Notice2022-06109
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program (Renewal)
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Published
March 23, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Landfill Methane Outreach Program (EPA ICR Number 1849.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0446) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 26, 2021 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16469-16470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06109]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078; FRL-9687-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program (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), Landfill Methane Outreach Program
(EPA ICR Number 1849.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0446) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 26, 2021
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 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 22,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0078, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently Under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Aepli, Climate Change Division,
Office of Atmospheric Programs, (6207A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 343-9423; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#066763766a6f286a67737463684663766728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="264743564a4f084a47535443486643564708414950">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), created by
EPA as part of the United States' commitment to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, is a voluntary program designed to encourage and facilitate the
development of environmentally and economically sound landfill gas
(LFG) energy projects across the United States to reduce methane
emissions from landfills. LMOP meets these objectives by educating
local governments and communities about the benefits of LFG recovery
and use; building partnerships between state agencies, industry, energy
service providers, local communities, and other stakeholders interested
in developing this valuable resource in their community; and providing
tools to evaluate LFG energy potential. LMOP signed voluntary Memoranda
of
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Understanding (MOUs) with these organizations to enlist their support
in promoting cost-effective LFG utilization. The information collection
includes completion and submission of the MOU, periodic information
updates, and annual completion and submission of basic information on
landfill methane projects with which the organizations are involved as
an effort to update the LMOP Landfill and Landfill Gas Energy Project
Database. The information collection is to be utilized to maintain up-
to-date data and information about LMOP Partners and LFG energy
projects with which they are involved. The data will also be used by
the public to access LFG energy project development opportunities in
the United States. In addition, the information collection will assist
EPA in evaluating the reduction of methane emissions from landfills. No
confidential information is requested or required in this information
collection.
Form Numbers: 5900-157, 5900-158, 5900-159, 5900-160, 5900-161,
5900-573, 5900-574, and 5900-575.
Respondents/affected entities: Private companies and municipalities
that own or operate landfills; manufacturers and suppliers of
equipment/knowledge to capture and utilize LFG; utility companies; end-
users of energy from landfills; developers of LFG energy projects;
State agencies; service providers of technologies to reduce emissions
from operations; and other LFG energy stakeholders.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 1,221 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 2,494 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $228,545 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 221 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to anticipated growth in the
number of new LMOP Partners annually.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06109 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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