Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0357-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
Posted Date: 2011-02-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8365-8366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3275]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0357, FRL-9266-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC 
in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal)

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 document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 16, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2010-0357, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Office of Compliance, 
Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; 
fax number: (202) 564-0050, e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 2, 2010 EPA published a notice in the Federal Register 
(75 FR 30813) seeking comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). 
EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be 
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0357, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0983.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0067.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR is for the New Source Performance Standards 
(NSPS) for Equipment Leaks of VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) in 
Petroleum Refineries in 40 CFR part 60, subparts GGG and GGGa. The NSPS 
in subpart GGG were proposed on January 4, 1983,

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and promulgated on May 30, 1984. These standards apply to the following 
facilities in petroleum refineries: compressors and the group of all 
equipment (e.g., valves, pumps, flanges, etc.) within a process unit in 
VOC service, commencing construction, modification or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal. Amendments that would have added new 
standards and compliance requirements to subpart GGG were proposed on 
November 7, 2006. In response to public comments, all new requirements 
are being incorporated in a new subpart GGGa that applies to sources 
that commence construction, reconstruction, or modification after 
November 7, 2006. The final amendments to subpart GGG involve only 
clarifications and additional compliance options.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only notifications. 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. 
Monitoring requirements specific to Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum 
Refineries provide information on which components are leaking VOCs. 
NSPS Subpart GGG references the compliance requirements of NSPS subpart 
VV; and NSPS subpart GGGa references the compliance requirements of 
NSPS subpart VVa. Periodically, owners or operators are required to 
record information identifying leaking equipment, repair methods used 
to stop the leaks, and dates of repair. The time period for this 
recordkeeping varies and depends on equipment type and leak history. 
Semiannual reports are required to measure compliance with the 
standards of NSPS Subparts VV and VVa, as referenced by NSPS subparts 
GGG and GGGa. These notifications, reports, and records are essential 
in determining compliance and in general, are required of all sources 
subject to NSPS. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of 
this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the 
file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, 
maintenance reports, and records.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 77 
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 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Petroleum refineries.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Frequency of Response: 2 times per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,525.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,319,816, which includes $2,319,816 
exclusively in labor costs, with neither capital/startup costs nor 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in the 
number of burden labor hours and an increase in the labor hour cost. 
The burden hours have decreased because we anticipate that no new 
refineries will be built in the in the United States over the next 
three years. This results in a decrease in the number of labor burden 
hours. We also refined our estimate of the number of major refineries, 
which reduced the number of affected facilities.
    The increase in labor hour cost is due to a recalculation of burden 
using current labor rates and the correction of a mathematical error.
    There are no annual capital and O&M costs to the regulated 
entities. Capital and O&M costs are not applicable because this is a 
leak detection and repair program with no continuous monitoring 
equipment.

    Dated: February 7, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-3275 Filed 2-11-11; 8:45 am]
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