[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42057-42058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14401]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0038; FRL-7941-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas 
Production, EPA ICR Number 1788.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0417

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 August 31, 2005. 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 August 22, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0038, 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 Ave., 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, 2223A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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 December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909), 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-2004-0038, 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, 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

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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: NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production.
    Abstract: This information collection request addresses Clean Air 
Act information collection requirements in standards published at 40 
CFR part 63, subpart HH, which have mandatory recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements. These regulations were proposed on February 6, 
1998, promulgated on June 17, 1999, and apply to major sources of 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and that process, upgrade, or store (1) 
hydrocarbon liquids (with the exception of those facilities that 
exclusively handle black oil) to the point of custody transfer and (2) 
natural gas from the well up to and including the natural gas 
processing plant. Specifically exempted from this regulation are oil 
and natural gas production wells. In general, all NESHAP 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 NESHAP.
    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 5 
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 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 187 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are those that process, upgrade, or store (1) hydrocarbon 
liquids to the point of custody transfer and (2) natural gas from the 
well up to and including the natural gas processing plant.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 127,202.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 175,907 hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Annual 
Costs: $495,720 which includes $20,400 annualized capital/startup costs 
and $475,320 annual O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 146,418 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This change is primarily due to the consideration 
of the recordkeeping burden on respondents required to keep records of 
their determination of applicability, but that are not subject to the 
emission control requirements of the NESHAP.

    Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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