NESHAP for Solvent Extraction
for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Final
Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/21/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2021
02/28/2021
130
111
34,100
33,400
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)