[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61813-61814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21374]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2004-0038; FRL-7989-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey of Airport Deicing 
Operations, EPA ICR Number 2171.01

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 for a new collection. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 25, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0038, to (1) EPA online using E-Docket (our preferred method), by e-
mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, EPA West, 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: Eric Strassler, Engineering & Analysis 
Division, Office of Water, Mail Code 4303T, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 566-1026; fax number: (202) 566-1053; 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 March 17, 2005 (70 FR 13025), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments 
received in the supporting statement of this ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OW-2004-0038, 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: Survey of Airport Deicing Operations.
    Abstract: EPA is developing wastewater discharge standards, called 
``effluent guidelines,'' for airports

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pursuant to the Agency's 2004 Effluent Guidelines Plan (69 FR 53719, 
September 2, 2004). The focus of the rulemaking is on wastewater 
discharges from aircraft and airport pavement deicing operations. EPA 
will send survey questionnaires to a sample of airports and airlines to 
help the Agency compile a national assessment of deicing operations. 
Three questionnaires will be used: A detailed airport questionnaire, a 
short ``screener'' airline questionnaire, and a detailed airline 
questionnaire. The detailed questionnaires will include questions on 
the deicing technologies employed, amount of deicing chemicals used, 
pollution prevention techniques, and economic and financial 
information. The airline screener will ask airlines whether they deice 
their own aircraft at specified locations, or if another party conducts 
the deicing operation. EPA will use the screener results to select 
airline locations for responding to the detailed airline questionnaire. 
Completion of this one-time survey will be mandatory pursuant to 
section 308 of the Clean Water 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 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 62 
hours for airport questionnaire respondents, 21 hours for airline 
detailed questionnaire respondents, and 5.5 hours for airline screener 
respondents to complete and review their responses to the questionnaire 
and associated data submissions. 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: Airports and airlines that perform 
deicing and anti-icing on aircraft and/or airfield pavement.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 290.
    Frequency of Response: One time response.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,851 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $871,998, includes $0 annualized 
capital expenditure and $8,134 Respondent O&M costs.

    Dated: October 19, 2005.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21374 Filed 10-25-05; 8:45 am]
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