[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51471-51472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24338]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5303-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; NESHAP 
for Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


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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 Information Collection Request 
(ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the 
renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance, 
Manufacturing, Energy and Transportation Division, Energy and 
Transportation Branch (2223A), 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 
20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rafael Sanchez, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, Office of Compliance, Manufacturing, Energy and 
Transportation Division, Energy and Transportation Branch (2223A), 401 
M Street SW. Telephone: (202) 564-7028. Facsimile: (202) 564-0050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are those which 
the total of all loading racks at which benzene is loaded into tank 
trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene production facility 
and each bulk terminal.
    Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Bulk Transfer Operations--
40 CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, OMB No. 2060-0182, Expiration Date: 1/31/
96.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions 
from Benzene Transfer Operations were proposed on September 14, 1989 
and promulgated on March 7, 1990. The standards are codified at 40 CFR 
Part 61, Subpart BB.
    These standards apply to the following facilities in benzene 
transfer operations: The total of all loading racks at which benzene is 
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene 
production facility and each bulk terminal. Specifically exempted from 
the regulation are loading racks at which only the following are 
loaded: benzene-laden waste (covered under Subpart FF of Part 61), 
gasoline, crude oil, natural gas liquids, petroleum distillates (e.g., 
fuel oil, diesel, or kerosene), or benzene-laden liquid from coke by-
product recovery plants. Any affected facility which loads only liquid 
containing less than 70 weight-percent benzene or whose annual benzene 
loading is less than 1.3 million liters of 70 weight-percent or more 
benzene is exempt from the control requirements and need only maintain 
records and submit an initial report. The control requirements for bulk 
transfer facilities require that benzene emissions be routed to a 
control device that achieves a 98 weight-percent emissions reduction, 
and (2) that loading of benzene be limited to vapor-tight tank trucks 
or vapor-tight railcars.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only notices or reports: notification of 
anticipated startup; notification of actual startup; initial compliance 
report (or control exemption by sources below cut-off); notification of 
emission test, report following an emission test; notification of a 
monitoring system performance test; and report following a monitoring 
system performance test. These notifications and reports are general 
provisions and required of all sources subject to any NESHAP.
    Monitoring and recording requirements specific to benzene transfer 
operating include vapor-tightness documentation, and monitoring and 
operation parameters specific to the control method chosen 
(incinerator, vent valves status, steam generator, process heater, 
flare, carbon adsorption). Sources must maintain records of periods 
exceeding most recent performance test parameters, including the date 
and time of any exceedance or deviation, the nature and cause of the 
malfunction and corrective measures taken.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any period during which the monitoring 
system is malfunctioning or inoperative. Reporting requirements 
specific to benzene transfer operations include an initial engineering 
report and a quarterly report by affected facilities subject to the 
standards at Sec. 61.302. The quarterly reports include excess 
emissions and deviations in operating parameters. Sources not subject 
to the control standards must continue to record information and must 
file a report only the first year.

    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information:
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement

    The majority of industry costs associated with the information 
collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The current 
average annual burden to industry from these recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements is estimated at 14,685 person-hours. The 
respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour 
plus 110 percent overhead. The current average annual burden to 
industry is estimated to be $447,158.
    In addition to the loading rack affected facilities, owners and 
operators of tank trucks, railcars, and marine vessels are also 
impacted by the standards. Based upon available information, it has 
been estimated that there are 97 tank trucks and railcars, and 131 
marine vessels subject to the standards. All tank trucks and railcars 
must be tested annually to ensure vapor-tightness. Marine vessels must 
either be checked for vapor-tightness or operated at negative pressure. 
In calculations of burden, 65 marine vessels are assumed to conduct 
vapor-tightness tests.
    No person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.

    Dated: September 14, 1995.
Richard Biondi,
Acting Director, Manufacturing, Energy and Transportation Division, 
Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-24338 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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