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initial telephone call to the NRC, submit 

an initial written report to the EPA 

Region, and, if the source and chemical 

composition of the continuous release 

does not change and the level of the 

continuous release does not 

significantly increase, submit a followup written report to the EPA Region one 

year after submission of the initial 

written report. If the source or chemical 

composition of the previously reported 

continuous release changes, notifying 

the NRC and EPA Region of a change in 

the source or composition of the release 

is required. Further, a significant 

increase in the level of the previously 

reported continuous release must be 

reported immediately to the NRC 

according to section 103(a) of CERCLA. 

Finally, any change in information 

submitted in support of a continuous 

release notification must be reported to 

the EPA Region. 

The reporting of a hazardous 

substance release that is equal to or 

above the substance’s RQ allows the 

Federal government to determine 

whether a Federal response action is 

required to control or mitigate any 

potential adverse effects to public health 

or welfare or the environment. 

The continuous release of hazardous 

substance information collected under 

CERCLA section 103(f)(2) is also 

available to EPA program offices and 

other Federal agencies who use the 

information to evaluate the potential 

need for additional regulations, new 

permitting requirements for specific 

substances or sources, or improved 

emergency response planning. State and 

local government authorities and 

facilities subject to the CRRR use release 

information for purposes of local 

emergency response planning. Members 

of the public, who have access to release 

information through the Freedom of 

Information Act, may request release 

information for purposes of maintaining 

an awareness of what types of releases 

are occurring in different localities and 

what actions, if any, are being taken to 

protect public health and welfare and 

the environment. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 10.2 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: The 

usage and release of hazardous 

substances are pervasive throughout 

industry. EPA expects a number of 

different industrial categories to report 

hazardous substance releases under the 

provisions of the CRRR. No one industry 

sector or group of sectors is 

disproportionately affected by the 

information collection burden. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,865. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

315,966. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$15,456,936 includes $146,705 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 14,625 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase reflects EPA’s 

use of data on the actual number of 

continuous release reports from several 

regions and applying a growth rate 

consistent with prior years reporting. 

The average annual percent increase in 

facilities in the previous ICR was 

approximately 7.5%. The same percent 

increase was assumed for this ICR. The 

unit burden hours per respondent 

information collection activity remains 

the same as the previous ICR. 

Dated: October 25, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28260 Filed 10–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0208; FRL–9485–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Pulp and Paper 

Production (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 1, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0208, to: (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 2822IT, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2223A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0208, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

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Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to either submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NESHAP for Pulp and Paper 

Production (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1657.07, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0387. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2011. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract: The National Emissions 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Pulp and Paper 

Production were proposed on December 

17, 1993, and promulgated on April 15, 

1998. 

This NESHAP covers emissions from 

the pulping process relies on the 

capture and destruction of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAP) by either burning them 

in a boiler or kiln or by introducing 

them into the wastewater treatment 

system. The HAPs captured from 

bleaching systems are controlled with a 

chlorine gas scrubber. 

Pulp mill owners or operators 

(respondents) are required to submit 

initial notifications, 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. Respondents are 

required to monitor and keep records of 

specific operating parameters for each 

control device and to perform and 

document periodic inspections of the 

closed vent and wastewater conveyance 

systems. In order to reduce the burden 

as much as possible, the compliance 

monitoring and recordkeeping 

requirements are designed to cover 

parameters that are already being 

monitored as part of the manufacturing 

process. All respondents must submit 

semiannual summary reports of 

monitored parameters, and they must 

submit an additional monitoring report 

during each quarter in which monitored 

parameters were outside the ranges 

established in the standard or during 

initial performance tests. A source 

identified to be out of compliance with 

the NESHAP will be required to submit 

quarterly reports until the Administrator 

is satisfied that the source has corrected 

its compliance problem. 

Owners or operators of pulp and 

paper production facilities subject to the 

rule must maintain a file of these 

measurements, and retain the file for at 

least five years following the date of 

such measurements, maintenance 

reports, and records. All reports are sent 

to the delegated state or local authority. 

In the event that there is no such 

delegated authority, the reports are sent 

directly to the EPA regional office. This 

information is being collected to assure 

compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart S, as authorized in section 112 

and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 

required information consists of 

emissions data and other information 

that have been determined to be private. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. The OMB Control 

Numbers for the EPA regulations are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR 

chapter 15, and are identified on the 

form and/or instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 111 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: Pulp 

and paper production. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

115. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, annually, and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

35,358. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$3,711,577, which includes $3,339,077 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and $372,500 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

adjustment decrease in burden from the 

most recently approved ICR is due to a 

more accurate estimate of existing and 

anticipated new sources. After 

consulting the Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS) and 

trade associations, and based on a 

recently completed research conducted 

by EPA, our data indicates that there are 

approximately 115 sources subject to 

the rule, as compared with the active 

ICR that shows 137 sources. No new 

facilities are expected to be constructed 

over the next three years of this ICR. 

The decline in the number of sources is 

mainly due to plant closures. The 

industry is undergoing widespread 

consolidation and corporate 

restructuring. However, there is an 

increase in cost per labor hours due to 

the updated labor rates. 

Because there are no new sources 

with reporting requirements, no capital/ 

startup costs are incurred. The only cost 

that is incurred is for the operation and 

maintenance (O&M) of the monitoring 

equipment. 

Dated: October 25, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28259 Filed 10–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0787; FRL–9483–8] 

Draft Aquatic Life Ambient Water 

Quality Criteria for Carbaryl—2011 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

criteria. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 304(a) of 

the Clean Water Act (CWA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is announcing the availability of draft 

national recommended water quality 

criteria for the protection of aquatic life 

from effects of carbaryl (EPA–820–D– 

11–001). The draft criteria document 

incorporates the latest scientific 

knowledge on the toxicity of carbaryl to 

aquatic life. The aquatic life criteria are 


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