[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3910-3911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1679]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0020; FRL-7613-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Gasoline Distribution 
Facilities (Stage I) (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart R), EPA ICR Number 
1659.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0325

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 29, 
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 26, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0020, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Dan Chadwick, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7054; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0020, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information

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about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice 
describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go 
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Gasoline Distribution Facilities (Stage I) (40 
CFR part 63, subpart R).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP), for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart R were promulgated on December 14, 1994 (59 FR 64318). The 
standards were revised on June 26, 1995 (60 FR 32913), to correct 
errors in the printing of the emission screening equation in the final 
standards, and amended on February 29, 1996 (61 FR 7723), to extend the 
initial compliance date for the equipment leak standard. The standards 
were amended again June 12, 1996 (61 FR 29875), to clarify the coverage 
of gasoline loading racks at refineries with through-puts greater than 
75,700 liters/day. Updated direct final standards were promulgated on 
February 28, 1997 (62 FR 9092), to implement a proposed settlement with 
the American Petroleum Institute. These regulations apply to facilities 
that are new or existing pipeline breakout stations or bulk gasoline 
terminals with through-puts greater than 75,700 liters/day, commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal.
    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 emitted from gasoline distribution facilities. 
In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate reporting 
and record keeping 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 seal and fitting defects are repaired on a timely basis.
    Responses to this information collection are deemed to be 
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required 
information consists of emissions data and other information that have 
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted 
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, 
chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information 
(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 
40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 
March 23, 1979).
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
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 or operators of facilities 
that are new or existing pipeline breakout stations or bulk gasoline 
terminals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 263.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually, annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,575 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,940,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $851,000 O&M costs and $2,089,000 labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase or decrease of hours 
in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB inventory 
of Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: January 20, 2004.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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