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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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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget
February 17, 2009.
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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information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 27, 2009.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395–
5887, or via fax at 202–395–5167 or via
internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the
Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0999.
Title: Section 20.19, Hearing AidCompatible Mobile Handsets Annual
Reporting (Hearing Aid Compatibility
Act).
Form No.: FCC Form 655—electronic
only.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 925
respondents; 925 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1–3
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for these information
collections is contained in 47 U.S.C.
Sections 154(i), 303(r), and 610.
Total Annual Burden: 12,525 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In submitting the information requested
in the annual reports, respondents may
need to disclose confidential
information to satisfy the requirements.
However, covered entities would be free
to request that such materials submitted
to the Commission be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules. The
Commission’s rules provide for
requesting that confidential treatment be
afforded particular materials that the
requesting party identifies and
submission of those materials (for
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review by the Commission) for which a
party seeks confidential treatment. This
same treatment is available for licensing
applications filed in ULS and other
reports that are filed electronically.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60-day comment period
in order to obtain its full three year
clearance. The Commission is
requesting a revision of this information
collection. The Commission is reporting
a decrease in respondents since the last
submission to OMB because
manufacturers have already filed their
January 15, 2009 reports. Therefore,
each respondent now needs to file only
one report per year. Starting July 15,
2009, all annual reports filed by service
providers and manufacturers will be
submitted using electronic FCC Form
655.
The Commission is implementing a
mandatory electronic filing requirement
for all manufacturers and service
providers. The Commission is
eliminating the use of paper-based
annual reports and will require annual
reports filed by manufacturers and
service providers to be submitted using
electronic FCC Form 655 beginning July
15, 2009. Use of the electronic FCC
Form 655 will help filers ensure that
their reports include all of the required
information; will facilitate the
Commission’s compilation of data from
the reports; and will decrease the
paperwork burden on all respondents
(service providers and manufacturers).
The reporting criteria will assist the
Commission staff in monitoring the
progress of implementation by phone
manufacturers and wireless service
providers, and it will provide valuable
information to the public concerning
hearing aid-compatible handsets. The
annual reports will permit the
Commission to continue to stay abreast
of ongoing standards work and other
pertinent information associated with
achieving digital wireless compatibility
with hearing aids and cochlear
implants. This information will help to
ensure that the Commission’s decisions
relating to hearing aid compatibility
with wireless phones are fair to all
involved and reflect the actual status of
technology. The technical standard for
hearing aid compatibility is required by
the Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)
Act of 1988, and will be used by
covered entities and the Commission as
a compliance guide.
The Commission adopted and
released a First Report and Order on
February 28, 2008 (73 FR 25566) in
which the Commission modified the
deployment benchmarks for hearing aid-
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compatible phones, and imposed new
requirements on manufacturers and
service providers to ensure their
product lines are current and include
handset models with varying levels of
functionality and are periodically
refreshed. The Commission also
required manufacturers and service
providers to continue to file reports on
the status of their compliance with these
requirements, and it modified the
content and timing of these reports
(service providers were required to file
the new reports annually beginning on
January 15, 2009 and subsequently
thereafter, and manufacturers also filed
their reports on January 15, 2009 and
then are required to file annually
thereafter beginning on July 15, 2009).
The requirement to provide certain
information in conjunction with
product labeling remains, although the
details of the information required have
changed slightly, especially with regard
to phones that have Wi-Fi air interface
capability. Finally, the Commission
required manufacturers and service
providers which already have public
Web sites to publish up-to-date
information on their Web sites regarding
their hearing aid-compatible models and
to keep that information current.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
February 17, 2009.
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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information on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 27, 2009. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, (202) 395-5887, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or
via internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal Communications Commission, or an e-mail to
PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at Judith-
B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0999.
Title: Section 20.19, Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets Annual
Reporting (Hearing Aid Compatibility Act).
Form No.: FCC Form 655--electronic only.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 925 respondents; 925 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-3 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for these information collections is contained in
47 U.S.C. Sections 154(i), 303(r), and 610.
Total Annual Burden: 12,525 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: In submitting the information
requested in the annual reports, respondents may need to disclose
confidential information to satisfy the requirements. However, covered
entities would be free to request that such materials submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission's rules. The Commission's rules provide for requesting that
confidential treatment be afforded particular materials that the
requesting party identifies and submission of those materials (for
review by the Commission) for which a party seeks confidential
treatment. This same treatment is available for licensing applications
filed in ULS and other reports that are filed electronically.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after this 60-
day comment period in order to obtain its full three year clearance.
The Commission is requesting a revision of this information collection.
The Commission is reporting a decrease in respondents since the last
submission to OMB because manufacturers have already filed their
January 15, 2009 reports. Therefore, each respondent now needs to file
only one report per year. Starting July 15, 2009, all annual reports
filed by service providers and manufacturers will be submitted using
electronic FCC Form 655.
The Commission is implementing a mandatory electronic filing
requirement for all manufacturers and service providers. The Commission
is eliminating the use of paper-based annual reports and will require
annual reports filed by manufacturers and service providers to be
submitted using electronic FCC Form 655 beginning July 15, 2009. Use of
the electronic FCC Form 655 will help filers ensure that their reports
include all of the required information; will facilitate the
Commission's compilation of data from the reports; and will decrease
the paperwork burden on all respondents (service providers and
manufacturers). The reporting criteria will assist the Commission staff
in monitoring the progress of implementation by phone manufacturers and
wireless service providers, and it will provide valuable information to
the public concerning hearing aid-compatible handsets. The annual
reports will permit the Commission to continue to stay abreast of
ongoing standards work and other pertinent information associated with
achieving digital wireless compatibility with hearing aids and cochlear
implants. This information will help to ensure that the Commission's
decisions relating to hearing aid compatibility with wireless phones
are fair to all involved and reflect the actual status of technology.
The technical standard for hearing aid compatibility is required by the
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Act of 1988, and will be used by
covered entities and the Commission as a compliance guide.
The Commission adopted and released a First Report and Order on
February 28, 2008 (73 FR 25566) in which the Commission modified the
deployment benchmarks for hearing aid-compatible phones, and imposed
new requirements on manufacturers and service providers to ensure their
product lines are current and include handset models with varying
levels of functionality and are periodically refreshed. The Commission
also required manufacturers and service providers to continue to file
reports on the status of their compliance with these requirements, and
it modified the content and timing of these reports (service providers
were required to file the new reports annually beginning on January 15,
2009 and subsequently thereafter, and manufacturers also filed their
reports on January 15, 2009 and then are required to file annually
thereafter beginning on July 15, 2009). The requirement to provide
certain information in conjunction with product labeling remains,
although the details of the information required have changed slightly,
especially with regard to phones that have Wi-Fi air interface
capability. Finally, the Commission required manufacturers and service
providers which already have public Web sites to publish up-to-date
information on their Web sites regarding their hearing aid-compatible
models and to keep that information current.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-3929 Filed 2-23-09; 8:45 am]
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