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OMB Control No: 2060-0446	ICR Reference No: 200902-2060-010
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200310-2060-008
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1849.05
Title: Landfill Methane Outreach Program (Reinstatement)
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/27/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/24/2009
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2012	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,242	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	5,887	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,342	0	0

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. The LMOP information collection is expected to involve an average of 832 existing Partners and an additional 114 new Partners per year. Additionally there is a planned one-time information collection for 1,000 other landfill owners and operators. The average annual burden (rounded to one decimal place) and cost per respondent is estimated to be 4.6 hours and $270. The total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden averaged over three years is 5,887 hours and $344,827 ($1,342 in O&M Costs).

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 31681	06/03/2008
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 8255	02/24/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,242	1,242
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,887	5,887
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,342	1,342

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This ICR was discontinued on July 31, 2007, and is now being reinstated. The increase in burden requested in this ICR reflects the reinstatement of this ICR. Since the last ICR, LMOP no longer collects information annually from Energy, State, and non-developer Industry Partners and the information forms for other Partner types have been simplified into pre-populated spreadsheets. An increase in burden from the last ICR within LMOP Partners is due to an increase in the number of Partners. The remainder of the increase in total hourly burden from the last ICR comes from a planned initiative to collect critical landfill data from other landfill owners and operators. These data are necessary in order to evaluate the future potential of LFGE and this type of data collection has not occurred during LMOP's history.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $110,886

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Victoria Ludwig 2023439291 ludwig.victoria@epa.gov

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