[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2535-2536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-750]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0394; FRL-9103-7; EPA ICR No. 1569.07; OMB Control No. 
2040-0153]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Approval of State Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs (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 February 16, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0394, to (1) EPA online using http://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 
28221T, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Waye, Assessment and Watershed 
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds, Mail 
Code 4503-T, 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 July 31, 2009 (74 FR 38182), 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 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
Programs (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1569.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0153.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 01/31/2010. 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 fully approved 16 States and 5 Territories, and conditionally 
approved 13 States. 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

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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: 13 coastal States with conditionally 
approved Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,625 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $60,125, this includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 500 hours in the 
annual estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of EPA and NOAA 
having fully approved 21 of the 34 programs.

    Dated: January 11, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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