Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0836-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted Food to Support EPA's Sustainable Food Management Programs
Posted Date: 2016-08-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59216-59217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20608]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0836; FRL-9949-08-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Collection of Information on Anaerobic 
Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted Food To Support EPA's 
Sustainable Food Management Programs (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Collection of Information on 
Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted Food to Support EPA's 
Sustainable Food Management Programs (New)'' (EPA ICR No. 2533.01, OMB 
Control No. 2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a request for approval of a new 
collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (81 FR 10856) on March 2, 2016 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 September 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2015-0836, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov, by email 
to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Pennington, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 3, Mail Code 3LC40, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103; telephone number: (215) 814-3372; email 
address: pennington.melissa@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.
    Abstract: EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management Sustainable 
Food Management (SFM) program is designed to advance sustainable food 
management practices throughout the United States by preventing and 
diverting wasted food from landfills. The focal point of the SFM 
program is the Food Recovery Challenge in which organizations pledge to 
improve their sustainable food management practices. The success of the 
SFM program efforts to divert wasted food from landfills requires 
sufficient capacity to process the diverted materials which includes 
composting and anaerobic digestion operations. In addition to 
increasing opportunity to process wasted food diverted from the 
municipal solid waste stream, anaerobic digesters achieve social, 
environmental and economic benefits, such as generation of renewable 
energy, reduction of methane emissions, and opportunities to improve 
soil health through the production of soil amendments. The SFM program 
supports these efforts by educating state and local governments and 
communities about the benefits of wasted food diversion. The SFM 
program also builds partnerships with state agencies and other 
strategic partners interested in developing organics recycling capacity 
and provides tools to assist organizations in developing anaerobic 
digestion (AD) projects.
    This information collection consists of a request for data not 
currently available on AD facilities processing wasted food as well as 
a review and update of the existing SFM AD facility inventory. 
Correspondence will include an electronic survey through which 
respondents can provide new information on their AD projects and an 
update to the existing AD facility inventory, if appropriate.
    Form Numbers: 6700-03, 6700-04, 6700-05.
    Respondents/affected entities: State Liaisons, Industry 
Representatives, Project Owner/Operators, and Other Stakeholders (e.g. 
non-profits).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 460 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 231 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $16,972 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There are no changes in burden estimates as 
this is a new ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-20608 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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