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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 99858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29069]

[[Page 99858]]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0627; FRL-12453-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (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 Petroleum Refineries 
(EPA ICR Number 1054.15, OMB Control Number 2060-0022) 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before January 9, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0627, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), 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.
    The 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: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart J were proposed on 
June 11, 1973; promulgated on March 8, 1974; and amended on both 
September 12, 2012, and December 1, 2015. These regulations apply to 
affected facilities at petroleum refineries that were constructed, 
modified or reconstructed on or before May 14, 2007. The affected 
sources are: (1) fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) catalyst 
regenerator or fuel gas combustion device (FGCD) other than a flare 
that commenced construction, reconstruction or modification after June 
11, 1973 and on/or before May 14, 2007; (2) FGCD that is also a flare 
that commenced construction, reconstruction or modification after June 
11, 1973 and on/or before June 24, 2008; or (3) any Claus sulfur 
recovery plant with a design capacity of more than 20 long tons per day 
sulfur feed which commenced construction, reconstruction or 
modification after October 4, 1976 and on/or before May 14, 2007. These 
regulations also apply to flares which commenced construction, 
modification, or reconstruction on/or before June 24, 2008. At the time 
of this ICR renewal, all refinery flares are subject to the NSPS 
Subpart Ja requirements. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart J.
    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 any period during 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 refineries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart J).
    Estimated number of respondents: 130 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 13,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,830,000 (per year), includes $1,090,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in 
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to 
increase from 2005 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index. 
Capital and operation & maintenance costs were previously adjusted from 
2005 to 2019 $.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29069 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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