# Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-7984

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** April 4, 1994

## Text

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4855-4]

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]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M

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