[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58603-58604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23591]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7377-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Recution Action (44 U.SC. 
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 for Equipment Leaks of 
VOC in Petroleum Refineries--Subpart GGG, OMB Control Number 2060-0067; 
expiring October 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 October 17, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0983.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0067, to the following

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addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection 
Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; 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 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. 0983.07. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Dan Chadwick at (202) 564-7054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries--
Subpart GGG, OMB Control No. 2060-0067; EPA ICR No. 0983.07, expiration 
date October 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment 
Leaks of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Petroleum Refineries were 
proposed on January 4, 1983 and promulgated on May 30, 1984. These 
standards apply to the following facilities in petroleum refineries: 
compressors and the group of all equipment (e.g. valves, pumps, 
flanges, etc.) within a process unit in VOC service, commencing 
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
60, subpart GGG.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only notifications. Owners or operators 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 during which the monitoring system is inoperative. 
Monitoring requirements specific to Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries provide information on which components are leaking VOCs. 
NSPS subpart GGG references the compliance requirements of NSPS subpart 
VV. Owners or operators are required to periodically (time period 
varies depending on equipment type and leak history) record information 
identifying leaking equipment, repair methods used to stop the leaks 
and dates of repair. Semiannual reports are required to measure 
compliance with the standards of NSPS subpart VV as referenced by NSPS 
subpart GGG . These notifications, reports, and records are essential 
in determining compliance; and 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, and retain the 
file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, 
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. Responses to this information 
collection are mandatory. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act as Amended 
provide EPA with the authority for NSPS standards; 40 CFR part 60, NSPS 
subpart GGG, requires the collection of the emissions data.
    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 57 
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: 48.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, weekly, monthly, quarterly, 
semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,137 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, and O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    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. 0983.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0067 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 23, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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