95-29739. Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal; New Source Performance Standards for Subparts Db, Ea, EE, H, VV, L and Y  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 63035-63044]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-29739]
    
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    [FRL-5339-9]
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal; New 
    Source Performance Standards for Subparts Db, Ea, EE, H, VV, L and Y
    
    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 notice announces that the EPA is planning to submit the 
    following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests 
    (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting 
    the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 
    specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described 
    below.
    
    DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 1996.
    
    ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of 
    Compliance. People interested in getting copies of or making comments 
    about any of these ICRs may contact the Office of Compliance, Mail 
    Code: 2224A, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. This information 
    may also be acquired electronically through the Enviro$en$e Bulletin 
    Board, 703-908-2092 or the Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address, http//
    wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will be 
    collected regularly from Enviro$en$e.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Chadwick (202) 564-7054, for NSPS 
    Subpart Db; Joyce Chandler at (202) 564-7073, for NSPS Subpart Ea; 
    Gregory R. Waldrip, (202) 564-7024, or via e-mail (/
    waldrip>gregory@epamail.epa.gov), for NSPS Subpart EE; Tracy Back, 
    (202) 564-7076, facsimile number (202) 564-0009, for NSPS Subpart H; 
    Marcia Mia at (202) 564-7042, for NSPS Subpart VV, facsimile number 
    (202) 564-0037; Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail 
    (malave.maria@epamail.epa.gov.), for NESHAP Subpart L; Rafael Sanchez 
    at (202) 564-7028 or via e-mail (sanchez.rafael@epamail.epa.gov.) for 
    NESHAP Subpart Y; and Ted Coopwood at (202) 564-7058, for NESHAP 
    Subparts L and Y. Unless otherwise indicated above, the facsimile 
    number for all contacts is (202) 564-0050.
    NSPS Subpart Db Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
    those which are subject to NSPS Subpart Db, or each steam generating 
    unit that commences construction, modification or reconstruction after 
    June 19, 1984, and that has a heat input capacity from fuels combusted 
    in the steam generating unit of greater than 29 MW (100 million BTU/
    hour).
        Title: NSPS Subpart Db: Standards of Performance for Industrial-
    Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, OMB number 2060-0072, 
    expires April 30, 1996.
        Abstract: Owners and operators of the affected facilities described 
    must make the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date 
    of construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
    actual dates of startup; 
    
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    notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
    facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; 
    notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system 
    (CMS); notification of the date of the initial performance test; and 
    the results of the initial performance test. 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. These notifications, reports and records are required, in 
    general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
        An owner or operator subject to the NOx standard who seeks to 
    demonstrate compliance with these standards through the monitoring of 
    steam generating unit operating conditions under the provisions of 
    Sec. 60.48b(g)(2) shall submit to the Administrator for approval a plan 
    that identifies the operating conditions to be monitored under 
    Sec. 60.48b(g)(2) and the records to be maintained under 
    Sec. 60.49b(j). The owner or operator of an affected facility shall 
    record and maintain records of the amounts of each fuel combusted 
    during each day, and calculate the annual capacity factor individually 
    for coal, distillate oil, residual oil, natural gas, wood, and 
    municipal-type solid waste for each calendar quarter. For affected 
    facilities that combust residual oil, the owner or operator shall 
    maintain records of the nitrogen content of the residual oil combusted 
    in the affected facility and calculate the average fuel nitrogen 
    content on a per calendar quarter.
        For facilities subject to the opacity standard of the regulation, 
    the owner or operator shall maintain records of opacity. The owner or 
    operator subject to the NOx standards of the regulation shall 
    maintain records for each steam generating unit operating day. The 
    owner or operator of selected facilities are required to submit excess 
    emission reports for any calendar quarter during which there are excess 
    emissions from the affected facility. In periods where there are no 
    excess emission reports, a semiannual report must be submitted stating 
    that no excess emissions occurred during the semiannual period. The 
    owner or operator of any affected facility subject to the continuous 
    monitoring requirements for nitrogen oxides under Sec. 60.48(b) shall 
    submit a quarterly report containing information recorded in accordance 
    with Sec. 60.49b(i). The owner or operator of any affected facility 
    subject to the sulfur dioxide standards under Sec. 60.42b shall submit 
    written reports to the Administrator for every calendar quarter in 
    accordance with Sec. 60.49b(j). For each affected facility subject to 
    the compliance and performance testing requirements of Sec. 60.45b, 
    certain information must be reported to the Administrator. Quarterly 
    reporting of emission data is appropriate for Subpart Db sources due to 
    their large emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and 
    particulates.
        For each affected facility subject to the sulfur dioxide standards 
    under Sec. 60.42b for which the minimum amount of data required under 
    Sec. 60.47b(f) were not obtained during a calendar quarter, certain 
    information must be reported to the Administrator. If a percent removal 
    efficiency by fuel pretreatment is used to determine the overall 
    percent reduction under Sec. 60.45b, the owner or operator of the 
    affected facility shall submit a signed statement with the quarterly 
    report containing certain information.
        The owner or operator of an affected facility described in 
    Sec. 60.44b(j) or Sec. 60.44b(k) shall submit to the Administrator 
    selected information regarding fuel nitrogen content and emission tests 
    on a quarterly basis. The owner or operator of an affected facility who 
    elects to demonstrate that the affected facility combusts only very low 
    sulfur oil under Sec. 60.42b(j)(2) shall obtain and maintain at the 
    affected facility fuel receipts from the fuel supplier which certify 
    that the oil meets the definition of distillate oil as defined in 
    Sec. 60.41b.
        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. Notifications are used to 
    inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
    to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to 
    check if the standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed 
    as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to 
    comply with the emission standard. Both the quarterly reports and 
    semiannual reports (where appropriate) are used for problem 
    identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for 
    compliance determinations.
        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.
        The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
        (1) 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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submission of responses.
        Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
    recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
    the currently approved 1992 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
    appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
    while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper 
    Reduction Act.
        This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be 58 new 
    affected facilities each year and that there were approximately 464 
    sources in existence for the three years covered by the ICR. The annual 
    burden of reporting and recordkeeping requirements for facilities 
    subject to Subpart Db are summarized by the following information. The 
    reporting requirements are as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-
    hour), Initial performance test (330 person-hours), 24-hour test for 
    gas units (250 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are 
    repeated due to failure. The burden for demonstration of continuous 
    emission monitoring system (CEMS) is: 150 person-hours for SO2, 
    100 person-hours for PM, 350 person-hours for NOX. Repeat 
    demonstration of CEMS is: 150 person-hours for SO2, 100 person-
    hours for PM, 350 person-hours for NOX. Annual compliance tests 
    for NOX are estimated at 250 person-hours. Appendix F annual 
    accuracy test estimates are: 146 person-hours for SO2, and 146 
    person-hours for NOX. Appendix F quarterly audit estimates for 
    SO2 are: 125 person-hours for in situ, 36 person-hours for 
    extractive, and for Appendix F quarterly audit, NOX: for in situ 
    (125 person-hours), for extractive (36 person-hours) (Assume that 25% 
    of units have an in situ CEMS). Estimates for report writing are: 
    Notification of construction/reconstruction (2 person-
    
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    hours), Notification of anticipated startup (2 person-hours), 
    Notification of actual startup (2 person-hours), Monitoring plan (4 
    person-hours), Notification of initial performance test: for SO2 
    (2 person-hours), for PM (2 person-hours), for NOX (2 person-
    hours), Report of initial performance test: for SO2 (16 person-
    hours), for NOX (16 person-hours), Notification of CMS 
    demonstration: for SO2 (2 person-hours), for PM (2 person-hours), 
    for NOX (2 person-hours), Quarterly reports for SO2 (16 
    person-hours), Quarterly reports for PM: excess (16 person-hours), no 
    excess (8 person-hours), Quarterly reports for NOX: CEMS 
    compliance (16 person-hours), excess (16 person-hours), no excess (8 
    person-hours), Appendix F quarterly reports: for SO2 (11 person-
    hours), for NOX (11 person-hours). Recordkeeping requirements 
    include the following: Maintaining records of startup, shutdown, 
    malfunction (1.5 person-hours), Maintaining records of all measurements 
    (1.5 person-hours). Records must be kept for a period of two years.
        This estimate 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.
    NSPS Subpart Ea Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
    those which are subject to the NSPS Subpart Ea, Municipal Waste 
    Combustors (MWCs) with the exceptions listed in 40 CFR Part 60.50a (c), 
    (d) and (g). The Subpart Ea standards of 40 CFR Part 60 apply to MWC's 
    units with a capacity greater than 225 megagrams per day (250 tons/day) 
    of municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel, for which 
    construction, modification, or reconstruction commenced between 
    December 20, 1989 and September 20, 1994. MWC's that are constructed, 
    modified, or reconstructed after September 20, 1994 will be subject to 
    the NSPS Subpart Eb.
        Title: NSPS Subpart Ea, Municipal Waste Combustors, OMB number 
    2060-0210, expires May 31, 1996.
        Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
    requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.50a, 
    Subpart Ea, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Waste 
    Combustors. Owners or operators of units subject to Subpart Ea must 
    provide the EPA, or the delegated State regulatory authority, with one-
    time notifications and reports, and must keep records, as required of 
    all facilities subject to the general NSPS requirements. In addition, 
    facilities subject to this Subpart must install continuous monitoring 
    systems (CMS) to monitor specified operating parameters to ensure that 
    good combustion practices are implemented on a continuous basis. Owners 
    or operators must submit quarterly and annual compliance reports. The 
    notifications and reports enable the EPA or the delegated State 
    regulatory authority to determine that best demonstrated technology is 
    installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule 
    inspections. This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes 
    subject to the regulations and informs the Agency of the source's 
    compliance status when it begins operation. Later the quarterly and 
    annual reports apprise the Agency of the sources' compliance status. 
    The operating parameters specified for the continuous monitoring 
    systems (CMS) ensure that good combustion practices are implemented on 
    a continuous basis.
        In the Administrator's judgement, emissions of the MWC metals, the 
    MWC organics, the MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides cause or 
    contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
    endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance 
    Standards have been promulgated for this source category as required 
    under Section 111.
        The control of emissions of MWC metals, MWC organics, MWC acid 
    gases and nitrogen oxides requires not only the correct installation, 
    operation, and maintenance of the equipment, but also properly trained 
    supervisors and equipment operators.
        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.
        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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submission of responses.
        Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each to the 
    recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
    the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
    appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
    while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork 
    Reduction Act.
        The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be no new 
    facilities since any MWC's constructed, modified, or reconstruction 
    after September 20, 1994 would be subject to Subpart Eb not Subpart Ea 
    and that there are an average of 70 sources in existence for the three 
    years covered by the ICR. It is estimated that take: 51,352 person-
    hours to fill out quarterly and annual reports (assuming 20% of the 
    sources will have at least one quarter with excess emissions) and 
    22,424 person-hours to enter information for records, for employee 
    review of operation manual, and reading reporting requirements.
        The average burden to industry over the next three years from these 
    recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 73,776 person 
    hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 
    per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average burden to industry over 
    the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $2,253,119.
        This estimate 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 
    
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    information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    NSPS Subpart EE Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
    each metal furniture surface coating operation in which organic 
    coatings are applied and for which construction, modification or 
    reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, November 28, 1980. 
    A surface coating operation includes the coating application 
    station(s), flash-off area, and curing oven.
        Title: NSPS for Metal Furniture Surface Coating (Subpart EE)--
    Information Requirements; OMB No.: 2060-1006; Expiration date: April 
    30, 1996.
        Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air 
    Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new 
    stationary sources that reflect:
    
        * * * application of the best technological system of continuous 
    emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 
    achieving such emissions reduction, of any nonair quality health and 
    environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator 
    determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section 111(a)(1)].
    
        The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated 
    technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator 
    review, and, if appropriate revise such standards every four years. In 
    addition, Section 114(a) states that:
    
        * * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator 
    subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain 
    such records, (B) make such reports, install, use and maintain such 
    monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such methods at 
    such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the 
    Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other 
    information, as he may reasonably require.
    
        In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions form the metal 
    furniture surface coating industry cause or contribute to air pollution 
    that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or 
    welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
        The control of VOC emissions from metal furniture surface coating 
    operations requires not only the installation of properly designed 
    equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
    VOC emissions from the coating of metal furniture surfaces result from 
    the application and curing or drying of organic coatings on the surface 
    of each metal furniture part or product. These standards rely on the 
    reduction of VOC emissions through either a capture system and 
    incinerator or a capture system and solvent recovery system.
        Information is recorded in sufficient detail to enable owners or 
    operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
    information is used to monitor effective operation of the capture 
    system and control devices, thus ensuring continuous compliance with 
    the standards. The semiannual reporting requirement for no exceedances 
    of the monitoring parameters provides a good indication of a source's 
    compliance status.
        The information collected from record keeping and reporting 
    requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of 
    sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court. 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. In order to ensure compliance with these 
    standards, adequate record keeping is necessary. In the absence of such 
    information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether 
    the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the 
    Clean Air Act.
        Owners/operators of affected facilities must report excess 
    emissions and deviations in operating parameters on a quarterly basis. 
    Where no exceedances have occurred during a particular quarter, a 
    report stating this shall be submitted semi-annually.
        Notification of construction and startup indicates to enforcement 
    personnel when a new affected facility has been constructed and 
    therefore is subject to the standards. The information generated by the 
    monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements described above 
    is used by the Agency to ensure facilities affected by the NSPS 
    continue to operate the control equipment used to achieve compliance 
    with the NSPS.
        The following table documents the computation of individual burdens 
    for each of the record keeping and reporting requirements applicable to 
    the industry. The individual burdens are expressed under standardized 
    headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major 
    assumptions have been identified.
    Source Data and Information Requirements--Surface Coating of Metal 
    Furniture (NSPS Subpart EE)
    
    Requirement
    
    Notification of construction or reconstruction
    Notification of anticipated data of initial startup
    Notification of actual date of initial startup
    Notification of physical or operational change
    Notification of date of demonstration of continuous monitoring system 
    (N/A)
    Maintain records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where 
    continuous monitoring system is inoperative
    Maintain continuous monitoring system and performance test records
    Report of initial performance test
    Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate temperature monitoring device
    Install equipment necessary to determine volume of VOC solvent 
    recovered
    Identify and record periods of low incinerator temperature
    Identify and record excess emissions
    Maintain daily records of incinerator combustion temperature, or 
    amounts of solvent recovered
    
    Regulatory Reference
    
    40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)
    40 CFR 60.7(a)(2)
    40 CFR 60.7(a)(3)
    40 CFR 60.7(a)(4)
    40 CFR 60.7(a)(5)
    40 CFR 60.7(b)
    40 CFR 60.7(d)
    40 CFR 60.8(a), 60.315(a)
    40 CFR 60.314(a)
    40 CFR 60.314(b)
    40 CFR 60.315(b)(2), (b)(3)
    40 CFR 60.315(b)(1)
    40 CFR 60.315
    
        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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, 
    
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    mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
    of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
    responses.
        The burden has been estimated at 60 hours for performance testing. 
    Notification of construction/modification, anticipated start-up, 
    initial performance test, actual performance test date, no excess 
    emissions, size cut offs exceeded are estimated to take two hours. 
    Reports of monitoring exceedances and periods of noncompliance are 
    estimated to require 16 hours. Notification of actual start-up is 
    estimated to require one hour. An hourly wage of $14.50 plus 110 
    percent overhead costs, which equals $30.45 has been used in the 
    previous ICR. Other assumptions include; total of 30 lines constructed 
    per year, 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due 
    to failure, 80 percent of lines report no excess emission semiannually 
    (.8 x 705 = 564), no lines projecting application of less than 3,842 
    liters of coating are expected to exceed the cutoff in the next three 
    years, one occurrence of startup, shutdown or malfunction per week (50 
    weeks per year), and operating parameters are recorded 350 days per 
    year.
        Burden Statement: The individual burdens for each of the record 
    keeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry are 
    consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction 
    Act. The only type of industry costs associated with the information 
    collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The labor 
    estimates in the table were derived from standard estimates based on 
    EPA's experience with other standards. The average annual burden to 
    industry over the next three years from these record keeping and 
    reporting requirements is estimated at 128,213 person-hours. The 
    respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour 
    plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual burden to industry over 
    the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $3,904,086. This 
    estimate 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.
    NSPS Subpart H Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: are those plants that produce sulfuric acid by 
    the contact process by burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, 
    hydrogen sulfide, organic sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge, but 
    does not include facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is 
    utilized primarily as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere 
    of sulfur dioxide or other sulfur compounds.
        Title: NSPS Subpart H, Sulfuric Acid Plants, OMB number 2060-0041, 
    expires June 31, 1996.
        Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
    requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.80, 
    Subpart H, New Source Performance Standards for Sulfuric Acid Plants. 
    This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to 
    the regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in 
    compliance when it begins operation. The Agency is informed of the 
    sources' compliance status by semiannual reports. The calibration and 
    maintenance requirements aid in a source remaining in compliance.
        In the Administrator's judgement, SO2 and acid mist emissions 
    from the manufacture of sulfuric acid cause or contribute to air 
    pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
    or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been 
    promulgated for this source category as required under Section 111 of 
    the Clean Air Act.
        The control of SO2 and acid mist requires not only the 
    installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
    operation and maintenance of that equipment. Sulfur dioxide and acid 
    mist emissions from sulfuric acid plants result from the burning of 
    sulfur or sulfur-bearing feedstocks to form SO2, catalytic 
    oxidation of SO2 to SO3, and absorption of SO2 in a 
    strong acid stream. These standards rely on the capture of SO2 and 
    acid mist by venting to a control device.
        Owners or operators of Sulfuric Acid Plants subject to NSPS are 
    required to make the following one-time-only reports: notification of 
    the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the 
    anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical 
    or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
    regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of demonstration of the 
    continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS); notification of the date 
    of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial 
    performance test. After the initial recordkeeping and reporting 
    requirements, semiannual reports are required if there has been an 
    exceedance of control device operating parameters.
        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. These notification, reports and 
    records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
        Four new facilities are estimated to become subject to NSPS Subpart 
    H annually.
        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.
        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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submission of responses.
        Burden Statement: The current ICR estimates the total annual burden 
    to industry to be $675,478.44. This is based on a total average annual 
    burden of 22,183.2 person hours for 94 respondents with an average wage 
    of $14.55 per hour and 110% overhead. The burden is greatest for 
    facilities in their first year of operation. The burden in the first 
    year for reporting requirements is estimated to be 455.80 hours per 
    facility. The burden for future years is greatly reduced because the 
    initial notifications and initial performance tests are not required in 
    subsequent years. The estimated burden for record keeping requirements 
    for subsequent years per respondent is 140 person hours. This estimate 
    includes the time to enter information regarding 
    
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    records of operating parameters and calculations/record of conversion 
    factors.
        The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. The 
    estimated burden is calculated as two hours for respondents to write 
    the reports for; notification of construction or reconstruction, 
    notification of physical or operation changes, notification of 
    anticipated startup, notification of actual startup, notification of 
    initial performance test, notification of demonstration of CMS. The ICR 
    uses 300 burden hours for the initial performance test. It is assumed 
    that 20% of all affected facilities will have to repeat performance 
    tests. The ICR uses four hours for performing the Reference Method 9 
    Test. It is estimated that performance of Reference Method 9 Test will 
    occur 1.2 times per facility a year. The ICR uses 40 hours to write an 
    excess emission reports--it is assumed this will take place twice a 
    year.
        The recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 0.25 hours to enter 
    information regarding records of operating parameters. It is assumed 
    this will take place 350 times a year per facility. The burden to enter 
    information regarding calculation/record of conversion factors is 0.5 
    hours. It is assumed this will take place 1,050 times a year per 
    facility.
    NSPS Subpart VV Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
    those which are subject to Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the 
    Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry with the exceptions 
    listed in 40 CFR Part 60.480(d).
        Title: NSPS Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI, OMB 
    number 2060-0012, expires May 31, 1996.
        Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
    requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.480, 
    Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI. This information is used 
    by the Agency to identify sources subject to the standards and to 
    insure that the best demonstrated technology is being properly applied. 
    The standards require periodic recordkeeping to document process 
    information relating to the sources ability to identify and eliminate 
    leaking equipment. The standards apply to specific pieces of equipment 
    contained within a process unit in the SOCMI, including pumps in light 
    liquid service, compressors, pressure relief devices in gas/vapor, 
    light or heavy liquid service, sampling connection systems, open-ended 
    valves or lines, valves in gas/vapor and light liquid service, pumps 
    and valves in heavy liquid service, and flanges and other connectors.
        In the Administrator's judgement, VOC emissions from equipment 
    leaks in the SOCMI cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
    reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
    Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for 
    this source category as required under section 11 of the Clean Air Act.
        The owners or operators of the affected facilities described must 
    make the following one time only reports: notification of the date of 
    construction or reconstruction, notification of the anticipated and 
    actual date of startup, notification of any physical or operational 
    change to an existing facility which may increase the emission rate of 
    any air pollutant to which the standard applies (in this case, VOC), 
    notification of the initial performance test, and the results of the 
    performance test. The only regular report required by this Subpart is a 
    semiannual excess emissions summary.
        Owners or operator 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 malfunctions of the air pollution 
    control device. These notifications, reports and records are required, 
    in general, of all sources subject to the NSPS.
        Recordkeeping requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
    support the facility's leak detection and repair program and include 
    identification of leaking equipment; a log of leaking equipment; a log 
    of information relating to the closed vent systems and control devices; 
    a log identifying all equipment subject to the standards; a log of 
    valves designated as difficult-to-monitor or unsafe-to-monitor; a log 
    of valves complying with skip period leak detection and repair 
    alternative standard; a log of criterion established which indicates a 
    failure of the seal system, barrier system, or both for each barrier 
    fluid system; dates of compliance tests and results; and for 
    determining exemptions, an analysis of design capacity of affected 
    sources or demonstration that the equipment is not in VOC service and a 
    statement listing the feed or raw materials and products.
        Reporting requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
    consist of an initial semiannual report including process unit 
    identification and number of valves, pumps and compressors subject to 
    the standards. All semiannual reports are to include process unit 
    identification, number of components leaking and not repaired, dates of 
    process unit shutdowns, and revisions to items submitted in initial 
    semiannual report. The source is also required to notify the 
    Administrator of the election to use an alternative standard for valves 
    ninety days before implementing the provision.
        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.
        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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submission of responses.
        Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
    recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
    the currently approved ICR. Where appropriate, the Agency identified 
    specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent with the 
    concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
        The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be 166 
    new affected facilities each year and that there would be an annual 
    average of 1909 affected facilities over each of the next three years 
    covered by the ICR. For the new sources, it was estimated that it would 
    take: 166 person hours to read the instructions, 9562 person hours to 
    conduct the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests 
    must be repeated), and 1394 person hours to gather the information and 
    write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it 
    would take: 15,272 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 
    152,720 person hours to 
    
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    enter information for records of operating parameters.
        The annual average burden to industry for the three year period 
    covered by this ICR from recordkeeping and reporting requirements has 
    been estimated at 179,104 person hours. The respondents costs were 
    calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 100% overhead. The 
    total annual burden to industry is estimated at $5,453,716.
        This estimate 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. No additional third party burden is 
    associated with this ICR.
    NESHAP Subparts L and Y Supplementary Information
        Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
    coke by-product recovery plants (NESHAP Subpart L) and storage vessels 
    that store benzene having a specific gravity within the range of 
    specific gravities specified in ASTM D 836-84 for Industrial Grade 
    Benzene, ASTM D 835-85 for Refined Benzene-535 and ASTM D 4734-87 for 
    Refined Benzene-545 (NESHAP Subpart Y), which are codified as separate 
    subparts under 40 CFR, Part 61.
        Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 
    Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels, and Coke Byproduct 
    Recovery Plants; OMB No. 2060-0185, expiration date: 6/30/96.
        Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air 
    Act, as amended, with establishing emission standards for hazardous air 
    pollutants. These standards are to be set at a level which provides an 
    ample margin of safety to protect the public health. On June 8, 1977, 
    EPA determined that benzene presents a significant carcinogenic risk to 
    human health and is, therefore, a hazardous air pollutant requiring 
    regulation. In addition, Section 114(a) states that:
    
        * * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator 
    subject to any requirement of this act to: (1) Establish and 
    maintain such records, (2) make such reports, (3) install, use and 
    maintain such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with 
    such methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such 
    manner as the Administrator shall prescribe), and (4) provide such 
    other, information, as he may reasonably be required.
    
        National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-
    product Recovery Plants were proposed by EPA on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 
    23522). At that time, an information collection request was submitted 
    (ICR number 1080). The proposed standards were reconsidered by EPA in 
    light of the U.S. Court of Appeals vinyl chloride decision [Natural 
    Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146, D.C. (1987)]. 
    Other benzene-related actions including maleic anhydride, ethylbenzene/
    styrene, benzene storage vessels, and equipment leaks were also 
    reviewed by EPA following the vinyl chloride court decision. The Agency 
    proposed four different approaches to regulating these benzene source 
    categories in a manner consistent with the vinyl chloride court 
    decision (53 FR 28496, July 28, 1988). Regulations proposed for maleic 
    anhydride and ethylbenzene/styrene were not promulgated and therefore 
    have been dropped from this information collection statement. The coke 
    by-product recovery plants rule was promulgated September 14, 1989 (54 
    FR 38044) and amended September 19, 1991 (56 FR 47406).
        National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 
    for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels were proposed in 
    1980 and withdrawn by EPA on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 23558). On August 3, 
    1984, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a petition in 
    the U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking review of the EPA's storage 
    withdrawal and other benzene rulemakings. (Natural Resources Defense 
    Council Inc. v. Thomas, No. 84-1387) (referred to as Benzene). In light 
    of the U. S. Court of Appeals Vinyl Chloride decision (Natural 
    Resources Defense Council. Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146, D.C. Cir., July 
    28, 1987), EPA requested a voluntary remand in Benzene to reconsider 
    its June 6, 1984, rulemakings. In an order dated December 8, 1987, the 
    court approved the EPA's voluntary remand and established a schedule 
    under which EPA must propose its action on reconsideration within 180 
    days of the order. In June 1988, EPA received a 45-day extension. The 
    benzene storage vessels rule was promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 
    FR 38077) as 40 CFR Part 61 Subpart Y.
    
    Subpart L: Coke By-Product Recovery Plants
    
        A national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) 
    was proposed under Section 112 for coke by-product recovery plants, a 
    benzene source category, on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 23522), reproposed on 
    July 28, 1988 (53 FR 28496), and was promulgated on September 14, 1989.
        The control requirements for coke by-product recovery plants 
    require that organic vapors be recovered and routed via closedvent 
    system (no detectable emissions) to a control device that achieves a 95 
    percent or greater destruction efficiency. The affected equipment must 
    not exceed a specified level of equipment leaks, either through a 
    concentration standard, or in the case of valves, a percent of total 
    valves standard is optional. The control of emissions of benzene from 
    recovery plants requires not only the installation of properly designed 
    equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
    Emissions of benzene from recovery plants covered by this regulation 
    are the result of leaking equipment.
        The standards require initial notification reports with respect to 
    construction, emissions tests, and startup. The standards also require 
    reports on initial performance tests and emissions tests results.
        Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority 
    when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority 
    may then inspect the source to check that pollution control devices are 
    properly installed and operated and the standards are being met. 
    Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of 
    a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and 
    note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. The 
    regular reports are used for problem identification, as a check on 
    source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. 
    The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping and 
    reporting requirements described above is used by the Agency to ensure 
    that facilities affected by the NESHAP continue to operate the control 
    equipment used to achieve compliance. Effective enforcement of the 
    standard is particularly necessary in light of the hazardous nature of 
    benzene. Information is recorded in such sufficient detail to enable 
    owners or operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
    information is 
    
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    used to monitor fugitive emissions directly, and to ensure effective 
    operation of the vapor-collection system and control device, thus 
    ensuring continuous compliance with the indications of a source's 
    continuing compliance status. The information collected from 
    recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting 
    inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in 
    court. Records and reports also are necessary to enable EPA to identify 
    plants that may not understand the workings of the standard or that may 
    not be in compliance with the standard. Based on reported information, 
    EPA can decide how many plant inspections would be needed, which plants 
    should be inspected, and what records or processes should be inspected 
    at the plant. In the absence of such information enforcement personnel 
    would be unable to determine whether the standards are being met on a 
    continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act, 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, notification of construction or 
    modification, initial compliance report, 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.
        Reporting requirements specific to benzene coke by-product recovery 
    plants, Subpart L, include a semiannual report by affected facilities. 
    The semiannual reports include results of leak monitoring and 
    performance tests. Respondents also are required to submit semiannual 
    reports of measurements for sources subject to a no detectable 
    emissions limit and semiannual reports summarizing the results of the 
    leak detection and repair program implemented at the plant. One report 
    would incorporate information for both process equipment and fugitive 
    sources. These reports would include information such as number of 
    leaks that occurred, the number that could not be repaired, the general 
    reasons for unsuccessful or delay of repair, and the results of 
    performance tests conducted during the reporting period.
        Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to 
    benzene coke by-product recovery plants for leak detection and repair 
    of fugitive emission sources are those provisions specified under 40 
    CFR 61, NESHAP Subpart V. The Subpart V regulations for equipment leaks 
    were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
    control number 2060-0068. The only difference in the equipment leak 
    requirements of Subpart V and this regulation relates to exhausters. 
    Exhausters are subject to quarterly monitoring requirements. However, 
    quarterly monitoring is not required if the exhauster is equipped with 
    a seal system that has a barrier fluid, the exhauster seal is loaded 
    and vented to a control device, or a leakless exhauster is used. 
    Exhausters are subject to the same recordkeeping and reporting 
    provisions as other equipment subject to Subpart V.
        The added control amendment to the coke-by-product plant benzene 
    NESHAP is based on a settlement agreement pursuant to a petition to 
    review the benzene NESHAP by the American Coke and Coal Chemicals 
    Institute (ACCCI). The recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
    contained in this rule are consistent with those described in the 
    agreement.
        The owner or operator choosing to use one of the alternative 
    control technologies (i.e., a carbon absorber or a vapor incinerator) 
    would be required to record for the life of the control device, the 
    design of the control device, the sources which it is intended to 
    control, and a plan for the operation, maintenance and action needed to 
    correct problems. Such a record would assist the owner or operator to 
    operate the device properly throughout its life and would also assist 
    the enforcement personnel in determining, when reviewing records that 
    indicate problems with the control device, whether the device had been 
    properly maintained and appropriate corrective action had been taken. 
    The owner or operator would be required to record the results of each 
    test for determining compliance with the standard. Also required to be 
    recorded would be any data that provide reference values for parameters 
    that are important to monitoring, such as temperature of the firebox in 
    a vapor incinerator and the benzene concentration at the inlet to a 
    carbon adsorber. Some of these data are gathered during the compliance 
    test, others separately (e.g., the demonstrated bed life of a carbon 
    adsorber).
        These records would be required to be kept for at least two years, 
    or until the next compliance test (or time that the parameter reference 
    value is determined), whichever is longer. Finally, the results of 
    monitoring the control device would be required to be recorded for at 
    least 2 years. The records would include any periods when the 
    boundaries established for the monitored parameters were exceeded and 
    the action taken to correct the problem that led to the exceedance.
        The alternative control options require reporting in addition to 
    recordkeeping. The General Provisions require reporting of compliance 
    tests. This would be submitted each time a compliance test is 
    performed. The rule requires compliance tests to be done initially and 
    at the request of EPA (not at predetermined intervals). In addition, 
    the rule requires reporting of exceedances of the monitored parameters, 
    with a brief description of the corrective action taken. Included would 
    be exceedances of the operating requirements such as if the source were 
    not vented to a fresh carbon bed before the maximum concentration point 
    was exceeded on the spent bed. The reports are required quarterly. When 
    semiannual reports under Subpart L are due, the information for the 
    quarterly report should be submitted as part of the semiannual report. 
    If there were no exceedances during a quarter in which no semiannual 
    report was due, reporting for that quarter could be skipped and a 
    notation to that effect included in the next report. The reason that 
    quarterly reports are required for these control devices is because the 
    monitoring is generally continuous and therefore provides a continuous 
    record of problems with operation and maintenance of the device. 
    Because of the hazardous nature of benzene, it is important that 
    enforcement personnel are alerted to plants that are having problems 
    with their control device and are potentially in violation of the 
    standards. The enforcement personnel can then move quickly to make sure 
    the problem area is corrected.
        Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
    maintain an up-to-date file of monitoring and recordings, and retain 
    them for at least two years following. Records of equipment and process 
    design are kept permanently.
        These data would include information necessary to administer the 
    program (such as source identification number, percent by weight 
    benzene in the process s fluid, type of fugitive emission source) as 
    well as data gathered relating directly to leak detection and repair 
    (such as leak dates and repair methods). Respondents using gas-
    blanketing systems, closed-vent systems, and control devices are 
    required to maintain records of schematics, design specifications, 
    piping and instrumentation diagrams, and other information related to 
    changes in design 
    
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    or operation. Other records are required for sources which may be 
    designated for no detectable emissions or as unsafe or difficult to 
    monitor.
        All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local authority. If 
    there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to 
    the EPA Regional Office.
        Data obtained by Agency personnel from records maintained by the 
    respondents during periodic visits are tabulated and published for 
    internal Agency use in compliance and enforcement programs.
        Information contained in the report is entered into the Aerometric 
    Information Retrieval System (AIRS) Facility Subsystem (AFS) which is 
    operated and maintained by EPA' s Office of Air Quality Planning and 
    Standards. The AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance 
    and retrieval of compliance data and annual emission inventory data for 
    over 100,000 industrial and government facilities. EPA uses AFS for 
    tracking compliance and enforcement by Local and State regulatory 
    agencies, EPA Regional Offices and Headquarters. EPA personnel can 
    edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data via personal computer 
    terminals.
        Burden Statement: For Subpart L, the Agency computed the burden for 
    each of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the 
    industry for the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request 
    (ICR). Where it was appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks 
    and made assumptions, while being consistent with the concept of burden 
    under the Paper Reduction Act. The 1993 ICR review was the first since 
    promulgation of the rule and consolidated the added control options 
    promulgated in September 1991.
        For Subpart L, the majority of industry costs associated with the 
    information collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The 
    labor estimates were derived from standard estimates based on EPA's 
    experience with other standards. For the purpose of the 1993 ICR burden 
    analysis it was assumed that no sources choose to comply with the 
    percent-allowable leaks nor skip period reporting. Thus, the burden 
    analysis was based on a most burdensome case scenario for reporting and 
    recordkeeping.
        Recordkeeping and reporting requirements are an ongoing burden 
    associated with this ICR. The 1993 ICR estimated a nationwide 
    annualized cost to respondents for recordkeeping and reporting 
    requirements of $215,678 over a 3-year period. The respondent burden 
    was estimated at 7,083 person-hours per year. This estimate was based 
    upon a cost of $14.50 per hour plus an overhead rate of 110 percent, 
    for a total cost of $30.45 per hour.
        The following is a breakdown of burden used in the 1993 ICR for 
    Subpart L. It was assumed that 36 sources were subject to the standard 
    and no additional sources per year will become subject to the standard 
    over the past three years. The ICR allocated 224.5 hours per respondent 
    for implementing the activities required to meet the recordkeeping and 
    reporting requirements. Specifically, 132 hours were allocated for 
    filing and maintaining records, 4 hours for conducting Method 21 tests 
    during the year, 57.5 hours for creating the information for reporting 
    and 31 hours for writing the report.
    Subpart Y: Benzene Storage Vessels
        Respondents are all owners or operators of benzene storage vessels. 
    It is estimated that 126 existing plants are subject to the standard. 
    All owners and operators of new or reconstructed plants would also have 
    to respond.
        In the General Provisions of 40 CFR Part 61 applicable to storage 
    vessels, require up to four separate one time-only reports for each 
    owner or operator: notification of construction or reconstruction, 
    initial source report, notification of physical/operational changes, 
    notification of anticipated and actual startup. The initial source 
    report is the only one of these reports that would be required from 
    existing sources under the standard.
        Certain records and reports are necessary to assist EPA and State 
    agencies to which enforcement has been delegated in determining 
    compliance with the standard.
        An initial emissions test is not required because conducting an 
    emission test is not feasible. Therefore, the format of the standard is 
    that of an equipment standard. Owners or operators of vessels equipped 
    with the specified controls are required to submit, along with the 
    notifications required by the General Provisions, a report that 
    describes the control equipment used to comply with the regulation. 
    Thereafter, an annual visual inspection is required of the primary seal 
    of internal floating roof vessels (IFR's) (in cases where no secondary 
    seal is present). An annual seal gap measurement of the secondary seal 
    system on external floating roof vessels (EFR's) is required. The 
    following inspections are required every five years: (1) internal 
    inspection of seal system on IFR's equipped with primary and secondary 
    seals in situations where the owner or operator has decided to forego 
    the annual visual inspection; and (2) measurement of gaps between the 
    tank wall and primary seal on EFR's. An internal inspection in which 
    the tank is emptied and degassed is required at least every 10 years 
    for IFR's.
        Another control option allowed is for owners or operators to equip 
    vessels with closed-vent systems and 95-percent efficient control 
    devices. It is expected that very few, if any, vessels will be equipped 
    with these systems; however, owners or operators of vessels with such 
    systems are required to submit, for the Administrator's approval, an 
    operating plan describing system design specifications and an 
    operation, maintenance, and inspection plan for the system. In the 
    event the owner or operator has installed a flare, a report showing 
    compliance with visible emission provisions shall be furnished to the 
    Administrator. For closed-vent systems with control devices, quarterly 
    reports are required informing the Administrator of each occurrence 
    that results in excess emissions. Annual reports of the results of 
    these inspections and seal gap measurements are required. These reports 
    shall identify each storage vessel that is determined to be out of 
    compliance with the standard, the nature of the defects, and the date 
    the vessel was emptied or the repair was made. The owner or operator 
    shall keep copies of all reports and records resulting from these 
    inspections for two years.
        The owner or operator of each benzene storage vessel shall, for the 
    life of the source, keep readily accessible records showing the 
    dimension of the vessel and an analysis showing the capacity of the 
    storage vessel. For each vessel with a closed vent system and 95-
    percent efficient control device, records of the operating plan shall 
    be kept for the life of the control device. Records of monitored 
    parameters and maintenance shall be kept for two years.
        Burden Statement: For Subpart Y, EPA estimated the nationwide 
    annualized cost to respondents at a $47,045/yr over a 3-year period. 
    The respondent burden is estimated at 1,545 person-hours/yr. Respondent 
    costs are estimated based on a cost of $14.50 per hour, and on an 
    overhead rate of 110 percent (for a total cost per hour of $30.45). The 
    annual reporting burden is estimated at a $39,372/yr over a 3-year 
    period. The number of responses per year is estimated to be 162. The 
    number of responses per respondent is estimated to be five. The total 
    annual responses are estimated to be 810. The number of hours per 
    response per year is estimated 
    
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    to be four. These estimates include 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.
    * * * * *
        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. 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, including the validity of 
    the methodology and assumptions used;
        (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 
    electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
    other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
    submission of responses.
        Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
    information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
    to the contacts listed above.
    
        Dated: November 24, 1995.
    Rick Colbert,
    Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
    [FR Doc. 95-29739 Filed 12-7-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
12/08/1995
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
95-29739
Dates:
Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 1996.
Pages:
63035-63044 (10 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-5339-9
PDF File:
95-29739.pdf