[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51471-51472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24338]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5303-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; NESHAP
for Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request
(ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the
renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 1995.
ADDRESSES: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance,
Manufacturing, Energy and Transportation Division, Energy and
Transportation Branch (2223A), 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C.
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rafael Sanchez, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Office of Compliance, Manufacturing, Energy and
Transportation Division, Energy and Transportation Branch (2223A), 401
M Street SW. Telephone: (202) 564-7028. Facsimile: (202) 564-0050.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are those which
the total of all loading racks at which benzene is loaded into tank
trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene production facility
and each bulk terminal.
Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Bulk Transfer Operations--
40 CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, OMB No. 2060-0182, Expiration Date: 1/31/
96.
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 standards are codified at 40 CFR
Part 61, Subpart BB.
These standards apply to the following facilities in benzene
transfer operations: The total of all loading racks at which benzene is
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene
production facility and each bulk terminal. Specifically exempted from
the 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. 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 and need only maintain
records and submit an initial report. The control requirements for bulk
transfer facilities require that benzene emissions be routed to a
control device that achieves a 98 weight-percent emissions reduction,
and (2) that loading of benzene be limited to vapor-tight tank trucks
or vapor-tight railcars.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following one-time-only notices or reports: notification of
anticipated startup; notification of actual startup; initial compliance
report (or control exemption by sources below cut-off); notification of
emission test, report following an emission test; notification of a
monitoring system performance test; and report following a monitoring
system performance test. These notifications and reports are general
provisions and required of all sources subject to any NESHAP.
Monitoring and recording requirements specific to benzene transfer
operating include vapor-tightness documentation, and monitoring and
operation parameters specific to the control method chosen
(incinerator, vent valves status, steam generator, process heater,
flare, carbon adsorption). Sources must maintain records of periods
exceeding most recent performance test parameters, including the date
and time of any exceedance or deviation, the nature and cause of the
malfunction and corrective measures taken.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any period during which the monitoring
system is malfunctioning or inoperative. Reporting requirements
specific to benzene transfer operations include an initial engineering
report and a quarterly report by affected facilities subject to the
standards at Sec. 61.302. The quarterly reports include excess
emissions and deviations in operating parameters. Sources not subject
to the control standards must continue to record information and must
file a report only the first year.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information:
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement
The majority of industry costs associated with the information
collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The current
average annual burden to industry from these recordkeeping and
reporting requirements is estimated at 14,685 person-hours. The
respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour
plus 110 percent overhead. The current average annual burden to
industry is estimated to be $447,158.
In addition to the loading rack affected facilities, owners and
operators of tank trucks, railcars, and marine vessels are also
impacted by the standards. Based upon available information, it has
been estimated that there are 97 tank trucks and railcars, and 131
marine vessels subject to the standards. All tank trucks and railcars
must be tested annually to ensure vapor-tightness. Marine vessels must
either be checked for vapor-tightness or operated at negative pressure.
In calculations of burden, 65 marine vessels are assumed to conduct
vapor-tightness tests.
No person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to the address listed above.
Dated: September 14, 1995.
Richard Biondi,
Acting Director, Manufacturing, Energy and Transportation Division,
Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-24338 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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