Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085-0622
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

From: 
Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Sent:
Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:19 AM
To: 
Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org>
Subject: 
RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Tosh - We sent the ICR out in 2016 and received results back in 2017. We typically don't post the ICR until we do the docket for the proposed rule, although we provide it to any interested party. Attached are all the materials related to the ICR with an example cover letter.

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
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"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

<< v2-Coke 114 cover letter-03-28-16-USS.docx >>
<< Coke ICR-Enclosure 1-04-01-16P.pdf >>
<< Coke ICR-Enclosure 2-062416-UPDATE.pdf >>
<< Enclosure 3 - 8-2016-RTI.pdf >>

From: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:00 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Hi Dr. Jones,

Sorry for sending multiple emails. I know that there is an ICR for coke ovens and was wondering if you could share it with me so that I could better understand what information the agency is collecting.

I couldn't find it on Regulations.gov, EPA's website, or OMB's website.

Thank you!
Tosh

From: Tosh Sagar 
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 11:29 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Oh that's great! Thank you, Dr. Jones.

And yes, I have Teams. I need to circle back with folks to see who wants to attend  -  I imagine it might just be 5-6. I will confirm the potential attendees and get back to you. 

From: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 11:09 AM
To: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

H Tosh. I can get the people together. Let me ask around and see who we want to invite. How many people on your end would attend? Do you have the TEAMS app? 

Donna

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org> 
Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 9:28 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Hi Dr. Jones,

If my clients wanted to meet with EPA staff working on the coke ovens rules to provide input and feedback before the proposal is finalized, would that be possible and who would we reach out to?

Have a nice weekend!
Tosh

From: Tosh Sagar 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 12:22 PM
To: 'Jones, DonnaLee' <jones.donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Great thanks!

From: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 12:13 PM
To: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Glad you sent me an email today because it saved me time to find your previous one. I wanted to let you know that we have posted the coke modeling file on the rule NESHAP page. There is a mechanism for comments described in the file. See link below.

https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/coke-ovens-pushing-quenching-and-battery-stacks-national-emission

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org> 
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 11:56 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Thank you Dr Jones!

From: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 3:32 PM
To: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Can't tell from here but likely later. But that's just my guess right now.

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org> 
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 3:04 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Thank you Dr. Jones!

I had one follow-up question, I was hoping you could answer. EPA's spring regulatory agenda gives a date of February 2022 for the proposal. Is that still valid and is there a realistic likelihood we would see it sooner than that?

Have a nice weekend.

From: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 2:30 PM
To: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org>
Subject: RE: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Mr. Sagar/Tosh - No date currently for proposal. At this time, we plan to do both reviews in same notice. 

No specific issues where we need feedback right now. We follow the requirements in the Clean Air Act for these reviews. If you know of a new technology or practice for reducing emissions, that would be useful. We would need the estimated emission reductions and costs of the practice (capital costs and operating and maintenance costs) for any control measures, practices, or technology.

If you want to comment on the model file, we just posted it today. See link below:
https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/coke-ovens-pushing-quenching-and-battery-stacks-national-emission

Instructions for how to make comments are in the file.

Thanks for your interest in this rule.

Donna (or Dr. Jones)

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: Tosh Sagar <tsagar@earthjustice.org> 
Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2021 2:59 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Subject: Seeking Info about Coke Ovens Rulemakings

Hi Ms. Dr. Jones,

I wanted to reach out to see if you could share any information re: the Section 112 Reviews for both coke oven source categories.

I am hoping to learn more about the likely timeframe for the proposed rule, so that we can plan for our comments. I also wanted to check whether the two reviews would be combined in a single action or otherwise be contemporaneous (which would help simplify our comments).

I think we would also welcome an opportunity to learn if there are any issues where comments from affected communities or scientists would be particularly useful to EPA.

If you have a few minutes to chat, please let me know. Cheers,
Tosh