[Federal Register: July 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0050; FRL-8201-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing
Quenching and Battery Stacks, EPA ICR Number 1995.03, OMB Control
Number 2060-0521
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2005-0050, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days
of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-OECA-2005-0050, which is available for public viewing online
at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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
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the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202)
566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks
(40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1995.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0521.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks
were proposed on July 3, 2001 (66 FR 35325) and, promulgated on April
14, 2003 (68 FR 18007). The respondents are owners or operators of coke
plants that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions. The national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants
(NESHAP) applies to emissions from pushing, soaking, quenching, and
battery stacks on new and existing coke oven batteries. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
63, subpart CCCCC.
Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 63,
subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the
regulation. This rule requires sources to submit initial notifications,
conduct performance tests if source is using an add-on control device,
and submit periodic compliance reports. In addition, sources are
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation if using an add-on
control device; any period during which the monitoring system is
inoperative; parametric monitoring data; system maintenance and
calibration; and work practices to demonstrate initial and ongoing
compliance with the regulation. Records of such measurements and
actions are to be retained two years on-site of the required total five
years. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority.
In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA regional office.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 223
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information 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 which have subsequently changed; 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of coke oven
facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 19.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, weekly and
initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,208.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $169,500, includes O&M costs only.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase from 2,209 hours to 25,208
hours in the annual labor burden to industry from the most recently
approved ICR is due to adjustments. The increase in burden from the
most recently approved ICR is due to the assumption that all existing
sources are in full compliance with the rule on-going monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements since the compliance date has
passed. The active ICR burden calculation was based on sources only
complying with the initial rule requirements.
The increase from $83,000 to $169,500 in the total annualized
capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are due to the
assumption that respondents are in full compliance with the rule on-
going requirements, as mentioned above. Even when there are no capital
and startup costs for this renewal of the ICR, the costs for operation
and maintenance of bag leak detectors and continuous opacity monitors
increased significantly since we are accounting such costs for all
three years of this ICR.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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