Notice2023-17838
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (Renewal)
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Published
August 18, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (EPA ICR Number 2485.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0690), 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 September 30, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56615-56616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17838]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0048; FRL-11346-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources
for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After
May 23, 2013 (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected
Sources for which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification
Commenced After May 23, 2013 (EPA ICR Number 2485.05, OMB Control
Number 2060-0690), 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 September 30, 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.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0048, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/">www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d995d9d6dc95ca95fcd7dbd3ddccf8ddc8d996dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b0a460a050f4619462f0408000e1f2b0e1b0a450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 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 specific 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
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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#b3d2dfda9ddec6ddc7d2c0dac1f3d6c3d29dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2d3dedb9cdfc7dcc6d3c1dbc0f2d7c2d39cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through September 30, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This
notice allows for an additional 30-days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Kraft
Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or
Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa)
were proposed on May 23, 2013; promulgated on April 4, 2014; and
amended on November 5, 2020. These regulations apply to emissions of
particulate matter (PM) and total reduced sulfur (TRS) at recovery
furnaces, smelt dissolving tanks (SDTs), lime kilns, digester systems,
brown stock washer (BSW) systems, multiple effect evaporator systems
and condensate stripper systems at kraft pulp mills that commenced
construction, or modification or reconstruction after May 23, 2013. At
pulp mills, where kraft pulping is combined with neutral sulfite semi-
chemical pulping, the provisions of this subpart are applicable when
any portion of the material charged to an affected source is produced
by the kraft pulping operation. This subpart includes provisions
specifying that sources complying with the TRS standard for digester
systems, BSW systems, evaporator systems and condensate stripper
systems by venting to a control device must collect the gases in a
closed-vent system subject to the provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart
S. Facilities may be exempt from the TRS standard in the NSPS if the
facility can demonstrate that TRS emissions from a brown stock washer
cannot feasibly be controlled either technically or economically. New
facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa.
In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Kraft pulp mills.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart BBa).
Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 4,250 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,000,000 (per year), which includes
$487,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. due to an update of the respondent count. The
previous ICR renewal assumed 12 existing sources and two new sources
per year would be subject to these requirements. However, consultations
with the Agency's industry experts estimate there are 12 existing
sources and no new sources per year. The previous ICR reflected those
burdens and costs associated with the initial activities for subject
facilities. This includes purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting
performance tests and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by
in large, reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing
facilities. Activities for existing source include continuously
monitoring of pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports. In
addition, there are no new facilities that are expected to be in the
initial compliance phase described above. The overall result is a
decrease in burden hours and costs. There is also a decrease in the
Capital and O&M costs from the most-recently approved ICR due to the
updated respondent count.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-17838 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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