[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30435-30437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10476]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2004-0028; FRL-7918-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Certification in Lieu of 
Chloroform Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct and Indirect 
Discharging Mills in the Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory 
of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Point Source Category (Renewal), EPA 
ICR Number 2015.02, OMB Control Number 2040-0242

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew and existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 
2005.Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OW-2004-
0028, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Faulk, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202.564.0768; fax number: 202.501.2399; email address: 
[email protected].

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 August 30, 2004 (69 FR 52883), 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. OW-2004-0028, which is available for public viewing at the Water 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., 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 Water Docket 
is (202) 566-2426. 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. 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: Certification in Lieu of Chloroform Minimum Monitoring 
Requirements for Direct and Indirect Discharging Mills in the Bleached 
Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory of the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard 
Point Source Category (Renewal).
    Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed minimum 
monitoring requirements on bleached papergrade kraft and soda (subpart 
B) mills under 40 CFR part 430 as part of the final Cluster Rules 
promulgated on April 15, 1998. The provisions required direct and 
indirect discharging subpart B mills to monitor their effluent for 
certain pollutants, including chloroform, at specified frequencies. 
Subsequently, EPA has promulgated an amendment to the Cluster Rules 
that allows direct and indirect discharging subpart B mills to 
demonstrate compliance with applicable chloroform limitations and 
standards under 40 CFR part 430 in lieu of monitoring at a fiber line 
required by 40 CFR 430.02 by certifying (1) that the fiber line is not 
using elemental chlorine or hypochlorite as bleaching agents and (2) 
that it also maintains certain process and operating conditions 
identified during the initial compliance demonstration period of not 
less than two years, where the facility must monitor for chloroform at 
the minimum frequency required by 40 CFR 430.02, at a minimum, to 
demonstrate compliance with applicable chloroform limitations. These 
mills must submit a report summarizing the results of the initial 
compliance demonstration period and subsequently submit periodic 
certification reports confirming that the participating fiber line 
continues to operate within the range of process and operating 
conditions documented during the initial compliance demonstration 
period.
    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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 six 
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: Operations that chemically pulp wood 
using kraft or soda methods to produce bleached papergrade pulp, 
paperboard, coarse paper, tissue paper, fine paper, and/or paperboard.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.
    Frequency of Response: not less than annually for direct 
dischargers and less than twice annually for indirect dischargers.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 480.
    Estimated Total Reduction in Annual Cost: $31,000, includes $0 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.


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    Dated: May 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-10476 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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