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viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA 

receives them and without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Voluntary Aluminum Industrial 

Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1867.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0411. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: EPA’s Voluntary Aluminum 

Industrial Partnership (VAIP) was 

initiated in 1995 and is an important 

voluntary program contributing to the 

overall reduction in emissions of 

greenhouse gases. This program focuses 

on reducing direct greenhouse gas 

emissions including perfluorocarbon 

(PFC) and carbon dioxide (CO2) 

emissions from the production of 

primary aluminum. Six of the seven 

U.S. producers of primary aluminum 

participate in this program. PFCs are 

very potent greenhouse gases with 

global warming potentials several 

thousand times that of carbon dioxide, 

and they persist in the atmosphere for 

thousands of years. CO2 is emitted from 

consumption of the carbon anode. The 

Partnership effectively promotes the 

adoption of emission reduction 

technologies and practices associated 

with decreasing the frequency and 

duration of anode effects. Participants 

voluntarily agree to designate a VAIP 

liaison, and to undertake and share 

information on technically feasible and 

cost-effective actions to reduce PFC and 

direct CO2 emissions. The information 

contained in the annual reports of VAIP 

members is used by EPA to assess the 

success of the program in achieving its 

goals and to advance Partner efforts to 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 40 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 

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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 

Primary Production of Aluminum. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

240. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$22,668, includes $0 annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 393 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is attributable in 

part to implementation of the EPA 

Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse 

Gases Rule (74 FR 56260) which 

requires reporting of greenhouse gas 

(GHG) data and other relevant 

information from large sources and 

suppliers in the United States. The 

regulation includes primary aluminum 

production and because emissions 

reporting shifted from a voluntary to a 

mandatory activity, companies are no 

longer required to track, assess and 

submit emissions data under the VAIP. 

There is also one less participating 

company due to their cessation of 

primary aluminum production. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0078; FRL–9516–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Landfill Methane Outreach 

Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2003–0078, to (1) EPA on line 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket, mail code 22821T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB by mail 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: 

Victoria Ludwig, Climate Change 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, 6207J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–343–9291; fax 

number: 202–343–2202; email address: 

ludwig.victoria@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 January 27, 2012 (77 FR 4297), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0078, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in-person 

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viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 is 202–566–1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at www.regulations.gov 

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the docket, and access those 

documents in the docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key 

in the Docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA 

receives them and without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Landfill Methane Outreach 

Program (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1849.06, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0446. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 04/30/2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

and are displayed either by publication 

in the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The Landfill Methane 

Outreach Program (LMOP), created by 

EPA as part of the Climate Change 

Action Plan, 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 

in order to reduce methane emissions 

from landfills. LMOP does this 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 

signs voluntary Memoranda of 

Understanding (MOU) with these 

organizations to enlist their support in 

promoting cost-effective LFG utilization. 

The information collection includes 

completion and submission of the MOU, 

and annual completion and submission 

of information forms that include basic 

information on LFG energy 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 assess 

LFG energy project development 

opportunities in the United States. In 

addition, the information collection will 

assist LMOP in evaluating the reduction 

of methane emissions from landfills. 

Responses to the information collection 

are voluntary. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 3 hours for each 

respondent. Burden means the total 

time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, and 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 which have 

subsequently changed; 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: 

Landfill owners and operators (both 

public and private), LFG energy project 

developers, manufacturers and 

suppliers of LFG energy equipment, 

utilities, industries using LFG energy, 

state agencies involved in energy, air 

pollution, economic development and 

solid waste management, and nonprofits involved in the solid waste 

management, public works, local 

government and renewable energy 

sectors. 

Estimated Total Number of Potential 

Respondents: 1,220 existing Partners 

plus 113 new Partners per year. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

4,216 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$334,332, which includes $334,298 in 

labor costs and $34 for operational and 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,671 hours in the total 

estimated annual respondent burden 

compared with the burdens identified in 

the existing ICR approved by OMB. The 

existing approved ICR included a onetime, large-scale outreach to 1,000 

additional landfill owners and 

operators. This activity and group of 

entities are not included in the scope of 

this ICR renewal, resulting in the overall 

decreases in total hours and hours per 

respondent. This change is the result of 

a program change. However, in the last 

approved ICR, Energy Partners were not 

requested to update landfill gas energy 

project data, and under this renewal, 

Energy Partners will be requested to 

provide updates on their involvement in 

these projects. Also, there has been 

growth in the number of overall Partners 

since the last renewal. These changes 

offset the magnitude of the overall 

burden decrease. There have been no 

major changes in how the information 

forms or MOU are dispersed or collected 

since the last renewal. LMOP has 

previously implemented simplifications 

and other changes to increase the 

efficiency of its ICR process. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission Under 

Delegated Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

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