[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5677-5678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03054]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0044; FRL--9987-99-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries 
(EPA ICR Number 1362.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0253) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on June 29, 2017 during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 25, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0044, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart L apply to all coke oven batteries, whether existing, new, 
reconstructed, rebuilt, or restarted. It also applies to all batteries 
using conventional by-product recovery processes, non-recovery 
processes, or any new recovery processes. 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 with 40 CFR part 63, subpart L.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Coke oven batteries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart L).
    Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 79,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $8,730,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in labor 
hours from the most recently approved ICR. This decrease reflects 
revisions to the number of existing respondents that are anticipated to 
reconstruct or close batteries subject to this standard; the burden 
reflected in this ICR assumes that reconstruction for one existing 
facility has been completed. This decrease is not due to any program 
changes.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-03054 Filed 2-21-19; 8:45 am]
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