[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9774-9775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05008]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0084; FRL-9989-98-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and 
Battery Stacks (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 Pushing, 
Quenching, and Battery Stacks (EPA ICR Number 1995.07, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0521), 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 
through March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via 
the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 neither conduct nor 
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 April 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0084, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery 
Stacks (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCCC) apply to pushing, soaking, 
quenching, and battery stacks on both existing and new coke oven 
batteries (coke plants) that are major sources of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. 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 CCCCC.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of coke oven 
batteries at coke plants that are a major source of HAP.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart 
CCCCC).
    Estimated number of respondents: 16 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and semi-
annual.
    Total estimated burden: 27,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,240,000 (per year), which includes 
$143,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
respondent burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens.

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This increase is not due to any program changes. The increase in 
estimated respondent burden is due to adjustment to more accurately 
reflect the burden associated with rule requirements for observations 
of opacity prior to pushing coke from an oven. The previous ICR 
included an assumption that the burden for one respondent could not be 
attributed to the rule based on voluntary monitoring conducted prior to 
the final rule, and included person-hrs for this activity based on the 
assumption that each coke plant has 2.8 batteries. This ICR estimates 
burden for all respondents and adjusts the person-hrs to reflect one 
hour per battery per coke plant per day, assuming 3.1 batteries per 
coke plant, based on new data provided by Agency experts and confirmed 
by industry representatives.
    The total annual responses have decreased due to a decrease in the 
number of respondents, based on the closure of one facility in the past 
three years, as identified by Agency experts and confirmed by trade 
associations and facility representatives. There is also an adjustment 
decrease in operating and maintenance costs, which is due to the 
decrease in the number of respondents.
    Finally, there is a decrease in Agency burden from the prior ICR, 
due to an adjustment to more accurately reflect the rule requirements 
for quarterly reporting, which apply only to coke plants utilizing by-
product recovery ovens. The previous ICR included an assumption that 
all coke plants, including those with non-recovery batteries, would 
submit the quarterly report. This ICR includes the burden only for 
those coke plants using by-product recovery ovens.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05008 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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