[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63035-63044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29739]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5339-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal; New 
Source Performance Standards for Subparts Db, Ea, EE, H, VV, L and Y

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 notice announces that the EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting 
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of 
Compliance. People interested in getting copies of or making comments 
about any of these ICRs may contact the Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code: 2224A, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. This information 
may also be acquired electronically through the Enviro$en$e Bulletin 
Board, 703-908-2092 or the Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address, <a href="http//
wastenot.inel.gov">http//
wastenot.inel.gov</a>./envirosense/. All responses and comments will be 
collected regularly from Enviro$en$e.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Chadwick (202) 564-7054, for NSPS 
Subpart Db; Joyce Chandler at (202) 564-7073, for NSPS Subpart Ea; 
Gregory R. Waldrip, (202) 564-7024, or via e-mail (/
waldrip><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#462134232129343f062336272b272f2a6823362768212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f687d6a68607d764f6a7f6e626e6663216a7f6e21686079">[email protected]</span></a>), for NSPS Subpart EE; Tracy Back, 
(202) 564-7076, facsimile number (202) 564-0009, for NSPS Subpart H; 
Marcia Mia at (202) 564-7042, for NSPS Subpart VV, facsimile number 
(202) 564-0037; Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19747875786f7c3774786b7078597c697874787075377c6978377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224f434e4354470c4f43504b43624752434f434b4e0c4752430c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.), for NESHAP Subpart L; Rafael Sanchez 
at (202) 564-7028 or via e-mail (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c1f0d020f040916421e0d0a0d09002c091c0d010d050042091c0d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b584a4548434e5105594a4d4a4e476b4e5b4a464a4247054e5b4a054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.) for 
NESHAP Subpart Y; and Ted Coopwood at (202) 564-7058, for NESHAP 
Subparts L and Y. Unless otherwise indicated above, the facsimile 
number for all contacts is (202) 564-0050.
NSPS Subpart Db Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to NSPS Subpart Db, or each steam generating 
unit that commences construction, modification or reconstruction after 
June 19, 1984, and that has a heat input capacity from fuels combusted 
in the steam generating unit of greater than 29 MW (100 million BTU/
hour).
    Title: NSPS Subpart Db: Standards of Performance for Industrial-
Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, OMB number 2060-0072, 
expires April 30, 1996.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of the affected facilities described 
must make the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date 
of construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; 

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notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; 
notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system 
(CMS); notification of the date of the initial performance test; and 
the results of the initial performance test. 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 required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    An owner or operator subject to the NO<INF>x standard who seeks to 
demonstrate compliance with these standards through the monitoring of 
steam generating unit operating conditions under the provisions of 
Sec. 60.48b(g)(2) shall submit to the Administrator for approval a plan 
that identifies the operating conditions to be monitored under 
Sec. 60.48b(g)(2) and the records to be maintained under 
Sec. 60.49b(j). The owner or operator of an affected facility shall 
record and maintain records of the amounts of each fuel combusted 
during each day, and calculate the annual capacity factor individually 
for coal, distillate oil, residual oil, natural gas, wood, and 
municipal-type solid waste for each calendar quarter. For affected 
facilities that combust residual oil, the owner or operator shall 
maintain records of the nitrogen content of the residual oil combusted 
in the affected facility and calculate the average fuel nitrogen 
content on a per calendar quarter.
    For facilities subject to the opacity standard of the regulation, 
the owner or operator shall maintain records of opacity. The owner or 
operator subject to the NO<INF>x standards of the regulation shall 
maintain records for each steam generating unit operating day. The 
owner or operator of selected facilities are required to submit excess 
emission reports for any calendar quarter during which there are excess 
emissions from the affected facility. In periods where there are no 
excess emission reports, a semiannual report must be submitted stating 
that no excess emissions occurred during the semiannual period. The 
owner or operator of any affected facility subject to the continuous 
monitoring requirements for nitrogen oxides under Sec. 60.48(b) shall 
submit a quarterly report containing information recorded in accordance 
with Sec. 60.49b(i). The owner or operator of any affected facility 
subject to the sulfur dioxide standards under Sec. 60.42b shall submit 
written reports to the Administrator for every calendar quarter in 
accordance with Sec. 60.49b(j). For each affected facility subject to 
the compliance and performance testing requirements of Sec. 60.45b, 
certain information must be reported to the Administrator. Quarterly 
reporting of emission data is appropriate for Subpart Db sources due to 
their large emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and 
particulates.
    For each affected facility subject to the sulfur dioxide standards 
under Sec. 60.42b for which the minimum amount of data required under 
Sec. 60.47b(f) were not obtained during a calendar quarter, certain 
information must be reported to the Administrator. If a percent removal 
efficiency by fuel pretreatment is used to determine the overall 
percent reduction under Sec. 60.45b, the owner or operator of the 
affected facility shall submit a signed statement with the quarterly 
report containing certain information.
    The owner or operator of an affected facility described in 
Sec. 60.44b(j) or Sec. 60.44b(k) shall submit to the Administrator 
selected information regarding fuel nitrogen content and emission tests 
on a quarterly basis. The owner or operator of an affected facility who 
elects to demonstrate that the affected facility combusts only very low 
sulfur oil under Sec. 60.42b(j)(2) shall obtain and maintain at the 
affected facility fuel receipts from the fuel supplier which certify 
that the oil meets the definition of distillate oil as defined in 
Sec. 60.41b.
    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 EPA Regional Office. Notifications are used to 
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to 
check if the standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed 
as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to 
comply with the emission standard. Both the quarterly reports and 
semiannual reports (where appropriate) are used for problem 
identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for 
compliance determinations.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved 1992 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper 
Reduction Act.
    This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be 58 new 
affected facilities each year and that there were approximately 464 
sources in existence for the three years covered by the ICR. The annual 
burden of reporting and recordkeeping requirements for facilities 
subject to Subpart Db are summarized by the following information. The 
reporting requirements are as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-
hour), Initial performance test (330 person-hours), 24-hour test for 
gas units (250 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are 
repeated due to failure. The burden for demonstration of continuous 
emission monitoring system (CEMS) is: 150 person-hours for SO<INF>2, 
100 person-hours for PM, 350 person-hours for NO<INF>X. Repeat 
demonstration of CEMS is: 150 person-hours for SO<INF>2, 100 person-
hours for PM, 350 person-hours for NO<INF>X. Annual compliance tests 
for NO<INF>X are estimated at 250 person-hours. Appendix F annual 
accuracy test estimates are: 146 person-hours for SO<INF>2, and 146 
person-hours for NO<INF>X. Appendix F quarterly audit estimates for 
SO<INF>2 are: 125 person-hours for in situ, 36 person-hours for 
extractive, and for Appendix F quarterly audit, NO<INF>X: for in situ 
(125 person-hours), for extractive (36 person-hours) (Assume that 25% 
of units have an in situ CEMS). Estimates for report writing are: 
Notification of construction/reconstruction (2 person-

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hours), Notification of anticipated startup (2 person-hours), 
Notification of actual startup (2 person-hours), Monitoring plan (4 
person-hours), Notification of initial performance test: for SO<INF>2 
(2 person-hours), for PM (2 person-hours), for NO<INF>X (2 person-
hours), Report of initial performance test: for SO<INF>2 (16 person-
hours), for NO<INF>X (16 person-hours), Notification of CMS 
demonstration: for SO<INF>2 (2 person-hours), for PM (2 person-hours), 
for NO<INF>X (2 person-hours), Quarterly reports for SO<INF>2 (16 
person-hours), Quarterly reports for PM: excess (16 person-hours), no 
excess (8 person-hours), Quarterly reports for NO<INF>X: CEMS 
compliance (16 person-hours), excess (16 person-hours), no excess (8 
person-hours), Appendix F quarterly reports: for SO<INF>2 (11 person-
hours), for NO<INF>X (11 person-hours). Recordkeeping requirements 
include the following: Maintaining records of startup, shutdown, 
malfunction (1.5 person-hours), Maintaining records of all measurements 
(1.5 person-hours). Records must be kept for a period of two years.
    This estimate 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; 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.
NSPS Subpart Ea Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to the NSPS Subpart Ea, Municipal Waste 
Combustors (MWCs) with the exceptions listed in 40 CFR Part 60.50a (c), 
(d) and (g). The Subpart Ea standards of 40 CFR Part 60 apply to MWC's 
units with a capacity greater than 225 megagrams per day (250 tons/day) 
of municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel, for which 
construction, modification, or reconstruction commenced between 
December 20, 1989 and September 20, 1994. MWC's that are constructed, 
modified, or reconstructed after September 20, 1994 will be subject to 
the NSPS Subpart Eb.
    Title: NSPS Subpart Ea, Municipal Waste Combustors, OMB number 
2060-0210, expires May 31, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.50a, 
Subpart Ea, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Waste 
Combustors. Owners or operators of units subject to Subpart Ea must 
provide the EPA, or the delegated State regulatory authority, with one-
time notifications and reports, and must keep records, as required of 
all facilities subject to the general NSPS requirements. In addition, 
facilities subject to this Subpart must install continuous monitoring 
systems (CMS) to monitor specified operating parameters to ensure that 
good combustion practices are implemented on a continuous basis. Owners 
or operators must submit quarterly and annual compliance reports. The 
notifications and reports enable the EPA or the delegated State 
regulatory authority to determine that best demonstrated technology is 
installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule 
inspections. This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes 
subject to the regulations and informs the Agency of the source's 
compliance status when it begins operation. Later the quarterly and 
annual reports apprise the Agency of the sources' compliance status. 
The operating parameters specified for the continuous monitoring 
systems (CMS) ensure that good combustion practices are implemented on 
a continuous basis.
    In the Administrator's judgement, emissions of the MWC metals, the 
MWC organics, the MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance 
Standards have been promulgated for this source category as required 
under Section 111.
    The control of emissions of MWC metals, MWC organics, MWC acid 
gases and nitrogen oxides requires not only the correct installation, 
operation, and maintenance of the equipment, but also properly trained 
supervisors and equipment operators.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each to the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be no new 
facilities since any MWC's constructed, modified, or reconstruction 
after September 20, 1994 would be subject to Subpart Eb not Subpart Ea 
and that there are an average of 70 sources in existence for the three 
years covered by the ICR. It is estimated that take: 51,352 person-
hours to fill out quarterly and annual reports (assuming 20% of the 
sources will have at least one quarter with excess emissions) and 
22,424 person-hours to enter information for records, for employee 
review of operation manual, and reading reporting requirements.
    The average burden to industry over the next three years from these 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 73,776 person 
hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 
per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average burden to industry over 
the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $2,253,119.
    This estimate 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; train personnel to be able to 
respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete 
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information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
NSPS Subpart EE Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each metal furniture surface coating operation in which organic 
coatings are applied and for which construction, modification or 
reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, November 28, 1980. 
A surface coating operation includes the coating application 
station(s), flash-off area, and curing oven.
    Title: NSPS for Metal Furniture Surface Coating (Subpart EE)--
Information Requirements; OMB No.: 2060-1006; Expiration date: April 
30, 1996.
    Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air 
Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new 
stationary sources that reflect:

    * * * application of the best technological system of continuous 
emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 
achieving such emissions reduction, of any nonair quality health and 
environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator 
determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section 111(a)(1)].

    The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated 
technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator 
review, and, if appropriate revise such standards every four years. In 
addition, Section 114(a) states that:

    * * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator 
subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain 
such records, (B) make such reports, install, use and maintain such 
monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such methods at 
such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the 
Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other 
information, as he may reasonably require.

    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions form the metal 
furniture surface coating industry cause or contribute to air pollution 
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or 
welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
    The control of VOC emissions from metal furniture surface coating 
operations requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
VOC emissions from the coating of metal furniture surfaces result from 
the application and curing or drying of organic coatings on the surface 
of each metal furniture part or product. These standards rely on the 
reduction of VOC emissions through either a capture system and 
incinerator or a capture system and solvent recovery system.
    Information is recorded in sufficient detail to enable owners or 
operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
information is used to monitor effective operation of the capture 
system and control devices, thus ensuring continuous compliance with 
the standards. The semiannual reporting requirement for no exceedances 
of the monitoring parameters provides a good indication of a source's 
compliance status.
    The information collected from record keeping and reporting 
requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of 
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court. 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 are 
listed in 40 CFR Part 9. In order to ensure compliance with these 
standards, adequate record keeping is necessary. In the absence of such 
information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether 
the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the 
Clean Air Act.
    Owners/operators of affected facilities must report excess 
emissions and deviations in operating parameters on a quarterly basis. 
Where no exceedances have occurred during a particular quarter, a 
report stating this shall be submitted semi-annually.
    Notification of construction and startup indicates to enforcement 
personnel when a new affected facility has been constructed and 
therefore is subject to the standards. The information generated by the 
monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements described above 
is used by the Agency to ensure facilities affected by the NSPS 
continue to operate the control equipment used to achieve compliance 
with the NSPS.
    The following table documents the computation of individual burdens 
for each of the record keeping and reporting requirements applicable to 
the industry. The individual burdens are expressed under standardized 
headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major 
assumptions have been identified.
Source Data and Information Requirements--Surface Coating of Metal 
Furniture (NSPS Subpart EE)

Requirement

Notification of construction or reconstruction
Notification of anticipated data of initial startup
Notification of actual date of initial startup
Notification of physical or operational change
Notification of date of demonstration of continuous monitoring system 
(N/A)
Maintain records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where 
continuous monitoring system is inoperative
Maintain continuous monitoring system and performance test records
Report of initial performance test
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate temperature monitoring device
Install equipment necessary to determine volume of VOC solvent 
recovered
Identify and record periods of low incinerator temperature
Identify and record excess emissions
Maintain daily records of incinerator combustion temperature, or 
amounts of solvent recovered

Regulatory Reference

40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)
40 CFR 60.7(a)(2)
40 CFR 60.7(a)(3)
40 CFR 60.7(a)(4)
40 CFR 60.7(a)(5)
40 CFR 60.7(b)
40 CFR 60.7(d)
40 CFR 60.8(a), 60.315(a)
40 CFR 60.314(a)
40 CFR 60.314(b)
40 CFR 60.315(b)(2), (b)(3)
40 CFR 60.315(b)(1)
40 CFR 60.315

    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, 

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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    The burden has been estimated at 60 hours for performance testing. 
Notification of construction/modification, anticipated start-up, 
initial performance test, actual performance test date, no excess 
emissions, size cut offs exceeded are estimated to take two hours. 
Reports of monitoring exceedances and periods of noncompliance are 
estimated to require 16 hours. Notification of actual start-up is 
estimated to require one hour. An hourly wage of $14.50 plus 110 
percent overhead costs, which equals $30.45 has been used in the 
previous ICR. Other assumptions include; total of 30 lines constructed 
per year, 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due 
to failure, 80 percent of lines report no excess emission semiannually 
(.8 x 705 = 564), no lines projecting application of less than 3,842 
liters of coating are expected to exceed the cutoff in the next three 
years, one occurrence of startup, shutdown or malfunction per week (50 
weeks per year), and operating parameters are recorded 350 days per 
year.
    Burden Statement: The individual burdens for each of the record 
keeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry are 
consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The only type of industry costs associated with the information 
collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The labor 
estimates in the table were derived from standard estimates based on 
EPA's experience with other standards. The average annual burden to 
industry over the next three years from these record keeping and 
reporting requirements is estimated at 128,213 person-hours. The 
respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour 
plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual burden to industry over 
the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $3,904,086. This 
estimate 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; 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.
NSPS Subpart H Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: are those plants that produce sulfuric acid by 
the contact process by burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, 
hydrogen sulfide, organic sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge, but 
does not include facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is 
utilized primarily as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere 
of sulfur dioxide or other sulfur compounds.
    Title: NSPS Subpart H, Sulfuric Acid Plants, OMB number 2060-0041, 
expires June 31, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.80, 
Subpart H, New Source Performance Standards for Sulfuric Acid Plants. 
This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to 
the regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in 
compliance when it begins operation. The Agency is informed of the 
sources' compliance status by semiannual reports. The calibration and 
maintenance requirements aid in a source remaining in compliance.
    In the Administrator's judgement, SO<INF>2 and acid mist emissions 
from the manufacture of sulfuric acid cause or contribute to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been 
promulgated for this source category as required under Section 111 of 
the Clean Air Act.
    The control of SO<INF>2 and acid mist requires not only the 
installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. Sulfur dioxide and acid 
mist emissions from sulfuric acid plants result from the burning of 
sulfur or sulfur-bearing feedstocks to form SO<INF>2, catalytic 
oxidation of SO<INF>2 to SO<INF>3, and absorption of SO<INF>2 in a 
strong acid stream. These standards rely on the capture of SO<INF>2 and 
acid mist by venting to a control device.
    Owners or operators of Sulfuric Acid Plants subject to NSPS are 
required to make the following one-time-only reports: notification of 
the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the 
anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical 
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of demonstration of the 
continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS); notification of the date 
of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial 
performance test. After the initial recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements, semiannual reports are required if there has been an 
exceedance of control device operating parameters.
    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 notification, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Four new facilities are estimated to become subject to NSPS Subpart 
H annually.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The current ICR estimates the total annual burden 
to industry to be $675,478.44. This is based on a total average annual 
burden of 22,183.2 person hours for 94 respondents with an average wage 
of $14.55 per hour and 110% overhead. The burden is greatest for 
facilities in their first year of operation. The burden in the first 
year for reporting requirements is estimated to be 455.80 hours per 
facility. The burden for future years is greatly reduced because the 
initial notifications and initial performance tests are not required in 
subsequent years. The estimated burden for record keeping requirements 
for subsequent years per respondent is 140 person hours. This estimate 
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records of operating parameters and calculations/record of conversion 
factors.
    The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. The 
estimated burden is calculated as two hours for respondents to write 
the reports for; notification of construction or reconstruction, 
notification of physical or operation changes, notification of 
anticipated startup, notification of actual startup, notification of 
initial performance test, notification of demonstration of CMS. The ICR 
uses 300 burden hours for the initial performance test. It is assumed 
that 20% of all affected facilities will have to repeat performance 
tests. The ICR uses four hours for performing the Reference Method 9 
Test. It is estimated that performance of Reference Method 9 Test will 
occur 1.2 times per facility a year. The ICR uses 40 hours to write an 
excess emission reports--it is assumed this will take place twice a 
year.
    The recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 0.25 hours to enter 
information regarding records of operating parameters. It is assumed 
this will take place 350 times a year per facility. The burden to enter 
information regarding calculation/record of conversion factors is 0.5 
hours. It is assumed this will take place 1,050 times a year per 
facility.
NSPS Subpart VV Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the 
Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry with the exceptions 
listed in 40 CFR Part 60.480(d).
    Title: NSPS Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI, OMB 
number 2060-0012, expires May 31, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.480, 
Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI. This information is used 
by the Agency to identify sources subject to the standards and to 
insure that the best demonstrated technology is being properly applied. 
The standards require periodic recordkeeping to document process 
information relating to the sources ability to identify and eliminate 
leaking equipment. The standards apply to specific pieces of equipment 
contained within a process unit in the SOCMI, including pumps in light 
liquid service, compressors, pressure relief devices in gas/vapor, 
light or heavy liquid service, sampling connection systems, open-ended 
valves or lines, valves in gas/vapor and light liquid service, pumps 
and valves in heavy liquid service, and flanges and other connectors.
    In the Administrator's judgement, VOC emissions from equipment 
leaks in the SOCMI cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for 
this source category as required under section 11 of the Clean Air Act.
    The owners or operators of the affected facilities described must 
make the following one time only reports: notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction, notification of the anticipated and 
actual date of startup, notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the emission rate of 
any air pollutant to which the standard applies (in this case, VOC), 
notification of the initial performance test, and the results of the 
performance test. The only regular report required by this Subpart is a 
semiannual excess emissions summary.
    Owners or operator 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 malfunctions of the air pollution 
control device. These notifications, reports and records are required, 
in general, of all sources subject to the NSPS.
    Recordkeeping requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
support the facility's leak detection and repair program and include 
identification of leaking equipment; a log of leaking equipment; a log 
of information relating to the closed vent systems and control devices; 
a log identifying all equipment subject to the standards; a log of 
valves designated as difficult-to-monitor or unsafe-to-monitor; a log 
of valves complying with skip period leak detection and repair 
alternative standard; a log of criterion established which indicates a 
failure of the seal system, barrier system, or both for each barrier 
fluid system; dates of compliance tests and results; and for 
determining exemptions, an analysis of design capacity of affected 
sources or demonstration that the equipment is not in VOC service and a 
statement listing the feed or raw materials and products.
    Reporting requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
consist of an initial semiannual report including process unit 
identification and number of valves, pumps and compressors subject to 
the standards. All semiannual reports are to include process unit 
identification, number of components leaking and not repaired, dates of 
process unit shutdowns, and revisions to items submitted in initial 
semiannual report. The source is also required to notify the 
Administrator of the election to use an alternative standard for valves 
ninety days before implementing the provision.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved ICR. Where appropriate, the Agency identified 
specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent with the 
concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be 166 
new affected facilities each year and that there would be an annual 
average of 1909 affected facilities over each of the next three years 
covered by the ICR. For the new sources, it was estimated that it would 
take: 166 person hours to read the instructions, 9562 person hours to 
conduct the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests 
must be repeated), and 1394 person hours to gather the information and 
write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it 
would take: 15,272 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 
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enter information for records of operating parameters.
    The annual average burden to industry for the three year period 
covered by this ICR from recordkeeping and reporting requirements has 
been estimated at 179,104 person hours. The respondents costs were 
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 100% overhead. The 
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $5,453,716.
    This estimate 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; 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. No additional third party burden is 
associated with this ICR.
NESHAP Subparts L and Y Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
coke by-product recovery plants (NESHAP Subpart L) and storage vessels 
that store benzene having a specific gravity within the range of 
specific gravities specified in ASTM D 836-84 for Industrial Grade 
Benzene, ASTM D 835-85 for Refined Benzene-535 and ASTM D 4734-87 for 
Refined Benzene-545 (NESHAP Subpart Y), which are codified as separate 
subparts under 40 CFR, Part 61.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 
Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels, and Coke Byproduct 
Recovery Plants; OMB No. 2060-0185, expiration date: 6/30/96.
    Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air 
Act, as amended, with establishing emission standards for hazardous air 
pollutants. These standards are to be set at a level which provides an 
ample margin of safety to protect the public health. On June 8, 1977, 
EPA determined that benzene presents a significant carcinogenic risk to 
human health and is, therefore, a hazardous air pollutant requiring 
regulation. In addition, Section 114(a) states that:

    * * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator 
subject to any requirement of this act to: (1) Establish and 
maintain such records, (2) make such reports, (3) install, use and 
maintain such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with 
such methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such 
manner as the Administrator shall prescribe), and (4) provide such 
other, information, as he may reasonably be required.

    National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-
product Recovery Plants were proposed by EPA on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 
23522). At that time, an information collection request was submitted 
(ICR number 1080). The proposed standards were reconsidered by EPA in 
light of the U.S. Court of Appeals vinyl chloride decision [Natural 
Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146, D.C. (1987)]. 
Other benzene-related actions including maleic anhydride, ethylbenzene/
styrene, benzene storage vessels, and equipment leaks were also 
reviewed by EPA following the vinyl chloride court decision. The Agency 
proposed four different approaches to regulating these benzene source 
categories in a manner consistent with the vinyl chloride court 
decision (53 FR 28496, July 28, 1988). Regulations proposed for maleic 
anhydride and ethylbenzene/styrene were not promulgated and therefore 
have been dropped from this information collection statement. The coke 
by-product recovery plants rule was promulgated September 14, 1989 (54 
FR 38044) and amended September 19, 1991 (56 FR 47406).
    National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 
for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels were proposed in 
1980 and withdrawn by EPA on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 23558). On August 3, 
1984, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a petition in 
the U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking review of the EPA's storage 
withdrawal and other benzene rulemakings. (Natural Resources Defense 
Council Inc. v. Thomas, No. 84-1387) (referred to as Benzene). In light 
of the U. S. Court of Appeals Vinyl Chloride decision (Natural 
Resources Defense Council. Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146, D.C. Cir., July 
28, 1987), EPA requested a voluntary remand in Benzene to reconsider 
its June 6, 1984, rulemakings. In an order dated December 8, 1987, the 
court approved the EPA's voluntary remand and established a schedule 
under which EPA must propose its action on reconsideration within 180 
days of the order. In June 1988, EPA received a 45-day extension. The 
benzene storage vessels rule was promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 
FR 38077) as 40 CFR Part 61 Subpart Y.

Subpart L: Coke By-Product Recovery Plants

    A national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) 
was proposed under Section 112 for coke by-product recovery plants, a 
benzene source category, on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 23522), reproposed on 
July 28, 1988 (53 FR 28496), and was promulgated on September 14, 1989.
    The control requirements for coke by-product recovery plants 
require that organic vapors be recovered and routed via closedvent 
system (no detectable emissions) to a control device that achieves a 95 
percent or greater destruction efficiency. The affected equipment must 
not exceed a specified level of equipment leaks, either through a 
concentration standard, or in the case of valves, a percent of total 
valves standard is optional. The control of emissions of benzene from 
recovery plants requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
Emissions of benzene from recovery plants covered by this regulation 
are the result of leaking equipment.
    The standards require initial notification reports with respect to 
construction, emissions tests, and startup. The standards also require 
reports on initial performance tests and emissions tests results.
    Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority 
when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority 
may then inspect the source to check that pollution control devices are 
properly installed and operated and the standards are being met. 
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of 
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and 
note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. The 
regular reports are used for problem identification, as a check on 
source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. 
The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements described above is used by the Agency to ensure 
that facilities affected by the NESHAP continue to operate the control 
equipment used to achieve compliance. Effective enforcement of the 
standard is particularly necessary in light of the hazardous nature of 
benzene. Information is recorded in such sufficient detail to enable 
owners or operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
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used to monitor fugitive emissions directly, and to ensure effective 
operation of the vapor-collection system and control device, thus 
ensuring continuous compliance with the indications of a source's 
continuing compliance status. The information collected from 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting 
inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in 
court. Records and reports also are necessary to enable EPA to identify 
plants that may not understand the workings of the standard or that may 
not be in compliance with the standard. Based on reported information, 
EPA can decide how many plant inspections would be needed, which plants 
should be inspected, and what records or processes should be inspected 
at the plant. In the absence of such information enforcement personnel 
would be unable to determine whether the standards are being met on a 
continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act, owners or operators 
of the affected facilities described must make the following one-time-
only notices or reports: notification of anticipated startup, 
notification of actual startup, notification of construction or 
modification, initial compliance report, notification of emission test, 
report following an emission test, notification of a monitoring system 
performance test, and report following a monitoring system performance 
test. These notifications and reports are general provisions and 
required of all sources subject to any NESHAP.
    Reporting requirements specific to benzene coke by-product recovery 
plants, Subpart L, include a semiannual report by affected facilities. 
The semiannual reports include results of leak monitoring and 
performance tests. Respondents also are required to submit semiannual 
reports of measurements for sources subject to a no detectable 
emissions limit and semiannual reports summarizing the results of the 
leak detection and repair program implemented at the plant. One report 
would incorporate information for both process equipment and fugitive 
sources. These reports would include information such as number of 
leaks that occurred, the number that could not be repaired, the general 
reasons for unsuccessful or delay of repair, and the results of 
performance tests conducted during the reporting period.
    Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to 
benzene coke by-product recovery plants for leak detection and repair 
of fugitive emission sources are those provisions specified under 40 
CFR 61, NESHAP Subpart V. The Subpart V regulations for equipment leaks 
were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
control number 2060-0068. The only difference in the equipment leak 
requirements of Subpart V and this regulation relates to exhausters. 
Exhausters are subject to quarterly monitoring requirements. However, 
quarterly monitoring is not required if the exhauster is equipped with 
a seal system that has a barrier fluid, the exhauster seal is loaded 
and vented to a control device, or a leakless exhauster is used. 
Exhausters are subject to the same recordkeeping and reporting 
provisions as other equipment subject to Subpart V.
    The added control amendment to the coke-by-product plant benzene 
NESHAP is based on a settlement agreement pursuant to a petition to 
review the benzene NESHAP by the American Coke and Coal Chemicals 
Institute (ACCCI). The recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
contained in this rule are consistent with those described in the 
agreement.
    The owner or operator choosing to use one of the alternative 
control technologies (i.e., a carbon absorber or a vapor incinerator) 
would be required to record for the life of the control device, the 
design of the control device, the sources which it is intended to 
control, and a plan for the operation, maintenance and action needed to 
correct problems. Such a record would assist the owner or operator to 
operate the device properly throughout its life and would also assist 
the enforcement personnel in determining, when reviewing records that 
indicate problems with the control device, whether the device had been 
properly maintained and appropriate corrective action had been taken. 
The owner or operator would be required to record the results of each 
test for determining compliance with the standard. Also required to be 
recorded would be any data that provide reference values for parameters 
that are important to monitoring, such as temperature of the firebox in 
a vapor incinerator and the benzene concentration at the inlet to a 
carbon adsorber. Some of these data are gathered during the compliance 
test, others separately (e.g., the demonstrated bed life of a carbon 
adsorber).
    These records would be required to be kept for at least two years, 
or until the next compliance test (or time that the parameter reference 
value is determined), whichever is longer. Finally, the results of 
monitoring the control device would be required to be recorded for at 
least 2 years. The records would include any periods when the 
boundaries established for the monitored parameters were exceeded and 
the action taken to correct the problem that led to the exceedance.
    The alternative control options require reporting in addition to 
recordkeeping. The General Provisions require reporting of compliance 
tests. This would be submitted each time a compliance test is 
performed. The rule requires compliance tests to be done initially and 
at the request of EPA (not at predetermined intervals). In addition, 
the rule requires reporting of exceedances of the monitored parameters, 
with a brief description of the corrective action taken. Included would 
be exceedances of the operating requirements such as if the source were 
not vented to a fresh carbon bed before the maximum concentration point 
was exceeded on the spent bed. The reports are required quarterly. When 
semiannual reports under Subpart L are due, the information for the 
quarterly report should be submitted as part of the semiannual report. 
If there were no exceedances during a quarter in which no semiannual 
report was due, reporting for that quarter could be skipped and a 
notation to that effect included in the next report. The reason that 
quarterly reports are required for these control devices is because the 
monitoring is generally continuous and therefore provides a continuous 
record of problems with operation and maintenance of the device. 
Because of the hazardous nature of benzene, it is important that 
enforcement personnel are alerted to plants that are having problems 
with their control device and are potentially in violation of the 
standards. The enforcement personnel can then move quickly to make sure 
the problem area is corrected.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain an up-to-date file of monitoring and recordings, and retain 
them for at least two years following. Records of equipment and process 
design are kept permanently.
    These data would include information necessary to administer the 
program (such as source identification number, percent by weight 
benzene in the process s fluid, type of fugitive emission source) as 
well as data gathered relating directly to leak detection and repair 
(such as leak dates and repair methods). Respondents using gas-
blanketing systems, closed-vent systems, and control devices are 
required to maintain records of schematics, design specifications, 
piping and instrumentation diagrams, and other information related to 
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or operation. Other records are required for sources which may be 
designated for no detectable emissions or as unsafe or difficult to 
monitor.
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local authority. If 
there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to 
the EPA Regional Office.
    Data obtained by Agency personnel from records maintained by the 
respondents during periodic visits are tabulated and published for 
internal Agency use in compliance and enforcement programs.
    Information contained in the report is entered into the Aerometric 
Information Retrieval System (AIRS) Facility Subsystem (AFS) which is 
operated and maintained by EPA' s Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards. The AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance 
and retrieval of compliance data and annual emission inventory data for 
over 100,000 industrial and government facilities. EPA uses AFS for 
tracking compliance and enforcement by Local and State regulatory 
agencies, EPA Regional Offices and Headquarters. EPA personnel can 
edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data via personal computer 
terminals.
    Burden Statement: For Subpart L, the Agency computed the burden for 
each of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the 
industry for the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request 
(ICR). Where it was appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks 
and made assumptions, while being consistent with the concept of burden 
under the Paper Reduction Act. The 1993 ICR review was the first since 
promulgation of the rule and consolidated the added control options 
promulgated in September 1991.
    For Subpart L, the majority of industry costs associated with the 
information collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The 
labor estimates were derived from standard estimates based on EPA's 
experience with other standards. For the purpose of the 1993 ICR burden 
analysis it was assumed that no sources choose to comply with the 
percent-allowable leaks nor skip period reporting. Thus, the burden 
analysis was based on a most burdensome case scenario for reporting and 
recordkeeping.
    Recordkeeping and reporting requirements are an ongoing burden 
associated with this ICR. The 1993 ICR estimated a nationwide 
annualized cost to respondents for recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements of $215,678 over a 3-year period. The respondent burden 
was estimated at 7,083 person-hours per year. This estimate was based 
upon a cost of $14.50 per hour plus an overhead rate of 110 percent, 
for a total cost of $30.45 per hour.
    The following is a breakdown of burden used in the 1993 ICR for 
Subpart L. It was assumed that 36 sources were subject to the standard 
and no additional sources per year will become subject to the standard 
over the past three years. The ICR allocated 224.5 hours per respondent 
for implementing the activities required to meet the recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements. Specifically, 132 hours were allocated for 
filing and maintaining records, 4 hours for conducting Method 21 tests 
during the year, 57.5 hours for creating the information for reporting 
and 31 hours for writing the report.
Subpart Y: Benzene Storage Vessels
    Respondents are all owners or operators of benzene storage vessels. 
It is estimated that 126 existing plants are subject to the standard. 
All owners and operators of new or reconstructed plants would also have 
to respond.
    In the General Provisions of 40 CFR Part 61 applicable to storage 
vessels, require up to four separate one time-only reports for each 
owner or operator: notification of construction or reconstruction, 
initial source report, notification of physical/operational changes, 
notification of anticipated and actual startup. The initial source 
report is the only one of these reports that would be required from 
existing sources under the standard.
    Certain records and reports are necessary to assist EPA and State 
agencies to which enforcement has been delegated in determining 
compliance with the standard.
    An initial emissions test is not required because conducting an 
emission test is not feasible. Therefore, the format of the standard is 
that of an equipment standard. Owners or operators of vessels equipped 
with the specified controls are required to submit, along with the 
notifications required by the General Provisions, a report that 
describes the control equipment used to comply with the regulation. 
Thereafter, an annual visual inspection is required of the primary seal 
of internal floating roof vessels (IFR's) (in cases where no secondary 
seal is present). An annual seal gap measurement of the secondary seal 
system on external floating roof vessels (EFR's) is required. The 
following inspections are required every five years: (1) internal 
inspection of seal system on IFR's equipped with primary and secondary 
seals in situations where the owner or operator has decided to forego 
the annual visual inspection; and (2) measurement of gaps between the 
tank wall and primary seal on EFR's. An internal inspection in which 
the tank is emptied and degassed is required at least every 10 years 
for IFR's.
    Another control option allowed is for owners or operators to equip 
vessels with closed-vent systems and 95-percent efficient control 
devices. It is expected that very few, if any, vessels will be equipped 
with these systems; however, owners or operators of vessels with such 
systems are required to submit, for the Administrator's approval, an 
operating plan describing system design specifications and an 
operation, maintenance, and inspection plan for the system. In the 
event the owner or operator has installed a flare, a report showing 
compliance with visible emission provisions shall be furnished to the 
Administrator. For closed-vent systems with control devices, quarterly 
reports are required informing the Administrator of each occurrence 
that results in excess emissions. Annual reports of the results of 
these inspections and seal gap measurements are required. These reports 
shall identify each storage vessel that is determined to be out of 
compliance with the standard, the nature of the defects, and the date 
the vessel was emptied or the repair was made. The owner or operator 
shall keep copies of all reports and records resulting from these 
inspections for two years.
    The owner or operator of each benzene storage vessel shall, for the 
life of the source, keep readily accessible records showing the 
dimension of the vessel and an analysis showing the capacity of the 
storage vessel. For each vessel with a closed vent system and 95-
percent efficient control device, records of the operating plan shall 
be kept for the life of the control device. Records of monitored 
parameters and maintenance shall be kept for two years.
    Burden Statement: For Subpart Y, EPA estimated the nationwide 
annualized cost to respondents at a $47,045/yr over a 3-year period. 
The respondent burden is estimated at 1,545 person-hours/yr. Respondent 
costs are estimated based on a cost of $14.50 per hour, and on an 
overhead rate of 110 percent (for a total cost per hour of $30.45). The 
annual reporting burden is estimated at a $39,372/yr over a 3-year 
period. The number of responses per year is estimated to be 162. The 
number of responses per respondent is estimated to be five. The total 
annual responses are estimated to be 810. The number of hours per 
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to be four. These estimates include 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; 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.
* * * * *
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9. The EPA would like to solicit 
comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the contacts listed above.

    Dated: November 24, 1995.
Rick Colbert,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-29739 Filed 12-7-95; 8:45 am]
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