NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 63, subpart CC) (renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/29/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2022
3,924
3,602
614,074
627,738
32,628,000
375,355
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Petroleum Refineries, published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC, were proposed on July 15, 1994, promulgated on August 18, 1995, and most recently amended on October 28, 2009. These regulations apply to the following existing and new petroleum refining process units and emission points located at refineries that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs): miscellaneous process vents, storage vessels, wastewater streams and treatment operations, equipment leaks, gasoline loading racks, and marine vessel loading operations. These regulations also apply to storage vessels and equipment leaks associated with bulk gasoline terminals or pipeline breakout stations that are related to an affected petroleum refinery. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NESHAP. In addition, respondents are required to comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements contained in the following rules: either 40 CFR part 61, subpart VV or 40 CFR part 63, subpart H for equipment leaks (which includes an initial report and semiannual summaries of leak detection and repair); 40 CFR part 61, subpart FF for wastewater operations; portions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart R for gasoline loading racks; and 40 CFR part 63, subpart Y for marine tank vessel loading operations. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. 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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
The increase in burden from the most-recently approved ICR (ICR 1692.10) is due to several adjustments. This increase is not due to any program changes. This ICR incorporates the burden from both ICR 1692.10 and ICR 1692.12, which detail the additional burden to petroleum refineries from the December 1, 2015 (80 FR 75178) and November 18, 2018 (83 FR 60696) amendments to the rule, respectively. The 2015 rule amendments added new recordkeeping and reporting requirements for delayed coking unit vents, flares used as control devices, and fenceline monitoring, as well as additional requirements for storage vessels. The 2018 rule amendments revised the recordkeeping requirements for maintenance vents associated with equipment containing less than 72 lbs of VOC. This ICR accounts for the full burden of the current rule and reflects an increase in burden hours and responses.
This ICR, by in large, reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities, with the exception of a small number of facilities with reconstructed units that must meet initial compliance requirements. The burden in this ICR accounts for implementation of the 2015 amendments, which have been in effect for more than three years. The previous ICR (ICR 1692.10) reflected those burdens and costs associated with the initial activities for subject facilities, such as purchasing monitoring equipment and establishing recordkeeping systems.
As such, the capital/startup costs as calculated in section 6(b)(iii) in this ICR have decreased compared with the costs in the previous ICRs ((ICR 1692.10 and ICR 1692.12). In the next three years, the ongoing O&M costs for affected existing facilities at refineries from the 2015 amendments have been adjusted to include the O&M costs for pressure relief valves to address API/APEM comments. In addition, this ICR also adjusts the estimated number of Group 1 storage vessels subject to requirements from 9 to 12 for each facility, per consideration of comments by API/APFM in a letter dated February 14, 2019 and confirmed through Agency analysis.
$373,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Muntasir Ali 919 541-0833
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 63, Subpart CC)