Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards, Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels of Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978 and Prior to July 23, 1984

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5989-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards, Standards of

Performance for Storage Vessels of Petroleum Liquids for Which

Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After May 18,

1978 and Prior to July 23, 1984

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 notice announces that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for

Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction,

Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978, and Prior

to July 23, 1984, OMB Control Number 2060-0121 expiring on May 31,

1998. 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 May 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at

Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1050.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels for Petroleum

Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification

Commenced After May 18, 1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984, (OMB Control

Number 2060-0121; EPA ICR No. 1050.06) expiring on May 31, 1998. This

is a request for an extension of a currently approved collection.

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Abstract: In order to ensure compliance with these standards,

adequate recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such

information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether

the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the

Clean Air Act. Generally, this information will be readily available

because it is needed for plant records. As a result, there should be no

additional burden from these requirements.

The format of the rule is that of an equipment standard. A

performance test is not required because conducting a performance test

is not feasible for floating roofs. Floating roofs are subject to

visual inspections and periodic measurements. Flares must meet the

General Provisions at section 60.18(f). The owner/operator must notify

the date of construction or reconstruction no later than 30 days after

such date, notify 60 days prior to a physical or operational change to

an existing facility which may increase emissions, record occurrences

of any start-up, shutdown or malfunction, record gap measurements:

primary seals every five years, secondary seals every year, report

within 60 days if seal gap measurements exceed regulatory limits

(Sec. 60.112a), provide notice 30 days prior to seal gap measurement,

provide information on vapor recovery system including emissions data,

operations design and maintenance plan and record whenever the liquid

is changed, type of petroleum liquid, period of storage and maximum

true vapor.

Information generated by notifications, recordkeeping, and

reporting requirements is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities

affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment used to

achieve compliance. Notification of construction and startup indicates

to enforcement personnel when a new affected facility has been

constructed and therefore is subject to the standards. If the

information were not collected, the Agency would have no means for

ensuring that compliance with the NSPS is achieved and maintained by

the new, modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the regulation.

Under these circumstances, an owner or operator could elect to reduce

operating expenses by not installing, maintaining, or otherwise

operating the control technology required by the standards. In the

absence of the recordkeeping requirements, the standards could be

enforced only through continuous onsite inspection by regulatory agency

personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information results in (1)

greatly increased resource requirements for enforcement agencies or (2)

the inability to enforce the standards.

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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 12/02/97

(62 FR 63703); zero comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 115

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 of storage vessels

for petroleum liquids.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 183.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,954 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0

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. 1050.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0121 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 26, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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