Notice2025-03254
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Emissions From Benzene Storage Vessels and Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (Renewal)
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Published
February 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels and Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (EPA ICR Number 1080.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0185) 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 February 28, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10898-10899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03254]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0117; FRL-12629-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Benzene Emissions From Benzene Storage Vessels and
Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (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 Benzene Emissions from
Benzene Storage Vessels and Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (EPA
ICR Number 1080.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0185) 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 February 28, 2025. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 31, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0117, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#06672b6768622b742b6269656d63724663766728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77165a1619135a055a1318141c12033712071659101801">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the public docket without change
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<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, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard, D243-05,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea8b8683c4879f849e8b998398aa8f9a8bc48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73121f1a5d1e061d0712001a01331603125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA
Docket Center, WJC West, 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 NESHAP for Coke Oven By-Product Recovery Plants (40
CFR part 61, subpart L) were promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 FR
38073) and amended on February 12, 1999 (64 FR 7458). These regulations
apply to each of the following benzene emission sources at furnace and
foundry coke by-product recovery plants: tar decanters, tar storage
tanks, tar-intercepting sumps, flushing-liquor circulation tanks,
light-oil sumps, light-oil condensers, light-oil decanters, wash-oil
decanters, wash-oil circulation tanks, naphthalene processing, final
coolers, final-cooler cooling towers, and equipment intended to operate
in benzene service, including: pumps, valves, exhausters, pressure
relief devices, sampling connection systems, open-ended valves or
lines, flanges or other connectors, and other control devices or
systems. The provisions of this subpart also apply to benzene storage
tanks, BTX (benzene-toluene-xylene) storage tanks, light-oil storage
tanks, and excess ammonia-liquor storage tanks at furnace coke by-
product recovery plants. This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart L.
The NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels (40
CFR part 61, subpart Y) were promulgated on September 14, 1989 (54 FR
38077) and amended on December 14, 2000 (65 FR 78268). These standards
apply to each benzene storage vessel with a design storage capacity
greater than or equal to 38 cubic meters (10,000 gallons). This subpart
does not apply to: (1) storage vessels used for storing benzene at coke
by-product facilities; (2) vessels permanently attached to motor
vehicles--such as trucks, rail cars, barges or ships; and (3) pressure
vessels designed to operate in excess of 204.9 kPa (29.72 psia) and
without emissions to the atmosphere. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart Y.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Benzene storage vessels and coke by-
product recovery plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subparts L and Y).
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Estimated number of respondents: Seven (total).
Frequency of response: Occasionally, semiannually, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 1,130 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $143,000 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 2,090 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB due to an adjustment decrease in the number of
respondents subject to 40 CFR part 61, subparts L and Y based on our
consultation with industry. There are no program changes.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-03254 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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