[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25334-25335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11832]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6339-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NSPS for VOC Equipment Leaks in the Synthetic 
Organic Chemical Industry (SOCMI)

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 Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for VOC Equipment Leaks in the 
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI). OMB Control 
number 2060-0012, expiration 7/31/99. The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download a copy 
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 0662.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS--Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing. OMB Control No. 2060-0012; EPA ICR No. 0662.06. 
Expiration date 7/31/99.This is a request for an extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains record keeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60.480, 
subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in SOCMI. This information is used by 
the Agency to identify sources subject to the standards and to insure 
that the best demonstrated technology is being properly applied. The 
standards require periodic recordkeeping to document process 
information relating to the sources' ability to identify and eliminate 
leaking equipment. The standards apply to specific pieces of equipment 
contained within a process unit in the SOCMI, including pumps in light 
liquid service; compressors; pressure relief devices in gas/vapor, 
light liquid or heavy liquid service; sampling connection systems; 
open-ended valves or lines; valves in gas/vapor and light liquid 
service;

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pumps and valves in heavy liquid service; and flanges and other 
connectors.
    In the Administrator's opinion, VOC emissions from equipment leaks 
in the SOCMI cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably 
be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New 
Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for this source 
category as required under section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one time only reports: notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction, notification of the anticipated and 
actual date of startup, notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the emission rate of 
any air pollutant to which the standard applies, and the unit 
identification and number of components subject to the standards. All 
semiannual reports are to include: process unit identification, number 
of components leaking and not repaired, dates of process unit 
shutdowns, and the revisions to items submitted in the initial 
semiannual report. The source is also required to notify the 
Administrator of the election to use an alternative standard for valves 
ninety days before implementing the provision.
    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 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 01/05/99 
(64 FR 499). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 60 
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 in the Synthetic 
Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 3228.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 302,881 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Costs: $1,223,000.
    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. 0662.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0012 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: May 5, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-11832 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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