[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4902-4903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01792]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0394; FRL 9905-75-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Approval of State Coastal Nonpoint Pollution 
Control Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Approval of State Coastal 
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs (CZARA Section 6217)'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through January 31, 2014. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (78 FR 69664) on November 20, 2013 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2006-0394, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

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; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    EPA ICR No.: 1569.08
    OMB Control No.: 2040-0153
    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. Another 
State (Illinois) is developing its program for submittal to EPA and 
NOAA in early 2014. EPA and NOAA have fully approved 17 States and 5 
Territories, and conditionally approved 11 States. Another State that 
was conditionally approved (Alaska) ceased its participation in this 
program in 2011. States and Territories with conditional approvals are 
required 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

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share of funding available to them under section 319 of the Clean Water 
Act and section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities affected by this action are 
11 coastal States with conditionally approved Coastal Nonpoint 
Pollution Control Programs and 1 coastal State that will submit its 
program for federal approval in 2014.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    Estimated number of respondents: 12 States (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 1,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $55,500 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 125 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is the result of progress that States 
which are not yet unconditionally approved have made that have resulted 
in the reduction in the number of conditions imposed on them by EPA and 
NOAA, offset by the addition of a new State coastal nonpoint program 
(Illinois), as well as the sunsetting of one State program in 2011 
(Alaska).

Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-01792 Filed 1-29-14; 8:45 am]
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