[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65655-65656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30792]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL--5398-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; NESHAP 
for Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 350 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) for NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Bulk Transfer Operations 
described below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 202-260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1154.04 and OMB No. 2060-0182.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Bulk Transfer Operations--
40 CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, OMB No. 2060-0182. This is request for a 
revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions 
from Benzene Transfer Operations were proposed on September 14, 1989 
and promulgated on March 7, 1990. The standards are codified at 40 CFR 
Part 61, Subpart BB.
    These standards apply to the following facilities in benzene 
transfer operations: the total of all loading racks at which benzene is 
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene 
production facility and each bulk terminal. Specifically exempted from 
the regulation are loading racks at which only the following are 
loaded: benzene-laden waste (covered under Subpart FF of Part 61), 
gasoline, crude oil, natural gas liquids, petroleum distillates (e.g., 
fuel oil, diesel, or kerosene), or benzene-laden liquid from coke by-
product recovery plants. Any affected facility which loads only liquid 
containing less than 70 weight-percent benzene or whose annual benzene 
loading is less than 1.3 million liters of 70 weight-percent or more 
benzene is exempt from the control requirements and need only maintain 
records and submit an initial report. The control requirements for bulk 
transfer facilities require that benzene emissions be routed to a 
control device that achieves a 98 weight-percent emissions reduction, 
and (2) that loading of benzene be limited to vapor-tight tank trucks 
or vapor-tight railcars.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must take 
the following one-time-only notices or reports: notification of 
anticipated startup; notification of actual startup; initial compliance 
report (or control exemption by sources below cut-off); 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.
    Monitoring and recording requirements specific to benzene transfer 
operating include vapor-tightness documentation, and monitoring and 
operation parameters specific to the control method chosen 
(incinerator, vent valves status, steam generator, process heater, 
flare, carbon adsorption). Sources must maintain records of periods 
exceeding most recent performance test parameters, including the date 
and time of any exceedance or deviation, the nature and cause of the 
malfunction and corrective measures taken.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any period during which the monitoring 
system is malfunctioning or inoperative. Reporting requirements 
specific to benzene transfer operations include an initial engineering 
report and a quarterly report by affected facilities subject to the 
standards at Sec. 61.302. The quarterly reports include excess 
emissions and deviations in operating parameters. Sources not subject 
to the control standards must continue to record information and must 
file a report only the first year.
    Monitoring and record keeping requirements specific to benzene 
transfer operations provide information on the operation of the 
emissions control device and compliance with the standards. Any owner 
or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain an 
up-to-date file of these measurements and recordings, and retain them 
for at least two years following. Vapor tightness documentation, and 
control device parameters must be kept permanently.
    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 and 48 C.F.R. Charter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 C.F.R. 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on September 
28, 1995.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 25.34 
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 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 81.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
    Frequency of Response: 324 per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,685 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $447,158.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1154.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0182 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

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    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: November 30, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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