Notice2024-29069
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal)
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Published
December 11, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (EPA ICR Number 1054.15, OMB Control Number 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 99858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29069]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0627; FRL-12453-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget 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 Number 1054.15, OMB Control Number 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023
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 January 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0627, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#28490549464c055a054c474b434d5c684d5849064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aecf83cfc0ca83dc83cac1cdc5cbdaeecbdecf80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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.
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 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22434e4b0c4f574c5643514b50624752430c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73121f1a5d1e061d0712001a01331603125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart J were proposed on
June 11, 1973; promulgated on March 8, 1974; and amended on both
September 12, 2012, and December 1, 2015. These regulations apply to
affected facilities at petroleum refineries that were constructed,
modified or reconstructed on or before May 14, 2007. 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. These
regulations also apply to flares which commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction on/or before June 24, 2008. At the time
of this ICR renewal, all refinery flares are subject to the NSPS
Subpart Ja requirements. This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart J.
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: Petroleum refineries.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart J).
Estimated number of respondents: 130 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 13,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,830,000 (per year), includes $1,090,000
annualized capital 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. First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to
increase from 2005 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.
Capital and operation & maintenance costs were previously adjusted from
2005 to 2019 $.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29069 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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