[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39988-39989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18873]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6402-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for 
the New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for the New Source Performance Standards for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills, OMB Control Number 2060-0220, expiration date 
August 31, 1999. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 23, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download a copy 
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1557.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for the New Source Performance Standards for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills (OMB Control No. 2060-0220; EPA ICR No. 1557.04) 
expiring 8/31/99. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: In the Administrator's judgement municipal solid waste 
(MSW) landfill emissions generated by decomposition of municipal solid 
waste deposited in an MSW landfill may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for 
this source category.
    All respondents must submit an initial design capacity report which 
includes the landfill's maximum design capacity, date of anticipated 
startup, and the anticipated refuse acceptance rate. If the design 
capacity of a new landfill is less than 2,500,000 megagrams (Mg), no 
further reporting or recordkeeping is required. Under certain 
circumstances, amended design capacity reports may be required. If the 
facility's design capacity is equal to or greater than 2,500,000 Mg, 
the owner or operator is required to determine the facility's 
nonmethane organic compound (NMOC) emission rate.
    If the NMOC emission rate is determined to be <50 Mg/yr, using Tier 
1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 calculations, no further calculation or testing is 
required for that year. Owners or operators of MSW landfills emitting 
<50 Mg NMOC per year may submit reports of NMOC emission rates yearly. 
However, NSPS Subpart WWW, also allow owners or operators to report 
less frequently. Under these provisions, the NMOC report may be 
accompanied by an estimation of the annual NMOC emission rate for each 
of the next 5 years, provided that none of the estimated rates reaches 
50 Mg/yr. In this case, the owner or operator would not submit annual 
reports, but the estimation would be updated and resubmitted every 5 
years. The owner or operator would also be required to revise the 
estimate in any year in which the actual waste acceptance rate for that 
year exceeds the waste acceptance rate upon which the previously 
submitted estimate is based.
    Owners or operators of landfills with collection and control 
systems installed in compliance with the standards are not required to 
submit reports of NMOC emission rates. Owners or operators of affected 
facilities would be required to keep records of accumulated refuse and 
waste acceptance rates for a minimum of 5 years.
    For landfills required to install collection and control systems 
(i.e., those emitting greater than 50 Mg/yr of

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NMOC), submission of a collection and control system design plan is 
required. After review of the design plan and installation of the 
collection and control system, an initial performance test and report 
for the system is required. Thereafter, annual compliance reports would 
be required.
    For control systems using an enclosed combustion device, the 
initial performance test would also include the average combustion 
temperature, and the percent reduction of NMOC achieved. For control 
systems using a boiler, the initial performance report would include a 
description of the location at which the emission stream is introduced 
into the boiler, and the average combustion temperature of the boiler.
    For control systems using an open flare, the initial performance 
report would include a description and the flare type, visible 
emissions reading, a heat content determination, flow rate 
measurements, and exit velocity determinations. Where control devices 
other than an open flare or closed combustion device are used, owners 
or operators would be required to submit to the Administrator 
information describing the control device and parameters that will 
indicate its proper performance.
    Following submission of the initial performance report, owners or 
operators would be required to keep continuous monitoring records of 
the parameters reported in the initial performance report and records 
of monthly monitoring of the collection system and quarterly monitoring 
of surface methane concentration. Annual compliance reports and 
recordkeeping would include descriptions of any periods in which the 
value of any of the monitored operating parameters falls outside the 
established ranges and any period when the collection system or air 
pollution control equipment malfunctioned or when the collected gas was 
diverted from the control device. When applicable, each owner or 
operator of a controlled landfill will submit a closure report to EPA 
within 30 days of waste acceptance cessation.
    The information collected will be used by EPA personnel to ensure 
compliance with the NSPS and identify the sources subject to the 
standards. When appropriate under NSPS, Subpart WWW, each owner or 
operator of a controlled landfill shall submit annual reports of 
exceedances, gas steam diversion, control device non-operation, 
collection system failure, the date at installations and the location 
of each well or well collection system and equipment removal.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 1/5/99 (64 
FR 499); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 11.3 
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; 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: Owners or Operators of MSW landfills 
for which construction, modification, or reconstruction commences on or 
began accepting waste after May 30, 1991.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 172 each year.
    Frequency of Response: quarterly, annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,379 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $80,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1557.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0220 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460;
      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 19, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18873 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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