[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63809-63810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30407]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6479-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NESHAP: Benzene Waste 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

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Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP, Benzene Waste 
Operations, OMB Control Number 2060-0183, expiration date 2/29/2000. 
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 December 22, 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. 1541.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP: Benzene Waste Operations (OMB Control No. 2060-0183; 
EPA ICR No. 1541.06) expiring 2/29/2000. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Any facility which manages a waste containing benzene 
must maintain records and submit reports to the Agency. There is a 
tiered threshold for burden. Facilities managing waste containing less 
than 1 megagram of benzene must simply certify to that affect and 
maintain documentation to support their finding. Facilities managing 
more than 1 megagram and less than 10 megagrams of benzene-containing 
waste must prepare an initial certification, test annually to verify 
that their waste stream still falls within this range and maintain 
documentation to support these findings. Facilities managing more than 
10 megagrams of waste must submit quarterly and annual reports 
documenting the results of continuous monitoring. The Agency uses this 
information to determine compliance and to select plants or processes 
for inspection.
    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 Waste Operations provide 
information on the operation of the vapor control device and compliance 
with the standard. Quarterly 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 the 
NESHAPs. 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 2 years following the date of such records. Approximately 240 
sources are currently subject to the standard, and 120 of those are 
estimated to have more than 10 Mg/yr of benzene in the waste. It is 
estimated that no additional sources will become subject to the 
standard in the next three years. The cost of this ICR will be 405,266 
dollars. 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 6/4/99; no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71 
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/Operators of chemical plants, 
petroleum refineries, coke by-product recovery plants, and commercial 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 240.
    Frequency of Response: quarterly, annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,028 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. 1541.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0183 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: November 9, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-30407 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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