[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29742-29743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10344]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0042; FRL-7916-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries 
(Renewal); OMB Control Number 2060-0253; EPA ICR Number 1362.06

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 May 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 June 23, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0042, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance 
Assessment and Media Programs Division, Mail Code 2223A, Office of 
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

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 September 14, 2004 (69 FR 55430) 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 
No. OECA-2004-0042, 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 Ave., 
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 the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://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

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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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emissions Standards for Coke Oven Batteries 
were proposed on December 4, 1992, and promulgated on October 27, 1993. 
These standards apply to all coke oven batteries, whether existing, 
new, reconstructed, rebuilt or restarted. It also applies to all 
batteries using the conventional by-product recovery, the nonrecovery 
process, or any new recovery process. Under this rule, all existing 
batteries must choose a compliance track. Two compliance approaches are 
available under the rule: the ``MACT (Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology) track,'' and the ``LAER (Lowest Achievable Emission Rate) 
extension track,'' and straddling both tracks (until January 1, 1998). 
Applicability dates vary depending on the emission limitation the 
affected facility is subject to. This information is being collected to 
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart L.
    Owners or operators of coke oven batteries, whether existing, new, 
reconstructed, rebuilt or restarted, are required to comply with 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Owners or 
operators of the affected facilities described must make one-time-only 
notifications to elect a compliance track and to certify initial 
compliance. 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. Monitoring requirements specific 
to coke oven batteries provide information on the operation of the 
emissions control device and compliance with the visible emissions 
standard. Semiannual reports of compliance certifications are required. 
These notifications, reports, and records will be used by EPA and 
states to: (1) Identify batteries subject to the standards; (2) ensure 
that MACT and LAER are properly applied; and (3) ensure that daily 
monitoring and work practice requirements are implemented as required.
    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 1,754 
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: Plants with coke oven batteries 
using the conventional by-product recovery, the nonrecovery process, or 
any new recovery process.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 19.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 78,938 hours.
    Estimated Annual Costs: $6,302,094, which includes $0 in Operations 
and Maintenance costs, $0 in Capital Expense, and $6,302,094 in 
Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 25,721 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of plants with coke 
oven batteries. However, there was an estimated cost increase due to an 
increase in labor rates. There were no capital/startup and operation 
and maintenance costs associated with continuous emission monitoring 
for the renewal of the ICR, therefore, there is no change in this 
burden category.

    Dated: May 10, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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