80 FR 10084 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1557.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0220) 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 February 28, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10084-10085]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03867]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0047; FRL-9923-61-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (40 CFR part 60, subpart WWW) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
1557.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0220) 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 February 28, 2015. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 
30117) on May 27, 2014 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 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0047, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], 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 
[email protected]. 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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; 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: These regulations apply to MSW landfills for which 
construction, modification, or reconstruction commences on or after May 
30, 1991. A MSW landfill is an entire disposal facility in a contiguous 
geographical space where household waste is placed in or on. An MSW 
landfill may also receive other types of RCRA Subtitle D wastes (Sec.  
257.2 of this title) such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous 
sludge, conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste, and 
industrial solid waste. Portions of an MSW landfill may be separated by 
access roads. An MSW landfill may be publicly or privately owned, and 
may be a new landfill, an existing landfill, or a lateral expansion. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart WWW.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NSPS. Any owner/operator subject to 
the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these 
measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the 
date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of municipal 
solid waste landfills for which construction, modification, or 
reconstruction commences on or after May 30, 1991.

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    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart WWW).
    Estimated number of respondents: 195 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 111,471 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $11,677,667 (per year), includes $764,400 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The change resulted from incorporating comments 
received, addressing respondent activities that were not included in 
the previous ICR and increased the burden estimate for activities that 
were already included.
    There is also an increase in the total estimated Capital/Startup 
and O&M costs. This increase occurred as a result of incorporating 
comments received, which stated that the previous ICR did not include 
the purchase price and O&M costs of three additional devices that 
respondents are required to use.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-03867 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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