[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5983]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5440-3]


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.
[FR Doc. 96-5983 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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