
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76005-76006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30626]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0544; FRL-9236-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS and NESHAP for Pulp and 
Paper Sector Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR); EPA ICR No. 
2393.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. The 
ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 6, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0544, to (1) EPA on-line using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by 
mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Schrock, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Mail Code E143-03, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: 
(919) 541-5032; fax number: (919) 541-3470; e-mail address: 
schrock.bill@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 June 23, 2010 (75 FR 35792), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three comments during the 
comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments 
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 
notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0544, which is available for on-line viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 the telephone number for the Air and 
Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
    Use http://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft 
collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once 
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified in this document. 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: NSPS and NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Sector Residual Risk and 
Technology Review (RTR).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 2393.01, OMB Control Number 2060-New.
    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
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 EPA's regulations 
in Title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, displayed either by publication 
in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the 
related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of 
OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 
CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR is being conducted by EPA's Office of Air and 
Radiation to assist the EPA Administrator, as required by sections 
111(b), 112(d), and 112(f)(6) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to determine 
the current affected population of pulp and paper processes and to re-
evaluate emission standards for this source category. The three Federal 
emission standards that are the subject of this information collection 
include: (1) Standards of Performance for Kraft Pulp Mills (40 CFR part 
60, subpart BB), (2) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants from the Pulp and Paper Industry (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
S), and (3) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and 
Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills (40 CFR part 63, subpart MM).
    The pulp and paper production source category includes any facility 
engaged in the production of pulp and/or paper. This category includes, 
but is not limited to, integrated mills (where pulp alone or pulp and 
paper or paperboard are manufactured on-site), non-integrated mills 
(where paper/paperboard or pulp are manufactured, but not both), and 
secondary fiber mills (where waste paper is used as the primary raw 
material). The pulp and paper production process units include 
operations such as pulping, bleaching, chemical recovery, and 
papermaking. Different pulping processes are used, including chemical 
processes (kraft, soda, sulfite, and semi-chemical) and mechanical, 
secondary fiber, or non-wood processes.
    This one-time collection will solicit information under the 
authority of CAA section 114. The data collected will be used to update 
facility information and equipment configuration, develop new estimates 
of the population of affected units, and identify the control measures 
and alternative emission limits being used for compliance with the 
existing rules that are under review. This information, along with 
other information, will be used to establish a baseline for purposes of 
the regulatory reviews. The emissions test data (test reports and 
continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) data) collected will be 
used to verify the performance of existing control measures, examine 
variability in emissions, evaluate emission limits, and to determine 
the performance of superior control measures considered

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for purposes of reducing residual risk or as options for best 
demonstrated technology under the NSPS review. Emissions data will also 
be used along with process and emission unit details to consider 
subcategories for further regulation and to estimate the environmental 
and cost impacts associated with any regulatory options considered.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Respondents affected by this action 
are owners/operators of mills that are major sources of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions and produce pulp, perform bleaching, or 
manufacture paper or paperboard products, including: mills that carry 
out chemical wood pulping (kraft, sulfite, soda, or semi-chemical), 
mills that carry out mechanical, groundwood, secondary fiber, and non-
wood pulping, mills that perform bleaching, and mills that manufacture 
paper or paperboard products.
    Mills that only purchase pre-consumer paper or paperboard products 
and convert them into other products (i.e., converting operations) are 
not affected by this action.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 386 facilities.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 183,746.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $17,386,690. This includes an 
estimated burden cost of $17,379,742 and an estimated cost of $6,948 
for capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.

    Dated: December 1, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-30626 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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