[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73274-73275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28046]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA HQ-OAR-2020-0624; FRL-9387-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Recovery Combustion 
Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical 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), ``NESHAP for Chemical Recovery 
Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone 
Semichemical Pulp Mills (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 1805.11, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0377), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through December 31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested, 
via the Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 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.

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An agency may neither conduct nor 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 January 26, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA HQ-
OAR-2020-0624, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 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 EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, 
Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills apply to new and 
existing chemical recovery combustion sources at kraft, soda, sulfite, 
and stand-alone semichemical pulp mills, for which the chemical 
recovery combustion sources emit greater than or equal to 10 tons per 
year (tpy) of any one hazardous air pollutant (HAP) or greater than or 
equal to 25 tpy of any combination of HAPs. In general, all NESHAP 
standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and 
periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. 
They are also required to maintain records of any failures to meet 
applicable standards, or any period during which the monitoring system 
is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential 
in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities 
subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart MM.
    Form Numbers: 5900-520.
    Respondents/affected entities: Chemical recovery combustion sources 
at kraft, soda, sulfite, and stand-alone semichemical pulp mills.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart MM).
    Estimated number of respondents: 104 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 117,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,700,000 (per year), which includes 
$788,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. This 
ICR includes a more accurate estimate of the number of existing 
facilities based on review of EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History 
Online (ECHO) and Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) databases 
and consultations with the Agency's internal industry experts, and 
revises the previous number of 107 respondents down to 104. All 3 of 
the facilities removed are classified as Kraft Mills. The number of 
existing sources is adjusted downward to 254 and the number of ESPs is 
revised down to 178. This ICR also adjusts the growth rate from the 
previous ICR to remove the burden for a new source that was constructed 
in 2021, and removes burden from one-time initial compliance activities 
following the 2017 final rule (adjusting existing data acquisition 
systems to reflect the changes from the final rule). Therefore, the 
change in burden from the most-recently approved ICR, as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens, is attributed to 
the alteration in total respondents, and because these standards have 
been in effect for more than three years. This ICR, by in large, 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. The 
decrease in the capital/startup cost is solely attributed to the 
decrease in total respondents. Since there are no significant changes 
in the regulatory requirements, the operation and maintenance (O&M) 
costs remain unaffected.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-28046 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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