[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8851-8852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2407]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0031; FRL-8034-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (Renewal), ICR Number 1938.03, OMB Number 2060-0505

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 April 30, 2006. 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 March 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0031, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], 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 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; email 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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA 2005-0031, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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,

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excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752.
    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 public docket, and to access those 
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When 
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 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. 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information 
about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for municipal solid waste landfills were proposed 
on November 7, 2000, and promulgated on January 16, 2003. These 
standards apply to each existing and new municipal solid waste (MSW) 
landfills. This subpart applies to a MSW landfill that has accepted 
waste since November 8, 1987 or has additional capacity for waste 
deposition, a major source, collocated with a major source, and an area 
source landfill with a design capacity equal to or greater than 2.5 
million megagrams (Mg) and 2.5 million cubic meters (m3), 
and has estimated uncontrolled emissions equal to or greater than 50 
megagrams per year (Mg/yr) of nonmethane organic compounds (NMOC), or a 
MSW landfill that has accepted waste since November 8, 1987 or has 
additional capacity for waste deposition, that includes a bioreactor, 
is a major source, collocated with a major source, and an area source 
with a design capacity equal to or greater than 2.5 million Mg and 2.5 
million m3 that is not permanently closed as of January 16, 
2003.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities would be required to 
submit semiannual compliance reports for control device operating 
parameters prepare a startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) plan and 
prepare semiannual SSM reports.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least two 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 regional EPA office.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average five 
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: Owner or operator of each municipal 
solid waste landfill.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,121.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annually, and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,234 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,489,837, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $17,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$1,472,837 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There was a decrease of 21,126 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. 
After we conducted a thorough analysis with the municipal solid waste 
landfills industry and obtained their spreadsheet that depicts MSW 
landfills whose capacity met or exceeded 2.5 million Mg, we were able 
to determine that there are 1,119 active landfills with a projection of 
one additional landfill per year over the next three years, for a total 
average of 1,121, as compared to 1,330 in the previous ICR. In 
addition, the startup, shutdown and malfunction plan has been completed 
for existing facilities. This only applies to a facility when it first 
becomes subject to the standard. The plans were completed, by in large, 
during the last ICR cycle.
    The capital/startup costs are not included because this NESHAP does 
not require MSW landfills to purchase or operate additional control 
equipment or monitoring devices.

    Dated: February 7, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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