7174 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2022 / Notices 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Under TSCA section 8(e), 

any person who manufactures (defined 

by statute to include imports), 

processes, or distributes in commerce a 

chemical substance or mixture and who 

obtains information which reasonably 

supports the conclusion that such 

substance or mixture presents a 

substantial risk of injury to health or the 

environment is required to immediately 

inform EPA of such information unless 

they have actual knowledge that EPA 

has been adequately informed of such 

information (15 U.S.C. 2607(e)). 

EPA receives and screens TSCA 

section 8(e) submissions covering a 

large number of chemical substances 

and mixtures on a wide range of 

chemical toxicity/exposure information. 

Although EPA’s receipt of TSCA section 

8(e) information does not necessarily 

trigger immediate regulatory action 

under TSCA or other authorities 

administered by EPA, all TSCA section 

8(e) submissions receive screening level 

evaluations by EPA’s Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) to 

identify priorities for further Agency 

action and appropriate referrals to other 

programs. 

In addition, EPA is offering an 

electronic reporting option for use both 

by those who are required to submit a 

notification of substantial risk under 

TSCA section 8(e) and by those who 

wish voluntarily to submit ‘‘For Your 

Information’’ (FYI) notices by registering 

and submitting information 

electronically using the Agency’s 

Central Data Exchange (CDX). 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 50 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected are those that 

manufacture, process, import, or 

distribute in commerce chemical 

substances and mixtures. The following 

North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist in 

determining whether this action might 

apply to certain entities: Chemical 

manufacturing (NAICS code 325) and 

petroleum and coal product 

manufacturing (NAICS code 324). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory; 15 U.S.C. 2607(e). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated number of potential 

respondents: 51. 

Total estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 343. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

17,565 hours. 

Total estimated annual costs: 

$1,635,246. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $1,635,246 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 3,847 hours 

from that currently in the OMB 

inventory (from 21,412 to 17,565 hours). 

This reflects an overall decrease in the 

number of section 8(e) and FYI 

submissions, which decreased from 408 

to 343 8(e) submissions and 13 to 6 FYI 

submissions respectively total annual 

costs compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This increase is due to an increase in 

the hourly wages and a change in the 

methodology to calculate loaded wages 

(wages plus fringe benefits and 

overhead). Additional details are in the 

ICR. This change is an adjustment. 

In addition, OMB has requested that 

EPA move towards using the 18- 

question format for ICR Supporting 

Statements used by other federal 

agencies and departments and is based 

on the submission instructions 

established by OMB in 1995, replacing 

the alternate format developed by EPA 

and OMB prior to 1995. The Agency 

does not expect this change in format to 

result in substantive changes to the 

information collection activities or 

related estimated burden and costs. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0086; FRL–9555–01– 

OMS] 

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. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (EPA 

ICR Number 1362.12, 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 through April 30, 

2022. Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

April 13, 2021 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 March 10, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2021–0086, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

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. 


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Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person, at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 

Building, 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 Batteries (40 

CFR part 63, subpart L) were proposed 

on December 4, 1992; promulgated on 

October 27, 1993; and amended on 

April 15, 2005. These regulations 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. New 

facilities include those that commenced 

construction or reconstruction after the 

date of proposal. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 63, subpart L. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of iron and steel 

integrated plants that produce coke for 

their operations and merchant plants 

that produce furnace and foundry coke 

for sale on the open market. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart L). 

Estimated number of respondents: 14 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 58,200 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $6,880,000 (per 

year), which includes $0 in annualized 

capital/startup and/or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

decrease in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR is due to a 

decrease in the number of sources. 

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 subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

L, and that are anticipated to reconstruct 

or close batteries subject to these 

standards. This decrease is not due to 

any program changes. Since there are no 

changes in the regulatory requirements 

and there is no significant industry 

growth, there are also no changes in the 

capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9531–01–R1] 

Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

Medium Wastewater Treatment 

Facilities General Permit for 

Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

NPDES general permit MAG590000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Water 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—Region 1 (EPA), is providing a 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Medium 

Wastewater Treatment Facilities General 

Permit (Medium WWTF GP) for 

discharges to certain waters of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This 

Draft NPDES Medium WWTF GP (‘‘Draft 

General Permit’’) establishes effluent 

limitations and requirements, effluent 

and ambient monitoring requirements, 

reporting requirements, and standard 

conditions for 44 eligible facilities that 

are currently covered by individual 

NPDES permits (see Attachment E of the 

Draft General Permit for a list of eligible 

WWTFs). The Draft General Permit is 

available on EPA Region 1’s website at 

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/ 

region-1-draft-medium-wastewatertreatment-facilities-general-permitmassachusetts. The Fact Sheet for the 

Draft General Permit sets forth principal 

facts and the significant factual, legal, 

methodological, and policy questions 

considered in the development of the 

Draft General Permit and is also 

available at this website. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft General Permit may be mailed to 

U.S. EPA Region 1, Water Division, 

Attn: Michele Duspiva, 5 Post Office 

Square, Suite 100, Mail Code 06–4, 

Boston, Massachusetts 02109–3912, or 

sent via email to: Duspiva.Michele@

epa.gov. Due to the COVID–19 National 

Emergency, if comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please also email a 

copy to the EPA contact above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

Draft General Permit may be obtained 

from Michele Duspiva, U.S. EPA Region 

1, Water Division, 5 Post Office Square, 

Suite 100, Mail Code 06–4, Boston, MA 

02109–3912; telephone: 617–918–1682; 

email: Duspiva.Michele@epa.gov. 

Following U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

guidance and specific state guidelines 

impacting our regional offices, EPA’s 

workforce has been directed to telework 

to help prevent transmission of the 

coronavirus. While in this workforce 

telework status, there are practical 

limitations on the ability of Agency 

personnel to allow the public to review 

the administrative record in person at 

the EPA Boston office. However, any 

electronically available documents that 

are part of the administrative record can 

be requested from the EPA contact 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Information: 

Interested persons may submit written 

comments on the Draft General Permit 

to EPA Region 1 at the address listed 

above. In reaching a final decision on 

this Draft General Permit, the Regional 

Administrator will respond to all 

significant comments and make 

responses available to the public on 

EPA Region 1’s website. All comments 

must be postmarked or delivered by the 

close of the public comment period. 

General Information: The Draft 

General Permit includes effluent 

limitations and requirements for eligible 

facilities based on technology and/or 

water quality considerations of the 

unique discharges from these facilities. 

The effluent limits established in the 

Draft General Permit ensure that the 

surface water quality standards of the 

receiving water(s) will be attained and/ 

or maintained. 

Obtaining Authorization: To obtain 

coverage under the General Permit, 

facilities meeting the eligibility 


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