Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB No. 2060-0021 EPA No. 0622.05

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB

No. 2060-0021 EPA No. 0622.05

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and

burden; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0662.054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS--Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic

Chemical Manufacturing. OMB Control No. 2060-0012; EPA ICR No. 0662.05.

This is a request for a revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.480,

subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in SOCMI. This information is used by

the Agency to identify sources subject to the standards and to insure

that the best demonstrated technology is being properly applied. The

standards require periodic recordkeeping to document process

information relating to the sources' ability to identify and eliminate

leaking equipment. The standards apply to specific pieces of equipment

contained within a process unit in the SOCMI, including pumps in light

liquid service, compressors, pressure relief devices in gas/vapor,

light liquid or heavy liquid service, sampling connection systems,

open-ended valves or lines, valves in gas/vapor and light liquid

service, pumps and valves in heavy liquid service and flanges and other

connectors.

In the Administrator's opinion, VOC emissions from equipment leaks

in the SOCMI cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably

be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New

Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for this source

category as required under section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

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 date of startup, notification of any physical or operational

change to an existing facility which may increase the emission rate of

any air pollutant to which the standard applies, and the unit

identification and number of valves, pumps compressors subject to the

standards. All semiannual reports are to include process unit

identification, number of components leaking and not repaired, dates of

process unit shutdowns and revisions so items submitted in the initial

semiannual report. The source is also required to notify the

Administrator of the election to use an alternative standard for valves

ninety days before implementing the provision.

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. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of

information was published on 12/08/95 (60 FR 63035) and no comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The estimated number of annual responses is 2482.

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this

collection of information is estimated to average 94 hours per

respondent. This estimate 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: 1.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 2482.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 232,878 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Semiannual.

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. 0662.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0012 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: March 7, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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