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 potential. LMOP signs
voluntary Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with these organizations
to enlist their support in promoting cost-effective LFG
utilization. The information collection includes completion and
submission of the MOU, and annual completion and submission of
information forms that include basic information on LFG energy
projects with which the organizations are involved as an effort to
update the LMOP Landfill and Landfill Gas Energy Project Database.
The information collection is to be utilized to maintain up-to-date
data and information about LMOP Partners and LFG energy projects
with which they are involved. The data will also be used by the
public to assess LFG energy project development opportunities in
the United States. In addition, the information collection will
assist LMOP in evaluating the reduction of methane emissions from
landfills. Responses to the information collection are
voluntary.
A significant reason for the
decrease in total hourly burden is that under the last ICR renewal,
LMOP made provisions for a one-time effort to collect critical
landfill data from other landfill owners/operators, and this
initiative is not included in this current ICR renewal. To a lesser
magnitude than the decrease discussed above, there is an increase
in total hourly burden for Partners as LMOP will now collect
landfill/project data from Energy Partners, and also due to an
increase in the number of Partners in all Partner categories. For
perspective on the magnitude of Partner growth, the number of
Partners at the end of 2007 was 719, whereas there were 994
Partners as of September 2011.
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.
Form 5900-162 Landfill Methane Outreach Program - Other Private Sector Landfill Owners/Operators
LMOP_ICR_Burden_Tables_Final_April2012.xls
1849ss06.docx
Landfill Methane Outreach Program - Existing State