[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22992-22993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09506]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0034; FRL 9925-38-OEI ]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (40 
CFR part 60, subpart BB) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1055.11, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0021) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through April 30, 2015. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register(79 FR 30117) on May 27, 
2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0034, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,

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1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Supporting documents which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in 
the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the general 
provisions of the New Service Performance Standards (NSPS) at 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart A, and any changes, or additions to the general 
provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart BB. Owners or operators 
of the affected facilities must submit initial notification, 
performance tests, and periodic reports and results. Owners or 
operators are also required to 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. Reports are required, at a minimum, semiannually.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of kraft pulp 
mills.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart BB).
    Estimated number of respondents: 112 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 16,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $6,001,000 (per year), includes $4,327,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 618 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. The increase is due to an industry growth since the 
last ICR renewal, resulting in an increased number of respondents 
subject to the standard.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-09506 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
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