Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal), 11643-11644 [2013-03742]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 33 / Tuesday, February 19, 2013 / Notices Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 304,269 hours primarily due the consolidation of three ICRs into one (OMB numbers 2050–0179, 2050–0095 and 2050–0096). John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2013–03741 Filed 2–15–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0680; FRL–9528–2] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which 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 21, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– OECA–2012–0680, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to: docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 28221T, 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. TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Feb 15, 2013 Jkt 229001 (202) 564–0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov. EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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 both EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID number EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0680, which is available for either public viewing online at https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566–1752. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// www.regulations.gov to either submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to 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 copyrighted material, Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Title: Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1893.06, OMB Control Number 2060– 0430. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to either conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11643 Emission Guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and any changes, or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc and part 62, Subpart GGG. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit periodic reports and results. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of control system monitoring, accumulated refuse, surface methane monitoring, and collection and control system exceedances. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 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 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: Entities potentially affected by this action are the owners or operators of municipal solid waste landfills. Estimated Number of Respondents: 511. Frequency of Response: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 42,277. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,717,854, which includes $4,054,254 in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $663,600 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease in the total burden associated with both privately- and publicly-owned landfills. This decrease is due to an adjustment to the estimated average number of respondents. To account for landfill closures that have occurred since the previous ICR was approved, this ICR applies a threepercent per year landfill closure rate to the previous ICR’s estimated number of respondents. This adjustment decreased the total burden hours associated with privately- and publicly-owned landfills. There is an increase in burden cost from the most recently approved ICR. This is E:\FR\FM\19FEN1.SGM 19FEN1 11644 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 33 / Tuesday, February 19, 2013 / Notices due to the fact that this ICR uses updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate respondent burden costs. There is an increase in the respondent burden and cost associated with State and local agencies. This increase is due to an adjustment in the labor burden calculations. The previous ICR assumed that, for each burden item, person-hours per occurrence included technical, managerial, and clerical labor hours. To be consistent with the estimation methodology used in other ICRs, this ICR assumes that person-hours per occurrence includes technical labor only, and that managerial and clerical hours account for an additional 5 and 10 percent, respectively, of technical labor hours. This adjustment increased the State and local agency burden hours and costs. There is a decrease in the Federal Agency burden due to adjustments in the labor burden calculations. The previous ICR included a burden item for Agency review of surface methane monitoring reports. Respondents, however, are not required to submit reports; therefore, no Agency burden will be incurred. For this reason we have adjusted the calculations to exclude any Agency burden associated with surface methane monitoring. We have also adjusted the total labor burden attributed to EPA technical, managerial, and clerical labor. As described in the previous paragraph, we adjusted the calculations for consistency with other ICRs, and so that managerial and clerical hours account for an additional 5 and 10 percent, respectively, of technical labor hours. The net result of these adjustments was a decrease in burden. There is also a decrease in O&M costs from the most recently approved ICR. This decrease is not due to any program changes, and is attributed to the decrease in the number of respondents due to landfill closures that have occurred since the previous ICR was approved. As a result, there is a proportional decrease in the O&M cost. TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2013–03742 Filed 2–15–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Feb 15, 2013 Jkt 229001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9780–1] Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American Requirement) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Applicant of Adair, OK Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Regional Administrator of EPA Region 6 is hereby granting a project waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2) [manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality] to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission (‘‘the applicant’’) for the for 2,400 square yards of fiber (coir) woven mats to be installed as part of a stream channel restoration on eleven sites located in Adair and Cherokee Counties, Oklahoma for the CWSRF wastewater treatment plant project. The required fiber (coir) woven mat is manufactured by foreign manufacturers and no United States manufacturer produces an alternative that meets the Applicant’s technical specifications. This is a project specific waiver and only applies to the use of the specified product for the ARRA funded project being proposed. Any other ARRA project that may wish to use the same product must apply for a separate waiver based on the specific project circumstances. The Regional Administrator is making this determination based on the review and recommendations of the EPA Region 6, Water Quality Protection Division. The Applicant has provided sufficient documentation to support its request. The Assistant Administrator of the EPA’s Office of Administration and Resources Management has concurred on this decision to make an exception to Section 1605 of ARRA. This action permits the purchase of the selected fiber (coir) woven mat is not manufactured in America, for the proposed project being implemented by the Applicant. DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nasim Jahan, Buy American Coordinator, (214) 665–7522, SRF & Projects Section, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. EPA, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 2733. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 In accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c) and 1605(b)(2), EPA hereby provides notice that it is granting a project waiver of the requirements of Section 1605(a) of Public Law 111–5, Buy American requirements, to the Applicant for the acquisition of selected made fiber (coir) woven mat. The Applicant has been unable to find American made fiber (coir) woven mat to meet its specific wastewater requirements. Section 1605 of ARRA requires that none of the appropriated funds may be used for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States unless a waiver is provided to the recipient by EPA. A waiver may be provided if EPA determines that: (1) Applying these requirements would be inconsistent with public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. The Applicant has requested a waiver for fiber (coir) woven mats to be installed as part of a stream channel restoration on eleven sites located in Adair and Cherokee Counties, Oklahoma. The applicant claims that the product required to meet project design and performance specification requirements is not manufactured in the United States. Restoration of stream banks in the Illinois River Watershed within Adair and Cherokee counties of northeastern Oklahoma requires installation requires a fiber (coir) woven mat to stabilize soil and overcome the high shear stress found in a stream environment. Additional key requirements of the project dictate a product that is 100 percent biodegradable and has a functional lifespan of two to three years. The project specification criteria are listed below: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Property Weight (ASTM D 5263) ....... Tensile Strength Dry (ASTM D 4595): Machine Direction ............ Cross direction ................. Tensile Strength Wet (ASTM D 4595): Machine Direction ............ Cross direction ................. Open area ........................... E:\FR\FM\19FEN1.SGM 19FEN1 Specification 23 oz/SY 1740 lbs/ft 1176 lbs/ft 1488 lbs/ft 1032 lbs/ft 48%

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11643-11644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0680; FRL-9528-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and 
Compliance Times for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal)

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 renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which 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 21, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0680, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to: docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 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: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@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 October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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 both EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0680, which is available for either public 
viewing online at https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at 
the Enforcement and Compliance 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 
566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://www.regulations.gov to either submit or view public comments, access 
the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to 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 
copyrighted material, Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI), or 
other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Existing 
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1893.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0430.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to either conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the Emission Guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and 
any changes, or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 
60, subpart Cc and part 62, Subpart GGG.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit periodic 
reports and results. Owners or operators are also required to maintain 
records of control system monitoring, accumulated refuse, surface 
methane monitoring, and collection and control system exceedances.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 
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 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are the owners or operators of municipal solid waste 
landfills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 511.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 42,277.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,717,854, which includes $4,054,254 
in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $663,600 in operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease in the total 
burden associated with both privately- and publicly-owned landfills. 
This decrease is due to an adjustment to the estimated average number 
of respondents. To account for landfill closures that have occurred 
since the previous ICR was approved, this ICR applies a three-percent 
per year landfill closure rate to the previous ICR's estimated number 
of respondents. This adjustment decreased the total burden hours 
associated with privately- and publicly-owned landfills. There is an 
increase in burden cost from the most recently approved ICR. This is

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due to the fact that this ICR uses updated labor rates from the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics to calculate respondent burden costs.
    There is an increase in the respondent burden and cost associated 
with State and local agencies. This increase is due to an adjustment in 
the labor burden calculations. The previous ICR assumed that, for each 
burden item, person-hours per occurrence included technical, 
managerial, and clerical labor hours. To be consistent with the 
estimation methodology used in other ICRs, this ICR assumes that 
person-hours per occurrence includes technical labor only, and that 
managerial and clerical hours account for an additional 5 and 10 
percent, respectively, of technical labor hours. This adjustment 
increased the State and local agency burden hours and costs.
    There is a decrease in the Federal Agency burden due to adjustments 
in the labor burden calculations. The previous ICR included a burden 
item for Agency review of surface methane monitoring reports. 
Respondents, however, are not required to submit reports; therefore, no 
Agency burden will be incurred. For this reason we have adjusted the 
calculations to exclude any Agency burden associated with surface 
methane monitoring. We have also adjusted the total labor burden 
attributed to EPA technical, managerial, and clerical labor. As 
described in the previous paragraph, we adjusted the calculations for 
consistency with other ICRs, and so that managerial and clerical hours 
account for an additional 5 and 10 percent, respectively, of technical 
labor hours. The net result of these adjustments was a decrease in 
burden.
    There is also a decrease in O&M costs from the most recently 
approved ICR. This decrease is not due to any program changes, and is 
attributed to the decrease in the number of respondents due to landfill 
closures that have occurred since the previous ICR was approved. As a 
result, there is a proportional decrease in the O&M cost.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-03742 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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