[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1481]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6223-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP, Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer
Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP Benzene Emissions From
Bulk Transfer Operations, Subpart BB, ICR Number 1154.05, OMB Control
Number 2060-0182 ; expiration date January 31, 1999. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and
cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection
instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 22, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone
at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1154.05
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NESHAP, Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations, 40
CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, (OMB Control No.2060-0182; EPA ICR No.
1154.05) expiring 01/31/99. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions
from Benzene Transfer Operations were proposed on September 14, 1989
and promulgated on March 7, 1990. The affected facility to which this
subpart applies is the total of all loading racks, handling a liquid
containing 70 weight-percent or more benzene, at which benzene is
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene
production facility and each bulk terminal. However, specifically
exempted from this regulation are loading racks at which only the
following are loaded: Benzene-laden waste (covered under subpart FF of
part 61), gasoline, crude oil, natural gas liquids, petroleum
distillates (e.g., fuel oil, diesel, or kerosene), or benzene-laden
liquid from coke by-product recovery plants. In addition, any affected
facility which loads only liquid containing less than 70 weight-percent
benzene or whose annual benzene loading is less than 1.3 million liters
of 70 weight-percent or more benzene is exempt from the control
requirements except for the record keeping and reporting requirements
in 61.305(i). Marine vessels were given a one year industry wide waiver
of compliance, which was later extended to July 23, 1991, in order to
allow for concurrent compliance with U.S. Coast Guard regulations.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 61, subpart BB. Owners or operators of the affected facilities
described must make one-time-only notifications. 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. Monitoring requirements specific to benzene transfer
operations provide information on the operation of the emissions
control device and compliance with the standards. Semiannual reports of
excess emissions are required. These notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance and are required, in
general, of all sources subject to NESHAP Subpart BB. All reports are
sent to the delegated State or Local authority. In the event that there
is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the
EPA Regional Office.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 09/04 /98 (
63 FR 47279 ). No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Benzene Emitters From Bulk Transfer
Operations subject to NESHAP 40 CFR part 61, subpart BB.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,685 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No.1154.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0182 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460;
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: January 15, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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