[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9518-9519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04797]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0150; FRL-9989-51-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under 
Clean Water Act Section 312 (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Establishing No-Discharge Zones 
(NDZs) under Clean Water Act Sec.  312 (EPA ICR No. 1791.08, OMB 
Control No. 2040-0187), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This action is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register on September 11, 2018 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 April 15, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0150, 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: Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans, Wetlands 
and Communities Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 
(4504T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-1266; fax number: 202-
566-1337; 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.
    Abstract: (A) Sewage No-Discharge Zones: CWA section 312(f) and the 
implementing regulations in 40 CFR 140 provide that information must be 
submitted to the EPA to establish a no-discharge zone (NDZ) for vessel 
sewage in state waters. No-discharge zones can be established to 
provide greater environmental protection of specified state waters from 
treated and untreated vessel sewage. This ICR addresses the information 
requirements associated with the establishment of NDZs for vessel 
sewage. The information collection activities discussed in this ICR do 
not require the submission of any confidential information.
    (B) Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) No-Discharge Zones 
and Discharge Determination or Standard Review: CWA section 312(n)(7) 
and the implementing regulations in 40 CFR 1700 provide that 
information should be submitted to the EPA to establish a no-discharge 
zone in state waters for a particular discharge from a vessel of the 
Armed Forces. In addition, CWA section 312(n)(5) provides that that the 
Governor of any state may petition the EPA and the Department of 
Defense (DoD) to review any discharge determination or standard

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promulgated under CWA section 312 for vessels of the Armed forces if 
there is significant new information that could reasonably result in a 
change to the discharge determination or standard. This ICR addresses 
the information requirements associated with the establishment of an 
UNDS NDZ for a particular discharge from a vessel of the Armed Forces 
in addition to the information requirements associated with a request 
to the EPA and DoD to review a discharge determination or standard. 
UNDS NDZs for a particular discharge from a vessel of the Armed Forces 
cannot be requested or established until after the EPA and DoD 
promulgate vessel discharge performance standards for marine pollution 
control devices for that particular discharge and DoD promulgates the 
corresponding regulations governing the design, construction, 
installation and use of marine pollution control devices for that 
particular discharge. The information collection activities discussed 
in this ICR do not require the submission of any confidential 
information.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: The responses to this 
collection of information are required for a state to obtain a sewage 
NDZ (CWA section 312(f)) and required to obtain an UNDS NDZ or a review 
of an UNDS discharge determination or standard (CWA section 312(n)).
    Estimated number of respondents:13 (total).
    Frequency of response: One time.
    Total estimated burden: 914 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $12,501 (per year), includes $848 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 169 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This estimated decrease is attributable to a downward 
adjustment in the estimated number of anticipated total actions during 
the upcoming 3-year period.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-04797 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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