[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56097-56098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22975]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719, FRL-9201-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal); 
EPA ICR No. 1989.07; OMB Control No. 2040-0250

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 describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0719 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 
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: Amelia Letnes, State and Regional 
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-5627; 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 February 25, 2010 (75 FR 8695), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. 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-2008-0719, 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 ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified in this 
document. 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: NPDES Animal Sectors (Renewal)
    ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 1989.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0250.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31, 
2012. 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, and 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: The purpose of this ICR is to consolidate, streamline, 
and update EPA's concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and 
concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP) facility ICRs into the 
currently approved ICR for CAFOs (OMB Control No. 2040-0250). The two 
ICRs that are being consolidated in this ICR are: (1) NPDES and ELG 
Regulatory Revisions for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (Final 
Rule) (OMB Control No. 2040-0250); and (2) Concentrated Aquatic Animal 
Production (CAAP) Effluent Guidelines (OMB Control No. 2040-0258). 
Additionally, two activities reported in the NPDES Program ICR (OMB 
Control No. 2040-0004) that are directly related with CAAP facilities 
or CAFOs will be incorporated in this ICR. (The two activities are the 
Permit Application for CAAP facilities using form 2B and Other 
Noncompliance Reports for CAFOs.)
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.1 
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

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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: concentrated animal feeding 
operations (CAFOs) and a subset of facilities engaged in aquatic animal 
production defined in 40 CFR part 451.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,844.
    Frequency of Response: Varies (On occasion, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, 
Annually).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,273,678.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $73,624,822, includes $8,780,398 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The current burden approved by OMB for 
the two ICRs being consolidated plus the activities from the NPDES 
Program ICR being migrated to this ICR is 3,044,140 hours. This 
consolidated ICR estimates a total burden that is 229,538 hours more 
than the currently approved burden for the same ICRs (a 7.5 percent 
increase). The main cause of increase is that the animal agricultural 
industry has continued to grow and consolidate, which has resulted in a 
greater number of animal feeding operations (AFOs) that meet the size 
threshold for being defined as a Large CAFO. The projections also 
reflect more robust estimates from States and EPA regions on numbers of 
CAFOs in each. EPA estimates that the industry will grow at an average 
annual rate of 5.6% over the life of this ICR; with permitted CAFOs 
growing at an average annual rate of 6.0%.

    Dated: September 9, 2010.
John Moses, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
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