Notice2023-19276
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal)
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Published
September 7, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries (EPA ICR Number 0983.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0067), 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 September 30, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19276]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0055; FRL-11391-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC
in Petroleum Refineries (EPA ICR Number 0983.17, OMB Control Number
2060-0067), 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
September 30, 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.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before October 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0055, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddbcf0bcb3b9f0aff099b2beb6b8a99db8adbcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47266a2629236a356a0328242c22330722372669202831">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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:
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this specific 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#02636e6b2c6f776c7663716b70426772632c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c5d505512514952485d4f554e7c594c5d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through July 22, 2023. An agency may
neither 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.
Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register
on July 22, 2022, during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This
notice allows for an additional 30-days for public comment. Supporting
documents, which explains 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC Clinton 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
hrrp://<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment
Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 60, subpart GGG)
apply to compressors, valves, pumps, pressure relief devices, sampling
connection systems, open-ended valves or lines, and flanges or other
connectors in VOC service at petroleum refineries that commenced
construction, reconstruction, or modification after January 4, 1983,
and on or before November 7, 2006. The NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC
in Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 60, subpart GGGa) apply to
compressors, valves, pumps, pressure relief devices, sampling
connection systems, open-ended valves or lines, and flanges or other
connectors in VOC service at petroleum refineries that commence either
construction, or reconstruction, or modification after November 7,
2006. 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 petroleum
refineries.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subparts GGG and GGGa).
Estimated number of respondents: 116 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 184,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $22,000,000 (per year), includes $0 for
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: (1) the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in
the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry
growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup and/or
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. There is a slight increase in
costs, which is wholly due to the use of updated labor rates. This ICR
uses labor rates from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report
(September 2021) to calculate respondent burden costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-19276 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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