Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078-0068
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Posted Date: 2022-03-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16469-16470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06109]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078; FRL-9687-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Landfill Methane Outreach Program 
(EPA ICR Number 1849.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0446) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 26, 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 April 22, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0078, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Lauren Aepli, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs, (6207A), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9423; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email address: 
[email protected].

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: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), created by 
EPA as part of the United States' commitment to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change, 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 to reduce methane 
emissions from landfills. LMOP meets these objectives 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 signed voluntary Memoranda 
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Understanding (MOUs) with these organizations to enlist their support 
in promoting cost-effective LFG utilization. The information collection 
includes completion and submission of the MOU, periodic information 
updates, and annual completion and submission of basic information on 
landfill methane 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 access LFG energy project development opportunities in 
the United States. In addition, the information collection will assist 
EPA in evaluating the reduction of methane emissions from landfills. No 
confidential information is requested or required in this information 
collection.
    Form Numbers: 5900-157, 5900-158, 5900-159, 5900-160, 5900-161, 
5900-573, 5900-574, and 5900-575.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private companies and municipalities 
that own or operate landfills; manufacturers and suppliers of 
equipment/knowledge to capture and utilize LFG; utility companies; end-
users of energy from landfills; developers of LFG energy projects; 
State agencies; service providers of technologies to reduce emissions 
from operations; and other LFG energy stakeholders.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,221 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 2,494 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $228,545 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 221 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to anticipated growth in the 
number of new LMOP Partners annually.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06109 Filed 3-22-22; 8:45 am]
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