[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 125 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38887-38888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13892]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0325; FRL--10011-66-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Emissions From Benzene 
Storage Vessels and Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (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 Benzene Emissions from 
Benzene Storage Vessels and Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (EPA 
ICR Number 1080.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0185), 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 August 31, 2020. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 6, 2019 
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 July 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0325, 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,

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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, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 02-566-1744. For additional information 
about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The NESHAP for Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (40 
CFR part 61, subpart L) were promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 FR 
38073) and amended on February 12, 1999 (64 FR 7458). These regulations 
apply to each of the following benzene emission sources at furnace and 
foundry coke by-product recovery plants: Tar decanters, tar storage 
tanks, tar-intercepting sumps, flushing-liquor circulation tanks, 
light-oil sumps, light-oil condensers, light-oil decanters, wash-oil 
decanters, wash-oil circulation tanks, naphthalene processing, final 
coolers, final-cooler cooling towers, and equipment intended to operate 
in benzene service, including: Pumps, valves, exhausters, pressure 
relief devices, sampling connection systems, open-ended valves or 
lines, flanges or other connectors, and other control devices or 
systems. The provisions of this subpart also apply to benzene storage 
tanks, BTX (benzene-toluene-xylene) storage tanks, light-oil storage 
tanks, and excess ammonia-liquor storage tanks at furnace coke by-
product recovery plants. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart L.
    The NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels (40 
CFR part 61, subpart Y) were promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 FR 
38077) and amended on December 14, 2000 (65 FR 78268). These standards 
apply to each benzene storage vessel with a design storage capacity 
greater than or equal to 38 cubic meters (10,000 gallons). This subpart 
does not apply to: (1) Storage vessels used for storing benzene at coke 
by-product facilities; (2) vessels permanently attached to motor 
vehicles--such as trucks, rail cars, barges or ships; and (3) pressure 
vessels designed to operate in excess of 204.9 kPa (29.72 psia) and 
without emissions to the atmosphere. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart Y.
    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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of benzene 
storage vessels and coke oven by-product recovery plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 41, 
subparts L and Y).
    Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasionally, semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,730 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $201,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. 
Based on consultations with industry, the number of coke plants subject 
to Subpart L has been revised since the previous ICR, while the number 
of facilities subject to Subpart Y remains unchanged. The number of 
coke plants subject to Subpart L reflects a decrease in the number of 
operating coke by-product recovery plants. This change results in a 
decrease in both burden hours and the number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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