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requirements of the Agency’s financial 

assistance program. It is used to make 

awards, pay recipients, and collect 

information on how Federal funds are 

being spent. EPA needs this information 

to meet its Federal stewardship 

responsibilities. This ICR renewal 

requests authorization for the collection 

of information under EPA’s General 

Regulation for Assistance Programs, 

which establishes minimum 

management requirements for all 

recipients of EPA grants or cooperative 

agreements (assistance agreements). 

Recipients must respond to these 

information requests to obtain and/or 

retain a benefit (Federal funds). 40 CFR 

part 30, ‘‘Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals and Other Non-profit 

Organizations,’’ includes the 

management requirements for potential 

grantees from non-profit organizations. 

40 CFR part 31, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments,’’ includes the 

management responsibilities for 

potential State and local government 

grantees. These regulations include only 

those provisions mandated by statute, 

required by OMB Circulars, or added by 

EPA to ensure sound and effective 

financial assistance management. This 

renewal request also incorporates 

reporting and audit requirements 

associated with assistance programs 

funded under the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 

(previously approved under Emergency 

ICR Number 2351.01). This ICR 

combines all of these requirements 

under OMB Control Number 2030–0020. 

The information required by these 

regulations will be used by EPA award 

officials to make assistance awards and 

assistance payments and to verify that 

the recipient is using Federal funds 

appropriately to comply with OMB 

Circulars A–21, A–87, A–102, A–110, 

A–122, and A–133, which set forth the 

pre-award, post-award, and after-thegrant requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 24 hours per 

respondent. 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: 

Applicants and recipients of EPA 

assistance agreements. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,391. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly or semiannually, and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

205,365. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$11,071,840. This includes an estimated 

labor cost of $11,071,840 and $0 for 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 70,768 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase resulted from the 

incorporation of reporting and audit 

requirements for program areas under 

which grants were funded for the 

ARRA, addition and elimination of 

some grant forms as well as updates to 

the estimated number of respondents, 

the annual submissions per respondent, 

and the burden hours for completion of 

the grant forms under the ICR. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9798 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0034; FRL 9516–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Voluntary Aluminum 

Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

(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 No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0034, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket Information Center, 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail to: 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: 

Sally Rand, Climate Change Division, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs (6207J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–343– 

9739; fax number: 202–343–2202; email 

address: rand.sally@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 February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9233), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

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 No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2003–0034, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

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 

to 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 

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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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