[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26901-26903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13436]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5510-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; Neshap
for Benzene Emissions for Benzene Waste Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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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 July 29, 1996.
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, SW, Washington, DC. 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) 564-0039.
Internet: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are facilities
which generate wastes that contain benzene, such as chemical
manufacturing plants, coke by-product recovery plants, and petroleum
refineries. Other affected entities are those owners and operators of
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDF)
which receive wastes from the above facilities.
Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions for Benzene Waste Operations--
40 CFR part 61, subpart FF, OMB No. 2060-0183, Expiration Date: 8/31/
96.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions for
Benzene Waste Operations were promulgated on March 7, 1990. Due to
widespread confusion among affected industries concerning key
provisions of the rule, EPA issued a stay of effectiveness of subpart
FF on March 5, 1992 (57 FR 8012). The stay remained in effect until
January 7, 1993, when EPA promulgated clarifying amendments to Subpart
FF. The standards are codified at 40 CFR part 61, subpart FF.
The provisions of this subpart apply to owners and operators of
chemical manufacturing plants, coke by-product recovery plants, and
petroleum refineries. In addition, this subpart applies to owners and
operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste generated
from the above facilities.
The calculation of total annual benzene (TAB) quantity in all
aqueous waste streams determines whether a facility is subject to
control requirements of the rule. A facility at or above the TAB
threshold in the rule of 10 megagram per year (Mg/yr) is required to
control each benzene waste stream at the facility, or demonstrate that
the waste stream meets a criterion in the rule for exemption from
control. A facility with a TAB below 10 Mg/yr is only subject to the
rule's reporting and record keeping provisions, unless the facility
receives a waste from offsite that must be controlled in order to meet
Subpart FF, in which case that waste must be controlled. A facility
with a TAB less than 1 Mg/yr is only subject to maintain documentation
of the quantity of benzene in the waste.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described above must
make the following one-time-only notices or reports: notification of
anticipated startup; notification of actual startup; notification of an
emission test, report following an emission test; notification of any
physical/operational changes (i.e., modification) that could increase
emissions, a monitoring system performance test; and a 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 waste operations include
submission, within 90 days after January 7, 1993, or by the initial
startup for a new source, of an initial report that summarizes the
regulatory status of each waste stream containing benzene. Each owner
or operator who has no benzene onsite in wastes, products, byproducts,
or intermediary shall submit an initial report that is a statement to
this effect.
If the TAB quantity from facility waste is less than 1 Mg/yr, then
the owner and operator shall submit a report that updates its
regulatory status whenever there is a change in the process that may
cause the TAB to increase.
If the TAB is less than 10 Mg/yr, but equal to or greater than 1
Mg/yr, then the owner or operator shall submit a report that updates
the regulatory status of each waste stream containing benzene. The
report shall be submitted annually and whenever there is a change in
the process generating the waste stream that could cause the total
annual benzene quantity from facility waste to increase to 10 Mg/yr or
more. If the information in the annual report does not change in the
following year, the owner or operator may submit a statement to that
effect.
If the total annual benzene quantity from facility waste is equal
to or greater than 10 Mg/yr, then the owner or operator shall submit
the following reports:
(1) Within 90 days after January 7, 1993, or by the date of initial
startup for a new source with an initial startup after the effective
date, a certification that the equipment necessary to comply with these
standards has been installed, and that the required initial inspections
or tests have been carried out in accordance with this subpart.
(2) Beginning on the date that the equipment necessary to comply
with these standards has been certified, the owner or operator shall
submit, annually, a report that updates the regulatory status of each
stream.
(3) Beginning three months after the date that the equipment
necessary to comply with these standards has been certified, the owner
or operator shall submit, quarterly, a certification that all the
required inspections have been carried out in accordance with the
requirements of this subpart.
(4) Beginning three months after the date that the equipment
necessary to comply with these standards has been certified, the owner
or operator shall submit a report, quarterly, that summarizes all the
monitoring of operations.
(5) Beginning one year after the date that the equipment necessary
to comply with these standards has been certified, the owner or
operator shall submit, annually, a report that summarizes all
inspections during which detectable emissions are measured or a problem
(such as a broken seal, gap or other problem) that could result in
benzene emissions is identified, including information about the
repairs or corrective action taken.
Monitoring and record keeping requirements specific to benzene
waste operations include maintaining records that identify each waste
stream at the facility subject to this subpart, and indicate whether
the waste stream is controlled for benzene emissions in accordance with
this subpart. In addition, the owner or operator shall maintain the
following records:
(1) For each waste stream not controlled for benzene emissions in
accordance with this subpart, the records shall include all test
results, measurements, calculations, and other documentation used to
determine the following information for the waste stream: waste stream
identification, water content, whether or not the waste stream is a
process wastewater stream,
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annual waste quantity, range of benzene concentrations, annual average
flow-weighted benzene concentration, and annual benzene quantity.
(2) For each process wastewater stream not controlled for benzene
emissions, the records shall include all measurements, calculations,
and other documentation used to determine that the continuous flow of
process wastewater is less than 0.02 liters per minute, or the annual
waste quantity of process wastewater is less than 10 Mg/yr.
(3) For each facility where process wastewater streams are
controlled for benzene emissions, the records shall include for each
treated process wastewater stream: all measurements, calculations, and
other documentation used to determine the annual benzene quantity in
the process wastewater stream exiting the treatment process.
(4) For each facility where wastewater streams are controlled for
benzene emissions, the records shall include all measurements,
calculations, and other documentation used to determine the annual
benzene quantity in the wastewater streams exiting wastewater treatment
systems at the facility.
(5) Owners or operators transferring waste off-site to another
facility for treatment shall maintain documentation for each offsite
waste shipment that includes the following information: date waste is
shipped offsite, quantity of waste shipped offsite, name and address of
the facility receiving the waste, and a copy of the notice sent with
the waste shipment.
(6) An owner or operator using control equipment, shall maintain
engineering design documentation for all control equipment installed on
the waste management unit. The documentation shall be retained for the
life of the control equipment.
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
Most of the industry costs associated with the information
collection activity in the standards are labor. The current average
annual burden to industry from these record keeping and reporting
requirements is estimated at 17,028 person-hours. The respondent costs
have been calculated based on $14.50 per hour plus 110 percent
overhead. The current average annual burden to industry is estimated to
be $518,503.
Based upon available information, it has been estimated that 395
facilities are subject to the standards, and 140 of those are estimated
to have more than 10 Mg/yr of benzene in the waste. In addition, EPA
estimates that these 140 facilities have a total of 2,819 waste streams
per facility for which initial benzene concentration determination
could be made. A total of 57 facilities are estimated to have more than
50 Mg/yr of benzene in their wastes and are expected to apply controls
without applying for exceptions.
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 aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to the address listed above.
Dated: May 17, 1995.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-13436 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am]
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