[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1702-1704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-426]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2004-0029; FRL-7859-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pollution Prevention Compliance 
Alternative; Transportation Equipment Cleaning (TEC) Point Source 
Category (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2018.02, OMB Control Number 2040-
0235

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 9, 
2005.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0029, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to epa.gov">OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Faulk, Office of Wastewater 
Management, Mail Code 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-0768; fax number: 202-564-6431; e-mail address: faulk.jack@ 
epa.gov.

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 August 30, 2004 (69 FR 52883), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OW-2004-0029, 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. 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: Pollution Prevention Compliance Alternative; Transportation 
Equipment Cleaning (TEC) Point Source Category (Renewal).
    Abstract: EPA issued a final guideline for the TEC point source 
category on August 14, 2000. This final rule, codified in 40 CFR part 
442, included a regulatory compliance option which allows certain 
facilities to develop a Pollutant Management Plan (PMP) in lieu of 
meeting numeric standards. Facilities have the option to develop this 
plan if it would be more beneficial compliance alternative. The PMP is 
only available for Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources and 
Pretreatment Standards for New Sources in subparts A and B of the TEC 
regulation, representing a potential 336 facilities.
    The PMP includes requirements for recordkeeping and paperwork that 
were not previously included in the burden estimate for the TEC 
industry. This ICR presents estimates of the burden hours and costs to 
the regulated community and pretreatment authorities for data 
collection and recordkeeping associated with implementing the pollution 
prevention compliance option.
    The PMP is an effective alternative method of reducing pollutant 
discharges from indirect dischargers in subparts A and B (facilities 
that clean tank trucks, intermodal tank containers, and rail tank cars 
transporting chemical and petroleum cargos). The PMP contains 10 
components that must be considered and addressed when developing the 
Plan. These components require facilities to identify and segregate 
incompatible waste streams which may include heels, prerinse or 
prestream wastewater, and spent cleaning solutions from wastewater 
discharged to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW). The PMP also 
requires provisions for recycling or reuse of incompatible waste 
streams and for minimizing the use of toxic cleaning agents. Data 
collection and recordkeeping requirements under the pollution 
prevention compliance option include preparing the PMP and maintaining 
records to demonstrate compliance with the procedures and provisions of 
the PMP. Records will be stored on site, and there are no reporting 
requirements.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 240 
hours per new respondent per year and 209 hours per existing respondent 
per year. Pretreatment control authority burden is estimated to average 
5 hours per respondent per year. 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: Indirect discharge facilities from 
40 CFR part 442, subparts A and B (facilities that clean tank trucks, 
intermodal tank containers, and rail tank cars transporting chemical 
and petroleum cargos), that choose the pollution prevention compliance 
option to reduce pollutant discharges.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 183.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,869 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $559,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,275 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of adjustments to the 
numbers of new facilities covered by these requirements.


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    Dated: December 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-426 Filed 1-7-04; 8:45 am]
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