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Stormwater Management Including Discharges from Newly Developed and Redeveloped Sites
Information Collection Request (ICR) for proposed rulemaking
EPA is proposing to disseminate a survey to owners, operators, developers, and contractors of
developed sites, owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), and
states and U.S. territories, which is designed to inform a rulemaking to strengthen stormwater
regulations and to establish a comprehensive program to reduce stormwater from newly developed
and redeveloped sites. Stormwater discharges from developed sites can harm water quality
through increases in stormwater volume and pollutant loadings into nearby waterways. Generally,
as sites are developed there is an increase in areas where water cannot infiltrate, so
stormwater volume increases. The resulting stormwater flows across roads, rooftops, and other
surfaces, transporting pollutants that are then discharged into waterways.
EPA intends to propose a rule to control stormwater from, at minimum, newly developed and
redeveloped sites, and to take final action no later than November 2012. In order to support
the rulemaking EPA is proposing to require three separate questionnaires focusing on gathering
data about current stormwater management practices, including those used at newly developed and
redeveloped sites. EPA’s proposed survey would gather data from three groups: 1) the owners,
operators, developers, and contractors of newly and redeveloped sites; 2) the owners and
operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems; and 3) states and territories. The draft
survey would require detailed information about stormwater management and control practices,
local regulations, and baseline financial information.
On October 26, 2009, EPA signed a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to submit a
Information Collection Request (ICR) for the three questionnaires to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
EPA is requesting comments on the proposed Information Collection Request, including the
associated burden estimate, but is NOT requesting completion of questionnaires at this time. The
proposed ICR will be open for public comment for 60 days following publication in the Federal
Register.
Supporting Information and Related Documents
You can view or download the complete text of the Federal Register notice on the
Internet at www.regulations.gov  , Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817.
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