Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078-0036
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Posted Date: 2016-02-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7539-7540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02920]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078; FRL-9940-65-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Proposed Information Collection 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. 1849.07 OMB Control No. 2060-0446) 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 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 61210) on Friday, October 9, 2015 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 March 14, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0078, to (1) EPA online

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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, 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: Swarupa Ganguli, Climate Change 
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 6207A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 343-9732; fax number: (202) 343-2342; email 
address: ganguli.swarupa@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 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 resources in their community; and providing 
tools to evaluate LFG energy potential. LMOP signed 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 LMOP in evaluating the reduction of methane 
emissions from landfills.
    Form Numbers: 5900-157, 5900-158, 5900-159, 5900-160, 5900-161, and 
5900-162.
    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: 1,135.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 2,522 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $196,272 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,694 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to revised estimates of 
respondent participation and attrition.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-02920 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am]
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