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RIN: 2060-AS81

Publication ID: Fall 2016

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks
Abstract: This action will address the agency's residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks. The Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks NESHAP, subpart CCCCC, was promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) on 04/14/03. The NESHAP established emission limitations and work practice requirements based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from pushing, quenching and battery stacks. The HAP emitted from pushing, quenching and battery stacks include coke oven emissions, as well as polycyclic organic matter and volatile organic compounds such as benzene and toluene. This action will implement the residual risk review requirements of CAA section 112(f)(2) and the technology review requirements of CAA section 112(d)(6). The statute directs the EPA to promulgate emission standards under CAA 112(f)(2) if such standards are required to provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health or to prevent, taking relevant factors into account, an adverse environmental effect. Any such standards are to be promulgated within 8 years after promulgation of MACT standards under CAA section 112(d). CAA section 112(d)(6) requires the EPA to review and revise the MACT standards as necessary, taking into account developments in practices, processes and control technologies, no less often than every 8 years. This RTR is subject to an ongoing deadline suit, but does not have established proposal or final rule dates yet. In addition, the NESHAP for Coke Ovens (subpart L), which was reviewed under CAA sections 112(f)(2) and 112(d)(6) and promulgated on 04/15/05, will undergo a technology review under CAA section 112(d)(6) simultaneous with the review of subpart CCCCC.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7412 Clean Air Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Donnalee Jones Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5251 Fax:919 541-4991 Email: jones.donnalee@epa.gov Chuck French Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code D243-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-7912 Fax:919 541-4991 Email: french.chuck@epa.gov