[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48175-48176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18577]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7249-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Standards of Performance for 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

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forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval: Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries; OMB Number 
2060-0022, expiration date August 31, 2002. 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 August 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1054.08 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0022, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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) 566-1672, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1054.08. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Dan Chadwick of the Office of Compliance at (202) 564-7054 
or via e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries, (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0022; EPA ICR No. 1054.08, expiring August 31, 2002. 
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) published at 40 
CFR part 60, subpart J were proposed on June 11, 1973, and promulgated 
on March 8, 1974. These standards apply to the following affected 
facilities in petroleum refineries: fluid catalytic cracking unit 
catalyst regenerators, fuel gas combustion devices, and Claus sulfur 
recovery plants of more than 20 long tons per day commencing 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. The pollutants regulated under this Subpart are particulate 
matter, carbon monoxide, and sulfur oxides. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart J. In 
general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance 
tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators are also required to 
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any start-up, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or 
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these records, and retain the file for at least two 
years following the date of such occurrences, maintenance reports, and 
records. 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 January 
30, 2002 (67 FR 4421). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 100 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: 130.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,359 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $91,000.
    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. 1054.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0022 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 12, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-18577 Filed 7-22-02; 8:45 am]
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