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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5879-5880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01234]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0624; FRL-12569-01-OMS

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, 
Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical 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), NESHAP for Natural Gas 
Transmission and Storage (EPA ICR Number 1805.12, OMB Control Number 
2060-0377) 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 
February 28. 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 18, 2023 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 February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0624, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31749). 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 www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart MM were proposed on April 15, 1999; promulgated on January 12, 
2001; and amended on April 20, 2006, October 11, 2017, November 5, 
2020, and November 19, 2020. These regulations apply to new and 
existing chemical recovery combustion sources at kraft, soda, sulfite, 
and stand-alone semichemical pulp mills, for which the chemical 
recovery combustion sources emit greater than or equal to 10 tons per 
year (tpy) of any one hazardous air pollutant (HAP) or greater than or 
equal to 25 tpy of any combination of HAPs. New affected facilities 
include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the 
April 15, 1998 proposal. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart MM. 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.
    Respondents/affected entities: Chemical recovery combustion sources 
at kraft, soda, sulfite, and stand-alone semichemical pulp mills.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart MM).
    Estimated number of respondents: 96 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 108,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,300,000 (per year), includes $608,000 
annualized

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capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: The decrease in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to a 
decrease in the number of sources. The number of facilities has 
decreased from 104 to 96. The decrease in respondents also results in a 
decrease in capital/startup costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01234 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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