[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58388-58389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16297]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0394; FRL-8226-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Approval of State Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs; EPA ICR No. 1569.06, OMB Control 
No. 2040-0153 (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 2, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0394, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], 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 by mail 
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.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the 
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal 
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current 
information on docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. 
The Docket Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure 
for submitting comments to www.regulations.gov are not affected by 
the flooding and will remain the same.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Waye, Assessment and Watershed 
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds, Mail 
Code

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4503T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1170; fax number: 
(202) 566-1333; 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 May 16, 2006 (71 FR 28319), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0394, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 
8 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1569.06, OMB Control No. 2040-0153.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    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 13 States and 4 Territories, and conditionally 
approved 16 States and 1 Territory. The conditional approvals will 
require States and Territories to submit additional information in 
order to obtain final program approval. 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.
    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 which have subsequently changed; 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: 16 States and 1 Territory with 
approved coastal zone management programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,125 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $76,500, which includes $0 annualized 
Capital Startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and $76,500 annualized 
Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1125 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 17 of the 34 State Coastal Nonpoint Programs.

    Dated: September 22, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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