83 FR 27981 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 116 (June 15, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 27981-27983] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-13027] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0465; FRL-9979-51-OW] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0988.13, OMB Control No. 2040-0049) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as [[Page 27982]] described below. This ICR renews the Water Quality Standards Regulation ICR (most recently approved in 2016) and consolidates the burden and costs associated with activities previously reported in ICRs for two recent rules affecting the WQS program: The Water Quality Standards Regulatory Revisions (approved in 2015), and the Revised Interpretation of Clean Water Act Tribal Provision (approved in 2016). 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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 14, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW- 2011-0465, 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. The 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: Tanyan Bailey, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division, (4305T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-3133; fax number: 202- 566-0409; email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA would be collecting are available in the public docket for this Information Collection Request (ICR) (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0465). 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 the EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 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 Agency's 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. The EPA will consider the comments received and amend the proposed ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: Water quality standards (WQS) under the Clean Water Act (hereafter referred to as ``the Act'') are provisions of state,\1\ tribal,\2\ or federal law which consist of designated uses for waters of the United States, water quality criteria to protect those uses, and antidegradation requirements. WQS are established to protect public health or welfare, protect and enhance the quality of water, and serve the purposes of the Clean Water Act. Such standards serve the dual purposes of establishing the water quality goals for water bodies and serving as the regulatory basis for the establishment of water quality- based treatment controls and strategies beyond technology-based levels of treatment required by sections 301(b) and 306 of the Act. The WQS Regulation establishes the framework for states and authorized tribes to adopt standards, and for the EPA to review and approve or disapprove them. For the purposes of this ICR, the WQS Regulation consists of 40 CFR part 131 (Water Quality Standards), and portions of part 132 (Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System) that are related to WQS.\3\ This ICR is for information collections needed to implement the WQS Regulation and required to obtain or retain benefits (e.g., relaxed regulatory requirements) under the WQS Regulation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ ``States'' in the EPA's WQS Regulation and in this document includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. \2\ ``Tribes'' in this document refers to federally recognized tribes and ``authorized tribes'' refers to those federally recognized Indian tribes with authority to administer a CWA WQS program. \3\ These portions include 40 CFR 132.3, appendices A, B, C, D, E, and Procedures 1 and 2 of appendix F. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This ICR renews the WQS Regulation ICR, OMB control no. 2040-0049, expiration date 6/30/2019, and consolidates the burden and costs associated with activities previously reported in two related ICRs, which upon OMB approval will be discontinued as separate ICRs: [ssquf] The WQS Regulatory Revisions ICR, OMB control no. 2040- 0286, expiration date 12/31/2018; and, [ssquf] The Revised Interpretation of Clean Water Act Tribal Provision ICR, OMB control no. 2040-0289, expiration date 7/31/2019. This ICR renewal and consolidation describes the estimated burden for states, authorized tribes and certain Great Lakes dischargers associated with the information collections related to: Implementation of the requirements of 40 CFR part 131 (Water Quality Standards); implementation of the WQS portions of the 40 CFR part 132 (Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System); tribal applications to be treated in a similar manner as a state (TAS); and, tribal requests for dispute resolution under CWA section 518(e). This ICR also covers periodic requests for voluntary WQS information from, or voluntary participation in workgroups by, state and tribes to ensure efficient and effective administration of the WQS program and further cooperative federalism. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Potential respondents to this ICR include: The 50 states, the District of Columbia, five territories, authorized tribes with EPA-approved Water Quality Standards (44 tribes as of May 2018), and a total of 18 additional tribal respondents over the three-year duration of the ICR (based on six additional tribal respondents expected to apply per year for TAS to administer the WQS program). In addition, an estimated total of 258 dischargers located in the Great Lakes watershed over the three-year duration of this ICR (based on an estimated 86 dischargers per year) could apply for certain forms of regulatory relief. The total number of potential respondents is thus 376. This corresponds to 2,693 responses per year (see draft Supporting Statement in the docket for this ICR). Respondent's obligation to respond: Some collections in this ICR are mandatory; some are required to obtain or retain benefits (e.g., relaxed regulatory requirements) pursuant to the [[Page 27983]] WQS Regulation; and, some are voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 2,693. Frequency of response: Variable depending on type of information collected (once every three years; annually; on occasion or as necessary; or, only once). Total estimated burden: From 376,097 to 514,987 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: From $17,103,064 to $23,173,945 of labor costs per year, and $263,520 of operations and maintenance costs per year. There are no annualized capital costs. Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 226,040 hours in the total upper estimates of respondent burden compared with the combined burden of the three ICRs currently approved by OMB and consolidated in this ICR. This decrease reflects adjustments made to the EPA's burden estimates based on experience gained since the previous ICRs were approved. Dated: June 6, 2018. Deborah G. Nagle, Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology. [FR Doc. 2018-13027 Filed 6-14-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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DATES: June 8, 2018. powerhouse containing eight new 150- at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Take notice that during the month of megawatt (MW) turbine units for a total ecomment.asp. You must include your
May 2018, the status of the above- plant rating of 1,200 MW; (3) thirty new name and contact information at the end
captioned entities as Exempt Wholesale 15-foot-wide by 20-foot-deep reinforced of your comments. For assistance,
Generators or Foreign Utility Companies concrete trashracks with an open bar please contact FERC Online Support at
became effective by operation of the spacing of 3.75 inches; (4) two new FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
Commission’s regulations. 18 CFR 6,000-foot-long, 32-foot-diameter 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
366.7(a) (2017). reinforced concrete penstocks; (5) two (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
Dated: June 8, 2018. new 120-foot-high, 40-foot-diameter send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Kimberly D. Bose, reinforced concrete surge tanks Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Secretary. connected to each penstock; (6) the First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
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existing 102,000-acre Lake Francis Case The first page of any filing should
(lower reservoir) with a storage capacity include docket number P–14876–000.
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of 5,494,000 acre-feet at normal More information about this project,
maximum operation elevation of 1,355 including a copy of the application, can
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY feet msl; (7) a new 6,000-foot-long, be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
horse-shoe configured tailrace tunnel link of Commission’s website at http://
Federal Energy Regulatory that daylights to a 350-foot-long tailrace www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Commission channel (upstream of the trashrack) Enter the docket number (P–14876) in
from the powerhouse to Lake Francis the docket number field to access the
[Project No. 14876–000]
Case; (8) a new 200-foot by 360-foot document. For assistance, contact FERC
Western Minnesota Municipal Power substation on top of the powerhouse Online Support.
Authority; Notice of Preliminary Permit containing four step-up transformers; (9) Dated: June 8, 2018.
Application Accepted for Filing and a new 21-mile-long, 345-kilovolt (kV) Kimberly D. Bose,
Soliciting Comments, Motions To transmission line extending from the
Secretary.
Intervene, and Competing Applications project substation to the existing Lake
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Platte substation (the point of
On April 19, 2018, Western interconnection); and (10) appurtenant BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Minnesota Municipal Power Authority facilities. The estimated annual
filed an application for a preliminary generation of the Gregory County
permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Pumped Storage Project would be 3,500 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to gigawatt-hours. AGENCY
study the feasibility of the Gregory Applicant Contact: Mr. Raymond J.
County Pumped Storage Project to be [EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0465; FRL–9979–51–
Wahle, Missouri River Energy Services,
OW]
located on Lake Francis Case on the 3724 W. Avera Drive, P.O. Box 88920,
Missouri River, near the township of Sioux Falls, SD 57109; phone: (605) Proposed Information Collection
Lucas, in Gregory, Charles Mix, and 330–6963. Request; Comment Request; Water
Brule Counties, South Dakota. The sole FERC Contact: Tyrone Williams; Quality Standards Regulation
purpose of a preliminary permit, if phone: (202) 502–6331. (Renewal)
issued, is to grant the permit holder Deadline for filing comments, motions
priority to file a license application to intervene, competing applications AGENCY: Environmental Protection
during the permit term. A preliminary (without notices of intent), or notices of Agency (EPA).
permit does not authorize the permit intent to file competing applications: 60 ACTION: Notice.
holder to perform any land-disturbing days from the issuance of this notice.
activities or otherwise enter upon lands Competing applications and notices of SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
or waters owned by others without the intent must meet the requirements of 18 Agency is planning to submit an
owners’ express permission. CFR 4.36. information collection request (ICR),
The proposed project would consist of The Commission strongly encourages ‘‘Water Quality Standards Regulation
the following: (1) A new 1,200-acre electronic filing. Please file comments, (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0988.13, OMB
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earthen embankment levee (upper motions to intervene, notices of intent, Control No. 2040–0049) to the Office of
reservoir) having a total storage capacity and competing applications using the Management and Budget (OMB) for
of 50,000 acre-feet with an operating Commission’s eFiling system at http:// review and approval in accordance with
elevation level of between 2,045 feet www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
mean sea level (msl) and 2,087 feet msl; Commenters can submit brief comments doing so, the EPA is soliciting public
(2) a new 550-foot-long by 120-foot-wide up to 6,000 characters, without prior comments on specific aspects of the
by 100-foot-high reinforced concrete registration, using the eComment system proposed information collection as
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WQS Regulation; and, some are PFAS. The EPA anticipates that the The PFAS National Leadership
voluntary. community engagements will provide Summit: On May 22–23, 2018, the EPA
Estimated number of respondents: valuable insight for the agency’s efforts hosted the PFAS National Leadership
2,693. moving forward. For more information, Summit. During the summit,
Frequency of response: Variable go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION participants worked together to share
depending on type of information section of this notice. information on ongoing efforts to
collected (once every three years; DATES: The event will be held on June characterize risks from PFAS, develop
annually; on occasion or as necessary; 25–26, 2018. On June 25, a listening monitoring and treatment/cleanup
or, only once). session will be held at 4:30 p.m. to techniques, identify specific near-term
Total estimated burden: From 376,097 10:00 p.m., eastern time. A working actions (beyond those already
to 514,987 hours per year. Burden is session will be held on June 26 from underway) that are needed to address
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., eastern time. challenges currently facing states and
Total estimated cost: From ADDRESSES: The two-day event will be local communities, and develop risk
$17,103,064 to $23,173,945 of labor held at the Exeter High School, 1 Blue communication strategies that will help
costs per year, and $263,520 of Hawk Drive, Exeter, New Hampshire communities to address public concerns
operations and maintenance costs per 03833. If you are unable to attend the regarding PFAS.
year. There are no annualized capital New England Community Engagement, The EPA wants to ensure the public
costs. you will be able to submit comments at that their input is valuable and
Changes in Estimates: There is a http://www.regulations.gov: Enter meaningful. Using information from the
decrease of 226,040 hours in the total Docket ID No. EPA–OW–2018–0270. National Leadership Summit, public
upper estimates of respondent burden Citizens are encouraged to send written docket, and community engagements,
compared with the combined burden of statements to the public docket. Follow the EPA plans to develop a PFAS
the three ICRs currently approved by the online instructions for submitting Management Plan for release later this
OMB and consolidated in this ICR. This comments. Once submitted, comments year. A summary of the New England
decrease reflects adjustments made to cannot be edited or withdrawn. The Community Engagement will be made
the EPA’s burden estimates based on EPA may publish any comment received available to the public following the
experience gained since the previous to its public docket. Do not submit event on the EPA’s PFAS Community
ICRs were approved. electronically any information you Engagement website at: https://
Dated: June 6, 2018. consider to be Confidential Business www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-community-
Information (CBI) or other information engagement.
Deborah G. Nagle,
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Dated: June 11, 2018.
Acting Director, Office of Science and
Technology.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, Eric Burneson,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
[FR Doc. 2018–13027 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am] Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and
comment. The written comment is Drinking Water.
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considered the official comment and
[FR Doc. 2018–12911 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am]
should include discussion of all points
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you wish to make. The EPA will
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generally not consider comments or
AGENCY
comment contents located outside of the
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[EPA–OW–2018–0270; FRL–9979–53–OW] primary submission (i.e. on the web,
AGENCY
cloud, or other file sharing system). For
Announcement of the Per- and additional submission methods, the full [ER–FRL–9039–8]
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) EPA public comment policy,
New England Community Engagement information about CBI or multimedia Environmental Impact Statements;
submissions, and general guidance on Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). making effective comments, please visit Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ Activities, General Information (202)
ACTION: Notice of an event. commenting-epa-dockets. 564–7156 or https://www2.epa.gov/
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: nepa/.
Agency (EPA) will kick off the Per- and Doug Gutro, EPA New England Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Headquarters (Mail Code ORAO1–1), 5 Statements
community engagements with a two-day Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, Filed 06/04/2018 Through 06/08/2018
event in Exeter, New Hampshire. The MA 02109–3912; telephone number: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
goal of the event is to allow the EPA to 617–918–1021; fax number: 617–918–
0021; email address: Gutro.Doug@ Notice
hear directly from New England
communities to understand ways the epa.gov. Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
Agency can best support the work that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: requires that EPA make public its
is being done at the state, local, and Details about Participating in the comments on EISs issued by other
tribal level. For more information on the Event: The public is invited to speak Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
event, visit the EPA’s PFAS website: during the June 25 listening session. on EISs are available at: https://
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas- Those interested in speaking can sign cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/
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community-engagement. During the up for a 3-minute speaking slot on action/eis/search.
recent PFAS National Leadership EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ EIS No. 20180129, Final, FTA, CA,
Summit, the EPA announced plans to pfas/pfas-community-engagement. Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit
visit communities to hear directly from Please check this website for event Project, Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2),
those impacted by PFAS. This materials as they become available, FTA has issued a single document
engagement is the next step in the EPA’s including a full agenda, leading up to that consists of a final environmental
commitment to address challenges with the event. impact statement and record of
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