In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2023
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2020
5
0
12
34,757
0
89,904
12,443
0
132,000
In 2016, EPA issued regulations
establishing a process for federally recognized tribes to obtain
treatment in a similar manner as states (TAS) for purposes of
administrating the water quality restoration provisions of Clean
Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d), including establishing lists of
impaired waters on their reservations and developing total maximum
daily loads (TMDLs). The CWA does not require tribes to administer
the CWA Section 303(d) program. However, tribes seeking to be
authorized must apply for and be found eligible for TAS through the
procedures described in the regulations. Section 303(d) of the CWA
requires states, territories, and authorized tribes to identify and
establish a priority ranking for waters that do not meet
EPA-approved or promulgated water quality standards (WQS) following
the implementation of technology-based controls. For waters so
identified, Section 303(d) requires states, territories, and
authorized tribes to establish TMDLs in accordance with their
priority ranking for those pollutants the Administrator identified
as suitable for TMDL calculation. A TMDL is the calculation and
allocation to point and nonpoint sources of the maximum amount of a
pollutant that a water body can receive and still meet applicable
WQS, with a margin of safety.
There is a decrease of 55,147
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB. These decreases are due to: (1) the
estimated annual number of respondents decreasing from twelve to
five; (2) new and better data that parses out labor and costs per
activity; and (3) TAS application burden and cost estimates from
post-final rule, Revised Interpretation of Clean Water Act Tribal
Provision (the previous ICR used pre-final rule estimates).
$119,754
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Carol Peterson 202 566-1304
peterson.carol@epa.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.