[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20656-20657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6008]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0039, FRL-8160-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills 
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1055.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0021

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 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 an 
existing approved collection. 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 May 22, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0039, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
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: Leonard Lazarus, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance, (2223A), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6369; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail 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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0039, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket is 
(202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 1055.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0021.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Respondents are owners or operators of kraft pulp mills. 
These standards apply to total reduced sulfur (TRS) and particulate 
matter emissions from new, modified and reconstructed kraft pulp mills. 
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
initial reports when a source becomes subject, conduct and report on a 
performance test, demonstrate and report on continuous monitor 
performance, and maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are required. These 
notifications,

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reports, and records are essential in determining compliance; and are 
required, in general, of all sources subject to New Source Performance 
Standards (NSPS).
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local 
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the 
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    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 37 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Owners or operators of kraft pulp 
mills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, Semiannually, On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15,235.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,194,799, includes $344,900 capital/
startup costs and $3,620,000 annualized O&M costs, and $1,229,899 
annual labor cost.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,128 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of kraft pulp mills that become subject to subpart BB, and an expansion 
of the calculations to include managerial and clerical labor rates. The 
increase in O&M costs is due to an increase in equipment maintenance 
costs.

    Dated: April 6, 2006
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-6008 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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