[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46910-46911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22322]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6429-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NSPS Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries

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: NSPS subpart GGG Equipment 
Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries; OMB Control Number 2060-0067; 
expires November 30, 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 September 27, 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. 0983.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS subpart GGG Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries (OMB Control No. 2060-0067; EPA ICR No. 0983.06) expiring 
November 30, 1999. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment 
Leaks of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) in Petroleum Refineries were 
proposed on January 4, 1983 and promulgated on May 30, 1984. These 
standards apply to the following facilities in petroleum refineries: 
compressors and the group of all equipment (e.g., valves pumps, 
flanges, etc.) within a process unit in VOC service, commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart GGG.
    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 Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries provide information on which components are leaking VOCs. 
NSPS GGG references the compliance requirements of NSPS VV. Owners or 
operators are required to periodically (time period varies depending on 
equipment type and leak history) record information identifying leaking 
equipment, repair methods used to stop the leaks and dates of repair. 
Semiannual reports are required to measure compliance with the 
standards of NSPS subpart VV as referenced by NSPS subpart GGG . These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to 
NSPS. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part 
shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records.
    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. Responses to this information 
collection are mandatory. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act as Amended 
provide EPA with the authority for NSPS standards; 40 CFR part 60, NSPS 
subpart GGG, requires the collection of the emissions data. 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

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comments on this collection of information was published on 6/4/99 (64 
FR 30020); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 57 
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 and operators of Petroleum 
Refineries.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 48.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, weekly, monthly, quarterly, 
semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,137 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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. 0983.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0067 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 23, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22322 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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