[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78451-78452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32392]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0019; FRL-7426-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
Number 1055.07 (OMB No. 2060-0021) to OMB for Review and Approval; 
Comment Request

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: Title: NSPS for Kraft Pulp 
Mills--subpart BB, OMB Control Number 2060-0021 and EPA ICR Number 
1055.07, expiration date February 28, 2003. 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 23, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mari[aacute] Malav[eacute], Compliance 
Assessment and Media Program Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of 
Compliance, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-7027; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: 
[email protected]. Refer to EPA ICR Number 1055.07.

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 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2002-0019, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 ECDIC is

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(202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the public docket is available 
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 
EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of 
the contents of the public 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 above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills--subpart BB (OMB Control Number 
2060-0021 and EPA ICR Number 1055.07). This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on February 
28, 2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: The NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills, published at 40 CFR part 
60, subpart BB, was proposed on September 24, 1976, and promulgated on 
February 23, 1978. Revisions to the standards were promulgated on May 
20, 1986. This rule addresses total reduced sulfur (TRS) and 
particulate matter emissions from new, modified and reconstructed Kraft 
Pulp Mills.
    In addition to the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements listed in the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
A), Kraft Pulp Mills are required to continuously monitor and record at 
least once per shift specific parameters at the applicable affected 
facilities: The opacity of the gases discharged into the atmosphere 
from any recovery furnace; the concentration of TRS emissions on a dry 
basis and the percent of oxygen by volume on a dry basis in the gases 
discharged to the atmosphere; for an incinerator, the combustion 
temperature at the point of incineration of effluent gases being 
emitted by the affected facilities; and for any lime kiln or smelt 
discharge tank using a scrubber emission control device, the pressure 
loss of the gas stream through the control equipment and the scrubbing 
liquid pressure to the control equipment. Sources are also required to 
record on a daily basis 12-hour average TRS concentrations and oxygen 
concentrations (for the recovery furnace and lime kiln) for two 
consecutive periods of each operation. Sources must report semiannually 
measurements of excess emissions as defined by the standard for the 
applicable affected facility.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 62.4 
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: Kraft Pulp Mills/brown stock washer 
systems, recovery furnaces, smelt dissolving tanks, lime kilns, black 
liquor oxidation systems and condensate stripper systems.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 92.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,107.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-labor Cost: $3,143,600, includes 
$300,000 annualized capital costs and $2,844,000 annualized O&M costs.
    There is an increase of 2,148 hours in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This 
increase is due to an increase and a more accurate estimate of the 
number of kraft pulp mills in the United States. The estimates on the 
number of existing and new sources were based on the active ICR, 
Federal Register publications on other sector-related rules, 
consultation with OAQPS and industry, and queries conducted on two EPA 
databases including the Sector Facility Index Project and the 
Aerometric Information Retrieval System Facility Subsystem.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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