[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39122-39123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17385]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0243; FRL-9965-04-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Plywood and Composite Wood Products National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Risk and 
Technology Review (RTR)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), for the ``Plywood and Composite 
Wood Products National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) Risk and Technology Review (RTR)'' (EPA ICR No. 2552.01, OMB 
Control No. 2060--NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register (81 FR 62125) on 
September 8, 2016, 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

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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 September 18, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2016-0243, 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, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    The 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: John Bradfield, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division (E143-03), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-3062; fax number: (919) 541-3470; 
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, EPA WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The 
telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about the EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR is being conducted by the EPA's Office of Air 
and Radiation to assist the EPA Administrator to fulfill his 
responsibilities under sections 112(d) and 112(f) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), as amended. The CAA requires a review of each NESHAP following 
the application of the standard to determine any remaining risk and 
whether the standard is protective to public health with an ample 
margin of safety and prevents adverse environmental effects. The CAA 
also requires that the standard be reviewed and revised, as necessary, 
taking into account developments in practices, processes, and control 
technology. For efficiency and to reduce burden, these reviews are 
conducted concurrently and known as RTR. The federal emission standard 
that is the subject of this information collection is the National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood and Composite 
Wood Products (PCWP) (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDD). On March 22, 2017, 
the EPA was ordered by the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit to complete the PCWP RTR no later than 
June 30, 2020. In addition to the CAA reviews, in 2007, the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a 
remand requiring the administrator to develop standards for emission 
units identified in the PCWP NESHAP for which emission limits were not 
promulgated.
    The ICR will provide specific, required information, including 
emission inventories, compliance demonstrations, process changes, and 
information about control technologies/practices adopted since the 
application of maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The ICR 
will be sent to all known operators of PCWP facilities that are major 
sources for hazardous air pollutants (HAP) regulated by the PCWP NESHAP 
and synthetic area sources that may have used technology to avoid major 
source status triggering NESHAP applicability. The information 
collection seeks to collect facility-level information (e.g., facility 
name, location, contact information, and process unit details), 
emissions information, compliance data, control information, and 
descriptions of technological innovations.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Major sources regulated by the PCWP 
NESHAP and synthetic area sources that may have used technology to 
avoid major source status triggering NESHAP applicability.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under the authority 
of section 114 of the CAA.
    Estimated number of respondents: 397 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 59,437 hours (one-time). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,199,272 (one-time), which includes $6,650 
in operation and maintenance costs (O&M) to cover mailing hard copies.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-17385 Filed 8-16-17; 8:45 am]
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