[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1481]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6223-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP, Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer 
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: NESHAP Benzene Emissions From 
Bulk Transfer Operations, Subpart BB, ICR Number 1154.05, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0182 ; expiration date January 31, 1999. 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 February 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact 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 and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1154.05

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP, Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations, 40 
CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, (OMB Control No.2060-0182; EPA ICR No. 
1154.05) expiring 01/31/99. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions 
from Benzene Transfer Operations were proposed on September 14, 1989 
and promulgated on March 7, 1990. The affected facility to which this 
subpart applies is the total of all loading racks, handling a liquid 
containing 70 weight-percent or more benzene, at which benzene is 
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene 
production facility and each bulk terminal. However, specifically 
exempted from this regulation are loading racks at which only the 
following are loaded: Benzene-laden waste (covered under subpart FF of 
part 61), gasoline, crude oil, natural gas liquids, petroleum 
distillates (e.g., fuel oil, diesel, or kerosene), or benzene-laden 
liquid from coke by-product recovery plants. In addition, any affected 
facility which loads only liquid containing less than 70 weight-percent 
benzene or whose annual benzene loading is less than 1.3 million liters 
of 70 weight-percent or more benzene is exempt from the control 
requirements except for the record keeping and reporting requirements 
in 61.305(i). Marine vessels were given a one year industry wide waiver 
of compliance, which was later extended to July 23, 1991, in order to 
allow for concurrent compliance with U.S. Coast Guard regulations.
    This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 61, subpart BB. Owners or operators of the affected facilities 
described must make one-time-only notifications. 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. Monitoring requirements specific to benzene transfer 
operations provide information on the operation of the emissions 
control device and compliance with the standards. Semiannual reports of 
excess emissions are required. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance and are required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NESHAP Subpart BB. 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 09/04 /98 ( 
63 FR 47279 ). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45 
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: Benzene Emitters From Bulk Transfer 
Operations subject to NESHAP 40 CFR part 61, subpart BB.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,685 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    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.1154.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0182 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: January 15, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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