[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71825-71826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6699]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0018; FRL-8003-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC 
in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal); ICR Number 0983.08; OMB Number 2060-
0067

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 December 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 December 30, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0018, 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: Maria Malav[eacute], Compliance 
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of 
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; 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 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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-2005-0018, 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

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the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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 Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries 
(Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment 
Leaks of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) 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, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time only reports: Notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial 
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test. 
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. In general, these notifications, 
reports and records are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Monitoring requirements specific to this NSPS provide information 
regarding which components are leaking VOCs. This rule references the 
compliance requirements of 40 CFR part 60, subpart VV. On a periodic 
basis, which varies depending on equipment type and leak history, 
owners or operators are required to record: (1) Information identifying 
leaking equipment; (2) repair methods used to stop the leaks; and (3) 
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 in general, are required of all sources 
subject to NSPS.
    This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 60 subpart GGG. Any owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part will maintain a file of these records, and 
retain the file for at least two years following the date of such 
records. The reporting requirements for this industry currently include 
only the initial notifications and initial performance test report 
listed above. 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 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 72 
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: Process service units at petroleum 
refineries.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 148.
    Frequency of Response: initially, semiannually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,360 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,724,344, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 O&M costs, and $1,724,344 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in labor burden to industry 
from the most recently approved ICR from 6,137 hours to 21,360 hours is 
due to adjustments. The burden change resulted from an increase from 48 
to 148 on the number of sources subject to the standard which is based 
on recent Agency data available on the sector and consultation with 
industry, as discussed in section 3 of this report. In the burden 
calculation, we also deleted any burden associated with new sources 
complying with the initial rule requirements, due to the assumption 
that there will be no industry growth. The total industry cost also 
increased from $631,983 to $1,724,344 as a result of these changes and 
the use of updated labor rates.

    Dated: November 21, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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