[Federal Register: October 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 211)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0078, FRL-7581-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach
Program, EPA ICR Number 1849.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0446
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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31,
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 1,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0078, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Brian Guzzone, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, (Mail Code
6202J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9248; fax number: (202) 565-2079; e-mail address: guzzone.brian@epa.gov.
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 June 18, 2003 (68 FR 36546), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). Three comments were received and
addressed by EPA in the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under OAR-2003-
0078, which is available for public viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1742.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket
.
Title: Landfill Methane Outreach Program.
Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is an EPA-
sponsored voluntary program that encourages landfill owners,
communities, and project developers to reduce emissions of methane, a
potent greenhouse gas, by implementing landfill gas technologies that
collect and utilize the methane as a source of energy. The Landfill
Methane Outreach Program further encourages utilities and other energy
customers to support and promote the use of landfill methane at their
facilities. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program signs voluntary
Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with these organizations to enlist
their support in promoting cost-effective landfill gas utilization. The
information collection includes completion and submission of the MOU,
and annual online completion and submission of information forms that
include basic information on the organizations that sign the MOU and
landfill methane projects in which they are involved. The information
collection is to be utilized to maintain up-to-date data and
information about Landfill Methane Outreach Program partners and
landfill methane projects in which they are involved. In addition, the
information collection will assist LMOP to evaluate the reduction of
methane emissions from landfills.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.5
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
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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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: This information collection will
encompass a wide variety of respondents. Community partners include
local agencies and municipalities that own landfills. State agencies
involved in energy, air pollution, and solid waste management are
represented through State partners. Industry partners include
manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and knowledge needed to
capture and utilize landfill gas. This includes engine and turbine
manufacturers, engineering firms, construction companies, and
environmental consultants. Industry partners also include companies
involved in the logistics of developing LFGE projects such as law firms
and financing companies. Energy partners include utility companies who
purchase the energy generated from the landfills, power marketers, and
the end users of energy from the landfill. The end user is potentially
the most diverse category. Any facility located near a landfill that
utilizes fuel either in manufacturing products or heating the facility
is a potential energy end user.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 315.
Frequency of Response: Initial, Annual, and On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,533.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $89,630, which includes $744 for O&M
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 49 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number
of partners.
Dated: October 27, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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