[Federal Register: July 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 139)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0038; FRL-7941-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas
Production, EPA ICR Number 1788.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0417
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 22,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0038, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Chadwick, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 2223A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-7054; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail
address: chadwick.dan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2004-0038, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in
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EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102
(May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production.
Abstract: This information collection request addresses Clean Air
Act information collection requirements in standards published at 40
CFR part 63, subpart HH, which have mandatory recordkeeping and
reporting requirements. These regulations were proposed on February 6,
1998, promulgated on June 17, 1999, and apply to major sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and that process, upgrade, or store (1)
hydrocarbon liquids (with the exception of those facilities that
exclusively handle black oil) to the point of custody transfer and (2)
natural gas from the well up to and including the natural gas
processing plant. Specifically exempted from this regulation are oil
and natural gas production wells. In general, all NESHAP standards
require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any start-up, 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 essential in determining compliance, and are required of
all sources subject to NESHAP.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these records, and retain the file for at least 5
years following the date of such occurrences, 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.
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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 187
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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those that process, upgrade, or store (1) hydrocarbon
liquids to the point of custody transfer and (2) natural gas from the
well up to and including the natural gas processing plant.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 127,202.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 175,907 hours.
Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Annual
Costs: $495,720 which includes $20,400 annualized capital/startup costs
and $475,320 annual O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 146,418 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This change is primarily due to the consideration
of the recordkeeping burden on respondents required to keep records of
their determination of applicability, but that are not subject to the
emission control requirements of the NESHAP.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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