NESHAP for Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAA)(Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/29/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2022
1,027
2,206
35,500
35,200
11,100
10,800
The NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAA) apply to existing and new
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills that have accepted waste
since November 8, 1987 or have additional capacity for waste
deposition, including those that operate as bioreactors, and the
landfill either: 1) is a major source or is collocated with a major
source; or 2) is an area source with a design capacity of 2.5
million megagrams (Mg) and 2.5 million cubic meters (m3), and emits
either equal to or greater than 50 tons per year of non-methane
organic compounds (NMOC). New facilities include those that
commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the
owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required
to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup,
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility,
or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative.
These notifications, reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities
subject to the NESHAP. This information is being collected to
assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAA.
Changes in burden are due to
several considerations. March 26, 2020 amendments made to the
regulations in this area revised NESHAP Subpart AAAA, NSPS Subpart
XXX and EG Subpart Cf to allow affected sources to demonstrate
compliance with landfill gas control, operating, monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements by following the
corresponding requirements in the MSW Landfills NESHAP, harmonizing
the control requirements across all of the landfill rules. The 2020
amendments removed the SSM requirements from Subpart AAAA,
resulting in a decrease in labor burden, and added a new semiannual
wet landfill monitoring report requirement, resulting in an
increase in burden. Since the 2020 amendments also added an annual
wet landfill monitoring report requirement to Subparts Cf and XXX,
the additional burden to Subpart AAAA sources for this report
consists of one additional report per year. The growth rate for
this industry is low (two new landfills per year), resulting in a
small increase in burden. The labor burden for re-familiarizing
with the regulatory requirements each year was increased from 1
hour to 5 hours, so that the labor burden for this requirement is
consistent with that of other NESHAPs. These changes resulted in a
small decrease in labor burden (hours).
$119,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Muntasir Ali 919
541-0833
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.