[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4629-4630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2360]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5957-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive Emission 
Sources)

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: NESHAP for Equipment Leaks 
(Fugitive Emission Sources), 2060-0068, expiration date March 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 March 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, email at [email protected], 
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and 
refer to EPA ICR No.1153.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NESHAP for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive 
Emission Sources), 2060-0068, ICR 1153.06,expiring March 31, 1998. This 
ICR is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive Emission Sources) 
were proposed on January 5, 1981 and promulgated on June 6, 1984. These 
standards apply to fugitive emissions from equipment sources operating 
in volatile hazardous air pollutant (VHAP) service (containing or 
contacting fluids with at least 10% VHAP by weight): Affected 
facilities are those which own and/or operates pumps, compressors, 
pressure relief devices, sampling connection systems, open-ended valves 
or lines, valves, flanges and other connectors, product accumulator 
vessels, and control devices or systems in VHAP service. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
61, subpart V.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only notifications including: notification of any physical or 
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate, notification of the initial 
performance test, including information necessary to determine the 
conditions of the performance test, and performance test measurements 
and results. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records 
of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction 
in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which 
the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to the 
NESHAPs.
    Monitoring requirements specific to the Equipment Leaks (Fugitive 
Emission Sources) NESHAP provides information on leak detection. Owners 
or operators are also required to submit semiannual reports of the 
number of valves, pumps, and compressors for which leaks were detected, 
and explanations for any leak repair delays.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these reports and retain the file for at least two 
years following the date of such records.
    Approximately 75 sources are currently subject to the standard, and 
no new sources are expected in the next three years. However, 
approximately two modified, reconstructed, or new process units are 
expected per year. According to OAQPS' Emission Standard Division, the 
number of affected sources is expected to decline

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during the next three years. Therefore, the number of affected sources 
by this standard will remain unchanged from the previous submittal.
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In 
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are 
sent directly to the EPA Regional Office.
    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 August 20, 
1997, and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 337 
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: Facilities using pumps, compressors 
and various devices/systems in volatile hazardous air pollutant 
service.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 77.
    Frequency of Response: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 57,495 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $19,327.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for reducing a respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1153.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0068 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: January 26, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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