82_FR_47181 82 FR 46987 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed Programs (Renewal)

82 FR 46987 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed Programs (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 194 (October 10, 2017)

Page Range46987-46988
FR Document2017-21655

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``Clean Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed Programs'' (EPA ICR No. 0220.13, OMB Control No. 2040- 0168) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension, which is currently approved through November 30, 2017. Public comments on the ICR renewal were requested via the Federal Register (82 FR 30861) published on July 3, 2017, 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0023; FRL--9968-27-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Clean Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed 
Programs (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Clean Water Act Section 404 
State-Assumed Programs'' (EPA ICR No. 0220.13, OMB Control No. 2040-
0168) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension, which is currently approved through November 30, 
2017. Public comments on the ICR renewal were requested via the Federal 
Register (82 FR 30861) published on July 3, 2017, 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 November 9, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2005-0023, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email [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: Kathy Hurld, Office of Wetlands, 
Oceans, and Watersheds, Wetlands Division (4502T), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-566-1269; fax number: 202-566-1349; 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: Section 404(g) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes 
states and tribes to assume the section 404 permit program for 
discharges of dredged or fill material into certain Waters of the U.S. 
This ICR covers the collection of information EPA needs to perform its 
program approval and oversight responsibilities and the state/tribe 
needs to implement its program.
    To request to assume the CWA section 404 permit program, states/
tribes must demonstrate that they meet the statutory and regulatory 
requirements (40 CFR 233) for an approvable program. Specified 
information and documents

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must be submitted by the state/tribe to EPA to request assumption and 
must be sufficient to enable EPA to undertake a thorough analysis of 
the state/tribal program. Once the required information and documents 
are submitted and EPA has a complete assumption request package, the 
statutory time clock for EPA's decision to either approve or disapprove 
the state/tribe's assumption request starts. The information contained 
in the assumption request submission is provided to the Army Corps of 
Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. National Marine 
Fisheries Service and to the public for review and comment.
    States/tribes with assumed programs must be able to issue permits 
that assure compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements, including the 404(b)(1) Guidelines. Sufficient 
information must be provided in the application so that states/tribes 
and federal agencies reviewing the permit can evaluate, avoid, minimize 
and compensate for any anticipated impacts resulting from the proposed 
project. EPA's assumption regulations establish required elements that 
must be included in the state/tribe's permit application, so that 
sufficient information is available to make a thorough analysis of 
anticipated impacts. (40 CFR 233.30). These minimum information 
requirements generally reflect the information that must be submitted 
when applying for a section 404 permit from the Army Corps of 
Engineers.
    EPA has an oversight role for assumed 404 permitting programs to 
ensure that state/tribal programs comply with applicable requirements 
and that state/tribal permit decisions adequately consider, avoid, 
minimize and compensate for anticipated impacts. States/tribes must 
evaluate their programs annually and submit the results in a report to 
EPA. EPA's assumption regulations establish minimum requirements for 
the annual report (40 CFR 233.52).
    The information included in the state/tribe's assumption request 
and the information included in a permit application is made available 
for public review and comment. The information included in the annual 
report to EPA is made available to the public. EPA does not make any 
assurances of confidentiality for this information. (CWA section 
404(h); CWA section 404(j); 40 CFR 230.10, 233.20, 233.21, 233.34, and 
233.50; and 33 CFR 325)
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States/tribes requesting assumption 
of the CWA section 404 permit program; states/tribes with approved 
assumed programs; and permit applicants in states/tribes with assumed 
programs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (40 CFR 233).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2 states/tribes requesting program 
assumption; 11,900 permit applications; and 4 states/tribes that will 
submit an annual report.
    Frequency of response: Once for states/tribes to request 
assumption; annually for states/tribes submitting the annual report; 
and once for permit applicants when requesting a permit.
    Total estimated burden: 119,707 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: Costs to states for assumed Section 404 
permit programs will vary widely by state and permit, however there are 
no capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 28,747 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects an increase in hours spent 
reviewing each permit.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-21655 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 10, 2017 / Notices 46987 conduct testing of chemical substances HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received to the public. An Agency may not under the Toxic Substances Control Act on or before October 20, 2017. conduct or sponsor and a person is not (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and required to respond to a collection of IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal information unless it displays a Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Assessing Exposure and Risk to currently valid OMB control number. Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may Pollinators and Plants: The 2017 Fall DATES: Additional comments may be also be interested, the Agency has not EMPM will provide a forum for submitted on or before November 9, attempted to describe all the specific presentations on methods for assessing 2017. entities that may be affected by this pesticide exposure and risk to ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, action. The following list of North pollinators and plants. Potential referencing Docket ID Number EPA– American Industrial Classification pollinator topics include novel risk HQ–OW–2005–0023, to (1) EPA online System (NAICS) codes is not intended assessment approaches and advances in using www.regulations.gov (our to be exhaustive, but rather provides a model development. In regard to preferred method), by email ow-docket@ guide to help readers determine whether terrestrial and wetland plants, potential epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket this document applies to them. topics include the status of the EPA’s Center, Environmental Protection Potentially affected entities may new exposure model and investigations Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 include: of variability inherent in seedling Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, • Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and emergence and vegetative vigor toxicity DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to Hunting NAICS code 11 studies. Updates on ongoing topics will oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address • Utilities NAICS code 22 also be provided, e.g., synergy, fumigant comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. • Professional, Scientific and Technical guidance, seed exposure modeling for EPA’s policy is that all comments NAICS code 54 terrestrial vertebrates, the Spatial received will be included in the public B. How can I get copies of this document Aquatic Model (SAM), and methods for docket without change including any and other related information? interpreting pesticide surface water personal information provided, unless monitoring data. the comment includes profanity, threats, The docket for this action, identified Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. information claimed to be Confidential by docket identification (ID) number Dated: October 2, 2017. Business Information (CBI) or other EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879, is available information whose disclosure is at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Marietta Echeverria, restricted by statute. Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Environmental Protection Agency [FR Doc. 2017–21784 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] Kathy Hurld, Office of Wetlands, Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Oceans, and Watersheds, Wetlands BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. Division (4502T), Environmental NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. The Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through AGENCY telephone number: 202–566–1269; fax Friday, excluding legal holidays. The number: 202–566–1349; email address: [EPA–HQ–OW–2005–0023; FRL—9968–27– hurld.kathy@epa.gov. telephone number for the Public OEI] Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the telephone number for the OPP Information Collection Request Supporting documents, which explain Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review Submitted to OMB for Review and in detail the information that the EPA the visitor instructions and additional Approval; Comment Request; Clean will be collecting, are available in the information about the docket available Water Act Section 404 State-Assumed public docket for this ICR. The docket at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. Programs (Renewal) can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the II. Background AGENCY: Environmental Protection EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room On a biannual interval, an Agency (EPA). 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Environmental Modeling Public ACTION: Notice. Washington, DC. The telephone number Meeting is held for presentation and for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. discussion of current issues related to SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection For additional information about EPA’s modeling pesticide fate, transport, and Agency has submitted an information public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ exposure for risk assessment in a collection request (ICR), ‘‘Clean Water dockets. regulatory context. Meeting dates and Act Section 404 State-Assumed Abstract: Section 404(g) of the Clean abstract requests are announced through Programs’’ (EPA ICR No. 0220.13, OMB Water Act (CWA) authorizes states and the ‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list Control No. 2040–0168) to the Office of tribes to assume the section 404 permit server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_ Management and Budget (OMB) for program for discharges of dredged or fill forums/. review and approval in accordance with material into certain Waters of the U.S. the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a This ICR covers the collection of III. How can I request to participate in proposed extension, which is currently information EPA needs to perform its this meeting? approved through November 30, 2017. program approval and oversight You may submit a request to Public comments on the ICR renewal sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES responsibilities and the state/tribe needs participate in this meeting to the person were requested via the Federal Register to implement its program. listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION (82 FR 30861) published on July 3, To request to assume the CWA section CONTACT. Do not submit any information 2017, during a 60-day comment period. 404 permit program, states/tribes must in your request that is considered This notice allows for an additional 30 demonstrate that they meet the statutory Confidential Business Information (CBI). days for public comments. 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46988 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 10, 2017 / Notices must be submitted by the state/tribe to programs; and permit applicants in to Mardel West, Export-Import Bank of EPA to request assumption and must be states/tribes with assumed programs. the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. sufficient to enable EPA to undertake a Respondent’s obligation to respond: NW., Washington, DC. thorough analysis of the state/tribal Required to obtain or retain a benefit (40 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program. Once the required information CFR 233). collection of information is necessary, and documents are submitted and EPA Estimated number of respondents: 2 pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1), to has a complete assumption request states/tribes requesting program determine eligibility of the applicant for package, the statutory time clock for assumption; 11,900 permit applications; EXIM assistance. EPA’s decision to either approve or and 4 states/tribes that will submit an The application tool can be reviewed disapprove the state/tribe’s assumption annual report. at: https://www.exim.gov/sites/default/ request starts. The information Frequency of response: Once for files/pub/pending/eib92-34.pdf. contained in the assumption request states/tribes to request assumption; Title and Form Number: EIB 92–34 submission is provided to the Army annually for states/tribes submitting the Application for Short-Term Letter of Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and annual report; and once for permit Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy. Wildlife Service and U.S. National applicants when requesting a permit. OMB Number: 3048–0009. Marine Fisheries Service and to the Total estimated burden: 119,707 Type of Review: Regular. public for review and comment. hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 Need and Use: This form is used by States/tribes with assumed programs CFR 1320.03(b). a financial institution (or broker acting must be able to issue permits that assure Total estimated cost: Costs to states on its behalf) to obtain approval for compliance with all applicable statutory for assumed Section 404 permit coverage of a short-term letter of credit. and regulatory requirements, including programs will vary widely by state and The information allows the EXIM staff the 404(b)(1) Guidelines. Sufficient permit, however there are no capital or to make a determination of the information must be provided in the operation & maintenance costs. eligibility of the applicant and application so that states/tribes and Changes in the Estimates: There is an transaction for EXIM assistance under federal agencies reviewing the permit increase of 28,747 hours in the total its programs. can evaluate, avoid, minimize and estimated respondent burden compared Affected Public: This form affects compensate for any anticipated impacts with the ICR currently approved by entities involved in the export of U.S. resulting from the proposed project. OMB. This increase reflects an increase goods and services. EPA’s assumption regulations establish in hours spent reviewing each permit. Annual Number of Respondents: 11. required elements that must be included Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hr. in the state/tribe’s permit application, so Courtney Kerwin, Annual Burden Hours: 11. that sufficient information is available Director, Regulatory Support Division. Frequency of Reporting of Use: On to make a thorough analysis of [FR Doc. 2017–21655 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] occasion. anticipated impacts. (40 CFR 233.30). BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Government Expenses: These minimum information Reviewing Time per Year: 11 hours. requirements generally reflect the Average Wages per Hour: $42.50. information that must be submitted EXPORT-IMPORT BANK Average Cost per Year: $468 when applying for a section 404 permit (time*wages). from the Army Corps of Engineers. [Public Notice: 2017–6009] Benefits and Overhead: 20%. EPA has an oversight role for assumed Total Government Cost: $561. 404 permitting programs to ensure that Agency Information Collection state/tribal programs comply with Activities: Comment Request Bassam Doughman, applicable requirements and that state/ IT Specialist. AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the tribal permit decisions adequately United States. [FR Doc. 2017–21769 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] consider, avoid, minimize and BILLING CODE 6690–01–P compensate for anticipated impacts. ACTION: Submission for OMB review and States/tribes must evaluate their comments request. programs annually and submit the SUMMARY: The Export-Import Banks of FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS results in a report to EPA. EPA’s the United States (EXIM), as part of its COMMISSION assumption regulations establish continuing effort to reduce paperwork [OMB 3060–0944] minimum requirements for the annual and respondent burden, invites the report (40 CFR 233.52). general public and other Federal Information Collection Being Reviewed The information included in the state/ Agencies to comment on the proposed by the Federal Communications tribe’s assumption request and the information collection, as required by Commission Under Delegated information included in a permit the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Authority application is made available for public The Application for Short Term Letter review and comment. The information AGENCY: Federal Communications of Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy included in the annual report to EPA is Commission. is used to determine the eligibility of the made available to the public. EPA does applicant and the transaction for EXIM ACTION: Notice and request for not make any assurances of assistance under its insurance program. comments. confidentiality for this information. EXIM customers are able to submit this SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES (CWA section 404(h); CWA section form on paper or electronically. 404(j); 40 CFR 230.10, 233.20, 233.21, to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 233.34, and 233.50; and 33 CFR 325) DATES: Comments must be received on required by the Paperwork Reduction Form Numbers: None. or before December 11, 2017 to be Act (PRA), the Federal Communications Respondents/affected entities: States/ assured of consideration. Commission (FCC or Commission) tribes requesting assumption of the ADDRESSES: Comments may be invites the general public and other CWA section 404 permit program; submitted electronically on Federal agencies to take this states/tribes with approved assumed WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail opportunity to comment on the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Oct 06, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10OCN1.SGM 10OCN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesAdditional comments may be submitted on or before November 9, 2017.
ContactKathy Hurld, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Wetlands Division (4502T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-1269; fax number: 202-566-1349; email
FR Citation82 FR 46987 
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