[Federal Register: September 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 181)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0016; FRL-7970-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries
(Renewal), ICR Number 1054.09, OMB Number 2060-0022
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 November 30, 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 October 20,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0016, 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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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-2005-0016, 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 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: NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal).
Abstract: This information collection request addresses Clean Air
Act information collection requirements in standards published at 40
CFR part 60, subpart J, which have mandatory recordkeeping and
reporting requirements. These regulations were proposed on June 11,
1973, promulgated on March 8, 1974, and they apply to the following
affected facilities in petroleum refineries: Fluid catalytic cracking
unit catalyst regenerators, fuel gas combustion devices, and Claus
sulfur recovery plants of more than 20 long tons per day commencing
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. The frequency of the excess emissions report was
changed from quarterly to semiannually on February 12, 1999 (64 FR
7465) They 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 essential
in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities
subject to NSPS.
Any owner/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 United States Environmental Protection
Agency (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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 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 50
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: 132.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually, on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,134 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,682,453, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $541,464 annual O&M costs, and
$1,140,989 in Respondent Labor costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: Adjustment of burden hours added 2,183
hours, but was more than offset by Program Change decrease of 5,408
hours, so that the overall decrease in burden was 3,225 hours per year.
This decrease is due to the removal of quarterly emission reporting
requirements. Only semiannual emission reporting is required by the
standards. The increase in O&M cost is due to use of a more accurate
source for this information.
Dated: September 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-18720 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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