[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46910-46911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22322]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6429-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, NSPS Equipment Leaks of VOC in 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) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS subpart GGG Equipment
Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries; OMB Control Number 2060-0067;
expires November 30, 1999. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download a copy
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 0983.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS subpart GGG Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum
Refineries (OMB Control No. 2060-0067; EPA ICR No. 0983.06) expiring
November 30, 1999. This is a request for extension of a currently
approved collection.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment
Leaks of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) in Petroleum Refineries were
proposed on January 4, 1983 and promulgated on May 30, 1984. These
standards apply to the following facilities in petroleum refineries:
compressors and the group of all equipment (e.g., valves pumps,
flanges, etc.) within a process unit in VOC service, commencing
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with
40 CFR part 60, subpart GGG.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
one-time-only notifications. Owners or operators are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup,
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative.
Monitoring requirements specific to Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum
Refineries provide information on which components are leaking VOCs.
NSPS GGG references the compliance requirements of NSPS VV. Owners or
operators are required to periodically (time period varies depending on
equipment type and leak history) record information identifying leaking
equipment, repair methods used to stop the leaks and dates of repair.
Semiannual reports are required to measure compliance with the
standards of NSPS subpart VV as referenced by NSPS subpart GGG . These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to
NSPS. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part
shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at
least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance
reports, and records.
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. Responses to this information
collection are mandatory. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act as Amended
provide EPA with the authority for NSPS standards; 40 CFR part 60, NSPS
subpart GGG, requires the collection of the emissions data. 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
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comments on this collection of information was published on 6/4/99 (64
FR 30020); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 57
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of Petroleum
Refineries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 48.
Frequency of Response: Initial, weekly, monthly, quarterly,
semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,137 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0983.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0067 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460; and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: August 23, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22322 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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