Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0110-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks
Posted Date: 2022-03-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11422-11423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04193]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0110; FRL-9586-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and 
Battery Stacks (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 Coke Oven Pushing, 
Quenching, and Battery Stacks (EPA ICR Number 1995.08, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0521), 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 31, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0110, 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.
    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: [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 
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 Pushing, Quenching, and Battery 
Stacks (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCCC) were proposed on July 3, 2001 
(66 FR 35325); promulgated on April 14, 2003 (68 FR 18007); and most-
recently amended on August 2, 2005 (70 FR 44285). These regulations 
apply to pushing, soaking, quenching, and battery stacks on both 
existing and new coke oven batteries (coke plants) that are major 
sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. New facilities 
include those that commenced either construction or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to 
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCCC.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Coke manufacturing facilities.

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    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CCCCC).
    Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 23,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,950,000 (per year), which includes 
$125,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently 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 anticipated to reconstruct or close 
batteries subject to this standard. 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 and/or operation and maintenance 
(O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-04193 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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