[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22371]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7048-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) From 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: 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC--
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from 
Petroleum Refineries; OMB Control Number (2060-0340); expiration date 
August 31, 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 October 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1692.04 and OMB No. 
2060-0340, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; and the 
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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.1692.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Dan Chadwick at (202) 564-7054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
from Petroleum Refineries, 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC; OMB Control 
Number 2060-0340; EPA ICR Number 1692.04, expiring August 31, 2001. 
This is an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The information being requested includes a one-time 
report of construction, anticipated and actual start-up dates, and 
physical or operational changes to existing facilities; notification of 
compliance status reports; periodic reports; and event triggered (e.g., 
notification of installation of a new control device or reconstruction 
of an existing control device, notification of an intent to perform a 
performance test) reports. The periodic reports provide information on 
monitored control device parameters when they are outside of 
established ranges and on instances where inspections revealed 
problems. Records (e.g., parameter monitoring data, records of annual 
storage vessel inspections) are required to be maintained on-site for a 
minimum of 5 years.
    Effective enforcement of the standards is necessary due to the 
hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the other 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP's) emitted from petroleum refineries. The 
required records and reports are necessary: (1) To enable EPA to 
identify new and existing sources subject to the standards, and (2) to 
assist EPA and State agencies to which enforcement has been delegated 
in determining compliance with the standards. The EPA uses the reports 
to identify facilities that may not be in compliance with the 
standards. Based on reported information, EPA can decide which 
facilities should be inspected and what records or specific emission 
sources should be inspected at each facility. The required records also 
provide an indication as to whether facility personnel are operating 
and maintaining control equipment properly.
    In order to retain effective enforcement of the petroleum refinery 
NESHAP (sections 112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act) response to this 
information collection is mandatory. 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 September 15, 2000, (65 FR 55955); no comment were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1495 
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: 157.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 469,430 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $542,173.
    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.1692.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0340 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 23, 2001
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-22371 Filed 9-5-01; 8:45 am]
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