[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64047-64048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24527]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0005; FRL-7833-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Onshore Natural Gas 
Processing Plants (Renewal), ICR Number 1086.07, OMB Number 2060-0120

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 October 31, 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 December 3, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0005, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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; 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 May 25, 2004, (69 FR 29718), 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-2004-0005, 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 Ave., 
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 Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 
60, Subparts KKK and LLL) (Renewal)
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment 
Leaks of VOC From Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants, published at 
40 CFR part 60, subpart KKK, were proposed on January 20, 1984, and 
promulgated on June 24, 1985. These standards apply to the following 
affected facilities located at onshore natural gas processing plants: 
Compressors in VOC service or in wet gas service, and the group of all 
equipment (except compressors) within a process unit. Affected 
facilities commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after 
the date of proposal.
    The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Onshore Natural Gas 
Processing: SO2 Emissions, published at 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart LLL, were proposed on January 20, 1984 and promulgated on 
October 1, 1985. These standards apply to the following affected 
facilities located at onshore natural gas processing plants: Each 
sweetening unit, and each sweetening unit followed by a sulfur recovery 
unit. Affected facilities commenced

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construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal.
    Owners or operators of affected facilities must submit 
notifications of any construction/reconstruction, modification, actual 
date of startup, demonstration of a continuous monitoring system, and 
date of a performance test. Note that the use of control devices and 
continuous monitoring is not required by subpart KKK, but is an option 
for compliance. Owners or operators of affected facilities must submit 
semiannual reports and performance test results. Note that subpart LLL 
requires semiannual reporting of excess emissions. Owners or operators 
subject to subpart KKK must keep various records, including records of 
leak detection and repair, records of compliance tests, and records of 
pumps and valves that are exempted from certain monitoring 
requirements. Owners or operators subject to subpart LLL must keep 
records of various calculations and measurements.
    This information is being collected to determine compliance with 
NSPS subparts KKK and LLL. Responses to this information collection are 
deemed to be mandatory, per section 114 (a) of the Clean Air Act.
    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 91 
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 onshore 
natural gas processing plants with affected facilities constructed, 
reconstructed or modified after January 20, 1984.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 563.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 149,174 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $9,857,058, which includes $219,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $119,700 annual O&M costs, and 
$9,518,358 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 35,138 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of respondents and an adjustment to the recordkeeping and reporting 
burden.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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