Jusitification for Non-Substantive Change Request

Two currently approved collections – Great Lakes Antidegradation Demonstrations and Great Lakes Regulatory Relief Requests – appear in both the WQS Regulation ICR (OMB Control Number 2040-0049) and in the NPDES Program ICR (OMB Control Number 2040-0004). The information collection requirements described in these ICRs do not duplicate each other, but rather each ICR covers 50% of the burden of these collection. At the recommendation of the Office of Management and Budget, EPA is removing the burden from the WQS Regulation ICR and transferring/consolidating it with the NPDES Program ICR via two non-substantive change requests. The non-substantive change requests remove 172 respondents and 47,105 hours from the WQS Regulation ICR and add 172 respondents and 47.105 hours to the NPDES Program ICR, resulting in no net change.