Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0034-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Kraft Pulp Mills
Posted Date: 2017-06-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28654-28655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13150]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0034; FRL-9960-85-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (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 Mills, to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through June 30, 2017. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 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 July 24, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0034, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents for this ICR, NSPS for 
Kraft Pulp Mills (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa) (Renewal), (EPA ICR No. 
2485.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0690), 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, EPA 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as the specific 
requirements at 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa. This includes submitting 
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and 
results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
the standards.
    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: 10 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,950 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,230,000 (per year), which includes 
$821,000 for both annualized capital/startup and operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden and labor costs as currently identified in the 
OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any 
program changes. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred 
for two reasons. First, this ICR assumes all existing respondents will 
have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year. Second, 
the burden has increased due an increase in the estimated number of 
sources subject to the standard.
    There is also an increase in the total capital and O&M costs as 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 
increase is due to an increase in the estimated number of sources, and 
because in year 2 of this ICR existing sources will need to repeat 
performance tests that are required every 5 years.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-13150 Filed 6-22-17; 8:45 am]
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