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OMB Control No: 2060-0521	ICR Reference No: 202602-2060-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1995.10
Title: NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 02/19/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2026
Responses	76	71
Time Burden (Hours)	26,834	23,900
Cost Burden (Dollars)	107,000	125,000

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. 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. The final 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 44 USC 3501 et seq Name of Law: Clean Air Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2060-AV19	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 55684	07/05/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Renewal)	5900-621

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	76	71	0	5
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	26,834	23,900	2,934	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	107,000	125,000	-18,000	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This ICR is prepared for final RTR amendments to the NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR, Part 63, Subpart CCCCC). 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. The burden estimate for familiarizing with regulatory requirements was increased to reflect the actual time it would take industry to review the 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $56,400

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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