[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4422-4423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1963]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6530-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NSPS Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC 
from Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants, and NSPS Natural Gas 
Processing: SO2 Emissions

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, 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
KKK, Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC from Onshore 
Natural Gas Processing Plants, and NSPS, 40 CFR part 60, subpart LLL, 
Standards of Performance for Natural Gas Processing: SO2 
Emissions. The OMB Control Number is 2060-0120 and expiration date 03/
31/00. 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 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1086.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Dan Chadwick at (202) 564-7054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  
    Title: NSPS Subpart KKK Standards of Performance for Equipment 
Leaks of VOC from Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants, and NSPS 
Subpart LLL Standards of Performance for Natural Gas Processing: 
SO2 Emissions. (OMB Control No. 2060-0120; EPA ICR No. 
1086.06) expiring 03/31/00. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners/operators of Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants 
subject to subparts KKK and LLL must notify EPA of construction, 
modifications, startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, and initial 
performance tests dates and results. Owners/operators subject to these 
standards must make one-time-only reports of notification of the date 
of construction or reconstruction and notification of the anticipated 
and actual startup dates. Owner/operators subject to these standards 
must also report on the notification of any physical or operational 
change that may cause emission increases and 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 in which the monitoring system is inoperable.
    Facilities subject to subpart KKK must provide information on 
leaks, including the date when the leak was detected, the repair method 
used and other pertinent details. Facilities subject to subpart LLL 
must submit information on excess SO2 emissions. Large 
facilities subject to subpart LLL must install, calibrate, maintain and 
operate SO2 Continuous Emission Monitors. These facilities 
would also have to submit the results of initial performance tests. 
Owners/operators of all affected facilities must report semiannually on 
the operating information contained in the records. This information is 
collected and used to ensure that the standards for VOC and SO2 
emissions are being met.
    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 08/16/99 
(64 FR 44518) and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 102 
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

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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 natural gas 
processing plants (KKK) and Owners/operators for Onshore Natural Gas 
Processing (LLL).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 558.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually or as needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 114,036 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, OM Cost Burden: $74,100.
    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. 1086.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0120 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania, NW, 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 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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