[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14293]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0130; FRL--12063-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Cellulose Products 
Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 1974.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0488), 
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 June 30, 
2024. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before July 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0130, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or 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. 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.
    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 specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through June 30, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
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 Cellulose Products Manufacturing (40 CFR part 
63, subpart UUUU) were proposed on August 28, 2000; promulgated on June 
11, 2002; and most-recently amended on July 2, 2020. These regulations 
apply to each existing, reconstructed, and new Cellulose Products 
Manufacturing operation that is either a major source of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions or is collocated with other sources that are 
individually, or collectively, a major source of HAP emissions. A major 
source either emits or has the potential to emit any single HAP at the 
rate of 10 tons (9.07 megagrams) or more per year, or any combination 
of HAP at a rate of 25 tons (22.68 megagrams) or more per year. New 
facilities include those that either commenced construction, 
modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart UUUU.
    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 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. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: 5900-647.
    Respondents/affected entities: Cellulose Products Manufacturing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart UUUU).
    Estimated number of respondents: 8 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 7,256 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,134,894 (per year), which includes 
$120,135 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no significant changes in 
burden from the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in 
the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to two 
considerations: 1) the regulations have not changed over the past three 
years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 
2) the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so 
there is no significant change in the overall burden. Since there are 
no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant 
industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup and/
or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-14293 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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