[Federal Register: November 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 216)]
[Notices]
[Page 66039-66041]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0299; FRL-8739-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1557.07, OMB Control Number 2060-
0220
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 8,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0299, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and
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Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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-2008-0299, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center 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 comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the 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 is 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, Confidential Business Information (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: NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1557.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0220.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009.
Under 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 numbers 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, and 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills were proposed on May 30, 1991 and promulgated on
March 12, 1996. These standards apply to municipal solid waste
landfills for which construction, modification or reconstruction
commences either on or after May 30, 1991. The rule requires the
installation of properly designed emission control equipment, and the
proper operation and maintenance of this equipment. These standards
rely on the capture and reduction of methane, carbon dioxide, and non-
methane organic gas compound emissions by combustion devices (boilers,
internal combustion engines, or flares).
Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must make
initial reports when a source becomes subject to the standards. Conduct
and report on performance tests, report on annual or periodic emission
rates, report on design plans, report on equipment removal and closure,
as well as maintain records of the reports, system design and
performance tests, monitoring and exceedances, plot map, and well
locations.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part must
maintain a file of the applicable reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for at least five years following the collection of such
measurements, maintenance reports, and records.
All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
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 listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information estimated to average 17 hours
per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose and 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. All
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements that have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able 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: Municipal solid waste landfills.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 175.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,548.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,133,921, which is comprised of
$2,113,271 in Labor costs, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs of
$20,650, and no annualized capital costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations: (1) the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipating any changes over the next three
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall
burden. It should be noted that the previous ICR rounded the burden
cost up to the nearest one thousand. In this ICR, the exact cost figure
is reported which results in an apparent decrease of the (O&M) cost
when, in fact, no decrease has occurred.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is no significant industry growth, the labor
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hours and cost figures in the previous ICR was used in this ICR, and
there is no change in burden to industry.
Dated: October 31, 2008.
Deborah Williams,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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