Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0077-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Pulp and Paper Production
Posted Date: 2022-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72987-72988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], 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: 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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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