[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59864-59865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29291]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5917-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I)

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: National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Gasoline 
Distribution (Stage I), 40 CFR part 63, subpart R, OMB Control Number 
2060-0325, expiring on December 31, 1997. 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 5, 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. 1659.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I), 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart R, (OMB Control Number 2060-0325; EPA ICR No. 1659.03) expiring 
on December 31, 1997. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Effective enforcement of this rule is necessary due to 
the hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the 
toxic nature of the other 10 Hazardous Air Pollutants emitted from 
gasoline distribution facilities. The EPA is charged under section 112 
of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), as amended, to establish national 
emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP). Section 114 
of the Act allows the Administrator to require inspections, monitoring, 
and entry into facilities to ensure compliance with a section 112 
emission standard. Records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA 
to identify facilities that may not be in compliance with the 
standards. The information will be used by agency personnel to: (1) 
identify sources subject to the standards; (2) ensure that leakage 
emissions from cargo tanks and process piping equipment components 
(both liquid and vapor) during loading are being minimized; (3) ensure 
that emission control devices are being properly operated and 
maintained; and (4) ensure that emissions from storage vessels are 
minimized and rim seal and fitting defects are repaired on a timely 
basis. 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

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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 
June 18, 1997 (62 FR 33068); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 62 
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: New and existing bulk gasoline 
terminals and pipeline breakout stations
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 263.
    Frequency of Response: 2 plus on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,575 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $850,500.
    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. 1659.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0325 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 30, 1997.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-29291 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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