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CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket go to
https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: TSCA section 5(a)(2) Significant
New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals.
Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides
EPA with a regulatory mechanism to
monitor and, if necessary, control
significant new uses of chemical
substances. Section 5 authorizes EPA to
determine by rule (a significant new use
rule or SNUR), after considering all
relevant factors, that a use of a chemical
substance represents a significant new
use. If EPA determines that a use of a
chemical substance is a significant new
use, section 5 requires persons to submit
a notice to EPA at least 90 days before
they manufacture, import, or process the
substance for that use.
EPA uses the information obtained
through this collection to evaluate the
health and environmental effects of the
significant new use. EPA may take
regulatory actions under TSCA sections
5, 6 or 7 to control the activities for
which it has received a SNUR notice.
These actions include orders to limit or
prohibit the manufacture, importation,
processing, distribution in commerce,
use or disposal of chemical substances.
If EPA does not take action, section 5
also requires EPA to publish a Federal
Register notice explaining the reasons
for not taking action.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 40 CFR
721). Respondents may claim all or part
of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a CBI
claim only to the extent permitted by,
and in accordance with, the procedures
in 40 CFR part 2.
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, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if
applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be 118.9 hours per
response. Burden is the total time, effort
or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain or
disclose or provide information to or for
a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop,
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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; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; 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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are companies that manufacture,
process, import, or distribute in
commerce chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 861 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$51,030.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a decrease of 159 hours (from 1,020
hours to 861 hours) in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that identified in the information
collection request most recently
approved by OMB. This decrease
reflects EPA’s updating of burden
estimates for this collection based upon
historical information on the number of
chemicals per SNUR. Based upon
revised estimates, the number of
chemicals per SNUR has decreased from
65.5 to 41, with a corresponding
decrease in the associated burden. This
change is an adjustment.
Dated: November 22, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OECA–2005–0018; FRL–8003–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in
Petroleum Refineries (Renewal); ICR
Number 0983.08; OMB Number 2060–
0067
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this
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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. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2005. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. This ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before December 30,
2005.
Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OECA–
2005–0018, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code
2201T, 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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Marıa Malave, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail
Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–7027; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
malave.maria@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID Number
OECA–2005–0018, which is available
for public viewing at the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information
Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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
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the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket and Information Center Docket
is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET 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. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NSPS for Equipment Leaks of
VOC in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal).
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Equipment Leaks of VOC (Volatile
Organic Compound) in Petroleum
Refineries were proposed on January 4,
1983 and promulgated on May 30, 1984.
These standards apply to the following
facilities in petroleum refineries:
Compressors and the group of all
equipment (e.g., valves, pumps, flanges,
etc.) within a process unit in VOC
service, commencing construction,
modification or reconstruction after the
date of proposal.
Owners or operators of the affected
facilities described must make the
following one-time only reports:
Notification of the date of construction
or reconstruction; notification of the
anticipated and actual dates of startup;
notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility
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which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of
the date of the initial performance test;
and the results of the initial
performance test. Owners or operators
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. In general, these
notifications, reports and records are
required of all sources subject to NSPS.
Monitoring requirements specific to
this NSPS provide information
regarding which components are leaking
VOCs. This rule references the
compliance requirements of 40 CFR part
60, subpart VV. On a periodic basis,
which varies depending on equipment
type and leak history, owners or
operators are required to record: (1)
Information identifying leaking
equipment; (2) repair methods used to
stop the leaks; and (3) dates of repair.
Semiannual reports are required to
measure compliance with the standards
of NSPS subpart VV as referenced by
NSPS subpart GGG . These notifications,
reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance and in general,
are required of all sources subject to
NSPS.
This information is being collected to
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60
subpart GGG. Any owner or operator
subject to the provisions of this part will
maintain a file of these records, and
retain the file for at least two years
following the date of such records. The
reporting requirements for this industry
currently include only the initial
notifications and initial performance
test report listed above. 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.
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 are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
and 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 72 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or 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
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of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; 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:
Process service units at petroleum
refineries.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
148.
Frequency of Response: initially,
semiannually, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
21,360 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$1,724,344, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $0
O&M costs, and $1,724,344 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
increase in labor burden to industry
from the most recently approved ICR
from 6,137 hours to 21,360 hours is due
to adjustments. The burden change
resulted from an increase from 48 to 148
on the number of sources subject to the
standard which is based on recent
Agency data available on the sector and
consultation with industry, as discussed
in section 3 of this report. In the burden
calculation, we also deleted any burden
associated with new sources complying
with the initial rule requirements, due
to the assumption that there will be no
industry growth. The total industry cost
also increased from $631,983 to
$1,724,344 as a result of these changes
and the use of updated labor rates.
Dated: November 21, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Dodine Reregistration Eligibility
Decision; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the
pesticide dodine, and opens a public
comment period on this document. The
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0018; FRL-8003-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC
in Petroleum Refineries (Renewal); ICR Number 0983.08; OMB Number 2060-
0067
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 30,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0018, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 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: Maria Malav[eacute], Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2005-0018, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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
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the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket is:
(202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically. When in the system,
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NSPS for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
(Renewal).
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Equipment
Leaks of VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) in Petroleum Refineries were
proposed on January 4, 1983 and promulgated on May 30, 1984. These
standards apply to the following facilities in petroleum refineries:
Compressors and the group of all equipment (e.g., valves, pumps,
flanges, etc.) within a process unit in VOC service, commencing
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following one-time only reports: Notification of the date of
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test.
Owners or operators 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. In general, these notifications,
reports and records are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
Monitoring requirements specific to this NSPS provide information
regarding which components are leaking VOCs. This rule references the
compliance requirements of 40 CFR part 60, subpart VV. On a periodic
basis, which varies depending on equipment type and leak history,
owners or operators are required to record: (1) Information identifying
leaking equipment; (2) repair methods used to stop the leaks; and (3)
dates of repair. Semiannual reports are required to measure compliance
with the standards of NSPS subpart VV as referenced by NSPS subpart GGG
. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance and in general, are required of all sources
subject to NSPS.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 60 subpart GGG. Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part will maintain a file of these records, and
retain the file for at least two years following the date of such
records. The reporting requirements for this industry currently include
only the initial notifications and initial performance test report
listed above. 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.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and 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 72
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or 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;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; 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: Process service units at petroleum
refineries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 148.
Frequency of Response: initially, semiannually, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,360 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,724,344, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 O&M costs, and $1,724,344 annual
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in labor burden to industry
from the most recently approved ICR from 6,137 hours to 21,360 hours is
due to adjustments. The burden change resulted from an increase from 48
to 148 on the number of sources subject to the standard which is based
on recent Agency data available on the sector and consultation with
industry, as discussed in section 3 of this report. In the burden
calculation, we also deleted any burden associated with new sources
complying with the initial rule requirements, due to the assumption
that there will be no industry growth. The total industry cost also
increased from $631,983 to $1,724,344 as a result of these changes and
the use of updated labor rates.
Dated: November 21, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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