[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36232-36233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17686]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6119-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries
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) reinstatement has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum
Refineries (OMB Control Number 2060-0340), which expired July 31, 1996.
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 August 3, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1692.03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries (OMB Control No.
2060-0340; EPA ICR No. 1692.03) expired 7/31/96. This is a request for
a reinstatement of a collection for which approval has expired.
Abstract: On August 18, 1995, EPA promulgated a regulation under
section 112 of the Clean Air Act (Act) for petroleum refineries that
emit Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP). This regulation was published in
60 FR 43244, August 18, 1995, and is codified at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart CC.
The information being requested includes a one-time report of start
of construction, anticipated and actual start-up dates, and physical or
operational changes to existing facilities; notification of compliance
status reports; periodic reports; and event triggered (e.g.,
notification of installation of a new control device or reconstruction
of an existing control device, notification of an intent to perform a
performance test) reports. The periodic reports provide information on
monitored control device parameters when they are outside of
established ranges and on instances where inspections revealed
problems. Records (e.g., parameter monitoring data, records of annual
storage vessel inspections) are required to be maintained on-site for a
minimum of 5 years.
Effective enforcement of the standards is necessary due to the
hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the other
HAP's emitted from petroleum refineries. The required records and
reports are necessary: (1) to enable EPA to identify new and existing
sources subject to the standards, and (2) to assist EPA and State
agencies to which enforcement has been delegated in determining
compliance with the standards. The EPA uses the reports to identify
facilities that may not be in compliance with the standards. Based on
reported information, EPA can decide which facilities should be
inspected and what records or specific emission sources should be
inspected at each facility. The required records also provide an
indication as to whether facility personnel are operating and
maintaining control equipment properly.
In order to retain effective enforcement (section 114 of the Act)
of the petroleum refinery NESHAP (section 112 of the Act) response to
this information collection is mandatory.
The ICR reinstatement does not include any burden for third-party
or public disclosures not previously reviewed and approved by OMB. Any
information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency
policies set forth in Title 40 Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2; 40 FR
36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 39999, September 28, 1978;
43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978, 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
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 March 10,
1998 (63 FR 11675); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,494
hours per respondent. 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: Owners and operators of petroleum
refineries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 165.
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Frequency of Response: semi-annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 493,136 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $570,000.
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. 1692.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0340 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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: June 25, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-17686 Filed 7-1-98; 8:45 am]
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