[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59592-59593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29661]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7109-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct and 
Indirect Discharging Mills in the Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda 
Subcategory and the Papergrade Sulfite Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper, 
and Paperboard Point Source Category

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 notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Minimum Monitoring 
Requirements for Direct and Indirect Discharging Mills in the Bleached 
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory and the Papergrade Sulfite 
Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category, 
EPA ICR No. 1878.01. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1878.01 to the 
following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; and to Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management Budget (OMB), 
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download a copy of the 
ICR off the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1878.01. For technical 
information about the collection contact Mr. Ahmar Siddiqui by 
telephone at

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(202) 260-1826, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct and Indirect 
Discharging Mills in the Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory 
and the Papergrade Sulfite Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper, and 
Paperboard Point Source Category (EPA ICR No. 1878.01). This is a new 
collection.
    Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed minimum 
monitoring requirements on bleached papergrade kraft and soda (subpart 
B) and papergrade sulfite (subpart E) mills under 40 CFR part 430 as 
part of the effluent limitations guidelines and standards promulgated 
on April 15, 1998 (63 FR 18504). With approval of this ICR, the 
permitting and pretreatment control authority must require applicable 
facilities subject to subparts B or E to monitor their effluent for 
adsorbable organic halides (AOX), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 
(TCDD), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), chloroform, and 12 
chlorinated phenolics at specified frequencies. See 40 CFR 430.02. 
Under 40 CFR 122.41(e)(4), the discharger must then report these 
monitoring results to the permitting or pretreatment control authority 
using either Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) or Periodic Compliance 
Reports (PCRs). These additional minimum monitoring requirements and 
corresponding additional reporting requirements are necessary to 
demonstrate compliance with the effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards promulgated at 40 CFR part 430, subparts B and E. 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 March 19, 2001 (66 FR 15424-
15427). EPA received no comments.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 392 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are those operations that chemically pulp wood fiber using 
kraft or soda methods to produce bleached papergrade pulp, paperboard, 
coarse paper, tissue paper, fine paper, and/or paperboard; and those 
operations that chemically pulp wood fiber using papergrade sulfite 
methods to produce pulp and/or paper.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 94.
    Frequency of Response: Not less than annually for direct 
dischargers and not less than twice annually for indirect dischargers.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,858 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs): $ 
19,002,000.
    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 following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1878.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: November 11, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-29661 Filed 11-28-01; 8:45 am]
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