[Federal Register: November 7, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 216)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7405-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills That Commenced Construction Prior to May 30, 1991 and Have
Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since May 30, 1991; EPA ICR Number
1893.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0430; Expiration Date February 28,
2003
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills That Commenced Construction Prior to May 30, 1991
and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since May 30, 1991; EPA ICR
Number 1893.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0430; expiration date February
28, 2003. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA
is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 6, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Mail Code
2223A, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. A hard copy of a specific ICR may be
obtained without charge by calling or sending an E-mail to the contact
person listed in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharie A. Centilla of the Office of
Compliance at (202) 564-0697 or via E-mail at Centilla.Sharie@epa.gov
and ask for EPA ICR Number 1893.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0430;
expiration date February 28, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills That Commenced Construction Prior to May 30, 1991 and Have
Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since May 30, 1991 (40 CFR Part 62,
Subpart GGG); EPA ICR Number 1893.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0430;
expiration date February 28, 2003.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
owners or operators of existing municipal solid waste landfills that
are located in any State for which a State plan has not been approved
and become effective.
Abstract: The Agency has determined that the emissions from
municipal solid waste landfills cause, or contribute significantly to
air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare. The Administrator is charged under Section 111 of
the Clean Air Act (CAA) to establish procedures for each State to
submit a plan that would establish standards of performance for any
existing source for any air pollutant. If the State has not developed
such a plan, then the Administrator may require any person who owns or
operates any emission source or is subject to any requirements of the
CAA, to establish and maintain reports; make reports; install, use, and
maintain monitoring equipment or methods; sample emissions; and provide
any other information as required.
All owners and operators of existing municipal solid waste
landfills must submit an initial design capacity report. If the design
capacity of an existing landfill is equal to or greater than 2,500,000
megagrams in weight and equal to or greater than 2,500,000 cubic meters
in volume, the owner or operator is required to determine the
facility's annual, nonmethane, organic compound (NMOC) emission rate.
Based on a three-tier emission rate calculation system, the owner or
operator is required to either install a collection and control system,
or perform emission test using the criteria specified at the next tier
level. If the NMOC emission rate is determined to be less than 50
megagrams per year, as determined by Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 emission
rate calculations, no further calculations or testing is required for
that year.
For landfills required to install collection and control systems,
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submission of a collection and control system design plan is required.
After review of the design plan and installation of the collections and
control system, and initial performance test and report for the system
is required. There after, annual compliance reports are required.
Owners or operators are required to keep continuous monitoring records
of the parameters reported in the initial performance report and
records of monthly monitoring of surface methane concentration.
Burden Statement: The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In the previously approved ICR, the estimated number of respondents
for this information collection was 3,837 with 384 responses per year.
The annual industry reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection of information was 15,110 hours. On the average, each
respondent reported approximately 0.10 times per year and approximately
39 hours were spent preparing each response. The total annual reporting
and recordkeeping cost burden for this collection of information was
$890,000. This included an annual cost of $788,000 associated with
capital/startup costs and $102,000 associated with the annual operation
and maintenance costs.
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;
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.
Dated: October 29, 2002.
Michael M. Stahl,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 02-28355 Filed 11-6-02; 8:45 am]
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