[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49665-49666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24377]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7069-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Total HAP Emissions From Pulp and Paper Production, Pulp 
and Paper Source Category--Process Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP for Total HAP 
Emissions from the Pulp and Paper Production Source Category--Process 
Operations, OMB Control Number 2060-0387, expiration date September 30, 
2001. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected burden and cost; where

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appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1657.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0387, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1657.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Seth Heminway by phone at (202) 564-
7017 or by E-mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP--MACT Subpart S, Pulp and Paper Production Source 
Category--Process Operations (OMB control number 2060-0387; EPA ICR No. 
1657.04) expiration date September 30, 2001. This review is for an 
extension of the currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: This NESHAP covering emissions from the pulping process 
relies on the capture and destruction of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) 
by either burning them in a boiler or kiln or by introducing them into 
the wastewater treatment system. HAP's captured from bleaching systems 
are controlled with a chlorine gas scrubber. The record keeping, 
notification and reporting requirements of the standard are critically 
important as they allow the Agency to determine to which facilities the 
standards apply and they enable the Agency to monitor initial and 
ongoing compliance with the standards. As much as possible, in order to 
reduce the burden, the compliance monitoring and record keeping 
requirements are designed to cover parameters that are already being 
monitored as part of the manufacturing process.
    Pulp mill owners or operators (respondents) are required to submit 
initial notifications, 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. Respondents are required to monitor and keep records of 
specific operating parameters for each control device and to perform 
and document periodic inspections of the closed vent and wastewater 
conveyance systems. All respondents must submit semi-annual summary 
reports of monitored parameters, and they must submit an additional 
monitoring report during each quarter in which monitored parameters 
were outside the ranges established in the standard or during initial 
performance tests. A source identified to be out of compliance with the 
NESHAP will be required to submit quarterly reports until the 
Administrator is satisfied that the source has corrected its compliance 
problem. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to MACT 
standards. Since none of the required reports to the Agency have been 
deemed confidential business information they will not be treated as 
such.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on February 2, 
2001 (66 FR 8591); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 100 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pulp mill owners or operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 162.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annual and quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 50,232.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $370,500.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1657.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0387 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 12, 2001.
 Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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