

[Federal Register: December 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 239)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0050; FRL-8606-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from 
Coke By-Product Recovery Plants (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1080.12, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0185

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 January 14, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0050, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-HQ-OECA-2007-0050, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or, in person viewing at the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 
(202) 566-1752.
    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, Confidential Business Information (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 Benzene Emissions from Coke By-Product Recovery 
Plants (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1080.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0185.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the

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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) were promulgated on December 15, 1989, and amended 
on February 12, 1999, and October 17, 2000. Owners or operators of 
existing and new facilities that are furnace or foundry coke by-product 
recovery plants that produce benzene emissions subject to NESHAP 
subpart L must submit notification of and application for construction, 
reconstruction or modification, and notice of the anticipated date of 
initial and actual startup. Owners and operators of regulated 
facilities must also submit: notifications of performance tests; any 
physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate; 
implementation of equipment leakage requirements; and notification that 
the requirements of 40 CFR part 61, subpart L, 40 CFR part 61, subpart 
V, and 40 CFR part 61, subpart A, have been met. In addition, these 
owners and operators must submit performance test reports and 
semiannual reports. Records must be maintained of leak detection and 
repair logs, the design requirements of closed-vent systems and control 
devices, applicable valve information, design control device, plan 
operations and corrective action, compliance tests, reference values of 
monitored parameters, and monitoring results and exceedances. In 
addition, records must be kept of annual furnace and foundry coke 
production for furnace coke by-product recovery plants, monitoring 
data, monitoring system calibration checks, and the occurrence and 
duration of periods where the monitoring system is malfunctioning or 
inoperative.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records. 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. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 61, subpart L, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the 
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and 
other information that have been determined to be private.
    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 Number for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 92 
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: Benzene emissions from coke by-
product recovery plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,137.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $199,375, which includes $0 annualized 
Capital Startup costs, $0 Operating and Maintenance Costs (O&M), and 
$199,375 annualized Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The regulations have not changed over the 
past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. There is only one small change in the labor hours in this ICR 
compared to the previous ICR. The change is caused by different methods 
of rounding numbers. The previous ICR shows (3,138) as the labor hours, 
however, this ICR uses the exact hours of (3,137). The growth rate for 
the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no change in burden 
to industry.

    Dated: December 6, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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