[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06759]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0087; FRL-9706-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Waste Operations 
(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 Benzene Waste 
Operations (EPA ICR Number 1541.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0183), 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 March 31, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on April 13, 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 May 2, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0087, 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Benzene Waste Operations (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart FF) apply to existing facilities and new facilities that 
generate waste containing benzene, such as chemical manufacturing 
plants, coke by-product recovery plants, petroleum refineries, and 
those owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities (TSDF) that receive wastes from the above 
facilities. 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 with 40 CFR part 61, subpart FF.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of benzene 
waste facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart FF).
    Estimated number of respondents: 270 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 19,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,310,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
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 situation 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) based on a 
review of EPA's Toxics Release Inventory that supports the existing 
estimated number of respondents, the growth rate for this industry is 
very low or non-existent. Since there are no changes in the regulatory 
requirements and there is no significant industry growth, there is no 
significant change in the overall burden and 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 2020) to calculate 
respondent burden costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06759 Filed 3-30-22; 8:45 am]
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