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OMB Control No: 2040-0306	ICR Reference No: 202403-2040-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-2040-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OW	Agency Tracking No: 2701.02
Title: Meat and Poultry Products Industry Data Collection (Proposed Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/25/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	845	7,000
Time Burden (Hours)	15,133	70,807
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,339,530	85,708

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 33 USC 1311 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)
   US Code: 33 USC 1314 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)
   US Code: 33 USC 1251 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)
   US Code: 33 USC 1316-1318 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)
   US Code: 33 USC 1342 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)
   US Code: 33 USC 1361 Name of Law: Clean Water Act (CWA) (original title: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	845	7,000	-6,155
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,133	70,807	-55,674
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,339,530	85,708	1,253,822

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: While already required to monitor for nitrogen, this proposed rule will require all affected direct MPP facilities to test for and meet limits for nitrogen, and phosphorus before discharging wastewater to surface waters. The proposed rule would also require all affected indirect MPP facilities to meet limits for biological oxygen demand (BOD), oil and grease, and total suspended solids (TSS) before discharging wastewater to POTWs through the use of wastewater treatment technologies and Best Management Practices (BMPs). These changes necessitate an modification in burden calculations from the previously approved package. The first IC in this ICR, titled "Meat and Poultry Products Industry Data Collection," was carried over from the original ICR under this control number (EPA ID# 2701.01) but removed in this ICR because those one-time collection activities (used to gather information to inform the current rulemaking) have ended.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $344,306

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Stephen Whitlock 202 566-1541 whitlock.steve@epa.gov