[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15101-15102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06211]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0234; FRL-9943-86-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries 
(40 CFR part 63, subpart CC) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1692.09, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0340), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently-approved through March 31, 2016. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on 
June 5, 2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 20, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0234, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of petroleum refineries are required 
to comply with reporting and record-keeping requirements for the 
general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as for the 
applicable standards found in 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC. This includes 
submitting initial notification reports, performance tests and periodic 
reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance 
with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Existing and new petroleum refining 
process units and emission points located at refineries that are major 
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CC).
    Estimated number of respondents: 142 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, annually and 
semiannually.

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    Total estimated burden: 528,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $54,800,000 (per year), which includes 
$143,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in respondent labor 
hours and the total O&M costs from the most-recently approved ICR. The 
decrease in burden is due to adjusting the number of respondents from 
148 to 142. The updated number of respondents is based on the Agency's 
industry analysis conducted for the recent RTR rule amendment, 
documented in EPA ICR Number 1692.08. This estimate is based on 
information from EPA's Petroleum Refinery Database (contains data 
provided by each individual refinery in response to an EPA survey of 
the petroleum refinery industry in 2011) and the Agency's internal data 
sources. However, there is a small adjustment increase in the number of 
responses due to a correction. The previous ICR did not account for 
semiannual heat exchanger system reports in calculating the number of 
responses. This ICR renewal includes this item to be consistent with 
the Table 1 and Table 2 burden calculations.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-06211 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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