
[Federal Register: August 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 155)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0370; FRL-9188-2]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air Emission Standards for Tanks, 
Surface Impoundments and Containers (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1593.08, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0318

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 13, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2010-0370 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30813), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0370, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and 
Containers (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1593.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0318.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2010. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 264, 
subpart CC, and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC. The Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA) subpart CC required control for minimizing 
release of volatile organic air emissions from tanks, surface 
impoundments, and containers holding hazardous waste. Records and 
reports are necessary in order for the EPA to determine that the 
standards are implemented and maintained, and to protect human health 
and the environment.
    Organic air emissions from hazardous treatment, storage and 
disposal facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic chemical compounds. 
Cancer and other adverse noncancerous human health effects can result 
from exposure to these emissions. Organic emissions from TSDFs react 
photochemically with other compounds in the atmosphere to form ground 
level ozone. Excessive ambient ozone concentrations are a major air 
quality problem in many cities throughout the United States. Nationwide 
organic emissions from TSDFs are estimated to be approximately one 
million megagrams per year. These organic

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emissions are estimated to result in 48 excess incidences of cancer per 
year nationwide and a 3 x 10-\2\ maximum individual risk 
(MIR).
    Information collected are needed by the EPA to determine: (a) 
Whether a hazardous waste contains sufficiently low concentrations of 
volatile organics to allow the waste to be managed in a tank, surface 
impoundment, or container without the use of emission controls; and (b) 
for units requiring emission controls, whether the controls are being 
properly operated and maintained. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance with the applicable 
standards. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are also required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the records for at 
least three years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records. Performance tests reports are required as this is 
the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply with the 
emission standard, and they serve as a record of the operating 
conditions under which compliance was achieved.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In 
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are 
sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR (part 264, subpart CC, and 
part 265, subpart CC) as authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the 
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and 
other information that have been determined to be private.
    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. The OMB Control Number for EPA 
regulations, listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 114 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose, and provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information. All 
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements that have subsequently 
changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Tanks, surface impoundments and 
containers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,209.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally, annually, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 711,400.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $80,708,869, which includes 
$68,290,869 in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $12,418,000 
in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the number of 
affected facilities or the number of responses as compared to the 
previous ICR.
    There is however, a small decrease in the estimated labor burden 
hours, as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
Burdens. The decrease is not due to any program changes. The change in 
the labor burden hours occurred because the previous ICR rounded their 
calculations and this renewal did not. There is an increase in the cost 
estimates as compared to the previous ICR. The change in the cost 
estimates came about by the updated labor rates, which resulted in an 
increase in the labor costs.

    Dated: August 5, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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