Notice2022-25872
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production (Renewal)
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Published
November 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production (EPA ICR Number 1657.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0387), 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. 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 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72987-72988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25872]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0077; FRL-10272-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production
(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), NESHAP for Pulp and Paper
Production (EPA ICR Number 1657.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0387), to
the Office of Management and Budget
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(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. 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 December 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0077, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8aeee5e9e1effecaeffaeba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5818a868e8091a5809584cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>, 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#ec8d8085c2819982988d9f859eac899c8dc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7a6abaee9aab2a9b3a6b4aeb587a2b7a6e9a0a8b1">[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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pulp and Paper Production (40 CFR part 63,
subpart S) apply to both existing facilities and new facilities that
produce pulp, paper, or paperboard by employing kraft, soda, sulfite,
semi-chemical, or mechanical pulping processes using wood, or any
process using secondary or non-wood fiber and that emits 10 tons per
year or more of any hazardous air pollutant (HAP) or 25 tons per year
or more of any combination of HAPs. Affected sources are all the HAP
emission points in the pulping and bleaching system for mechanical
pulping processes using wood and any process using secondary or non-
wood fiber. 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
NESHAP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of pulp and
paper production facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart S).
Estimated number of respondents: 104 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 30,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,470,000 (per year), which includes
$766,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to various adjustments. An adjustment
decrease is due to a decrease in respondents and more accurate
estimates of hours per occurrence that were used in the calculations
supporting the prior renewal. The estimated number of respondents
reflects Agency review of data collected from ECHO, the Agency's
internal database of information collection responses from the pulp and
paper industry, and current permits for identified facilities. The
hours to read and understand rule requirements were decreased for this
renewal, since the prior renewal supported rule amendments. There is
also a decrease in Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
costs due to a decrease in the number of respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25872 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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