[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42846-42847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21518]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6141-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP for Marine Vessel Loading Operations

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 Marine Vessel Loading Operations 
(Subpart Y), OMB Control Number 2060-0289, expiration date 09/30/98. 
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 September 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. #1679.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP for Marine Vessel Loading Operations (Subpart Y) OMB 
Control Number 2060-0289, EPA ICR Number 1679.03, expiration date Sept. 
30, 1998. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Respondents are owners or operators of new and existing 
marine tank vessel loading facilities that are in operation which meet 
the criteria set out in 40 CFR 63.560. There are an estimated 1,500 
marine tank vessel loading facilities nationwide. Of these, 
approximately 20 have annual gasoline throughput greater than 10 
million barrel or annual crude oil throughput greater than 200 million 
bbl and would be required to control emissions of volatile organic 
compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) under section 183(f) 
of the Clean Air Act (the Act). These facilities require the 
application of reasonably available control technology (RACT). 
Excluding the 20 facilities subject to RACT, approximately 85 
facilities have annual HAP emissions of greater than 10 tons of each 
individual HAP or 25 tons of the total HAP, which triggers the 
requirement to control emissions of HAP under section 112(d) of the 
Act. These facilities require the application of maximum achievable 
control technology (MACT). No growth is predicted for this industry.
    Facilities required to install controls under these standards would 
have to fulfill the applicable reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
of the General Provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart Y, listed in 
section 4(b). The respondents must keep records of such

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things as operation and maintenance records, and monitoring records. 
They must also submit a limited number of reports such as the annual 
report of exceedances of the emission limits (ongoing compliance status 
reports), and annual reports of Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) emissions 
control efficiencies. Information is made available to the Regional 
Administrator of EPA or delegated State authority upon request. Records 
must be maintained for a minimum of 5 years.
    The review of this ICR was conducted by EPA Office of Compliance 
and included surveying EPA Research Triangle Park, Regional offices and 
other Federal Agencies with knowledge of this industry for information 
on possible sources. In addition the first Federal Register Notice in 
1998 sought information on sources from the public and industry. This 
is a renewal for a NESHAP rule that has just been promulgated. Under 
sections 40 CFR 63 Subpart Y, information collection is mandatory. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined not to be private. However, any information 
submitted to the agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made 
will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 
40, Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business 
Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 
43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 
17674, March 23, 1979).
    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 March 5, 
1998 (43 FR 10870); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 268 
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: Owners or operators of new and 
existing marine tank vessel loading facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 105.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 28,131.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0.
    This amount, 28,131 hours, are the annual hours for annual leak 
checks, vapor tightness tests, record keeping on the findings, and for 
annual reports on excess emissions, compliance status, and the annual 
Hazardous Air Pollutant control report.
    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. 1679.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0289 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, 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: August 5, 1998.
Stephen T. Vineski,
Regulatory Information Division.
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