[Federal Register: April 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 67)]
[Notices]
[Page 18791-18792]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0126; FRL-8551-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1692.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0340

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 May 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0126, to: (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or by e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-2007-0126, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    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 http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1692.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0340.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2008.
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 Petroleum Refineries, published at 40 CFR part
63, subpart CC, were proposed on July 15, 1994, and promulgated on
August 18, 1995. These regulations apply to the following existing and
new petroleum refining process units and emission points located at
refineries that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs):
Miscellaneous process vents, storage vessels, wastewater streams and
treatment operations, equipment leaks, gasoline loading racks, and
marine vessel loading operations. These regulations also apply to
storage vessels and equipment leaks associated with bulk gasoline
terminals or pipeline breakout stations that are related to an affected
petroleum refinery. New facilities include those that commenced
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
63, subpart CC.
    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. In addition, respondents are required to
comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements contained in
the following rules: either 40 CFR part 61, subpart VV or 40 CFR part
63, subpart H for equipment leaks (which includes an initial report and
semiannual summaries of leak detection and repair); 40 CFR part 61,
subpart FF for wastewater operations; portions of 40 CFR part 63,
subpart R for gasoline loading racks; and 40 CFR part 63, subpart Y for
marine tank vessel loading operations.
    Any 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. 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 320
(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: Petroleum refineries that are major
sources of HAP emissions
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 134
    Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual, on occasion, and
quarterly
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 411,889 hours
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: There are $37,026,877 in labor costs
and no annualized capital/startup or O&M costs
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase of 1,835 hours in labor
burden to industry compared to the most recently approved ICR is due to
various revisions and refinements to the calculation of burden hours
for ongoing recordkeeping and reporting as applied to the existing
respondents.
    The revisions and refinements made to the calculation of burden
hours also caused an increase in labor burden cost to the regulatory
agencies when compared to the figures in the most recently approved
ICR.

    Dated: March 31, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7207 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]

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