[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 251 (Friday, December 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83006-83007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33354]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6926-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems

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: Standards of Performance for 
NSPS Subpart QQQ--Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems, OMB Control 
number 2060-0172, expiration date December 31, 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 January 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1136.06 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0172, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer

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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. 1136.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Dan Chadwick at 202-564-7054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for NSPS Subpart QQQ--Petroleum 
Refinery Wastewater Systems (OMB Control No. 2060-0172; EPA ICR No. 
1136.06) expiring December 31, 2000. This is a request for extension of 
a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for petroleum 
refinery wastewater systems were proposed on May 4, 1987 and 
promulgated on November 23, 1988. These standards apply to the 
following facilities in petroleum refinery wastewater systems: 
individual drain systems, oil-water separators, and aggregate 
facilities commencing construction, modification or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal. An individual drain system consists of all 
process drains connected to the first downstream junction box. An oil-
water separator is the wastewater treatment equipment used to separate 
oil from water. An aggregate facility is an individual drain system 
together with ancillary downstream sewer lines and oil-water 
separators, down to and including the secondary oil-water separators, 
as applicable. Aggregate facilities were created to capture all 
potential volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions within the 
petroleum refinery wastewater system even as this system is expanded 
and added to. There are no additional recordkeeping or reporting 
requirements for aggregate facilities. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
initial notification and 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 petroleum refinery 
wastewater systems provide information on the operation of the 
emissions control device. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are 
required. These notifications, reports and records 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, maintenance reports and records and retain the file for 
at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records.
    Monitoring requirements provide information on the operation of the 
emissions control device. All information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ. This information is 
mandatory as per 40 CFR 60.697 and 60.698.
    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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on April 18, 
2000 (65 FR 20813); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 115 
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 Petroleum Refinery 
Wastewater Systems
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,866.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $56,995.
    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. 1136.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0172 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: December 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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