NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mills (40
CFR Part 60, Subpart BB) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
01/28/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2022
388
388
13,900
13,900
4,010,000
3,510,000
The New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Kraft Pulp Mills apply to the following facilities at
kraft pulp mills: recovery furnaces, smelt dissolving tanks, lime
kilns, digester systems, brown stock washer systems, black liquor
oxidation systems, multiple effect evaporator systems and
condensate stripper systems that were constructed, modified or
reconstructed after the date of proposal. In pulp mills where kraft
pulping is combined with neutral sulfite semi-chemical pulping, the
provisions of 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BB are applicable when any
portion of the material charged to an affected facility is produced
by the kraft pulping operation. Facilities may be exempt from the
total reduced sulfur (TRS) standard if the facility can demonstrate
that TRS emissions from a new, modified, or reconstructed brown
stock washer can be neither technically nor economically feasible
to control. In general, all NSPS 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 with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BB.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.