[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23825-23826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09028]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0319; FRL-10008-95-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for VOC Emissions From Petroleum 
Refinery Wastewater Systems (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for VOC Emissions from 
Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (EPA ICR Number 1136.13, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0172), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through June 30, 2020. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on May 6, 2019 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 neither conduct nor 
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 May 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0319, 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for VOC 
Emissions from Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart QQQ) were proposed on May 4, 1987, and promulgated on November 
23, 1988. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new 
wastewater systems at petroleum refineries, and cover individual drain 
systems, oil-water separators, and aggregate facilities. An individual 
drain system consists of all process drains connected to the first 
downstream junction box. An oil-water separator is the wastewater 
treatment equipment used to separate oil from water. An aggregate 
facility is an individual drain system together with ancillary 
downstream sewer lines and oil-water separators, down to and including 
the secondary oil-water separator, as applicable. Aggregate facilities 
are intended to capture any potential VOC emissions within the 
petroleum refinery wastewater system during expansions of and additions 
to the system. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ.

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    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They 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 during any period in which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Petroleum refinery wastewater 
systems.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart QQQ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 149 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 10,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,200,000 (per year), which includes $19,400 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The burden in labor hours is unchanged 
from the previous ICR renewal and the number of responses is unchanged. 
The costs of performance testing and CEMS monitoring are unchanged from 
the previous ICR renewal. The regulations have not changed over the 
past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. The growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-
existent, so there is no change in the estimate of the number of 
sources subject to this regulation since the previous ICR renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-09028 Filed 4-28-20; 8:45 am]
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