[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64219-64220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27579]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6892-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program

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

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Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: The Landfill Methane Outreach 
Program, ICR Number 1849.01. 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 November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1849.01 to the 
following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; and 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1849.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Cindy Jacobs at (202) 564-1129.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program 
(EPA ICR No. 1849.01). This is a new collection.
    Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) 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 Understanding (MOU) with these organizations to enlist 
their support in promoting cost-effective landfill gas utilization. The 
information collection includes one-time completion and submission of 
the MOU, and one-time and periodic completion and submission of 
information forms that include basic information on the organizations 
that sign the MOU and landfill methane projects in which they are 
involved. The primary purpose of the information collection is to 
evaluate the success of the LMOP in reducing methane emissions from 
landfills. Responses to the information collection are voluntary. 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 2/14/2000 (65 FR 7390); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.8 
hours per year per respondent. 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: Local agencies and municipalities 
that own landfills, State agencies, Manufacturers and suppliers of 
equipment/knowledge to capture and utilize landfill gas, utility 
companies, End users of energy from the landfill.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 310 (average over 3 years).
    Frequency of Response: Annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,484 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $670.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1849.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: October 15, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27579 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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