[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41210-41211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11524]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0020; FRL-8200-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Waste 
Operations (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1541.08, OMB Control Number 2060-
0183

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0020, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method); or by e-mail to [email protected]; or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: Mar[iacute]a 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. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0020, which is available for public viewing 
online at www.regulations.gov, or via in-person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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 is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically, or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Benzene Waste Operations (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1541.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0183.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register, or by other appropriate means, 
such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. 
The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 61, 
subpart FF were proposed on September 14, 1989, and promulgated on 
March 7, 1990. These regulations apply to facilities that generate 
waste containing benzene, such as chemical manufacturing plants, coke 
by-product recovery plants, petroleum refineries, and those owners and 
operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal 
facilities (TSDF) which receive wastes from the above facilities, 
commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after the date 
of the proposal. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart FF.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in these rules are similar to those required for other NESHAP 
regulations. Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 
63, subpart A), respondents are required to submit initial 
notifications, conduct performance tests, and submit quarterly or 
semiannual reports, as applicable. They also are required to maintain 
records of applicability determinations; performance test results; 
exceedances; periods of startup, shutdown, or malfunction; monitoring 
records, and all other information needed to determine compliance with 
the applicable standards. An owner, or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, 
and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such 
measurements, maintenance reports, and records. Records and reports 
must be retained for a total of two years. The files may be maintained 
on microfilm, on a computer, or floppy disks, on magnetic tape disks, 
or on microfiche. 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 appropriate United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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 benzene waste 
operations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 234.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, quarterly and 
initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,626.
    Estimated Total Annual Capital and Operations and Maintenance 
Costs: $0.00.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the burden 
calculation for the renewal of this ICR since we have assumed that 
there has been no change in the industry burden since the last ICR was 
approved.

    Dated: July 12, 2006.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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