 
order to obtain final program approval. Recent administrative changes 
mutually agreed to by States, Territories, EPA and NOAA are expected to 
expedite the final approval process. CZARA section 6217 requires States 
and Territories to obtain final approval of their Coastal Nonpoint 
Pollution Programs in order to retain their full share of funding 
available to them under section 319 of the Clean Water Act and section 
306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 125 
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 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 18 States and 3 Territories.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,625.

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    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $91,875.

Robert H. Wayland III,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
[FR Doc. 02-27236 Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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