OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2022
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
1,281
0
1,281
327,000
0
327,000
4,310,000
0
4,310,000
The National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Organic
Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF) were proposed
on April 4, 2002, and promulgated on July 14, 2006. These
regulations apply to both existing facilities and new facilities
that manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and that are
located at, or are part of, major sources of hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emissions. 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 63, Subpart FFFF. As part of the
residual risk and technology reviews for the NESHAP, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising requirements for
equipment leaks and heat exchange systems, and also adding
requirements to specifically address ethylene oxide emissions from
storage tanks, process vents, and equipment leaks. The EPA is also
proposing amendments to correct and clarify regulatory provisions
related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and
malfunction (SSM); add requirements for electronic reporting of
performance test results and reports, performance evaluation
reports, and compliance reports; add monitoring and operational
requirements for flares that control ethylene oxide emissions and
flares used to control emissions from processes that produce
olefins and polyolefins, including operational and monitoring
requirements to allow the use of pressure-assisted multi-point
flares; add work practice standards and monitoring requirements for
pressure relief device (PRD) releases; and add requirements and
clarifications for vent control bypasses, including bypass lines,
in situ sampling systems, maintenance activities, and certain
gaseous streams routed to a fuel gas system. This information
collection request documents the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements and burden imposed by these proposed amendments only.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of
the affected facilities. These notifications, reports, and records
are essential in determining compliance and are required of all
affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information collection
request (ICR) includes the burden for all activities that will be
conducted in the first three years following promulgation of the
proposed amendments to the EMACT standards. These activities
include reading the rule, installing and maintaining monitors, and
completing the recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
The increase in burden results
from the residual risk and technology reviews for the NESHAP. EPA
is revising requirements for equipment leaks and heat exchange
systems, and also adding requirements to specifically address
ethylene oxide emissions from storage tanks, process vents, and
equipment leaks. The EPA is also proposing amendments to correct
and clarify regulatory provisions related to emissions during
periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); add
requirements for electronic reporting of performance test results
and reports, performance evaluation reports, and compliance
reports; add monitoring and operational requirements for flares
that control ethylene oxide emissions and flares used to control
emissions from processes that produce olefins and polyolefins,
including operational and monitoring requirements to allow the use
of pressure-assisted multi-point flares; add work practice
standards and monitoring requirements for pressure relief device
(PRD) releases; and add requirements and clarifications for vent
control bypasses, including bypass lines, in situ sampling systems,
maintenance activities, and certain gaseous streams routed to a
fuel gas system
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 Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, subpart FFFF) (Renewal)