[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42360-42361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13951]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0068; FRL-11125-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for VOC Emissions From Petroleum Refinery Wastewater 
Systems (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 VOC Emissions from 
Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (EPA ICR Number 1136.14, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0172) 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 August 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.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0068, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 
method), 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

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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 April 30, 2023. An agency may 
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displayed a currently valid 
OMB control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on April 29, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (85 FR 23825). 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 www.regulations.gov 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 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for VOC 
Emissions from Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart QQQ) were proposed on May 4, 1987; and promulgated on November 
23, 1988. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new 
wastewater systems at petroleum refineries, and cover individual drain 
systems, oil-water separators, and aggregate facilities. An individual 
drain system consists of all process drains connected to the first 
downstream junction box. An oil-water separator is the wastewater 
treatment equipment used to separate oil from water. An aggregate 
facility is an individual drain system together with ancillary 
downstream sewer lines and oil-water separators, down to and including 
the secondary oil-water separator, as applicable. Aggregate facilities 
are intended to capture any potential VOC emissions within the 
petroleum refinery wastewater system during expansions of and additions 
to the system. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart QQQ.
    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: Existing and new wastewater systems 
at petroleum refineries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart QQQ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 130 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 8,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,340,000 (per year), which includes $16,900 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment decrease in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of 
sources. The previous ICR included 149 respondents, while this ICR only 
includes 130. Petroleum refinery capacities have been declining since 
2020, including the associated wastewater systems. This ICR estimated 
the number of respondents using data collected by the U.S. Energy 
Information Administration. The decrease in the number of sources also 
led to a decrease of the Capital and Operation & Maintenance costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13951 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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