[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55151-55152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20599]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0145; FRL-7811-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for VOC Emissions From 
Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart QQQ) 
(Renewal), ICR Number 1136.07, OMB Number 2060-0172

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 September 30, 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 October 13, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0145, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center, EPA West, 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; email 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), 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 
No. OECA-2003-0145, 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) 566-1752. 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. When 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, confidential business 
information (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 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: NSPS for VOC Emissions From Petroleum Refinery Wastewater 
Systems (40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ) (Renewal).
    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 separator, as 
applicable. Aggregate facilities are intended to capture any potential 
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions within the petroleum refinery 
wastewater system during expansions of and additions to the system. 
There are no additional recordkeeping or reporting requirements for 
aggregate facilities. This information is being collected to determine 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ.
    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 
startup, 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 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

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is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office. 
Once received by the authority, reports are reviewed and the data is 
entered, analyzed, and maintained in the Air Facility System (AFS). 
Information from these reports can be used by any regions, states, 
agencies and offices with access to AFS and may be used in determining 
where inspections and enforcement actions may be necessary.
    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, 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 34.2 
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 petroleum 
refinery wastewater systems that commenced construction, modification, 
or reconstruction after May 4, 1987.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 135.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,237 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $606,985, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $17,600 annual O&M costs, and 
$589,385 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 27,629 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in 
the number of sources and a more accurate estimate of the number of 
anticipated new sources.

    Dated: August 31, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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