[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 144-145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31148]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0536; FRL-9100-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and 
Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal); EPA ICR 
No. 1893.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0430

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 3, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2009-0536, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hillary Ward, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, MC E143-01, Environmental Protection Agency, 
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone 
number: (919) 541-3154; fax number: (919) 541-0246; 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 July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38004), 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 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0536, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OECA Docket 
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 
OECA 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 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: Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (Renewal).
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2010. 
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: This ICR is a renewal of current data collection and 
reporting requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills subject to 
40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc emission guidelines. The subpart Cc 
guidelines are implemented through either State plans or the Federal 
plan (40 CFR part 62, subpart GGG) that EPA developed for landfills 
located in States and Indian country that did not

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develop a State or Tribal plan. State plans were due to EPA by December 
12, 1996 and the Federal plan was promulgated on November 8, 1999. The 
data collection is a mandatory requirement (Clean Air Act section 
114(a)(1)).
    The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping, and 
reporting requirements described in this ICR is used by the Agency to 
ensure that facilities affected by the emission guidelines continue to 
operate the control equipment and achieve compliance with the 
regulation. The emission guidelines require affected facilities to 
maintain all records, including the submitted reports and notifications 
for at least 5 years.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 
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 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: 559.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 46,146.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,956,321, which includes labor costs 
of $3,229,721 and operation and maintenance costs of $726,600.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 33,690 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects the recordkeeping and 
reporting burden for entities under State plans and the Federal plan. 
The original ICR included only the burden for municipal solid waste 
landfills subject to the Federal plan for municipal solid waste 
landfills. This ICR renewal adds the burden imposed by State plans to 
the burden imposed by the Federal plan.

    Dated: December 24, 2009.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-31148 Filed 12-31-09; 8:45 am]
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