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SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
NATIONAL
EMISSIONS
STANDARDS
For
Coke
Oven
Batteries
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L
[
OMB
No.
2060­
0253;
EPA
No.
1362.04]

1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
ICR
for
The
National
Emissions
Standards
for
Coke
Oven
Batteries,
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L.

1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
The
National
Emissions
Standards
for
Coke
Oven
Batteries
were
proposed
on
December
4,
1992
and
promulgated
on
October
27,
1993.
These
standards
apply
to
all
coke
oven
batteries,
whether
existing,
new,
reconstructed,
rebuilt
or
restarted.
It
also
applies
to
all
batteries
using
the
conventional
by­
product
recovery,
the
nonrecovery
process,
or
any
new
recovery
process.
Under
this
rule,
all
existing
batteries
must
choose
a
compliance
track.
Three
compliance
approaches
are
available
under
the
rule:
the
"
MACT
(
Maximum
Achievable
Control
Technology)
track,"
the
"
LAER
(
Lowest
Achievable
Emission
Rate)
extension
track,"
and
straddling
both
tracks
(
until
January
1,
1998).

Applicability
dates
vary
depending
on
the
emission
limitation
the
affected
facility
2
is
subject
to.
This
information
is
being
collected
to
assure
compliance
with
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L.

Owners
or
operators
of
coke
oven
batteries,
whether
existing,
new,
reconstructed,

rebuilt
or
restarted,
are
required
to
comply
with
monitoring,
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements.

Owners
or
operators
of
the
affected
facilities
described
must
make
one­
time­
only
notifications
to
elect
a
compliance
track
and
to
certify
initial
compliance.
Owners
or
operators
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.
Monitoring
requirements
specific
to
coke
oven
batteries
provide
information
on
the
operation
of
the
emissions
control
device
and
compliance
with
the
visible
emissions
standard.
Semiannual
reports
of
compliance
certifications
are
required.
These
notifications,
reports,
and
records
will
be
used
by
EPA
and
states
to:
1)
identify
batteries
subject
to
the
standards;
2)
ensure
that
MACT
and
LAER
are
properly
applied;
and
3)
ensure
that
daily
monitoring
and
work
practice
requirements
are
implemented
as
required.

Any
owner
or
operator
subject
to
the
provisions
of
this
part
shall
maintain
a
file
of
these
measurements,
and
retain
the
file
for
at
least
one
year
following
the
date
of
such
measurements,
maintenance
reports,
and
records,
and
must
thereafter
be
accessible
within
three
working
days.

According
to
data
gathered
by
the
Office
of
Air
Quality
and
Standrds,
there
are
approximately
68
coke
batteries
("
affected
facilities)
operated
by
35
coke
plants
(
14
iron
3
and
steel
producers
and
11
merchant
coke
producers)
nationwide.
We
are
assuming
that
each
plant
has
coke
batteries
subject
to
this
regulation.
It
is
estimated
that
no
additional
plants
per
year
will
become
subject
to
the
standard
in
the
next
three
years.
Particulate
matter
is
the
pollutant
regulated
under
this
Subpart.
The
cost
of
this
ICR
will
be
5,644,998
dollars.

All
reports
are
sent
to
the
delegated
State
or
Local
authority.
In
the
event
that
there
is
no
such
delegated
authority,
the
reports
are
sent
directly
to
the
EPA
Regional
Office.

2.
Need
for
and
Use
of
the
Collection
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
The
EPA
is
charged
under
Section
112
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
as
amended,
to
establish
standards
of
performance
for
each
category
or
subcategory
of
major
sources
and
area
sources
of
hazardous
air
pollutants.
These
standards
are
applicable
to
new
or
existing
sources
of
hazardous
air
pollutants
and
shall
require
the
maximum
degree
of
emission
reduction:

In
addition,
Section
114(
a)
States
that:

.
.
.
the
Administrator
may
require
any
owner
or
operator
subject
to
any
requirement
of
this
Act
to
(
A)
establish
and
maintain
such
records;
(
B)
make
such
reports,

(
C)
install,
use,
and
maintain
such
monitoring
equipment
or
methods
(
in
accordance
with
such
methods
at
such
locations,
at
such
intervals,
and
in
such
manner
as
the
Administrator
shall
prescribe),
and
(
D)
sample
such
emissions,
(
E)
keep
records
on
4
control
equipment
parameters,
production
variables
or
other
indirect
data
when
direct
monitoring
of
emissions
is
impractical,
(
F)
submit
compliance
certifications,
and
(
G)

provide
such
other
information
as
he
may
reasonably
require.

In
the
Administrator's
judgment,
particulate
matter
emissions
from
coke
batteries
at
coke
plants
cause
or
contribute
to
air
pollution
that
may
reasonably
be
anticipated
to
endanger
public
health
or
welfare.
Therefore,
NESHAP
were
promulgated
for
this
source
category
at
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L.

2(
b)
PRACTICAL
UTILITY/
USERS
OF
THE
DATA
The
control
of
emissions
of
particulate
matter
from
coke
batteries
at
coke
plants
requires
not
only
the
installation
of
properly
designed
equipment,
but
also
the
operation
and
maintenance
of
that
equipment.
Emissions
of
particulate
matter
from
coke
plants
are
the
result
of
operation
of
the
coke
batteries.
These
standards
rely
on
both
the
capture
and
reduction
of
particulate
matter
emissions
by
establishing
emission
limitations
for
doors,

lids,
offtakes,
and
charging
operations
on
coke
ovens
with
or
without
sheds
(
for
the
capture
of
emissions);
use
of
an
emissions
control
device;
and
by
establishing
control
measures
and
monitoring
requirements
for
bypass/
bleeder
stacks
and
collecting
mains.

The
required
notifications
are
used
to
inform
the
Agency
or
delegated
authority
when
a
source
becomes
subject
to
the
standard.
The
reviewing
authority
may
then
inspect
the
source
to
check
if
the
pollution
control
devices
are
properly
installed
and
operated,
leaks
are
being
detected
and
repaired,
and
the
standard
is
being
met.
Initial
compliance
reports
and
performance
test
reports
are
needed
as
these
are
the
Agency's
record
of
a
source's
initial
capability
to
comply
with
the
emission
standard,
and
serve
as
a
record
of
the
5
operating
conditions
under
which
compliance
was
achieved.
The
semiannual
compliance
certifications
are
used
for
problem
identification,
as
a
check
on
source
operation
and
maintenance,
and
for
compliance
determinations.
The
information
generated
by
the
monitoring,
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements
described
in
this
ICR
is
used
by
the
Agency
to
ensure
that
facilities
affected
by
the
NESHAP
continue
to
operate
the
control
equipment
and
achieve
compliance
with
the
regulation.
Adequate
monitoring,

recordkeeping,
and
reporting
is
necessary
to
ensure
compliance
with
these
standards,
as
required
by
the
Clean
Air
Act.
The
information
collected
from
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements
is
also
used
for
targeting
inspections,
and
is
of
sufficient
quality
to
be
used
as
evidence
in
court.

3.
Nonduplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
3(
a)
Nonduplication
The
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requested
is
required
under
40
CFR
Part
63,

Subpart
L.
If
the
standard
has
not
been
delegated
the
information
is
sent
to
the
appropriate
EPA
Regional
Office.
Otherwise,
the
information
is
sent
directly
to
the
delegated
State
or
Local
Agency.
If
a
State
or
Local
Agency
has
adopted
their
own
similar
regulation
to
implement
the
Federal
Regulation,
a
copy
of
the
report
submitted
to
the
State
or
Local
agency
can
be
sent
to
the
Administrator
in
lieu
of
the
report
required
by
the
Federal
Standard.
Therefore,
no
duplication
exists.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
An
announcement
of
a
public
comment
period
for
the
renewal
of
this
ICR
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
August
16,
1999.
6
3(
c)
Consultations
No
comments
were
received
on
the
burden
published
in
the
Federal
Register.

3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
Less
frequent
information
collection
would
decrease
the
margin
of
assurance
that
facilities
are
continuing
to
meet
the
required
standards.
Requirements
for
information
gathering
and
recordkeeping
are
useful
techniques
to
ensure
that
good
operation
and
maintenance
practices
are
applied
and
emission
limitations
are
met.
If
the
information
required
by
these
standards
was
collected
less
frequently,
the
likelihood
of
detecting
poor
operation
and
maintenance
of
control
equipment
and
noncompliance
would
decrease.

3(
e)
General
Guidelines
None
of
the
reporting
or
recordkeeping
requirements
contained
in
40
CFR
Part
63,

Subpart
L
or
otherwise
pertinent
to
this
request
violate
any
of
the
regulations
established
by
OMB
in
5
CFR
1320.6.

3(
f)
Confidentiality
The
required
information
consists
of
emissions
data
and
other
information
that
have
been
determined
not
to
be
private.
However,
any
information
submitted
to
the
Agency
for
which
a
claim
of
confidentiality
is
made
will
be
safeguarded
according
to
the
Agency
policies
set
forth
in
Title
40,
Chapter
1,
Part
2,
Subpart
B
­
Confidentiality
of
Business
Information
(
see
40
CFR
2;
41
FR
36902,
September
1,
1976;
amended
by
43
FR
40000,
September
8,
1978;
43
FR
42251,
September
20,
1978;
44
FR
17674,
March
23,
1979).
7
3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
None
of
the
reporting
or
recordkeeping
requirements
contained
in
40
CFR
Part
63,

Subpart
L
or
otherwise
pertinent
to
this
request
contain
sensitive
questions.

4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
4(
a)
Respondents/
SIC
Codes
The
respondents
of
the
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements
are
owners
or
operators
of
all
coke
oven
batteries,
whether
existing,
new,
reconstructed,
rebuild
or
restarted.
A
new
or
a
greenfield
(
constructed
at
a
new
plant
where
no
batteries
previously
existed)
by­
product
battery
is
one
constructed
or
reconstructed
on
or
after
December
4,
1992.
A
brownfield
battery
(
new
construction
without
an
increase
in
the
coke
plant
capacity
as
of
November
15,
1990)
or
a
rebuilt
battery
(
i.
e.,
a
padup
rebuild
battery
is
an
existing
battery
completely
reconstructed
on
or
after
December
4,
1992,
on
the
same
site
and
pad
that
does
not
result
in
an
increase
of
the
design
capacity
of
the
coke
plant
as
of
November
15,
1990.
Coke
oven
batteries
are
listed
under
SIC
Code
SIC
3312,

Steel
Works,
Blast
Furnaces
(
including
coke
ovens)
and
Rolling
Mills.
The
Federal
government
is
in
the
process
of
transitioning
to
the
new
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
(
NAICS).
The
NAICS
code(
s)
for
this
industry
are
NAIC
331111,

Iron
and
Steel
Mills;
and
NAIC
324199,
All
Other
Petroleum
and
Coal
Products
Manufacturing
(
i.
e.,
coke
ovens,
not
integrated
with
steel
mills).

4(
b)
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
(
i)
Data
Items
8
All
data
in
this
ICR
that
is
recorded
and/
or
reported
is
required
by
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L,
National
Emission
Standards
for
Coke
Oven
Batteries.

A
source
must
make
the
following
reports:

Notification
Reports
Intention
to
construct
a
new,
brownfield,
or
padup
rebuild
coke
oven
battery,
including
anticipated
date
of
startup.
63.311(
c)(
1),

63.5,
63.9(
b)

Notification
of
compliance
status
when
source
becomes
subject
to
the
standard.
63.9(
h),

63.311(
c)(
2)

Notification
that
source
is
subject
to
special
compliance
requirements:
obtaining
an
exemption
from
control
requirements
for
bypass\
bleeder
stacks
by
committing
to
permanent
closure
of
a
battery
or
using
an
equivalent
alternative
control
system
for
the
stacks;
and
obtaining
an
alternative
standard
for
coke
oven
doors
on
a
battery
equipped
with
a
shed.
63.9(
d)

Initial
performance
test.
63.7(
b),

63.9(
e)

Rescheduled
initial
performance
test.
63.7(
b)(
2)
Notification
Reports
9
Notification
requirements
for
coke
ovens
with
a
shed
using
a
continuous
monitoring
systems
for
opacity
of
emissions
discharged
from
the
emission
control
equipment;
and
meeting
the
alternative
standard.
63.9(
g),

63.305(
f)(
4)

Demonstration
of
continuous
monitoring
system.
63.9(
g)

Change
in
information
already
provided.
63.9(
j)

Request
for
an
extension
of
compliance
with
relevant
standard.
63.9(
c)

Reports
Application
for
approval
of
the
construction
or
reconstruction
of
a
new
major
affected
source,
or
reconstruction
of
a
major
affected
source.
63.5(
6)(
d),

63.9(
b)(
1)(
iiii)

Performance
test
results.
60.8
(
a),
61.13(
f)
,
63.10(
d)(
2),
63.309
Report
of
opacity
and
visible
emission
observations.
63.9(
f)

Emission
control
work
practice
plan
for
each
coke
oven
battery.
63.306(
a)

Opacity
or
visible
emissions.
63.10(
d)(
3)

Periodic
startup,
shutdown,
malfunction
reports.
63.10(
d)(
5)(
I)

Initial
compliance
certification.
63.9(
h),

63.111(
b)

Submit
semiannual
compliance
certifications.
63.9(
h),

63.311(
d)
Reports
10
Report
for
the
venting
of
coke
oven
gas
other
than
through
a
flare
system.
63.311(
e)

A
source
must
keep
the
following
records:

Recordkeeping
Startup,
shutdown,
malfunction
plan.
63.6(
e)(
3),

63.1(
b)(
2)
,

63.310,

63.311(
f)(
6)

All
reports
and
notifications.
63.10(
b)(
1)

Any
applicability
determinations
that
demonstrate
why
owner
or
operator
believes
source(
s)
is
unaffected.
63.10(
b)(
3)

Copy
of
the
coke
oven
emission
control
work
practice
plan
and
revisions,
and
records
related
to
implementation
of
plan
requirements.
63.306,

63.311(
f)(
3­
4)

For
an
approved
alternative
emission
limitation:
monitoring
records
of
parameters
that
indicate
the
exhaust
flow
rate
is
maintained,
records
for
the
continuous
opacity
monitoring
system,
and
quarterly
visual
inspection
of
the
shed.
63.10(
c),

63.311(
f)(
2)

For
the
bypass/
bleeder
stack
flare
system
or
an
approved
alternative
control
device:
design
of
drawings
and
of
engineering
specifications.
63.311(
f)(
5)

For
nonrecovery
coke
oven
batteries:
records
of
daily
operating
parameters
and
design
characteristics.
63.111(
f)(
1)
11
Owners
or
operators
shall
maintain
records
onsite
of
all
required
information
for
at
least
one
year.
Records
of
the
work
practice
plan;
and
of
the
startup,
shutdown,
and
malfunction
plan
shall
be
kept
onsite
at
all
times
(
63.111(
f)).
12
ii.
Respondent
Activities:

Respondent
Activities
Read
instructions.

Daily
performance
tests
by
a
certified
observer,
commencing
on
the
applicable
date,
using
Method
303
or
303A
for
each
new
and
existing
coke
oven
battery
are
needed
to
determine
compliance
with
the
visible
emission
limitations
for
coke
oven
doors,
topside
port
lids,
offtake
systems,
and
charging
operations.

Develop
and
implement
an
emission
control
work
practice
plan
for
each
coke
oven
battery.

For
coke
ovens
equipped
with
sheds
choosing
to
comply
with
an
alternative
to
the
emission
limitation
standards,
submit
an
initial
test
plan,
and
once
approved,

conduct
an
initial
performance
test
using
Methods
5
(
determine
the
efficiency
of
control
equipment
),
Method
9
(
measure
opacity
of
emissions
from
control
device),
and
Method
22
(
measure
visible
emissions
that
escape
the
shed)
to
get
approval
to
use
alternative
standard.

For
coke
ovens
equipped
with
sheds
complying
with
the
alternative
standard,

conduct
weekly
performance
tests
using
Method
303
to
determine
compliance;

and
if
the
visible
emission
limitation
is
achieved
for
12
consecutive
observations,

then
switch
to
monthly
tests
until
an
exceedance
occurs,
at
which
time
the
weekly
tests
shall
be
resumed.

Install,
calibrate,
maintain,
and
operate
continuous
monitoring
system
for
opacity
emissions
discharged
from
the
control
system
at
coke
oven
doors
equipped
with
sheds
and
complying
with
the
alternative
standard.
Respondent
Activities
13
For
nonrecovery
coke
oven
batteries,
daily
monitoring
of
pressure
in
oven
or
common
tunnel
to
ensure
a
negative
pressure;
implement
work
practices
requirement
for
charging
operations
at
existing
batteries;
and
install,
operate
and
maintain
control
system
for
the
capture
and
collection
of
emissions
at
new
batteries.

For
a
by­
product
recovery,
a
brownfield
or
padup
rebuild
coke
oven
battery,

install,
operate
and
maintain
a
bypass/
bleeder
stack
flare
system
capable
of
controlling
120
percent
of
the
normal
gas
flow
generated
by
the
battery;
unless
the
owner
or
operator
has
been
approved
for
an
alternative
control
device
or
system
that
achieves
at
least
98
percent
destruction
or
control
of
coke
oven
emissions.

For
by­
product
coke
oven,
daily
inspection
of
the
collecting
main
for
leaks
according
to
Method
303.

Write
the
notifications
and
reports
listed
above.

Enter
information
required
to
be
recorded
above.

Submit
the
required
reports
developing,
acquiring,
installing,
and
utilizing
technology
and
systems
for
the
purpose
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information.

Develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purpose
of
processing
and
maintaining
information.

Develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purpose
of
disclosing
and
providing
information.

Adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements.
Respondent
Activities
14
Train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information.

Transmit,
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.

Regulatory
agencies,
to
the
extent
possible,
are
relying
more
on
automated
techniques
such
as
electronic
submissions
of
reports,
and
are
improving
their
tracking
systems
and
database
systems
to
enhance
the
use
of
these
techniques.
In
1997,
the
EPA
Office
of
Air
Quality
and
Standards
initiated
efforts
to
allow
companies
to
provide
an
electronic
copy
of
their
spreadsheets
that
contained
the
Method
303
inspection
results
so
that
EPA
could
develop
a
national
database
of
the
results
of
the
visible
emission
inspections
of
coke
oven
batteries.

5.
The
Information
Collected
­­
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
5(
a)
Agency
Activities
EPA
conducts
the
following
activities
in
connection
with
the
acquisition,
analysis,

storage,
and
distribution
of
the
information
required
under
40
CFR
Part
63,
Subpart
L:

Agency
Activities
Observe
initial
performance
tests
and
daily
performance
tests
by
a
certified
observer,

commencing
on
the
applicable
date.
Agency
Activities
15
Review
notifications
and
reports,
including
initial
compliance
certification,
semiannual
compliance
certifications,
performance
test
reports,
report
for
the
venting
of
coke
oven
gas
other
than
through
a
flare
system,
and
excess
emissions
reports,
required
to
be
submitted
by
industry.

Audit
facility
records:
opacity
or
visible
emissions
data;
periodic
startup,
shutdown,

malfunction
reports;
implementation
of
coke
oven
emission
control
work
practice
plan;

operating
parameters
and
operations
of
control
equipment.

Input,
analyze,
and
maintain
data
in
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
database.

5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
Performance
test
reports
are
used
by
the
Agency
to
discern
a
source's
initial
capability
to
comply
with
each
of
the
applicable
visible
emissions
for
coke
oven
doors,

topside
port
lids,
offtake
systems,
and
charging
operations
in
this
subpart,
and
note
the
operating
conditions
under
which
compliance
was
achieved.
Data
and
records
maintained
by
the
respondents
are
tabulated
and
published
for
use
in
compliance
and
enforcement
programs.
The
semiannual
compliance
certifications
and
daily
performance
tests
are
used
for
problem
identification,
as
a
check
on
source
operation
and
maintenance,

and
for
compliance
determinations.

Information
contained
in
the
reports
is
entered
into
AIRS
which
is
operated
and
maintained
by
EPA's
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards.
AIRS
is
EPA's
database
for
the
collection,
maintenance,
and
retrieval
of
compliance
and
annual
emission
inventory
data
for
over
100,000
industrial
and
government­
owned
facilities.
EPA
uses
16
AIRS
for
tracking
air
pollution
compliance
and
enforcement
activities
by
State
and
Local
regulatory
agencies,
and
EPA
Regional
Offices
and
Headquarters.
EPA
and
its
delegated
Authorities
can
edit,
store,
retrieve
and
analyze
the
data.

The
records
required
by
this
regulation
must
be
retained
by
the
owner
or
operator
for
one
year
onsite,
and
thereafter
be
accessible
within
3
working
days.

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
There
are
no
small
businesses
affected
by
this
standard.

5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
The
specific
frequency
for
each
information
collection
activity
within
this
request
is
shown
on
Table
1.

6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
Table
2
documents
the
computation
of
individual
burdens
for
each
of
the
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements
applicable
to
the
industry.
The
individual
burdens
are
expressed
under
standardized
headings
believed
to
be
consistent
with
the
concept
of
burden
under
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act.
Where
appropriate,
specific
tasks
and
major
assumptions
have
been
identified.
Responses
to
this
information
collection
are
mandatory.
None
of
the
reporting
or
recordkeeping
requirements
contained
in
40
CFR
Part
63
or
otherwise
pertinent
to
this
request
violate
any
of
the
regulations
established
by
OMB
in
5
CFR
1320.6.
The
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.

6(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
17
The
average
annual
burden
to
industry
over
the
next
three
years
from
these
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements
is
estimated
at
104,659.98
person­
hours.
These
hours
are
based
on
Agency
studies
and
background
documents
used
in
the
development
of
the
standard
or
test
methods;
Agency
knowledge
and
experience
with
the
NESHAP
program;
the
previously
approved
ICR;
and
new
guidance
associated
from
EPA's
ICR
lead
contacts.
The
number
of
person­
hours
in
this
ICR
is
significant
higher
thn
the
previous
ICR
because
of
a
categorization
change
on
burden.
If
the
person­
hours
calculated
in
the
previous
hours
would
have
been
determined
in
the
same
manner
as
with
this
ICR
the
increase
reflected
would
have
been
less
than
25
percent.
The
previous
ICR
had
most
of
the
person­
hours
accounted
under
the
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
cost
burden
category.
This
is
not
the
case
in
this
ICR
because
it
has
been
decided
that
the
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
hour
burden
category
should
include
all
the
personhours
required
to
comply
with
the
rule
requirements.
In
addition,
there
are
no
sources
using
continuous
emission
monitors
for
opacity
emissions
discharged
from
the
control
device
and
there
will
be
no
operating
and
maintenance
associated
with
it.
In
general,
the
increase
in
person­
hours
is
due
to
more
accurate
estimates
of
the
number
of
sources
and
the
specific
rule
requirements.

6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
(
i)
Estimating
Labor
Costs
This
ICR
uses
loaded
labor
rates:
Executive,
Administrative,
and
Managerial
labor
is
$
73.93
($
35.20
plus
110%);
Technical
labor
is
$
54.94
($
26.16
plus
110%);
and
Clerical
labor
is
$
34.42
($
16.39
plus
110%).
These
rates
18
are
from
the
United
States
Department
of
Commerce
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,

March
1999,
Table
10:
Employment
Costs
for
Private
Industry
by
Occupational
and
Industry
Group.
The
rates
are
from
column
1:
Total
compensation.
The
wage
rates
have
been
loaded
by
adding
110%
overhead.

(
ii)
Estimating
Capital
and
Operation
and
Maintenance
(
O&
M)
Costs
The
type
of
industry
costs
associated
with
the
information
collection
activity
in
the
standards
are
labor
only.
The
capital
start­
up
costs
are
one
time
costs
when
a
facility
becomes
subject
to
the
standard.
There
are
no
capital
start­
up
costs
for
this
regulation.
There
are
no
annual
operations
and
maintenance
costs
associated
with
continuos
emissions
monitors
(
CEMs)
since
there
are
no
sources
using
such
equipment
for
opacity
emissions
discharged
from
the
control
device.
Therefore,
the
average
annual
burden
for
capital
and
operation
and
maintenance
costs
to
industry
over
the
next
three
years
of
the
ICR
is
cero.
.

(
iii)
Capital/
Start­
up
vs.
Operating
and
Maintenance
Costs
There
are
no
coke
oven
batteries
with
sheds
that
have
applied
for
an
alternative
standard
which
would
have
required
them
to
use
a
CEM
for
opacity
emissions
discharged
from
the
control
device.

6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
The
only
Federal
costs
are
user
costs
associated
with
analysis
of
the
reported
information.
Publication
and
distribution
of
the
information
are
part
of
the
AIRS
program.

Examination
of
records
to
be
maintained
by
the
respondents
will
occur
as
part
of
the
periodic
inspection
of
sources,
which
is
part
of
EPA's
overall
compliance
and
enforcement
program.
19
The
average
annual
Federal
Government
cost
during
the
3
years
of
the
ICR
is
estimated
to
be
56,697
dollars.
This
cost
is
based
on
an
average
wage
of
a
GS
10
step
1
employee
rate,
$
16.52
plus
110%
overhead
which
equals
$
34.69.
Details
upon
which
this
estimate
is
based
appear
in
Table
2:
Agency
Burden.

6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Costs
The
number
of
existing
sources
(
i.
e.,
coke
oven
batteries)
subject
to
NESHAP,

Part
63,
Subpart
L
is
68.
The
number
of
total
respondents
is
25.
This
is
the
number
of
existing
respondents
since
there
are
no
new
respondents
anticipated
over
the
next
three
years.
The
total
annual
responses
is
57.5.
This
number
is
calculated
from
the
number
of
existing
sources
subject
to
notification
requirements
multiplied
by
the
number
of
initial
reports,
plus
the
number
of
existing
sources
multiplied
by
the
semiannual
compliance
certifications.
The
total
annual
labor
costs
are
5,644,997.8
dollars
with
no
annual
capital
and
O&
M
costs
to
the
regulated
entity.
Details
upon
which
this
estimate
is
based
appear
in
Table
1:
Industry
Burden.

6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
And
Cost
Tables
Refer
to
Tables
1
and
2
in
Attachment
1
for
a
detail
description
of
the
burden
hours
and
associated
cost.

6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
The
significant
increase
in
burden
associated
with
recordkeeping
and
reporting
hour
burden
category
and
the
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
cost
burden
category
of
this
ICR
is
due
primarily
to
a
change
of
burden
categorization
(
i.
e.,
three
categories
were
defined
consistent
with
the
rule)
from
the
active
ICR.
For
example,
some
requirements
may
apply
to
all
plants,
while
some
requirements
may
only
apply
to
20
non­
recovery
plants
or
by­
product
recovery
plants.
The
increase
in
burden
is
also
due
to
more
accurate
estimate
of
existing
sources
by
category
and
a
better
understanding
of
the
burden
associated
with
the
specific
rule
requirements
by
category.
These
adjustments
resulted
in
a
total
burden
increase.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.

This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;

search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
Part
9
and
48
CFR
Chapter
15.

Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,

including
through
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques
to
the
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
12000
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460;
and
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
21
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
and
OMB
control
number
in
any
correspondence.

Part
B
of
the
Supporting
Statement
This
part
is
not
applicable
because
no
statistical
methods
were
used
in
collecting
this
information.