[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80767-80768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32609]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719; FRL 9940-54-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; National Pretreatment Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``National Pretreatment Program'' 
(EPA ICR No. 0002.16, OMB Control No. 2040-0009) 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 
December 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 60142) on October 5, 2015 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 January 27, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0719, 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.

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    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: Amelia Letnes, Office of Wastewater 
Management, Mail Code 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
5627; 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 www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with 
managing and implementing the National Pretreatment Program as mandated 
under Clean Water Act (CWA) sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b). This 
ICR includes all existing tasks under the National Pretreatment 
Program, as amended by the EPA's Streamlining Rule. EPA's Office of 
Wastewater Management (OWM) in the Office of Water (OW) is responsible 
for the management of the pretreatment program. The CWA requires EPA to 
develop national pretreatment standards to control discharges from 
Industrial Users (IUs) into POTWs. These standards limit the level of 
certain pollutants allowed in non-domestic wastewater that is 
discharged to a POTW. EPA administers the pretreatment program through 
the NPDES permit program. Under the NPDES permit program, EPA may 
approve State or individual POTW implementation of the pretreatment 
standards at their respective levels.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State & Local Governments, Private 
Entities
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per Clean Water Act 
(CWA) sections 402(a) and (b) and 307(b).
    Estimated number of respondents: 95,462 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, Semi-annually, on occasion
    Total estimated burden: 1,744,406 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $77,907,187 (per year), includes $2,515,470 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 62,110 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to updated estimates that account 
for changes in the respondent universe.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-32609 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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