Notice2022-16250
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal)
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July 29, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (EPA ICR Number 1938.08, 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 July 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 13, 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 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45773-45774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16250]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0097; FRL-10091-01-OMS]
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 has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills (EPA ICR Number 1938.08, 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 July 31,
2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on April 13, 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 August 29,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0097, to EPA using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa9bd79b949ed788d79e9599919f8eba9f8a9bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e4f034f404a035c034a414d454b5a6e4b5e4f00494158">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
The 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: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0919c99de9d859e8491839982b0958091de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72131e1b5c1f071c0613011b00321702135c151d04">[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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC
West Building, 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (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). 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 any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are
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essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected
facilities subject to NESHAP.
Form Numbers: 5900-522.
Respondents/affected entities: Municipal solid waste (MSW)
landfills.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart AAAA).
Estimated number of respondents: 1,169 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual, semi-annual.
Total estimated burden: 35,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $3,290,000 (per year), includes $11,100
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a small decrease in burden from
the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations.
The regulations have been amended in the past three years. The March
26, 2020 amendments revised NESHAP Subpart AAAA, NSPS Subpart XXX and
EG Subpart Cf to allow affected sources to demonstrate compliance with
landfill gas control, operating, monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting requirements by following the corresponding requirements in
the MSW Landfills NESHAP, harmonizing the control requirements across
all of the landfill rules. The 2020 amendments removed the SSM
requirements from Subpart AAAA, resulting in a decrease in labor
burden. The 2020 amendments added a new semiannual wet landfill
monitoring report requirement, resulting in an increase in burden.
Since the 2020 amendments also added an annual wet landfill monitoring
report requirement to Subparts Cf and XXX, the additional burden to
Subpart AAAA sources for this report consists of one additional report
per year. The growth rate for this industry is low (two new landfills
per year), resulting in a small increase in burden. There are no
changes in the capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs. The labor burden for re-familiarizing with the regulatory
requirements each year was increased from 1 hour to 5 hours, so that
the labor burden for this requirement is consistent with that of other
NESHAPs. These changes resulted in a small decrease in labor burden
(hours), and a small increase in labor costs, resulting in a small
increase in costs from the previous ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-16250 Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
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