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publication in the Federal Register or
by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides
EPA with a regulatory mechanism to
monitor and, if necessary, control
significant new uses of chemical
substances. Section 5 authorizes EPA to
determine by rule (a significant new use
rule or SNUR), after considering all
relevant factors, that a use of a chemical
substance represents a significant new
use. If EPA determines that a use of a
chemical substance is a significant new
use, section 5 requires persons to submit
a significant new use notice (SNUN) to
EPA at least 90 days before they
manufacture, import, or process the
substance for that use.
EPA uses the information obtained
through this collection to evaluate the
health and environmental effects of the
significant new use. EPA may take
regulatory actions under TSCA section
5, 6 or 7 to control the activities for
which it has received a notice. These
actions include orders to limit or
prohibit the manufacture, importation,
processing, distribution in commerce,
use or disposal of chemical substances.
If EPA does not take action, section 5
also requires EPA to publish a Federal
Register notice explaining the reasons
for not taking action.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 40 CFR
part 721).
Respondents may claim all or part of
a notice confidential. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a claim
of confidentiality only to the extent
permitted by, and in accordance with,
the procedures in TSCA section 14 and
40 CFR part 2.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be approximately 71 hours
per response. Burden means the total
time, effort or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements; train personnel to be
able to respond to a collection of
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information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are companies that manufacture,
process, import, or distribute in
commerce chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Average Number of
Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,423 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $9,403.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a net increase of 562 hours (from 861
hours to 1,423 hours) in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that currently in the OMB
inventory. This increase reflects EPA’s
updated estimates of an anticipated
increase in the number of SNURs
promulgated from three to five per year
and an increase in the estimated number
of SNUNs received from five to ten per
year. Additionally, estimated number of
chemicals per SNUR is estimated to fall
from 41 to 20. All of these changes are
adjustments.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0078; FRL–8776–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Landfill Methane Outreach
Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
1849.05, OMB Control Number 2060–
0446
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to reinstate a previously approved ICR.
The ICR that is abstracted below
describes the nature of the collection
and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 26, 2009.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OAR–2003–0078 to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket, mail code 2282T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Ludwig, Climate Change
Division, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, 6207J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9291; fax
number: (202) 343–2202; e-mail address:
ludwig.victoria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 3, 2008 (73 FR 31681), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to EPA
and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0078, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov, and in
person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202)
566–1744 and the telephone number for
the Air and Radiation Docket is (202)
566–1742.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
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copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Landfill Methane Outreach
Program (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1849.05, OMB Control Number 2060–
0446.
ICR Status: This ICR was
discontinued on July 31, 2007. EPA is
reinstating the previously approved ICR.
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. The OMB control numbers for
EPA’s regulations in Title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or
by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: The Landfill Methane
Outreach Program (LMOP), created by
EPA as part of the Climate Change
Action Plan, 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
in order to reduce methane emissions
from landfills. LMOP does this 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 (LFGE) potential.
LMOP signs voluntary Memoranda of
Understanding (MOU) with these
organizations to enlist their support in
promoting cost-effective LFG utilization.
The information collection includes
completion and submission of the MOU,
and annual completion and submission
of information forms that include basic
information on landfill gas energy
projects with which the organizations
are involved. The information collection
also includes a one-time 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
landfill gas energy projects with which
they are involved. The data will also be
used by the public to assess LFGE
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project development opportunities in
the United States. In addition, the
information collection will assist LMOP
in evaluating the reduction of methane
emissions from landfills. Responses to
the information collection are voluntary.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 5 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
and disclose or provide information to
or for a Federal agency. This includes
the time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Landfill owners and operators (both
public and private), landfill gas energy
project developers, manufacturers and
suppliers of landfill gas energy
equipment, utilities, industries using
landfill gas energy, state agencies
involved in energy, air pollution,
economic development and solid waste
management, and non-profits involved
in the solid waste management, public
works, local government and renewable
energy sectors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,279.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
occasionally, annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,887.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$344,827, which includes $1,342 in
annualized O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 4,354 hours in the total
estimated annual respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
previously approved by OMB. This
increase reflects a large growth in the
number of LMOP Partners since the last
renewal. Since the last ICR renewal,
LMOP no longer collects information
annually from Energy, State, and nondeveloper Industry Partners, the
information forms have been simplified
into pre-populated spreadsheets, and
other collection efficiencies have been
implemented such as the option to
submit MOUs electronically. As a result
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of these changes, the average number of
hours per Partner has decreased, but the
total hourly burden for LMOP Partners
still increased because of an increase in
the number of Partners. For perspective
on the magnitude of Partner growth,
there were 365 Partners at the end of
2003 when the ICR was last renewed,
whereas there were 675 Partners as of
July 2007. This indicates an 85%
increase in Partners since the last
renewal. The remainder of the increase
in total hourly burden comes from a
planned initiative to collect critical
landfill data from 1,000 additional
landfill owners and operators. These
data are necessary in order to better
respond to public data requests and
evaluate the potential of future LFGE
opportunities. This type of data
collection has not occurred during
LMOP’s history. This change is the
result of a program change.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that
does not display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078; FRL-8776-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1849.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0446
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to reinstate a
previously approved ICR. The ICR that is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 26,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0078 to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation Docket, mail code 2282T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Ludwig, Climate Change
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 6207J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9291; fax number: (202) 343-2202; e-mail
address: ludwig.victoria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 3, 2008 (73 FR 31681), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days
of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0078, which is available for public viewing
online at https://www.regulations.gov, and in person viewing at the Air
and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for the Air and
Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
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copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: Landfill Methane Outreach Program (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1849.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0446.
ICR Status: This ICR was discontinued on July 31, 2007. EPA is
reinstating the previously approved ICR. 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.
The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in Title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40
CFR part 9, and are displayed either by publication in the Federal
Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), created by
EPA as part of the Climate Change Action Plan, 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 in order to reduce methane emissions from landfills. LMOP
does this 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 (LFGE)
potential. LMOP signs voluntary Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with
these organizations to enlist their support in promoting cost-effective
LFG utilization. The information collection includes completion and
submission of the MOU, and annual completion and submission of
information forms that include basic information on landfill gas energy
projects with which the organizations are involved. The information
collection also includes a one-time 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 landfill gas energy projects with which they are involved.
The data will also be used by the public to assess LFGE project
development opportunities in the United States. In addition, the
information collection will assist LMOP in evaluating the reduction of
methane emissions from landfills. Responses to the information
collection are voluntary.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, and
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Landfill owners and operators (both
public and private), landfill gas energy project developers,
manufacturers and suppliers of landfill gas energy equipment,
utilities, industries using landfill gas energy, state agencies
involved in energy, air pollution, economic development and solid waste
management, and non-profits involved in the solid waste management,
public works, local government and renewable energy sectors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,279.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,887.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $344,827, which includes $1,342 in
annualized O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 4,354 hours in
the total estimated annual respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR previously approved by OMB. This increase
reflects a large growth in the number of LMOP Partners since the last
renewal. Since the last ICR renewal, LMOP no longer collects
information annually from Energy, State, and non-developer Industry
Partners, the information forms have been simplified into pre-populated
spreadsheets, and other collection efficiencies have been implemented
such as the option to submit MOUs electronically. As a result of these
changes, the average number of hours per Partner has decreased, but the
total hourly burden for LMOP Partners still increased because of an
increase in the number of Partners. For perspective on the magnitude of
Partner growth, there were 365 Partners at the end of 2003 when the ICR
was last renewed, whereas there were 675 Partners as of July 2007. This
indicates an 85% increase in Partners since the last renewal. The
remainder of the increase in total hourly burden comes from a planned
initiative to collect critical landfill data from 1,000 additional
landfill owners and operators. These data are necessary in order to
better respond to public data requests and evaluate the potential of
future LFGE opportunities. This type of data collection has not
occurred during LMOP's history. This change is the result of a program
change.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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