Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085-0887
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

SUPPORTING STATEMENT
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	
NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC (Proposed Amendments)
                                   July 2023

Part A of the Supporting Statement

1. Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments), EPA ICR Number 1995.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0521. 

      1(b) Short Characterization/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 construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC.

      In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

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      Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file containing these documents and retain the file for at least five years following the generation date of such maintenance reports and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority.     If there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
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      The proposed RTR amendments to the rule eliminate the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption; remove the SSM plan requirement; add electronic submittal of notifications, semiannual reports, and performance test reports; add requirements for the control of mercury (Hg), total acid gases (hydrogen fluoride plus hydrogen chloride) (AG), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from pushing sources; Hg, particulate matter (PM), total AG, and HCN from battery stacks; Hg, PM, AG, total PAH from HRSG main stacks; and Hg PM, total AG, total PAH, and formaldehyde from HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks; and make technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP remain unchanged.
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      The term "Affected Public" applies to owners or operators of coke manufacturing facilities. There are approximately 14 coke plants. None of the 14 facilities are owned by either state, or local, or tribal entities, or by the Federal government.  All these facilities are owned and operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses. The `burden' to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). The `burden' to the Federal Government is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments).  
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       There are an average of 3.4 batteries at each coke plant site and each coke plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the owner/operator of the plant site).
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      Over the next three years, approximately 14 respondents per year (operating 27 by-product batteries at 9 plants and 20 non-recovery batteries at 5 plants) will be subject to these standards. We estimate no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. 
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      The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active ICR without any "Terms of Clearance". 

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2. Need for and Use of the Collection
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      2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection
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      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/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to: 
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      (A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.
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      In the Administrator's judgment, HAP emissions from coke plants either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC.
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      Section 112(d)(6) of the CAA requires the EPA to review the technology-based MACT standards and revise them "as necessary (taking into account developments in practices, processes, and control technologies)" no less frequently than every 8 years. In addition, section 112(f) of the CAA requires the EPA to determine whether the MACT emissions limitations provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health. For MACT standards for HAP "classified as a known, probable, or possible human carcinogen" that "do not reduce lifetime excess cancer risks to the individual most exposed to emissions from a source in the category or subcategory to less than 1-in-1 million," the EPA must promulgate residual risk standards for the source category (or subcategory) as necessary to provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health. In doing so, EPA may adopt standards equal to existing MACT standards, if the EPA determines that the existing standards are sufficiently protective. The EPA must also adopt more stringent standards, if necessary, to prevent an adverse environmental effect, but must consider cost, energy, safety, and other relevant factors in doing so.
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      2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data
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      The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in these standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.
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      Performance tests are required to determine an affected facility's initial capability to comply with the emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with these standard at all times. During the performance test a record of the operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
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      The notifications required in these standards are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. 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 these standards are being met.    The performance test may also be observed.
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      The required quarterly and semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures and for compliance determinations.
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3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria
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      The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC. 
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      3(a) Non-duplication
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       If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office. Otherwise, the information is sent directly to either the delegated state or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, 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 standards. Therefore,  duplication does not exist.
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      3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB
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      This section is not applicable because this is a rule-related ICR. Nevertheless, the ICR will be available for public review during the public comment period following publication of the proposed Subpart CCCCC RTR amendments in the Federal Register.
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      3(c) Consultations

      Stakeholder outreach occurred with industry groups including American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI) and member companies of this organization. Further stakeholder and public input is expected through public comment following publication of the proposed RTR amendments to Subpart CCCCC in the Federal Register and follow-up meetings with interested stakeholders.
      
      In addition, the EPA/OAQPS conducted a two-part ICR (questionnaire and stack testing) in 2016 to gather data from the coke manufacturing industry. The results from the questionnaire part of this ICR were used in updating the burden estimates contained in this supporting statement.
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      3(d) Effects of Less-Frequent Collection
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      Less-frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet these 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 proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.
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      3(e) General Guidelines
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      These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5.
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      These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to these standards. EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based. The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, any pattern of non-compliance, and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years. In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the destruction or nonexistence of essential records.
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      3(f) Confidentiality
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      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 (CBI) (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).
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      3(g) Sensitive Questions
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      The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in these standards or the proposed amendments do not include sensitive questions.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
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      4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes
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      The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners and operators of coke plants. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below:
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Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC)
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SIC Codes
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NAICS Codes
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Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing
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3312
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331110
All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
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3312
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324199
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      4(b) Information Requested 
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            (i) Data Items
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      In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) or would be required under the proposed amendments. Subpart CCCCC references 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart A for several general reporting and recordkeeping requirements that apply for all NESHAP.
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      A source must make the following reports:
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Notifications
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Initial notification requirements
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§63.9(b), §63.7340(a)
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Notification of opacity or visible emission observations (submitted concurrently with performance test)
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§§63.6(h)(4-5), §63.9(f), §63.7340(a) 
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Notification of compliance status when a source becomes subject to the standard
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§63.9(h), §63.7340(e)
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Notification that source is subject to special compliance requirements, if applicable
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§63.9(d)
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Notification of performance test
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§§63.7(b-c), §63.9(e), §63.7340(d)
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Rescheduled of performance test
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§63.7(b)(2)
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Demonstration of continuous monitoring system
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§63.8(e), §63.9(g), §63.7340(f)
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Change in information already provided
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§63.9(j)
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Request for an extension of compliance with relevant standard
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§63.9(c)
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Request to use an alternative monitoring procedure
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§63.8(f)(4)
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Reports
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Application for approval of the construction or reconstruction of a new major affected source, or reconstruction of a major affected source
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§63.5(d)
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Performance test results
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§§63.10(d)(2-3)
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Operation and maintenance plan for capture systems, control devices applied to pushing emissions, and by-product coke oven batteries
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§§63.7300(b-c)
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Plan for soaking emissions
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§63.7294
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Plan to prevent green pushes from by-product coke oven batteries with horizontal flues

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§63.7292
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Progress reports for compliance extension (if applicable)
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§63.6(i)
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Quarterly and semiannual compliance reports 
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§§63.7341(b-c)
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      A source must keep the following records:
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Recordkeeping
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All reports and notifications
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§63.10(b)(1), §63.7342(a)(1)
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Records of visual observations
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§63.7342(c)
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Records demonstrating continuous compliance with applicable emission limitations, work practice standards, and operation and maintenance requirements
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§63.7342(d)
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Any applicability determination that demonstrates why owner or operator believes source is unaffected
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§63.10(b)(3)
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Records of maintenance of air pollution control equipment
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§63.10(b)(2)(iii)
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Records of performance tests, performance evaluations, and opacity and visible emissions observations
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§63.10(b)(2)(viii), §63.7342(a)(3)
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Five-year retention of records
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§63.10(b)(1), §63.7343(b)
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Electronic Reporting
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      Currently, some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site. In addition, some regulatory agencies are setting up electronic reporting systems to allow sources to report electronically, which is reducing the reporting burden. As part of the proposed RTR amendments, respondents would be required to use the EPA's Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) to develop performance test reports and submit them through the EPA's Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). The ERT is an application rather than a form, and the requirement to use the ERT is applicable to numerous subparts. The splash screen of the ERT contains a link to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements, such as the OMB Control Number, expiration date, and burden estimate for this and other subparts. In the proposed amendments, respondents would be required to submit notifications and semiannual reports through the EPA's CEDRI. The notification is an upload of their currently required notification in a portable document format (PDF) file. The semiannual reports are to be created using Form 5900-621, the electronic template included with this Supporting Statement. The template is an Excel spreadsheet which can be partially completed and saved for subsequent semiannual reports to limit some of the repetitive data entry. It reflects the reporting elements required by the rule and does not impose additional reporting elements. The OMB Control Number is displayed on the Welcome page of the template, with a link to an online repository that contains the PRA requirements. For purposes of this ICR, it is assumed that there will be no additional burden associated with the requirement for respondents to submit the notifications and reports electronically.
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            (ii) Respondent Activities	
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Respondent Activities
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Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.
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Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for the control device.
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Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1; 2, 2F, or 2G; 3, 3A, or 3B; 4; 5 or 5D; 23; 26 or 26A; 29; 316; 320; CARB 429 test and repeat performance tests if necessary.
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Write the notifications and reports listed above.
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Enter information required to be recorded above.
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Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for collecting, validating, and verifying information.
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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for processing and maintaining information.
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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for disclosing and providing information.
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Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.
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Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.
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5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management
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      5(a) Agency Activities 
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      EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information:
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Agency Activities
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Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.
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Audit facility records.
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Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) and ICIS. 
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      5(b) Collection Methodology and Management
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      Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated. Performance test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standards 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 reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
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      Information contained in the reports is reported by state and local governments in the ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ICIS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. EPA uses ICIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.
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       The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for five years.
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      5(c) Small Entity Flexibility
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      The majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However,        the impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation and proposed amendments. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.
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      5(d) Collection Schedule
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      The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). 
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6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection
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      Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. 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.
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      The 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.
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      6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden
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      The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 32,500 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, the previously-approved ICR, and any comments received.
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      6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs
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            (i) Estimating Labor Costs 
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      This ICR uses the following labor rates: 
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      Managerial   	$163.17 ($77.70 + 110%)  
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      Technical    	$130.28 ($62.04 + 110%)
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      Clerical         	$65.71 ($31.29 + 110%)
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These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2022, "Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group." The rates are from column 1, "Total compensation." The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
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            (ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs
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      The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standards are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor and other costs such as photocopying and postage.
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            (iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
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Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

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(A)
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Continuous Monitoring Device

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(B)
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Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent

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(C)
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Number of New Respondents 

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(D)
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Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C)

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(E)
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Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent

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(F)
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Number of Respondents with O&M

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(G)
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Total O&M,
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(E X F)
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Leak detectors
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$9,000
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0
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$0
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$500
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14
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$7,000
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Continuous Opacity Monitors
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$37,000
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0
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$0
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$8,421
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14
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$117,894
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Total
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$0
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$125,000
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 	Note: Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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      The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the above table. 
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      The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $125,000. This is the total of column G. 
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      The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $125,000. 
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      6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost
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      The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes such activities as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information. 
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $50,740.
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      This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

		Managerial	$70.56 (GS-13, Step 5, $44.10 + 60%) 
		Technical	$52.37 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.73 + 60%)
		Clerical	$28.34 (GS-6, Step 3, $17.71 + 60%)
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These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2022 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees. Details upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). 
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      6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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      Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 14 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 14 per year.
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      The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR: 
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Number of Respondents

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Respondents That Submit Reports

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Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports

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Year

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(A)
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Number of New Respondents [1]

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(B)
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Number of Existing Respondents

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(C)
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Number of Existing Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports

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(D)
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Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents

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(E)
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Number of Respondents
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(E=A+B+C-D)
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1
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0
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14
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0
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0
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14
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2
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0
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14
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0
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0
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14
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3
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0
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14
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0
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0
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14
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Average
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0
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14
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0
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0
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14
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      [1] New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. 
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      Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 14. 
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      The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table: 
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Total Annual Responses
                                       
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(A)
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Information Collection Activity
                                       
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(B)
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Number of Respondents
                                       
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(C)
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Number of Responses
                                       
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(D)
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Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports
                                       
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(E)
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Total Annual Responses
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E=(BxC)+D
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Notification of compliance status
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification/application of construction
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0
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0
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0
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Notification of actual startup 
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification of performance test and test plan
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Report of performance test results[1] 
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5.6
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1
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0
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5.6
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Report of performance test results[2]
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2.8
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1
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0
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2.8
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Report of performance test results[3]
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2.8
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1
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0
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2.8
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Report of performance test results[4]
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2.8
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1
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0
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2.8
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Report of performance test results[5]
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1.8
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1
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0
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1.8
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Report of performance test results[6]
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1.8
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1
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0
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1.8
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Report of performance test results[7]
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1.8
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1
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0
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1.8
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Report of performance test results[8]
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0.8
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1
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0
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0.8
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Report of performance test results[9]
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0.8
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1
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0
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0.8
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Report of performance test results[1][0]
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0.8
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1
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0
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0.8
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Report of performance test results[1][1]
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0.8
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1
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0
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0.8
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Report of performance test results[1][2]
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Report of performance test results[1][3]
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Report of performance test results[1][4]
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Report of performance test results[1][5]
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Report of performance test results[1][6]
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Report of semiannual compliance reports   
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14
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2
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0
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28
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Report of quarterly compliance reports[17]
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9
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4
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0
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36
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Total [18]
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92
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 [1] There is an average of 5.6 respondents per year (14*0.4) submitting Method 5 (PM) performance test reports for pushing.
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 [2] There is an average of 2.8 respondents per year (14*0.2) submitting Method 29 (Hg) performance tests for pushing.
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 [3] There is an average of 2.8 respondents per year (14*0.2) submitting Method 320 (AG and HCN) performance tests for pushing.
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 [4] There is an average of 2.8 respondents per year (14*0.2) submitting CARB 429 (PAH) performance tests for pushing.
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 [5] There is an average of 1.8 respondents per year (9*0.2) submitting Method 29 (Hg) performance tests for ByP battery combustion stacks.
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 [6] There is an average of 1.8 respondents per year (9*0.2) submitting Method 5 (PM) performance tests for ByP battery combustion stacks.
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 [7] There is an average of 1.8 respondents per year (9*0.2) submitting Method 320 (AG and HCN) performance tests for ByP battery combustion stacks.
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 [8] There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting Method 29 (Hg) performance tests for HNR HRSG main stacks.
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 [9] There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting Method 5 (PM) performance tests for HNR HRSG main stacks.
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 [10] There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting Method26/26A (AG) performance tests for HNR HRSG main stacks.
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 [11] There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting CARB 429 (PAH) performance tests for HNR HRSG main stacks.
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 [12] There is an average of 1.0 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 29 (Hg) performance tests for HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks.
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 [13] There is an average of 1.0 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 5 (PM) performance tests for HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks.
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 [14] There is an average of 1.0 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 26/26A (AG) performance tests for HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks.
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 [15] There is an average of 1.0 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting CARB 429 (PAH) performance tests for HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks.
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 [16] There is an average of 1.0 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 316 (formaldehyde) performance tests for HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks.
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 [17] 40 CFR 63.7341(b) requires quarterly reporting for the COMS systems monitoring opacity of emissions from stacks on the coke ovens at the eleven by-product recovery plants. 
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 [18] Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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      The number of Total Annual Responses is 92. 
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      The total annual labor costs are $4,230,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). 
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      6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables
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      The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown below in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below. 
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            (i) Respondent Tally
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      The total annual labor hours are 32,500. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). 
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      We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.
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      Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 355 hours per response.
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      The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $125,000. The cost calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.
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            (ii) The Agency Tally
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      The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 1,015 labor hours at a cost of $51,860; see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments). 
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      We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.
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      6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden
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      This ICR is prepared for proposed RTR amendments to the NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart CCCCC). These proposed RTR amendments: (1) adjust references to the Part 63 General Provisions (40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart A) and revise provisions in the NESHAP (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) to remove the SSM exemption and SSM plan requirement; (2) add requirements for the control of Hg, total AG, HCN, and total PAH from pushing sources; Hg, PM, total AG, and HCN from battery stacks; Hg, PM, AG, total PAH from HRSG main stacks; and Hg PM, total AG, total PAH, and formaldehyde from HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks; (3) add electronic submittal of notifications, semiannual reports, and performance test reports; and (4) make technical and editorial changes. Where applicable, adjustments for these proposed RTR amendments are reflected in Tables 1 and 2 of this ICR.
      
      The number of affected facilities changed because of continued closures within the Coke  Manufacturing industry, which reduced the number of facilities previously affected by Subpart CCCCC.
      
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      Costs per labor hour increased slightly due to increases in Technical and Clerical labor rates. The burden estimate for familiarizing with regulatory requirements was increased to reflect the actual time it would take industry to review the proposed amendments. Burden estimates were added for the industry to meet the requirements for the control of Hg, total AG, HCN, and total PAH from pushing sources; Hg, PM, total AG, and HCN from battery stacks; Hg, PM, AG, total PAH from HRSG main stacks; and Hg PM, total AG, total PAH, and formaldehyde from HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks, prepare notifications of performance test/performance evaluation, report the results of the performance tests through the ERT, prepare notification of compliance status, record failures to meet standards and actions taken to minimize emissions, conduct refresher training, transition to submitting notifications and semiannual reports through CEDRI, and compile data for semiannual reports. Burden estimates were removed for developing SSM plans and submitting periodic SSM reports. 
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      6(g) Burden Statement
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      The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 355 hours per response. `Burden' means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information either 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.
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      An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,   a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA regulations are listed at 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085. An electronic version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov/, which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select "search," then key in the docket ID number identified in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the docket center is (202) 566-1752. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0085 and OMB Control Number 2060-0521 in any correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.

Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments)

                                  Burden item
                        (A) Person hours per occurrence
                (B) No. of occurrences per respondent per year
                (C) Person hours per respondent per year (AxB)
                         (D) Respondents per year  [a]
                  (E) Technical person- hours per year (CxD)
                 (F) Management person hours per year (Ex0.05)
                  (G) Clerical person hours per year (Ex0.1)
                          (H) Total Cost Per year [b]
1. Applications
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
2. Survey and Studies
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
3. Acquisition, Installation, and Utilization of Technology and Systems
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
4. Reporting Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
A. Familiarize with rule requirement
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                      14
                                      28
                                      1.4
                                      2.8
                                                                      $4,060.27
B. Required activities  [c][, d]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Method 5 performance test [PM] - Pushing  [e][, c]
                                      40
                                      2.0
                                      80
                                      5.6
                                      448
                                     22.4
                                     44.8
                                                                     $64,964.26
Method 29 performance test [Hg]- Pushing [f]
                                      40
                                      2.0
                                      80
                                      2.8
                                      224
                                     11.2
                                     22.4
                                                                     $32,482.13
Method 320 performance test [AG+HCN] - Pushing [f]
                                      40
                                      2.0
                                      80
                                      2.8
                                      224
                                     11.2
                                     22.4
                                                                     $32,482.13
CARB 429 performance test [PAH] - Pushing [f]
                                      40
                                      2.0
                                      80
                                      2.8
                                      224
                                     11.2
                                     22.4
                                                                     $32,482.13
Method  29 performance test [Hg] - ByP Battery [g] Combustion Stack
                                      40
                                      2.8
                                      112
                                      1.8
                                     201.6
                                     10.08
                                     20.16
                                                                     $29,233.92
Method 5 performance test [PM] - ByP Battery [g] Combustion Stack
                                      40
                                      2.8
                                      112
                                      1.8
                                     201.6
                                     10.08
                                     20.16
                                                                     $29,233.92
Method 320 performance test [AG+HCN] - ByP Battery Combustion Stack [g]
                                      40
                                      2.8
                                      112
                                      1.8
                                     201.6
                                     10.08
                                     20.16
                                                                     $29,233.92
Method 29 performance test [Hg] - HNR HRSG Main Stack [h]
                                      40
                                      1.3
                                      52
                                      0.8
                                     41.6
                                     2.08
                                     4.16
                                                                      $6,032.40
Method 5 performance test [PM] - HNR HRSG Main Stack [h]
                                      40
                                      1.3
                                      52
                                      0.8
                                     41.6
                                     2.08
                                     4.16
                                                                      $6,032.40
Method 26/26A performance test [AG] - HNR HRSG Main Stack [h]
                                      40
                                      1.3
                                      52
                                      0.8
                                     41.6
                                     2.08
                                     4.16
                                                                      $6,032.40
CARB 429 performance test [PAH] - HNR HRSG Main Stack [h]
                                      40
                                      1.3
                                      52
                                      0.8
                                     41.6
                                     2.08
                                     4.16
                                                                      $6,032.40
Method 29 performance test - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack [i]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
Method 5 performance test - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack [i]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
Method 26/26A performance test - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack [i]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
CARB 429 performance test - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack [i]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
EPA Method 316 performance test - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack [i]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
Operation and maintenance plans for  by-product coke oven batteries and capture systems and control devices applied to pushing emissions
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Work practice plan for batteries with horizontal flues (one plant)
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       2
                                       4
                                                                      $5,800.38
Method 9 daily observations for fugitive pushing emissions  [j]  
                                      3.4
                                      365
                                     1,225
                                      14
                                    17,155
                                     857.8
                                    1,715.5
                                                                  $2,487,637.97
Weekly sampling for total dissolved solids (TSD)  [k]
                                      2.0
                                      52
                                      104
                                      14
                                    1,456.0
                                     72.8
                                     145.6
                                                                    $211,133.83
Monthly inspections and maintenance of affected sources, control devices, and continuous parameter monitoring systems [e]
                                       2
                                      12
                                      24
                                      14
                                      336
                                     16.8
                                     33.6
                                                                     $48,723.19
                                                                               
C. Create information
                                    See 4B
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
D. Gather existing information
                                    See 4B
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
E. Write report
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
   Notification of applicability
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of constr./reconstr.
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of anticipated startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of actual startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of special compliance
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Compliance extension request
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of performance test[c]
                                       2
                                      1.5
                                       3
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Site-specific test plan
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of compliance status
                                       8
                                       1
                                       8
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   NESHAP waiver application
                                      N/A
 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Report of performance test  [l]
                                    See 4B
 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
  Semiannual compliance reports  [l]
                                      40
                                       2
                                      80
                                      14
                                     1120
                                      56
                                      112
                                                                    $162,410.64
  Quarterly COMS compliance reports for battery stacks [m]
                                      12
                                       4
                                      48
                                       9
                                      432
                                     21.6
                                     43.2
                                                                     $62,644.10
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                    28,265
                                                                     $3,564,072
                                                                               
5.  Recordkeeping Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
A.  Familiarize with rule requirement
                                    See 4A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
B.  Plan activities
                                       3
                                       1
                                       3
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
C.  Implement activities
                                      12
                                       1
                                      12
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
D.  Develop record system
                                       3
                                       1
                                       3
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
E.  Time to enter information (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
Report of other non-performance test submittals[n]
                                       4
                                     52.0
                                      208
                                      14
                                     2,912
                                      146
                                      291
                                                                    $422,267.66
   Report of Method 5 performance test - Pushing[n]
                                       8
                                      2.0
                                      16
                                      5.6
                                     89.6
                                     4.48
                                     8.96
                                                                     $12,992.85
   Report of Method 29, 320, and CARB 429 performance test - Pushing[n]
                                      24
                                      2.0
                                      48
                                      2.8
                                     134.4
                                     6.72
                                     13.44
                                                                     $19,489.28
   Report of Method 29, 5, and 320 performance tests - ByP Battery Combustion[n]
                                      24
                                      2.8
                                     67.2
                                      1.8
                                    120.96
                                     6.048
                                    12.096
                                                                     $17,540.35
   Report of Method 29, 5, 26/26A, and CARB 429 performance tests - HNR HRSG Main Stack[n]
                                      32
                                      1.3
                                     41.6
                                      0.8
                                     33.28
                                     1.664
                                     3.328
                                                                      $4,825.92
   Report of Method 29, 5, 26/26A, CARB 429 and 316 performance tests - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack[n]
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                     $61,484.03
F.  Time to train personnel
                                       3
                                       1
                                       3
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
G.  Time to adjust existing ways to comply with previously applicable requirements
                                       3
                                       1
                                       3
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
H.  Time to transmit or disclose information
                                     See E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
I.  Time for audits
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                     4,271
                                   $538,600
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) [o]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                    32,500
                                  $4,100,000
Capital and O&M Cost (rounded) [o]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
 
 
                                   $125,000
GRAND TOTAL (rounded) [o]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                  $4,230,000
                                       
Assumptions:
[a] There is an average of 14 respondents (i.e., 9 coke plants operating 27 by-product (ByP) batteries and 5 coke plants operating 20 heat and/or nonrecovery (HNR) batteries).  We have assumed that there will be no new sources subject to this regulation.  
[b] This ICR uses the following labor rates: $163.17 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $130.28 per hour for Technical labor, and $65.71 per hour for Clerical labor.  These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2022, "Table 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry group."  The rates are from column 1, "Total Compensation."  The rates have been increased by 110% to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
[c] We have assumed existing respondents already comply with initial rule requirements and are in full compliance with periodic requirements including quarterly and semiannual reports.  New respondents would have to comply with the initial rule requirements including notifications and performance tests for add-on control devices. 
d Monitoring and recordkeeping of operations for respondents include: monthly inspection of capture and control systems; daily Method 9 observations; weekly sampling for dissolved solids for quenching operations; work practices for batteries with horizontal flues (one plant); and Method 5 testing for particulate matter.
e The rule requires that every 2.5 years (or 0.4 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each control device applied to pushing emissions must be sampled by Method 5 for particulate matter.  We have determined that there is an average of 2.0 emission points per respondent (28 pushing units / 14 facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 5.6 respondents per year (14*0.4) submitting Method 5 performance test reports.  
[f] We are proposing Hg, AG, HCN, and PAH testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each control device applied to pushing emissions must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg; Method 320 for AG and HCN; and CARB 429 for PAH.  We have determined that there is an average of 2.0 emission points per respondent (28 pushing units / 14 facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 2.8 respondents per year (14*0.2) submitting Method 29, 320, and CARB 429 performance test reports.  
[g] We are proposing Hg, PM, AG and AG testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each ByP battery combustion stack must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, and Method 320 for AG and HCN.  We have determined that there is an average of 2.8 emission points per respondent (25 ByP battery combustion stacks / 9 ByP facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 1.8 respondents per year (9*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, and 320 performance test reports.  
[h] We are proposing Hg, PM, AG, and PAH testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each HNR heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) main stack must be sampled by Method 26 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, Method 26/26A for AG, and CARB 429 for PAH.  We have determined that there is an average of 1.3 emission points per respondent (5 HNR HRSG main stacks / 4 heat recovery facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, 26/26A, and CARB 429 performance test reports.  
[i] We are proposing Hg, PM, AG, PAH, and Formaldehyde testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stack must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, Method 26/26A for AG, CARB 429 for PAH, and Method 316 for Formaldehyde.  We have determined that there is an average of 10.6 emission points per respondent (53 HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks / 5 HNR facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 1 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, 26/26A, CARB 429 and 316 performance test reports.  
[j] Assumes one hour of observations per day per battery.  
k The measuring of the total dissolved solids (TDS) in the make-up water used for quenching is a requirement. In past analysis, we determined there is an average of 2.0 quenching towers per facility.
l The rules requires the submittal of quarterly compliance reports for all battery stacks.  If no deviation occurred and no continuous monitoring systems were out of control, only a summary report is required.  For other affected sources, semiannual reports are required for any deviation from an emission limitation (including an operating limit), work practice standard, or O&M requirement.
[m] 40 CFR 63.7341(b) requires quarterly reporting for the COMS monitoring opacity of emissions from the stacks on by-product recovery coke ovens, which are present at nine plants.
[n] Submittal of other non-performance reports through the EPA's CEDRI in ERT format is estimated to require 4 hours; submittal of performance test data through the EPA's CEDRI in ERT format is estimated to require 8 hours per test method report, includes keeping records of failures to meet the standards and the actions taken to minimize emissions.
o Totals have been rounded to 3 significant values.  Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Proposed Amendments)

Burden Item
                        (A) Person hours per occurrence
                   (B) No. of occurrences per plant per year
                      (C) Hours per plant per year (AxB)
                           (D) Plants per year  [a]
                  (E) Technical person- hours per year (CxD)
                 (F) Management person hours per year (Ex0.05)
                  (G) Clerical person hours per year (Ex0.1)
                          (H) Total Cost Per year [b]
Initial performance test
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Repeat performance test-Retesting preparation
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Repeat performance- Retesting
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Report Review
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Notification of construction/reconstruction
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Notification of anticipated startup
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Notification of actual startup
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Notification of special compliance requirements 
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
   Notification of initial performance test
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
   Notification of compliance status [d]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Review of repeat Method 5 performance test report - Pushing (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                       8
                                      2.0
                                      16
                                      5.6
                                     89.6
                                     4.48
                                     8.96
                                                                     $5,262.39 
Review of repeat Method 5, 320, and CARB 429 performance test - Pushing (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                      24
                                      2.0
                                      48
                                      2.8
                                     134.4
                                     6.72
                                     13.44
                                                                     $7,893.58 
Review of repeat Method 29, 5, and 320 performance tests - ByP Battery Combustion Stack (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                      24
                                      2.8
                                     67.2
                                      1.8
                                    120.96
                                     6.048
                                    12.096
                                                                     $7,104.22 
Review of repeat Method 29, 5, 26/26A, and CARB 429 performance tests - HNR HRSG Main Stack (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                      32
                                      1.3
                                     41.6
                                      0.8
                                     33.28
                                     1.664
                                     3.328
                                                                     $1,954.60 
Review of repeat Method 29, 5, 26/26A, CARB 429 and 316 performance tests - HNR HRSG Bypass/Waste Heat Stack (through CEDRI using ERT)
                                      40
                                     10.6
                                      424
                                       1
                                      424
                                     21.2
                                     42.4
                                                                    $24,902.37 
Review of semi-annual compliance  report i
                                       8
                                      0.4
                                      3.2
                                      14
                                     44.8
                                     2.24
                                     4.48
                                                                     $2,631.19 
Review of NESHAP waiver application
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Review of quarterly  compliance  report for battery stacks  [j]
                                       1
                                       4
                                       4
                                       9
                                      36
                                      1.8
                                      3.6
                                                                     $2,114.35 
                                                                               
TOTAL ANNUAL COST (rounded) [k] 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                     1,015
                                                                       $51,860 
                                                                               
Assumptions:
[a]   There are an average of 14 respondents (i.e., 9 coke plants operating 27 by-product (ByP) batteries and 5 coke plants operating 20 heat and/or nonrecovery (HNR) batteries).  We have assumed that there will be no new sources subject to this regulation.  
b   This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses:  Managerial rate of $70.56 (GS-13, Step 5, $44.10 + 60%), Technical rate of $52.37 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.73 + 60%), and Clerical rate of $28.34 (GS-6, Step 3, $17.71 + 60%).  These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) "2022 General Schedule" which excludes locality rates of pay.    
c   We have assumed that existing sources have complied with the initial rule requirements.  New respondents are required to conduct performance test for add-on control equipment, and submit initial notifications.  
d   Every 2.5 years (or about 0.4 times per year, if averaged over the three-year period of ICR), respondents must sample each pushing emission point using Method 5 for particulate matter and submit a report of results. We have determined that there is an average of 2.0 emission points per respondent (28 pushing units / 14 facilities) that need to be tested. There is an average of 5.6 respondents per year (14*0.4) submitting Method 5 performance test reports.  
[e] We are proposing Hg, AG, HCN, and PAH testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each control device applied to pushing emissions must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg; Method 320 for AG and HCN; and CARB 429 for PAH.  We have determined that there is an average of 2.0 emission points per respondent (28 pushing units / 14 facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 2.8 respondents per year (14*0.2) submitting Method 29, 320, and CARB 429 performance test reports.  
[f] We are proposing Hg, PM, AG and AG testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each ByP battery combustion stack must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, and Method 320 for AG and HCN.  We have determined that there is an average of 2.8 emission points per respondent (25 ByP battery combustion stacks / 9 facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 1.8 respondents per year (9*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, and 320 performance test reports.  
[g] We are proposing Hg, PM, AG, and PAH testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each HNR heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) main stack must be sampled by Method 26 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, Method 26/26A for AG, and CARB 429 for PAH.  We have determined that there is an average of 1.3 emission points per respondent (5 HNR HRSG main stacks / 4 heat recovery facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 0.8 respondents per year (4*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, 26/26A, and CARB 429 performance test reports.  
h We are proposing Hg, PM, AG, PAH, and Formaldehyde testing once every five years (or 0.2 times per year over the 3 years of the ICR), each HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stack must be sampled by Method 29 for Hg, Method 5 for PM, Method 26/26A for AG, CARB 429 for PAH, and Method 316 for Formaldehyde.  We have determined that there is an average of 10.6 emission points per respondent (53 HNR HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks / 5 HNR facilities) that need to be tested.  There is an average of 1 respondents per year (5*0.2) submitting Method 29, 5, 26/26A, CARB 429 and 316 performance test reports.  
 i   Sources are required to submit semiannual compliance reports.  
j   40 CFR 63.7341(b) requires the submittal of quarterly compliance reports for the COMS monitoring opacity on the battery stacks at the nine coke plants utilizing by-product recovery ovens.  
[k]  Totals have been rounded to 3 significant values.  Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.