[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30010]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6906-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I)

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: National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Gasoline 
Distribution (Stage I), 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart R: OMB Control Number 
2060-0325, expiration date February 28, 2001. 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 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1659.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0325, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; and 
to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

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. 1659.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Julie Tankersley at EPA by phone at 
(202) 564-7002, by E-Mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage I), 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart R, OMB Control Number 2060-0325; EPA ICR No. 1659.04 expiration 
date February 28, 2001. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains record keeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart R. Effective enforcement of this rule is necessary due to the 
hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the toxic 
nature of the other 10 Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) emitted from 
gasoline distribution facilities. In order to ensure compliance with 
the standards, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. This 
information enables the Agency to: (1) Identify the sources subject to 
the standard; (2) Ensure that leakage emissions from cargo tanks and 
process piping equipment components (both liquid and vapor) during 
loading are being minimized; (3) Ensure that emission control devices 
are being properly operated and maintained; and (4) Ensure that 
emissions from storage vessels are minimized and rim seal and fitting 
defects are repaired on a timely basis.
    Specifically, the rule's reporting requirements that apply to both 
bulk gasoline terminals and pipeline breakout stations include initial 
notification; notification of compliance status; notification of 
construction/reconstruction; notification of anticipated startup; 
semiannual reports; and reporting of area source compliance. In 
addition, bulk gasoline terminals are required to provide notification 
of performance tests and on CMS evaluation. The rule's record keeping 
requirements that apply to both bulk gasoline terminals and pipeline 
breakout stations entail maintaining records of: equipment visual 
inspections; equipment leak data; storage tank seal inspections; 
startups/shutdowns/malfunctions; and area source status. In addition, 
bulk gasoline terminals are required to maintain records by filing 
cargo tank inspection records; updating cargo tank inspections; and by 
cross-checking the cargo tank inspection file.
    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 August 17, 
2000 (65 FR 50196). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 62 
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 new/existing 
pipeline breakout stations or bulk gasoline terminals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 263.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,575 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $851,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1659.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0325 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 16, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-30010 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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