[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80928-80929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33130]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0225; FRL-9509-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (Renewal)

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 January 26, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0225, 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 
2822IT, 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, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, 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 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0225, 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) 566-1752.
    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: NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1557.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0220.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may

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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 regulations, listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR 
chapter 15, are identified on the form and/or instrument, if 
applicable.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills were proposed on May 30, 1991, promulgated on May 
12, 1996, and amended on June 16, 1998 (63 FR 32753), February 24, 1999 
(64 FR 9262), and April 10, 2000 (65 FR 18909). 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. 
Respondents should 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, performance tests, monitoring, 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is 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 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: 183.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,971.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $434,255, which includes $380,261 in 
labor costs, $32,400 capital/startup costs, and $21,594 operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment increase in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR is due to an increase in the number of 
new sources. Consultations with the Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards (OAQPS) and trade association revealed that there are 
approximately 183 sources subject to the rule, as compared to the 
previous ICR with 175 sources. Also, we have used the most updated 
labor rates.
    Because there are new sources with reporting requirements, both 
capital/startup costs and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of 
monitoring the equipment are incurred.

    Dated: December 20, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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