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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices
OW20080719 online using www.regulations.gov our preferred method, by email to OW-Docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPAs 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:
Joshua Baehr, National Program Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202 5642277; email address:
Baehr.Joshua@epa.gov.
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 2025661744. For additional information about EPAs public docket, visit http www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506c2A of the Paperwork Reduction Act PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: i Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
ii evaluate the accuracy of the Agencys estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
iii enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and iv minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA
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notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: This consolidated Information Collection Request ICR
renews the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPDES Program ICR. It calculates the information collection burden and costs associated with the NPDES program, identifies the types of activities regulated under the NPDES program, describes the roles and responsibilities of state governments and the Agency, and presents the program areas that address the various types of regulated activities. This ICR
renewal Office of Management and Budget OMB control no. 20400004, EPA ICR no. 0229.24, expiration date 03/31/2022 consolidates the information collection burden and costs associated with activities previously reported in 18 of the NPDES program or NPDES-related ICRs. This renewal documents the addition of the burden and costs for the four existing NPDES
ICRs listed below. Once this renewal ICR is approved, the following ICRs will be discontinued each originally would have been effective for three years.
Public Notification Requirements for Combined Sewer Overflows CSOs in the Great Lakes Basin OMB control no. 20400293, EPA ICR 2562.03, expiration date 04/30/2024
Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category OMB control no. 20400287, EPA
ICR no. 2514.03, expiration 03/31/
2024
2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Multi-Sector General Permit MSGP for Industrial Stormwater Discharges OMB control no. 20400300, EPA ICR no. 2612.02, expiration 03/31/2024
NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule Phase 2 Extension OMB Control No.:
20200037, EPA ICR No. 2617.02, expiration 12/31/2023
The Clean Water Act CWA provides that NPDES permits are required for the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States. The CWA requires EPA to develop and implement the NPDES
permit program. CWA section 402b allows states to acquire authority to administer the NPDES program, enabling them to issue NPDES permits for discharges within the state. At present, 47 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands are authorized to administer the NPDES permit program. In states that do not have authority for these programs, the Agency administers the program and issues NPDES permits. Because some permit applications are processed by states and some by EPA, this ICR

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calculates government burden and cost for both authorized states and EPA. See Appendix F.1 for a copy of the authorizing regulation.
Form Numbers: EPA Form l35101; EPA Form 35102A; EPA Form 35102B; EPA Form 35102C; EPA
Form 35102D; EPA Form 35102E;
EPA Form 35102F; EPA Form 3510
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Respondents/affected entities: Any point source discharger of pollutants, including but not limited to publicly owned and privately owned treatment works POTWs and PrOTWs, industrial dischargers to POTWs and PrOTWs, industrial and commercial dischargers to water of the United States, sewage sludge management and disposal operations, large vessels, dischargers of stormwater, construction sites, municipalities, pesticide applicators, local and state governments.
Respondents obligation to respond:
Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 307, 308, 316b, 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality Act WQA revisions to CWA section 402p;
40 CFR parts 122, 123, 124, and 125
and parts 501 and 503 for Biosolids;
and the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act CPA.
Estimated number of respondents:
829,419 total. Includes 637 States/
Tribes/Territories.
Frequency of response: The frequency of response varies depending on the specific response activity and can range from ongoing and monthly to once every five years.
Total estimated burden: 31,147,981
hours per year. Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03b.
Total estimated cost: $1,732,564,878
per year, includes $22,999,181
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs O&M.
Changes in Estimates: The current OMB-approved burden for the existing NPDES ICR OMB control no. 2040
0004, EPA ICR no. 0229.24 is 28,221,350 hours. The current combined OMB-approved burden for the existing NPDES ICR and the four ICRs being consolidated into this ICR is 28,661,318
hours. The combined burden requested in this ICR renewal is 31,147,981 hours.
Overall, the burden requested in this ICR is 2,486,663 hours 9 percent more than the combined previously approved burdens of the component ICRs. The majority of this burden hour increase occurred as a result of an increase in EPAs estimates of permittee respondents. The increases in EPAs estimates of the number of permittee respondents is largely attributed to improvements in the current NPDES
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