[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32421-32422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08983]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0033; FRL--11929-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for 
Discharges Into Marine Waters (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), Modification of Secondary 
Treatment Requirements for Discharges into Marine Waters (EPA ICR 
Number 0138.13, OMB Control Number 2040-0088) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 4, 2023, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2003-0033, to 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.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans, Wetlands 
and Communities Division, Office of Water, (4504T), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202 566-1266; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on August 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 51813). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that 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 EPA Docket 
Center, EPA 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: The Clean Water Act (CWA) section 301(h) allows for a 
case-by-case review of treatment requirements for publicly owned 
treatment works (POTW) discharges to marine waters. Eligible POTWs that 
met the set of environmentally stringent criteria in CWA section 301(h) 
received a modified National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit waiving the secondary treatment requirements for the 
conventional pollutants-biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, 
and pH. CWA section 301(h) only applies to the 25 POTWs that currently 
hold CWA 301(h) modified permits. No new applications are accepted. The 
CWA section 301(h) program involves collecting information from two 
sources: 1) the POTW, and 2) the state in which the POTW is located. 
The POTW holding or seeking to renew or revise a CWA section 301(h) 
modified permit provides application, reapplication, monitoring, and 
toxic control program information to demonstrate that its discharge 
meets and continues to meet all the CWA section 301(h) environmental 
criteria. The state provides state determination and certification 
information.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Municipalities that currently have 
CWA section 301(h) modifications from secondary treatment, or have 
applied for

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a renewal of a CWA section 301(h) modified permit, and the states 
within which these municipalities are located.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary, required to obtain 
or retain a benefit. (40 CFR part 125 subpart G, 40 CFR 124.53 and 
124.54).
    Estimated number of respondents: 30 (total).
    Frequency of response: From once every five years, to varies case-
by-case, depending on the category of information.
    Total estimated burden: 44,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,418,675 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. There is no change in program requirements, nor 
program status, information needs, and use of technology.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-08983 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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