[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61768-61770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17448]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427; FRL-8232-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request: Federal Emissions Guidelines for 
Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Small) (Renewal); EPA ICR 
Number 1893.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0430

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency

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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 
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 20, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0427, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or 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 
by mail 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.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to 
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147 
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket status, locations and 
telephone numbers.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this ICR, contact 
Zofia Kosim, Air Enforcement Division, Office Civil Enforcement, Mail 
Code 2242A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone number: (202) 564-8733; fax number: 
(202) 564-0068; 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 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comments 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. Once 
in the system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID 
number identified above. Please note that EPA's policy 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, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Federal Emissions Guidelines for Existing Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (Small) (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1893.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0430.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006. 
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. 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 number for EPA's 
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required 
under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to collect data. 
The information will be used by Agency enforcement personnel to (1) 
identify existing sources subject to these standards; (2) ensure that 
Best Demonstrated Technology is being properly applied; and (3) ensure 
that the emission control devise is being properly operated and 
maintained on a continuous basis. In addition, records and reports are 
necessary to enable the EPA to identify landfills that may not be in 
compliance with these standards. Based on reported information, the EPA 
can decide which landfills should be inspected and what records or 
processes should be inspected at the landfill. The records that 
landfills maintain would indicate to the EPA whether the personnel are 
operating and maintaining control equipment properly. The type of data 
required is principally emissions data and would not be confidential. 
If any information is submitted to the EPA for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made, the information would be safeguarded according 
to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR, chapter 1, part 2, subpart 
B.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 72 
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 which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel 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: Solid Waste Landfills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 173.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,456.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $242,000 for operating and maintenance 
costs. There are no capital/startup costs associated with this ICR.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 778 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR

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Burdens. This adjustment is due to a mathematical error.

    Dated: October 11, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-17448 Filed 10-18-06; 8:45 am]
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