[Federal Register: November 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0018; FRL-8003-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC
in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal); ICR Number 0983.08; OMB Number 2060-
0067
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 December 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 December 30,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0018, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Maria Malav[eacute], Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@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
Number OECA-2005-0018, 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 Avenue,
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
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the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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, Confidential Business
Information (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 Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
(Renewal).
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.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following one-time only reports: Notification of the date of
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test.
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. In general, these notifications,
reports and records are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
Monitoring requirements specific to this NSPS provide information
regarding which components are leaking VOCs. This rule references the
compliance requirements of 40 CFR part 60, subpart VV. On a periodic
basis, which varies depending on equipment type and leak history,
owners or operators are required to record: (1) Information identifying
leaking equipment; (2) repair methods used to stop the leaks; and (3)
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 in general, are required of all sources
subject to NSPS.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 60 subpart GGG. Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part will maintain a file of these records, and
retain the file for at least two years following the date of such
records. The reporting requirements for this industry currently include
only the initial notifications and initial performance test report
listed above. 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 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 72
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: Process service units at petroleum
refineries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 148.
Frequency of Response: initially, semiannually, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,360 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,724,344, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 O&M costs, and $1,724,344 annual
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in labor burden to industry
from the most recently approved ICR from 6,137 hours to 21,360 hours is
due to adjustments. The burden change resulted from an increase from 48
to 148 on the number of sources subject to the standard which is based
on recent Agency data available on the sector and consultation with
industry, as discussed in section 3 of this report. In the burden
calculation, we also deleted any burden associated with new sources
complying with the initial rule requirements, due to the assumption
that there will be no industry growth. The total industry cost also
increased from $631,983 to $1,724,344 as a result of these changes and
the use of updated labor rates.
Dated: November 21, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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