[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 216 (Thursday, November 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66039-66041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26502]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0299; FRL-8739-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1557.07, OMB Control Number 2060-
0220

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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 8, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0299, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email 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

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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; 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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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-2008-0299, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 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, 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 comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the 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 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1557.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0220.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009. 
Under 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 numbers 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, and 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills were proposed on May 30, 1991 and promulgated on 
March 12, 1996. These standards apply to municipal solid waste 
landfills for which construction, modification or reconstruction 
commences either on or after May 30, 1991. The rule requires the 
installation of properly designed emission control equipment, and the 
proper operation and maintenance of this equipment. These standards 
rely on the capture and reduction of methane, carbon dioxide, and non-
methane organic gas compound emissions by combustion devices (boilers, 
internal combustion engines, or flares).
    Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must make 
initial reports when a source becomes subject to the standards. Conduct 
and report on performance tests, report on annual or periodic emission 
rates, report on design plans, report on equipment removal and closure, 
as well as maintain records of the reports, system design and 
performance tests, monitoring and exceedances, plot map, and well 
locations.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part must 
maintain a file of the applicable reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements for at least five 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 EPA regional office. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW, as 
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.
    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 listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information estimated to average 17 hours 
per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose and 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. All 
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements that have subsequently 
changed; 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: Municipal solid waste landfills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 175.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,548.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,133,921, which is comprised of 
$2,113,271 in Labor costs, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs of 
$20,650, and no annualized capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations: (1) the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipating any changes over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden. It should be noted that the previous ICR rounded the burden 
cost up to the nearest one thousand. In this ICR, the exact cost figure 
is reported which results in an apparent decrease of the (O&M) cost 
when, in fact, no decrease has occurred.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor

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hours and cost figures in the previous ICR was used in this ICR, and 
there is no change in burden to industry.

    Dated: October 31, 2008.
Deborah Williams,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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