On September 22, 2011, EPA published Federal Register notice that EPA has submitted to the office of Management and Budget an Information Collection Request for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits for Point Source Discharges from the Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States.  This ICR is submitted for OMB review and approval under the federal Paperwork Reduction Act. This ICR calculates the burden and costs associated with information collection and reporting activities from EPA and State NPDES general permits

for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. EPA may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, this ICR until and unless it is approved by OMB. The public may submit comments to OMB on this ICR until October 24, 2011.

●Click here to read EPA’s Federal Register notice of ICR