[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62066-62067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27478]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0078, FRL-7581-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach 
Program, EPA ICR Number 1849.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0446

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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 1, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0078, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Brian Guzzone, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, (Mail Code 
6202J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9248; fax number: 
(202) 565-2079; e-mail address: [email protected].

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 18, 2003 (68 FR 36546), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). Three comments were received and 
addressed by EPA in the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under OAR-2003-
0078, which is available for public viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1742. 
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET 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 
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Landfill Methane Outreach Program.
    Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is an EPA-
sponsored voluntary program that encourages landfill owners, 
communities, and project developers to reduce emissions of methane, a 
potent greenhouse gas, by implementing landfill gas technologies that 
collect and utilize the methane as a source of energy. 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 completion and submission of the MOU, 
and annual online 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 information 
collection is to be utilized to maintain up-to-date data and 
information about Landfill Methane Outreach Program partners and 
landfill methane projects in which they are involved. In addition, the 
information collection will assist LMOP to evaluate the reduction of 
methane emissions from landfills.
    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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.5 
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

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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: This information collection will 
encompass a wide variety of respondents. Community partners include 
local agencies and municipalities that own landfills. State agencies 
involved in energy, air pollution, and solid waste management are 
represented through State partners. Industry partners include 
manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and knowledge needed to 
capture and utilize landfill gas. This includes engine and turbine 
manufacturers, engineering firms, construction companies, and 
environmental consultants. Industry partners also include companies 
involved in the logistics of developing LFGE projects such as law firms 
and financing companies. Energy partners include utility companies who 
purchase the energy generated from the landfills, power marketers, and 
the end users of energy from the landfill. The end user is potentially 
the most diverse category. Any facility located near a landfill that 
utilizes fuel either in manufacturing products or heating the facility 
is a potential energy end user.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 315.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, Annual, and On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,533.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $89,630, which includes $744 for O&M 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 49 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of partners.

    Dated: October 27, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-27478 Filed 10-30-03; 8:45 am]
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