Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria (Renewal)

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Federal Register: March 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 53)

Notices

Page 13273-13274

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0758; FRL-9128-6

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for

Review and Approval; Comment Request; Solid Waste Disposal Facility

Criteria (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1381.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0122

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 23, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA- 2009-0758, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket

Center, Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Docket (28221T), 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:

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: Craig Dufficy, Materials Recovery and

Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and

Recovery, Mail Code 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703- 308-9037; fax number: 703-308-8686; e-mail address: dufficy.craig@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 November 5, 2009 (74 FR 57311), 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

No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0758, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 RCRA Docket is 202-566-0270.

Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at www.regulations.gov, to 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 www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 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 www.regulations.gov.

Title: Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria (Renewal).

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1381.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0122.

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2010.

Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.

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, 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: In order to effectively implement and enforce final changes to 40 CFR Part 258 on a State level, owners/operators of municipal solid waste landfills have to comply with the final reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Respondents include owners or operators of new municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLFs), existing MSWLFs, and lateral expansions of existing MSWLFs. The respondents, in complying with 40 CFR Part 258, are required to record information in the facility operating record, pursuant to Sec. 258.29, as it becomes available. The operating record must be supplied to the State as requested until the end of the post-closure care period of the MSWLF.

The information collected will be used by the State Director to confirm owner or operator compliance with the regulations under Part 258. These owners or operators could include Federal, State, and local governments, and private waste management companies. Facilities in

NAICS codes 9221, 5622, 3252, 3251 and 3253 may be affected by this rule.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 54 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

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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: owners or operators of municipal solid waste landfills, state agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,950.

Frequency of Response: Annually, On occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 204,748.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $12,892,203, includes $1,831,333 annualized operation & maintenance and $379,520 annualized capital costs.

Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 240 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of

Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to the increased number of states adopting the Research, Development, and Demonstration section since the last ICR update.

Dated: March 12, 2010.

John Moses,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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