Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for 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) reinstatement has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum

Refineries (OMB Control Number 2060-0340), which expired July 31, 1996.

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 August 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download off the

Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1692.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries (OMB Control No.

2060-0340; EPA ICR No. 1692.03) expired 7/31/96. This is a request for

a reinstatement of a collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: On August 18, 1995, EPA promulgated a regulation under

section 112 of the Clean Air Act (Act) for petroleum refineries that

emit Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP). This regulation was published in

60 FR 43244, August 18, 1995, and is codified at 40 CFR part 63,

subpart CC.

The information being requested includes a one-time report of start

of construction, anticipated and actual start-up dates, and physical or

operational changes to existing facilities; notification of compliance

status reports; periodic reports; and event triggered (e.g.,

notification of installation of a new control device or reconstruction

of an existing control device, notification of an intent to perform a

performance test) reports. The periodic reports provide information on

monitored control device parameters when they are outside of

established ranges and on instances where inspections revealed

problems. Records (e.g., parameter monitoring data, records of annual

storage vessel inspections) are required to be maintained on-site for a

minimum of 5 years.

Effective enforcement of the standards is necessary due to the

hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the other

HAP's emitted from petroleum refineries. The required records and

reports are necessary: (1) to enable EPA to identify new and existing

sources subject to the standards, and (2) to assist EPA and State

agencies to which enforcement has been delegated in determining

compliance with the standards. The EPA uses the reports to identify

facilities that may not be in compliance with the standards. Based on

reported information, EPA can decide which facilities should be

inspected and what records or specific emission sources should be

inspected at each facility. The required records also provide an

indication as to whether facility personnel are operating and

maintaining control equipment properly.

In order to retain effective enforcement (section 114 of the Act)

of the petroleum refinery NESHAP (section 112 of the Act) response to

this information collection is mandatory.

The ICR reinstatement does not include any burden for third-party

or public disclosures not previously reviewed and approved by OMB. Any

information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of

confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency

policies set forth in Title 40 Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--

Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2; 40 FR

36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 39999, September 28, 1978;

43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978, 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

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

comments on this collection of information was published on March 10,

1998 (63 FR 11675); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,494

hours per respondent. 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: 165.

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Frequency of Response: semi-annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 493,136 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $570,000.

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. 1692.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0340 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: June 25, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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