[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3361]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6535-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program ICR

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): The Landfill Methane Outreach Program 
ICR, EPA ICR #1849.02. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and 
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the 
proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: One original and one copy of each comments may be mailed to 
The Docket Clerk, Air Docket, #A-2000-11, MC 6102, USEPA, The Ariel 
Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20460. 
Comments may also be hand delivered to the Air Docket, located in Room 
M1500, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC. The telephone number of the Air 
Docket is (202) 260-7548, and the hours of operation are 8 to 5:30 pm. 
To obtain a copy of the ICR without charge, contact Brian Guzzone at 
(202) 564-2666.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Guzzone, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Protection 
Division (6202J), Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20460, or call (202) 564-2666.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities affected by this 
action are landfill gas-to-energy project developers, landfill owners/
operators, and landfill gas energy customers that have joined the EPA 
Landfill Methane Outreach Program as Allies or Partners.
    Title: Landfill Methane Outreach Program ICR (EPA ICR No.1849.02).
    Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program is an EPA-sponsored 
voluntary program that encourages landfill owners, communities, and 
project developers to implement methane recovery technologies to 
utilize the methane as a source of fuel and to reduce emissions of 
methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program 
further encourages utilities and other energy customers to support and 
promote the use of landfill methane at their facilities. The Landfill 
Methane Outreach Program signs voluntary Memoranda of Under-standing 
with these organizations to enlist their support in promoting cost-
effective landfill gas utilization. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The estimated average public burden per 
respondent for Allies and Partners is 5 hours per response, including 
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering the necessary data, and completing the collection of 
information. The estimated number of respondents is 250. About 50 of 
these respondents would respond annually, with the other 200 responding 
on a one-time basis. The total estimated cost is $165,000, including 
start-up and annual costs for all respondents over an expected seven 
year reporting time frame. 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.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Dina Kruger,
Chief, Methane Energy Branch.
[FR Doc. 00-3361 Filed 2-11-00; 8:45 am]
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