[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39333-39335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15614]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083, EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085, EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051; EPA-
HQ-OAR-2025-0162; FRL-12916-01-OAR]
Extension of Deadlines: Standards of Performance for New,
Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for
Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Interim
Final Rule; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities; National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens:
Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Interim final rule; notice of public hearing and extension of
public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 31, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
promulgated amendments to compliance dates within the interim final
rule titled Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New,
Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for
Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule,
On July 3, 2025, the EPA promulgated amendments to compliance dates in
the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities (Integrated Iron and
Steel Manufacturing) through an interim final rule. On July 8, 2025,
the EPA promulgated amendments to the compliance dates in the National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens:
Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries (Coke
Ovens) through an interim final rule. The EPA received requests to
schedule public hearings for each of these interim final rules. Given
the public interest in these rules and to further public participation,
the EPA is granting these requests and will hold the public hearings
via virtual platform. The public hearing for Oil and Natural Gas will
be held on September 2, 2025. The public hearing for Integrated Iron
and Steel Manufacturing will be held on September 3, 2025. The public
hearing for Coke Ovens September 4, 2025. In addition, the EPA is
extending the deadlines for written comments listed in the interim
final rules to October 1, 2025, for Oil and Natural Gas, October 2,
2025, for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing, and to October 6,
2025, for Coke Ovens. The EPA will consider submitted comments and
address them as appropriate. See table 1 below for a summary of the
aforementioned:
DATES:
Comments. Comments in response to the July 31, 2025, interim final
rule for Oil and Gas must be received by October 1, 2025. Comments in
response to the July 3, 2025, interim final rule for Integrated Iron
and Steel Manufacturing must be received by October 2, 2025. Comments
in response to the July 8, 2025, interim final rule for Coke Ovens must
be received by October 6, 2025.
Public Hearings. The EPA will hold virtual public hearings for each
rulemaking: Oil and Natural Gas on September 2, 2025, Integrated Iron
and Steel Manufacturing on September 3, 2025, and Coke Ovens on
September 4, 2025. The EPA will announce additional details on the
virtual public hearings at https://www.epa.gov/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-operations/2025-interim-final-rule-extend-compliance for Oil and Natural Gas; https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/integrated-iron-and-steel-manufacturing-national-emission for Integrated Iron and Steel
Manufacturing, https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/coke-ovens-batteries-national-emissions-standards-hazardous-air; and
https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/coke-ovens-pushing-quenching-and-battery-stacks-national-emission for Coke Ovens.
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for information on
registering for the public hearings.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments in response to the July 31, 2025,
interim final rule for Oil and Natural Gas, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas
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interim final rule). You may send comments in response to the July 3,
2025, interim final rule for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083 (Integrated Iron and
Steel Manufacturing source category). You may send comments in response
to the July 8, 2025, interim final rule for Coke Ovens, identified by
Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 (Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching,
and Battery Stacks source category) and EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051 (Coke Oven
Batteries source category) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include respective Docket
ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-
0083 (Integrated Iron and Steel), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 (Coke Ovens:
Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks source category), or EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0051 (Coke Ovens: Batteries source category) in the subject line
of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083 (Integrated Iron
and Steel), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 (Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and
Battery Stacks source category), or EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051 (Coke Ovens:
Batteries source category).
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas), EPA-
HQ-OAR-2002-0083 (Integrated Iron and Steel), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085
(Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks source category),
EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051 (Coke Ovens Batteries source category), Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include one of the
Docket ID Nos. listed in this document. Comments received may be posted
without change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information provided. For additional information, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about these public
hearings, contact the public hearing team at (888) 372-8699 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table 1--Summary of Docket ID Nos., Public Hearing Dates, and Comment Period Closing Dates
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Comment period
Rule Docket ID No. Public hearing date closing date
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Oil and Natural Gas................ EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162....... September 2, 2025..... October 1, 2025.
Integrated Iron and Steel EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083....... September 3, 2025..... October 2, 2025.
Manufacturing.
Coke Ovens......................... EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085; EPA- September 4, 2025..... October 6, 2025.
HQ-OAR-2003-0051.
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Participation in virtual public hearing. The public hearings will
be held via virtual platform on September 2, 2025, for Oil and Natural
Gas; September 3, 2025, for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing;
and on September 4, 2025, for Coke Ovens. The EPA will announce
additional details on the virtual public hearings at the EPA website
for the respective interim final rule. The EPA may close a session 15
minutes after the last pre-registered speaker has testified if there
are no additional speakers.
The EPA will begin pre-registering speakers for each hearing no
later than 1 business day following publication of this document in the
Federal Register. The EPA will accept registrations on an individual
basis. To register to speak at any virtual hearing, please use the
online registration form available at each of the interim final rule
websites mentioned above, or contact the public hearing team at (888)
372-8699 or by email at [email protected]. The last day to pre-
register to speak at a hearing will be 3 business days before the
public hearing. Prior to the hearings, the EPA will post a general
agenda that will list pre-registered speakers at each of the interim
final rule websites mentioned above.
The EPA will make every effort to follow the schedule as closely as
possible on the days of the hearings; however, please plan for the
hearings to run either ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
Each commenter will have 4 minutes to provide oral testimony. The
EPA encourages commenters to submit a copy of their oral testimony as
written comments electronically to the rulemaking docket.
The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations
but will not respond to the presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information submitted during the comment
period will be considered with the same weight as oral testimony and
supporting information presented at the public hearings.
Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the hearings
will be posted online at each of the interim final rule websites
mentioned above. While the EPA expects the hearings to go forward as
set forth above, please monitor our websites or contact the public
hearing team at (888) 372-8699 or by email at [email protected]
to determine if there are any updates. The EPA does not intend to
publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing updates.
If you require a special accommodation such as audio description,
please pre-register for the hearing with the public hearing team and
describe your needs by 8 business days before each public hearing. The
EPA may not be able to arrange accommodations without advance notice.
Docket. The EPA has established separate dockets for each of these
rulemakings under Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162 (Oil and Natural
Gas), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083 (Integrated Iron and Steel, EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-
0085 (Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks source
category), EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051 (Coke Ovens Batteries source category).
All documents in the docket are listed in https://www.regulations.gov/.
Although listed, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be
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publicly available only in hard copy. Except for such material,
publicly available docket materials are available electronically in
Regulations.gov.
Instructions. Direct your comments to Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0083 (Integrated Iron
and Steel), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 (Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and
Battery Stacks source category), EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051 (Coke Ovens
Batteries source category), or as appropriate. The EPA's policy is that
all comments received will be included in the public docket without
change and may be made available online at https://www.regulations.gov/
, including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes information claimed to be CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit electronically to
https://www.regulations.gov/ any information that you consider to be
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
This type of information should be submitted as discussed in the
Submitting CBI section of this document.
The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions,
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
The https://www.regulations.gov/ website allows you to submit your
comment anonymously, which means the EPA will not know your identity or
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through
https://www.regulations.gov/, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the internet. If you submit an
electronic comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
digital storage media you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification,
the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files
should not include special characters or any form of encryption and
should be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information
about the EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through https://www.regulations.gov/. Clearly mark the part or all the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on any
digital storage media that you mail to the EPA, note the Docket ID No.,
mark the outside of the digital storage media as CBI, and identify
electronically within the digital storage media the specific
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version
of the comments that includes information claimed as CBI, you must
submit a copy of the comments that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI directly to the public docket through the procedures
outlined in the Instructions section of this document. If you submit
any digital storage media that does not contain CBI, mark the outside
of the digital storage media clearly that it does not contain CBI and
note the Docket ID No. Information not marked as CBI will be included
in the public docket and the EPA's electronic public docket without
prior notice. Information marked as CBI will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) part 2.
Our preferred method to receive CBI is for it to be transmitted
electronically using email attachments, File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
or other online file sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google
Drive). Electronic submissions must be transmitted directly to the
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) CBI Office at the
email address [email protected] and, as described above, should include
clear CBI markings and note the Docket ID No. If assistance is needed
with submitting large electronic files that exceed the file size limit
for email attachments, or if you do not have your own file sharing
service, please email [email protected] to request a file transfer
link. If sending CBI information through the U.S. Postal Service,
please send it to the following address: U.S. EPA, Attn: OAQPS Document
Control Officer, Mail Drop: C404-02, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box
12055, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, Attention Docket
ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0162 (Oil and Natural Gas), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-
0083 (Integrated Iron and Steel), EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 (Coke Ovens:
Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks source category), EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0051 (Coke Ovens Batteries source category). The mailed CBI
material should be double wrapped and clearly marked. Any CBI markings
should not show through the outer envelope.
David Cozzie,
Acting Director of Sector Policies Programs Division.
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