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clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. The EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, the 

EPA will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: In order to effectively 

implement and enforce final changes to 

40 CFR part 258 on a State level, 

owners/operators of municipal solid 

waste landfills have to comply with the 

final reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. Respondents include 

owners or operators of new municipal 

solid waste landfills (MSWLFs), existing 

MSWLFs, and lateral expansions of 

existing MSWLFs. The respondents, in 

complying with 40 CFR part 258, are 

required to record information in the 

facility operating record, pursuant to 

§ 258.29, as it becomes available. The 

operating record must be supplied to the 

State as requested until the end of the 

post-closure care period of the MSWLF. 

The information collected will be used 

by the State Director to confirm owner 

or operator compliance with the 

regulations under 40 CFR part 258. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Recordkeeping and Reporting—Solid 

Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

The respondents, in complying with 40 

CFR part 258, are required to record 

information in the facility operating 

record, pursuant to § 258.29, as it 

becomes available. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

3,800. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 204,868 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,211,000 (per 

year), includes $1,831,000 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance costs 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is 

increase of 60 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to the 

increased number of states adopting the 

RD&D section (258.4) since the last ICR 

update. 

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

Carolyn Hoskinson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06108 Filed 3–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104; FRL 9661– 

01–OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 2104.09, OMB Control No. 

2050–0192 to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 

so, EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension and 

update of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through December 31, 2024. 

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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2012–0104 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to docket.superfund@

epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Gorini, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, (5105T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 566– 

1702; fax number: (202) 566–1476; 

email address: gorini.kelly@epa.gov 

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 www.regulations.gov 

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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

collection of information from those 

organizations that receive cooperative 

agreements, contracts, and Targeted 

Brownfields Assessment (TBA) funds 

from EPA under the authority of the 

section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) as amended by the 

Brownfields Utilization, Investment, 

and Local Development (BUILD) Act 

(Pub. L. 115–141). CERCLA 104(k), as 

amended, authorizes EPA to award 

grants or cooperative agreements and 

contract funding to states, tribes, local 

governments, other eligible entities, and 

nonprofit organizations to support the 

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sites. Under section 101(39) of CERCLA, 

a brownfields site means real property, 

the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse 

of which may be complicated by the 

presence or potential presence of a 

hazardous substance, pollutant, or 

contaminant. Cooperative agreement 

recipients (‘‘recipients’’) have general 

reporting and record keeping 

requirements as a condition of their 

cooperative agreement that result in 

burden. A portion of this reporting and 

record keeping burden is authorized 

under 2 CFR part 1500 and identified in 

the EPA’s general grants ICR (OMB 

Control Number 2030–0020). EPA 

requires Brownfields program recipients 

to maintain and report additional 

information to EPA on the uses and 

accomplishments associated with 

funded brownfields activities. EPA 

intends to expand programmatic 

reporting requirements to include TBA 

contractors and technical assistance 

contractors. EPA will use several forms 

to assist recipients and contractors in 

reporting the information and to ensure 

consistency of the information 

collected. EPA uses this information to 

meet Federal stewardship 

responsibilities to manage and track 

how program funds are being spent, to 

evaluate the performance of the 

Brownfields Cleanup and Land 

Revitalization Program, to meet the 

Agency’s reporting requirements under 

the Government Performance Results 

Act, and to report to Congress and other 

program stakeholders on the status and 

accomplishments of the program. 

Form Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.09, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0192. 

Respondents/affected entities: State/ 

local/tribal governments; Non-Profits; 

Contractors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or Retain Benefits (2 

CFR part 1500). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

5,714 (total). 

Frequency of response: Bi-annual for 

subtitle CERCLA 128 recipients; 

quarterly for CERCLA 104(k) recipients. 

Total estimated burden: 6,206 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $721,025 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

hours estimate increased from 6,143 

hours in the 2020 ICR request to 6,206 

hours currently, for an increase of 63 

hours. This slight change can be 

attributed to eliminating the Area-Wide 

Planning Form but adding two 

additional forms to track technical 

assistance. Additionally, the number of 

respondents increased from 5,517 in 

2020 to an estimated 5,714, an increase 

of 197. Respondents indicated that 

improvements in the ACRES reporting 

system and increased familiarity with 

the program lead to a lower burden per 

individual entry. 

Dated: March 15, 2022. 

David R. Lloyd, 

Director, Office of Brownfields and Land 

Revitalization. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06096 Filed 3–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0391, FRL–9357–01– 

OLEM] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Facility GroundWater Monitoring Requirements, EPA 

ICR No. 0959.17, OMB Control No. 

2050–0033 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the 

information collection request (ICR), 

Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 

Requirements (Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 

0959.17, OMB Control No. 2050–0033) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 

the EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through November 

30, 2022. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2018–0391, at https://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), or the other methods 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

Due to public health concerns related 

to COVID–19, the EPA Docket Center 

and Reading Room are open to the 

public by appointment only. Our Docket 

Center staff also continues to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. Hand deliveries or 

couriers will be received by scheduled 

appointment only. For further 

information and updates on EPA Docket 

Center services, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

The EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), local area health 

departments, and our Federal partners 

so that we can respond rapidly as 

conditions change regarding COVID–19. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–0453; fax number: 

email address: vyas.peggy@epa.gov. 

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 www.regulations.gov. 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 

is closed to the public, with limited 

exceptions, to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone and webform. For further 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, Docket Center services and the 

current status, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The 

telephone number for the Docket Center 

is 202–566–1744. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 


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