U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Detailed Industry Questionnaires: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures and Watershed Case Study Short Questionnaire

By Environmental Protection Agency

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Title:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Detailed Industry Questionnaires: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures and Watershed Case Study Short Questionnaire
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Description
Excerpt: Table A1. Selected NPDES State Statutory/Regulatory Provisions Addressing Impacts from Cooling Water Intake Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Table A2. Number of Questions by Utility Respondent Group and Question Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table A3. Industry Organization Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table A4. Additional Industry Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table A5. Environmental Organization Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Table A6. Industry Categories and SIC Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table A7. Detailed Questionnaires Action Duration, and Starting Time frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Table A8. Estimating Respondent Costs to Complete Questionnaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Table A9. Estimated Federal Employee Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Table A10. Estimated Agency Burden (Including Both EPA and Contractor Staff Hours) . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Table A11. Breakdown of Costs to Government in Administering Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Table A12. Total Estimated Bottom Line Burden and Cost Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Table B1. Potential Number of Steam Electric Power Producers and Facilities in Other Industrial Categories Ranked by Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Table B2. Targeted Industrial Categories and Intended Allocation of Questionnaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Table B3. Disposition of Detailed Questionnaires for Traditional Steam Electric Utilities, Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers and Other Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Table B4. Sample Size Required in Simple Random Sampling for Population Proportion to Have a 95 Percent Confidence Interval (CI) with Margin of Error Equal to 0.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Table B5. Sample Size Required in Simple Random Sampling, for the Population Mean or Total to Have a Coefficient of Variation Equal to 0.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Table B6. Sample Sizes Required for Various Precision Targets, and Sample Size Chosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A OF THE SUPPORTING STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Identification of the Information Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1(a) Title of the Information Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1(b) Short Characterization (Abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Need for and Use of the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1. Evidence that Significant Adverse Environmental Impacts Are Occurring as a Result of Cooling Water Intake Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. Evidence That Point Sources Are Not Using Best Technology Available To Minimize Adverse Environmental Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. Evidence that a National Regulatory Approach Is Warranted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3(a) Nonduplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3(c) Consultations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3(e) General Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3(f) Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3(g) Sensitive Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4. The Respondents and the Information Requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4(a) Respondents/SIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4(b) Information Requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 1. Data items, Including Recordkeeping Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 2. Respondent Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5. The Information Collected - Agency Activities, Collection, Methodology and Information Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5(a) Agency Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5(b) Collection Methodology and Information Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5(c) Small Entity Flexibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5(d) Collection Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 6. Estimating Respondent Burden and Cost of Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden and Costs