[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59684-59685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29151]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5916-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; NSPS
for Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems
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) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for Petroleum Refinery
Wastewater Systems,OMB Control Number 2060-0172, expiration date 12/31/
97. 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 December 4, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information or a copy of the ICR,
call Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, or download off the Internet
at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1136.05
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (OMB Number 2060-
0172; EPA ICR Number 1136.05,expiring 12/31/97). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The promulgated standards require record keeping to
document information relating to equipment specifications, work
practices, and design criteria. Information must be recorded in
sufficient detail to enable owners or operators to demonstrate
compliance with the standards. Owners or operators are required to keep
records of design and operating specifications of all equipment
installed to comply with the promulgated standards, such as traps,
covers, roof seals, control devices, and other equipment. This
information is used to ensure that equipment design and operating
specifications are attained. Generally, this information will be
readily available because it is needed for construction purposes. As a
result, there should be no specific burden from this requirement.
The standards also require the owner or operator to design and
operate the closed vent and control device systems in a manner which
will ensure at least an overall 95 percent control efficiency. Owners
or operators will ensure compliance by monitoring operational or
process parameters associated with the control devices. A semiannual
report must be submitted to document compliance with the standards.
This requirement results in a small burden to the plant, but this
requirement is the minimum needed to ensure compliance with the
standards. For refineries using a flare as a control device, an initial
performance test is required, which includes notification of the test
date and reporting of test results to EPA. Apart from flares, no
performance tests are required under these standards.
The standards do not include control requirements for air flotation
systems. As a result, no inspections or associated record keeping must
be performed for these facilities. The standards do require semiannual
visual inspections of the roofs and access doors for oil-water
separators. Semiannual visual inspection of junction box covers must
also be conducted. A portable hydrocarbon analyzer is required to
detect VOC emission where an oil-water separator or closed drain system
is vented to a control device. The standards require records of these
inspections. In addition, process drains must be periodically inspected
for the presence of water in p-leg traps and seal pots. The standards
require monthly inspections of drains in active service, and weekly
inspections of inactive drains, or alternatively, semiannual
inspections of inactive drains that are tightly capped or plugged.
Records of these inspections are required where a water seal is dry or
otherwise breached or a problem is identified. These records are needed
to ensure continuing proper use of the required equipment (Clean Air
Act section 111(h)(1)).
Additional reports are required by the General Provisions of 40 CFR
60.7. These initial reports include notification of construction or
modification, reconstruction, and start-up, shutdown, or malfunction.
The standards also require a semiannual certification that all of
the required inspections are being carried out in accordance with the
installation of the equipment required by the standards. Semiannual
reports include a summary of the information required by the record
keeping requirements, such as inspection dates, inspection results, and
remedial action taken.
Under the rule, the data collected by the affected industry is
retained at the facility for a minimum of 2 years and made available
for inspection as requested by the Administrator. Owners
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or operators are also required to submit semiannual certification
reports to enforcement personnel indicating that all emission detection
tests and visual inspections are carried out. When excess emissions are
detected or a problem is identified, the appropriate corrective action
taken by the plant must be documented in the report.
The information generated by the monitoring, record keeping and
reporting requirements described above is used by the Agency to ensure
that facilities affected by the NSPS continue to implement their work
practices and procedures used to achieve compliance with the NSPS.
Specifically, after start-up, a certification that the equipment
necessary to comply with the standards has been installed will ensure
the use of best demonstrated technology. Notification of construction
and start-up will indicate to enforcement personnel when a new affected
facility has been constructed and is therefore subject to the
standards.
The semiannual summary of visual inspections and emission detection
tests will be used as an indication that the work practices and
procedures called for by these standards are being followed on a
regular basis. This is especially important in the case of water seal
controls where a drop in water levels can result in increased emissions
unless checked regularly.
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 June 18,
1997 (62 FR 33069).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 47
hours per response including a performance test and 18 hours per
response not including the performance test. 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 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/Operators of Petroleum
Refinery Wastewater Systems
Estimated Number of Respondents: 114.
Frequency of Response: Semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,269 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $65,000.
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. 1136.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0172 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
(or E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected])
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: October 29, 1997.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29151 Filed 11-3-97; 8:45 am]
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