[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 165 (Monday, August 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49006-49007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16922]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0752; FRL-8460-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries, 
Catalytic Cracking, Reforming and Sulfur Units (Renewal); EPA ICR 
Number 1844.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0554

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 September 26, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0752, 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: Maria Malave, 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 October 6, 2006 (71 FR 58853), 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.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0752, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries, Catalytic Cracking, 
Reforming and Sulfur Units (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1844.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0554.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2007. 
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 63, 
subpart UUU, were proposed on September 11, 1998, promulgated on April 
11, 2002, and amended on February 9, 2005.
    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 
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 
NESHAP. Specifically, data is being collected on performance of the 
continuous monitoring systems for gasoline vapor and related hazardous 
air pollutants (HAPs), any excess emissions, and any operating 
parameter exceedances.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain

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the file for at least five 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 is no 
such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the 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 42 
(rounded) 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 major source 
petroleum refineries.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 132.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,040 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $7,833,941, which includes $0 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $6,850,602 annualized Operating and 
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $983,339 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,627 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in labor burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The decrease in the 
total estimated labor burden as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burden is not due to any program changes. The 
change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because the standard 
has been in effect for more than three years and the requirements are 
different during initial compliance (new facilities) as compared to on-
going compliance (existing facilities). The previous ICR reflected 
those burdens and costs associated with the initial activities for 
subject facilities. This includes purchasing monitoring equipment, 
conducting performance tests and establishing recordkeeping systems. 
This ICR reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities 
since we have assumed that there are no new sources. However, it is 
estimated that three affected emission source units had qualified for a 
compliance date extension and would be complying with the initial 
compliance requirements during the period of this ICR (one per year) 
and one affected facility (0.33 per year) will conduct a performance 
test due to a process/operating change. Activities for existing sources 
include continuous monitoring of pollutants and the submission of 
semiannual reports. The overall result is a decrease in labor burden 
hours. However, the annual costs increased due to the inclusion of 
operation and maintenance costs for monitoring systems which are 
assumed to be operating after the compliance date of the rule.

    Dated: August 20, 2007.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-16922 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]
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