[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 46087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16574]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0303; FRL-10013-12-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 has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC 
in Petroleum Refineries (EPA ICR Number 0983.16, 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, 2020. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 6, 2019 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 August 31, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0303 to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
    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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

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 
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 Equipment 
Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 60, subpart GGG) were 
proposed on January 4, 1983; promulgated on May 30, 1984; amended on 
November 16, 2007 (to add the regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart GGGa); and most-recently amended on June 2, 2008. The standards 
at 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 standards at 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 
construction, reconstruction, or modification after November 7, 2006. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 60, subparts GGG and GGGa.
    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, 
subparts GGG and GGGa).
    Estimated number of respondents: 116 (total) are subject to Subpart 
GGG and 46 of these respondents are also subject to Subpart GGGa.
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 183,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $21,200,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a small increase in burden from 
the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program 
changes, or any increase in the number of sources subject to this 
regulation, or any change in the capital/startup or operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-16574 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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