Notice2022-28074
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units (Renewal)
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December 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units (EPA ICR Number 1844.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0554), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 2022 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 79300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28074]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0017; FRL-10540-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic
Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units
(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), NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries:
Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur
Recovery Units (EPA ICR Number 1844.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0554),
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 January 31,
2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on July 22, 2022 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 January 26,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0017, to: (1) EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c28232f2729380c293c2d622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f3b303c343a2b1f3a2f3e71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB's Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function.
The 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: 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3b2bfbafdbea6bda7b2a0baa193b6a3b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67060b0e490a12091306140e152702170649000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units,
Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units (40 CFR part 63,
subpart UUU) apply to three types of affected units at either new and
existing major source petroleum refineries: fluid catalytic cracking
units (FCCU) for catalyst regeneration; catalytic reforming units
(CRU); and sulfur recovery units (SRU). The rule also includes
requirements for by-pass lines associated with the three affected
units. In general, all NESHAP 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 the NESHAP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of petroleum
refineries that operate catalytic cracking units; catalytic reforming
units; and sulfur recovery units.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart UUU).
Estimated number of respondents: 130 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 16,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $10,000,000 (per year), which includes
$8,020,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The adjustment decrease
in burden is due to a decrease in the number of sources. Petroleum
refinery capacities have been declining since 2020 and this ICR
reflects updated respondent counts based on data collected by the U.S.
Energy Information Administration. In addition, the burden for one-time
activities following implementation of the 2015 final rule in the
currently approved ICR were removed. This ICR reflects the on-going
burden and costs for the existing facilities. Due to a decrease in the
number of respondents, there has been a decrease in the capital/startup
and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28074 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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