Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: January 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 19)]

[Notices]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5956-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program ICR

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 EPA is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): The Landfill Methane Outreach Program ICR, EPA ICR #1849.01. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to The Docket Clerk, Docket #A-98-06, located in the U.S. EPA Office of Air & Radiation. One original and two copies of each comment should be submitted. Hand delivery of comments should be made to: Air Docket, USEPA, MC 6102, 401 M Street, SW, Room M1500, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Kerr, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division, (6202J), 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460, or call (202) 564-9768.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is seeking comment on the ICR for the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (EPA ICR #1849.01).

Affected Entities: Entities affected by this action are landfill gas-to-energy project developers, landfill owners and landfill gas energy customers that have joined the Landfill Methane Outreach Program.

Abstract: The Landfill Methane Outreach Program is an EPA-sponsored voluntary program that encourages landfill owners, communities and project developers to implement methane recovery technologies to utilize the methane as a source of fuel and to reduce emissions of landfill methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program further encourages utilities and other energy customers to support and promote the use of landfill methane at their facilities. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program signs voluntary Memoranda of Understanding with these organizations to enlist their support in promoting cost-effective landfill gas utilization. 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

The EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) enhance the quality, clarity and utility of the information to be collected; and

(iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond including the use of electronic, Internet-based or other technological collection techniques.

Burden Statement: The estimated average public burden per respondent for new Allies is 5 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering the necessary data, and completing the collection of information. 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 or 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 information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

Respondents: Landfill owners, landfill gas energy purchasers, and landfill gas project developers.

Estimated number of respondents: 500.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,500 hours.

Frequency of Collection: as needed.

Dated: January 16, 1998. Edward Callahan, Acting Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 98-2209Filed1-28-98; 8:45 am]

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