[Federal Register: October 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 202)]
[Notices]
[Page 61768-61770]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427; FRL-8232-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request: Federal Emissions Guidelines for
Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Small) (Renewal); EPA ICR
Number 1893.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0430
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 20,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0427, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation for people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
for current information on docket status, locations and
telephone numbers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this ICR, contact
Zofia Kosim, Air Enforcement Division, Office Civil Enforcement, Mail
Code 2242A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone number: (202) 564-8733; fax number:
(202) 564-0068; e-mail address: kosim.zofia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comments system at http://www.regulations.gov
to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID
number identified above. Please note that EPA's policy that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Federal Emissions Guidelines for Existing Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills (Small) (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1893.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0430.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006.
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required
under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to collect data.
The information will be used by Agency enforcement personnel to (1)
identify existing sources subject to these standards; (2) ensure that
Best Demonstrated Technology is being properly applied; and (3) ensure
that the emission control devise is being properly operated and
maintained on a continuous basis. In addition, records and reports are
necessary to enable the EPA to identify landfills that may not be in
compliance with these standards. Based on reported information, the EPA
can decide which landfills should be inspected and what records or
processes should be inspected at the landfill. The records that
landfills maintain would indicate to the EPA whether the personnel are
operating and maintaining control equipment properly. The type of data
required is principally emissions data and would not be confidential.
If any information is submitted to the EPA for which a claim of
confidentiality is made, the information would be safeguarded according
to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR, chapter 1, part 2, subpart
B.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 72
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to respond to a collection of information; search data
sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Solid Waste Landfills.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 173.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,456.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $242,000 for operating and maintenance
costs. There are no capital/startup costs associated with this ICR.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 778 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR
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Burdens. This adjustment is due to a mathematical error.
Dated: October 11, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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