
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 61591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by email to [email protected], 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: 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: [email protected].

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 www.regulations.gov, 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://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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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