[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9771-9772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05018]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0075; FRL-9990-78-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (EPA ICR Number 1938.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0505), to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 30, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and 
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0075, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A,

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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: (202) 564-0050; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart AAAA) apply to existing and new municipal solid waste 
(MSW) landfills that have accepted waste since November 8, 1987 or have 
additional capacity for waste deposition, including those that operate 
as bioreactors, and the landfill either: (1) Is a major source or is 
collocated with a major source; or (2) is an area source with a design 
capacity of 2.5 million megagrams (Mg) and 2.5 million cubic meters 
(m\3\), and emits either equal to or greater than 50 tons per year of 
non-methane organic compounds (NMOC). New facilities include those that 
commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to the NESHAP. This information is 
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart AAAA.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Certain existing and new municipal 
solid waste (MSW) landfills that have accepted waste since November 8, 
1987 or have additional capacity for waste deposition.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, subpart 
AAAA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,151 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 35,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,170,000 (per year), which includes $10,800 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the number of 
responses and Capital/O&M costs in this ICR compared to the previous 
ICR. The change in burden and cost estimates occurred as a result of 
the 2016 NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart XXX) and Emissions Guidelines 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart Cf). Most of the burden previously attributed 
to the ICR for subpart AAAA has been accounted for in the 2016 ICRs for 
subparts XXX (ICR 2498.03, OMB 2060-0697) and Cf (ICR 2522.02, OMB 
2060-0720) to avoid duplication of burden for identical requirements. 
Additionally, the number of responses unique to the subpart AAAA ICR 
has decreased as a result of improved estimates of the number of 
landfills subject to control requirements based on data used to support 
the 2016 ICRs.
    There is an increase in the total estimated burden as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is 
not due to any program changes. There is an increase in the number of 
labor hours. This is to be consistent with per line item burden 
assumptions and number of sources subject to certain requirements 
related ICRs for subparts XXX (ICR 2498.03, OMB 2060-0697) and Cf (ICR 
2522.02, OMB 2060-0720), including an increase in the number of new or 
modified sources. Additionally, labor hours were added to correct for 
an error which had previously missed the recordkeeping requirements for 
liquids addition.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05018 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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