24790 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 96 / Thursday, May 16, 1996 / Notices

Issued at Golden, Colorado, May 7, 1996.

J. M. Shafer,

Administrator.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants, Benzene

Emissions From Benzene Storage

Vessels, and Coke Byproduct

Recovery Plants; Subparts Y and L,

OMB No. 2060–0185; Agency

Information Collection Activities Under

OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer, United States

Environmental Protection Agency, 202–

260–2740, and refer to EPA ICR No.

1080.09.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants, Benzene

Emissions from Benzene Storage

Vessels, and Coke Byproduct Recovery

Plants—40 CFR Part 61, Subparts Y and

L, OMB No. 2060–0185. This is request

for a revision of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract:

Subpart L: Coke By-Product Recovery

Plants

The standards require initial

notification reports with respect to

construction, emissions tests, and

startup; one-time reports on initial

performance tests; and periodic reports

of emissions tests results.

Notifications 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

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 Agency uses the information

generated by the monitoring,

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements to ensure that facilities

continue to operate the control

equipment used to achieve compliance.

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. Based

on reported information, EPA decides

how many plant inspections are needed,

which plants to inspect, and what

records or processes to inspect 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.

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.

Exhausters are subject to quarterly

monitoring requirements unless 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.

The owner or operator choosing to use

one of the alternative control

technologies (i.e., a carbon absorber or

a vapor incinerator) must 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 whether the device had

been properly maintained and

appropriate corrective action had been

taken. The owner or operator is required

to record the results of each test for

determining compliance with the

standard and 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).

The alternative control options also

require reporting in accordance with the

General Provisions. These are submitted

each time a compliance test is

performed. In addition, the rule requires

reporting of exceedances of the

monitored parameters, with a brief

description of the corrective action

taken.

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.

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 timeonly 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.

The standard is an equipment

standard and 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).) The following
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inspections are required every five

years: (1) internal inspection to seal

system on IFR’s equipped with primary

and secondary seals in situations where

the owner to 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 must keep

copies of all reports and records for two

years.

The owner or operator of each

benzine 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.

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 CFR Charter 15.

The Federal Register Notice required

under 5 CFR 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 11.85 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: 162.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

162.

Frequency of Collection: Quarterly

and Semi-annual.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 8,628 Hours.

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. 1080.09 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0185 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

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: May 9, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Committee Meetings of the Grand

Canyon Visibility Transport

Commission

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.

EPA) is announcing a meeting of the

Grand Canyon Visibility Transport

Commission (Commission).

The Commission will meet from 10:00

am–12:00 pm, Monday, June 10, 1996 at

the Shrine of the Ages next to the Main

Visitors Center in Grand Canyon

National Park. At the meeting the

Commission will finalize its

recommendations to the U.S. EPA. The

recommendations will address what

actions are deemed necessary to protect

visibility in sixteen National Parks and

Wilderness areas on the Colorado

Plateau.

The Commission was established by

U.S. EPA on November 13, 1991 (see 56

FR 57522, November 12, 1991). All

meetings are open to the public. These

meetings are not subject to the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, as

amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Leary, Project Manager for the

Grand Canyon Visibility Transport

Commission, Western Governors’

Association, 600 17th Street, Suite 1705,

South Tower, Denver, Colorado 80202;

telephone number (303) 623–9378;

facsimile machine number (303) 534–

7309.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 9.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee

Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that two

committees of the Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and

times described below. All times noted

are Eastern Time. All meetings are open

to the public. Due to limited space,

seating at meetings will be on a firstcome basis. For further information

concerning specific meetings, please

contact the individuals listed below.

Documents that are the subject of SAB

reviews are normally available from the

originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB Office.

1. Human Exposure and Health

Subcommittee (HEHS)

The Human Exposure and Health

Subcommittee (HEHS) of the Science

Advisory Board’s (SAB) Integrated Risk

Project will meet on June 13–14, 1996,