[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5000-5002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01543]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0435; FRL-10598-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an

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information collection request (ICR), Emission Guidelines and 
Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (EPA ICR Number 
2252.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0720), to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through January 31, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 2022 during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0435, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to 
OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. An agency may 
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
OMB control number. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register (87 FR 43843), on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. Supporting documents, which explain in detail the information 
that the EPA will be collecting, are available in the public docket for 
this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The 
telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: EPA issued New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and 
Emission Guidelines (EG) and Compliance Times for Existing Municipal 
Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills under the regulations published at 40 CFR 
part 60, subparts WWW and Cc, promulgated on March 12, 1996, revised on 
June 16, 1998, and February 24, 1999. The Federal plan requirements 
implementing the regulations were published at 40 CFR part 62, subpart 
GGG, promulgated on November 8, 1999. On August 29, 2016, EPA finalized 
40 CFR part 60, subpart XXX, based on review of 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
WWW, which applies to MSW landfills that are either new, or 
reconstructed, or modified after July 17, 2014 (effective October 28, 
2016). Concurrently, EPA finalized revised Emissions Guidelines under 
40 CFR part 60, subpart Cf, which apply to existing landfills accepting 
waste after November 8, 1987, for which construction was commenced 
either on or before July 17, 2014. The revised guidelines are 
implemented under state or Federal plans. EPA finalized a Federal plan 
implementing 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cf under 40 CFR part 62, subpart 
OOO on May 21, 2021. This ICR includes burden for MSW landfills that 
are subject to the requirements of Subpart Cf, which are implemented 
under State plans and a `Federal' plan (40 CFR part 62, subpart OOO). 
All MSW landfills that are subject to the original NSPS (40 CFR part 
60, subpart WWW), the Federal plan (40 CFR part 62, subpart GGG), or a 
state plan implementing the original emission guidelines (40 CFR part 
60, subpart Cc) were required to comply with their current requirements 
unless and until they are covered by a more stringent State or Federal 
plan implementing the emission guidelines in subpart Cf. Since EPA has 
finalized the Federal plan at 40 CFR part 62, subpart OOO, all 
respondents previously subject to Subpart WWW, a state plan 
implementing subpart Cc, or GGG, are now either subject to either a 
state plan under implementing 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cf, or must 
comply with the Federal plan under 40 CFR part 62, subpart OOO, or if 
they have modified since July 17, 2014, they must now comply with the 
NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart XXX. Subpart Cf reduces the NMOC 
emission rate threshold from the previous level of 50 megagrams per 
year (Mg/yr) to 34 Mg/yr for landfills that are not closed as of August 
29, 2016. The final rule retained the design capacity cutoff of 2.5 
million Mg and 2.5 million cubic meters in the current emission 
guidelines. Closed landfills retain the same NMOC threshold of 50 Mg/
yr, as was the case under Subpart WWW. Closed landfills are also 
exempted from the one-time reporting requirements, provided the 
landfill fulfilled requirements under the NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
WWW), the Federal plan (40 CFR part 62, subpart GGG), or a state plan 
implementing 40 CFR part 60 Subpart Cc.
    Respondents/affected entities: Existing MSW landfills that have 
accepted waste since November 8, 1987, and commenced either 
construction, reconstruction, or modification on or before July 17, 
2014.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Cf and 40 CFR part 62, subpart OOO).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,887 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 605,260 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $44,154,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,710,000 in annualized capital and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the currently 
approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The decrease in the number of 
respondents reflects the lower expected number of landfills controlling 
based on projected emissions, as well as the number of landfills 
subject based on waste disposal quantities which increase over time at 
active landfills. The number of respondents also assumes that landfills 
will be controlled under the more stringent 34 Mg/yr requirements. The 
estimates subtract out landfills expected to modify and become subject 
to the MSW landfill 2016 NSPS Subpart XXX instead (OMB Control Number 
2060-0697). This ICR therefore reflects a decrease in the total number 
of respondents subject to the rule, but a similar number of controlling 
landfills subject to monitoring and testing requirements. There is a 
slight increase in burden for states/local agencies implementing state/
local

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agency plans due to an increase in the number of states/local agencies 
enforcing State Plans. There is a decrease in the capital costs due to 
a decrease in the number of respondents expected to install controls 
and therefore conduct initial performance tests and install monitoring 
equipment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01543 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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