Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0647-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After June 11, 1973 and Prior to May 19, 1978
Posted Date: 2022-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38390-38391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13756]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0647; FRL-9973-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Storage Vessels for Petroleum 
Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification 
Commenced After June 11, 1973 and Prior to May 19, 1978 (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 Storage Vessels for 
Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or 
Modification Commenced After June 11, 1973 and Prior to May 19, 1978 
(EPA ICR Number 1797.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0442), 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 June 30, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 
2021, 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 July 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0647, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's 
policy is that all comments received will be included in the public 
docket without change including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center, 
WJC West Building, 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 Storage 
Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or 
Modification Commenced After June 11, 1973 and Prior to May 19, 1978 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart K) apply to existing facilities for which 
construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after June 11, 
1973 and prior to May 19, 1978 that store petroleum liquids in storage 
vessels with a storage capacity greater than 151,416 liters (40,000 
gallons), including: storage vessels with capacity greater than 151,416 
liters (40,000 gallons), but not exceeding 246,052 liters (65,000 
gallons). In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance and are required of all 
affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of storage 
vessels subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart K.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart K)
    Estimated number of respondents: 281 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 1,310 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $154,000 (per year), which includes $0 for 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The previously approved 
ICRs (1797.08, 1797.07) relied on information from the 2011 Petroleum 
Refinery ICR for estimates of facilities with storage tanks subject to 
40 CFR part 60, subpart K, which was the best source of information at 
that time. However, this ICR updates the number

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of facilities based on data from EPA's ECHO database, which tracks a 
total of 281 refineries, terminals, and other facilities that report 
information under 40 CFR part 60, subpart K. This estimate is a more-
recent estimate of affected sources and is similar to those estimates 
conducted in prior ICRs (e.g., 1797.06) and reflects the Agency's best 
knowledge of actual subject entities. However, we expect this number 
may be lower as facilities that modify tanks initially subject to 
subpart K would become subject to other regulations, e.g., 40 CFR part 
60, subpart Kb. Finally, there is no change in both capital/startup and 
O&M costs compared to the prior ICR renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13756 Filed 6-27-22; 8:45 am]
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