Notice2022-01585
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (Renewal)
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January 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (EPA ICR Number 1055.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0021), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4592-4593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01585]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0657; FRL-9506-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (EPA
ICR Number 1055.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0021), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8,
2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0657, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bedfd2d790d3cbd0cadfcdd7ccfedbcedf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61000d084f0c140f1500120813210411004f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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:
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Owners and operators of kraft pulp mills are required to
comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the General
Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as for the applicable
specific standards in 40 CFR part 60, subpart BB. This includes
submitting initial notifications, performance tests and periodic
reports and results, and maintaining records of excess emissions, or
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These
reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Kraft pulp mills.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart BB).
Estimated number of respondents: 97 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 13,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $5,650,000 (per year), which includes
$4,010,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This situation is due to two considerations: (1)
The regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. Since there is no significant
industry growth, there are no changes in the capital/startup costs.
There is an
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increase in the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs due to O&M costs
being updated from year 2009 to 2020 using the CEPCI Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01585 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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