Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0033-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Petroleum Refineries
Posted Date: 2018-11-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56321-56322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24652]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0033; FRL-9985-27-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB 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 No. 1054.13, OMB Control No. 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 November 30, 2018. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on June 29, 2017 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency 
may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0033, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Petroleum 
Refineries were proposed on June 11, 1973, promulgated on March 8, 
1974, and amended on both September 12, 2012 and December 1, 2015. The 
2015 amendment finalized technical clarifications to improve 
consistency and clarity and to address issues related to a 2008 
industry petition for reconsideration. The 2012 amendment allowed the 
option for affected sources to comply with Subpart J by following the 
applicable provisions in the NSPS Subpart Ja rule. 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.
    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 with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart J.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Petroleum refineries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart J).
    Estimated number of respondents: 149 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 15,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,500,000 (per year), which includes 
$826,000 annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
(O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in labor hours from 
the most-recently approved ICR due to an adjustment. The total hours 
include an hour allowance to allow each source to familiarize 
themselves with the

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requirements each year. Finally, there is slight increase in the O&M 
costs, as costs were adjusted from $2,005.00 to $2,016.00 using the 
Chemical Engineering Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-24652 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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