Notice2022-02616
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal)
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Published
February 8, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (EPA ICR Number 1362.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0253), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7174-7175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02616]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0086; FRL-9555-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries
(EPA ICR Number 1362.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0253), to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the
ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2022. Public
comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April
13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public.
An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 10,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0086, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
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Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff9e9396d1928a918b9e8c968dbf9a8f9ed1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22434e4b0c4f574c5643514b50624752430c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Oven Batteries (40 CFR part 63, subpart L)
were proposed on December 4, 1992; promulgated on October 27, 1993; and
amended on April 15, 2005. These regulations apply to all coke oven
batteries, whether existing, new, reconstructed, rebuilt, or restarted.
It also applies to all batteries using conventional by-product recovery
processes, non-recovery processes, or any new recovery processes. New
facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction
after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart L.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of iron and
steel integrated plants that produce coke for their operations and
merchant plants that produce furnace and foundry coke for sale on the
open market.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart L).
Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 58,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $6,880,000 (per year), which includes $0 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources.
There is an adjustment decrease in labor hours from the most-recently
approved ICR. This decrease reflects revisions to the number of
existing respondents that are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart L, and
that are anticipated to reconstruct or close batteries subject to these
standards. This decrease is not due to any program changes. Since there
are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no
significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/
startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-02616 Filed 2-7-22; 8:45 am]
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