Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information or to obtain a copy of this ICR contact Sandy

Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Water

Title: 1994 Industrial Laundries Questionnaire (EPA No. 1685.01).

Abstract: This is a new information collection sponsored by the

Office of Water in support of the development of technology-based

effluent limitations guidelines pursuant to the Clean Water Act. The

development of effluent limitations for the industrial laundries

industry is required by court order to be proposed by 12/31/96. The

questionnaire will be mandatory pursuant to section 308 of the Clean

Water Act.

The survey respondents will be randomly selected using the

information gathered from the industrial laundries screener survey (OMB

Control No. 2040-0163). Respondents will be asked to complete a two-

part questionnaire, providing information that includes:

(1) Quality and type of items accepted by industrial laundries,

(2) Water use and waste characteristics,

(3) Current waste/wastewater treatment operations and waste

minimization practices,

(4) Cost of industrial laundry operations and treatment capacity,

(5) Market characteristics for industrial laundry services,

(6) Financial information,

(7) The extent of facility operations unrelated to industrial

laundering and the liquidation value of their industrial laundering

operations, and

(8) The number of facility employees. As a follow-up to the

questionnaire, a subset of respondents will be requested to provide

last year's wastewater monitoring data.

EPA will use the information to develop effluent limitations

guidelines and standards that reflect the best available technology

within economically achievable limitations and the best practicable

control technology.

Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 85 hours per response for the two-

part questionnaire and an additional 2 hours per response for the

subset of respondents providing monitoring data. This includes time for

reviewing instructions, gathering and compiling the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the questionnaires.

Respondents: Facilities engaged in industrial laundering in the

United States such as hotels, hospitals, and prisons that accept

laundry from off-site.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 250 industrial laundry facilities

and 50 hotels, hospitals, or prisons.

Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Frequency of Collection: One time.

Estimated Total Annual Burden On Respondents: 25,000 hours.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the

burden to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information

Policy Branch (PM-223Y), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460;

and

Matt Mitchell, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW., Washington,

DC 20503.

Dated: March 24, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-7984 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am]

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