[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8753-8754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4374]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2003-0004; FRL-7454-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1569.05 (OMB No. 2040-0153) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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: Approval of State Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs (CZARA Section 6217). The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacie Craddock, Assessment and 
Watershed Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and 
Watersheds (4503-T), Environmental Protection

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Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-566-1204; fax number: 202-566-1545; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On October 25, 2002 (67 FR 65563), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). On November 20, 2002 (67 FR 70070), 
EPA extended the comment period 30 days. EPA received one comment and 
has addressed the comment received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OW-2003-0004, which is available for public viewing at the Water 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water Docket 
is (202) 566-2426. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Water 
Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs (OMB Control No. 2040-0153, EPA ICR No. 1569.05). This is a 
request to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to 
expire on April 30, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may 
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 
submission is pending at OMB.
    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), 29 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 9 States and 3 Territories, conditionally approved 
19 States and 2 Territories, and one State's initial program submission 
(Indiana) is currently under review. The conditional approvals will 
require States and Territories to submit additional information in 
order to obtain final program approval. Indiana will also need to 
submit information in order to obtain approval of its coastal nonpoint 
program. Administrative changes issued on October 16, 1998, and 
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. The information collected under 
section 6217 and this ICR will not require States and Territories to 
collect any confidential information.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 148 
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: 20 States and 2 Territories with 
approved coastal zone management programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,250 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $113,738, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 375 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of EPA and NOAA 
having fully approved 12 of the 34 programs.

    Dated: February 10, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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