NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Final Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/27/2022
02/21/2020
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. On resubmission of this request, the agency must upgrade the supporting statement to align with the general 18 question supporting statement template that the federal government uses for supporting documentation for OMB reviews.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2025
02/28/2021
04/30/2022
130
0
111
34,100
0
33,400
0
0
0
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) were proposed on May 26, 2000, promulgated on April 12, 2001, and amended on September 1, 2004. Amendments to the NESHAP are being finalized as a result of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air Act (CAA), as discussed below. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities with a vegetable oil production process and that is a major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP), or is collocated with other sources that are individually or collectively a major source of HAP emissions. Vegetable oil production process is defined as a group of continuous process equipment used to remove oil from oilseeds through direct contact with an organic solvent such as n-hexane. The term oilseed refers to the following agricultural products: corn germ, cottonseed, flax, peanut, safflower, soybean, sunflower and rapeseed (source of canola oil). 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 GGGG.
In general, all NESHAP 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 NESHAP. The amendments to the rule eliminate the recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); add work practice standards for initial startup periods; add a requirement for an initial startup report to be submitted at the end of the initial startup period; require electronic reporting for performance test, initial notification, and annual compliance certification; and make miscellaneous technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP remain unchanged.
The increase in burden is a result from amendments to the NESHAP Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG). The amendments include: (1) adjusting references to the Part 63 General Provisions (40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart A) and revise provisions in the NESHAP (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) to remove the startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) exemption and SSM plan and periodic report requirements; (2) add work practice standards for periods of initial startup; (3) add an initial startup report to be submitted at the end of the initial startup period; (4) require electronic submittal of performance test, initial notification, and annual compliance certifications; and (5) miscellaneous technical and editorial changes. Burden was removed for activities associated with developing SSM plans and submitting periodic and immediate SSM reports. There is no burden associated with the work practice standards for initial startup periods, as facilities are already conducting these activities. We have also added burden associated with the recordkeeping and reporting for initial startup periods. The burden for recordkeeping and reporting for initial startup periods applies only to sources that are new or that may have a significant modification over the next three years, and results in an increase in the overall burden. The burden estimate for submittal of performance test, initial notification, or annual compliance certification was not adjusted to account for the new requirement that these reports be submitted electronically through CEDRI using the ERT. The burden estimates in the current ICR for paper format submittal of performance test, initial notification, and annual compliance certification is an appropriate estimate for electronic submittal of these reports.
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 Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (Renewal)(40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG)