Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078-0046
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Posted Date: 2019-03-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05006]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078; FRL-9989-55-OEI]

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 has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Landfill Methane Outreach Program 
(EPA ICR No. 1849.09, OMB Control No. 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 May 31, 2019. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 5, 2018 
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 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0078, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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.

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: 
aepli.lauren@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: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), created by 
EPA in 1994, 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. EPA 
signs voluntary Memoranda of 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 the program in 
evaluating the reduction of methane emissions from landfills.
    Form Numbers: 5900-157, 5900-158, 5900-159, 5900-160, and 5900-161.
    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; and other LFG energy stakeholders.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,137 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 2,270 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $194,890 (per year) total annual respondent 
burden, includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 252 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to transition to an electronic 
collection of updates to landfill methane projects with which the 
organizations are involved.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05006 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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