[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54588-54589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23648]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0061; FRL-9985-59-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Recovery Combustion 
Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mill 
(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 Chemical Recovery 
Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone 
Semichemical Pulp Mill (EPA ICR Number 1805.10, 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 
request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on June 29, 2017 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 November 29, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0061, to: (1) EPA online using 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    The 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: [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

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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 the EPA's public docket, visit: 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, 
Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills 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. 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 any failures to meet 
applicable standards, 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 40 CFR part 63, subpart MM.
    Form Numbers: None.
    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: 107 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 122,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,700,000 (per year), which includes 
$831,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This 
ICR includes a more accurate estimate of the number of new respondents 
based on EPA's recent consultations with industry trade groups, which 
indicated that one new facility will start up in the third year of this 
information collection, in addition to the one new respondent per year 
that is an existing facility constructing new process units. This ICR 
also updates the burden associated with the October 11, 2017 RTR 
amendments, including removing first-year costs associated with the 
amendments, and accounting for the remaining one-time burden for 
facilities that applies through October 2020.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23648 Filed 10-29-18; 8:45 am]
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