[Federal Register: December 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 238)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0450; FRL-8254-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Lead Smelter
Industry (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1686.06, OMB Control Number 2060-
0296
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 11,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0450, 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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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-2006-0450, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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) 566-1927.
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
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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 the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1686.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0296.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 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 the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry (40 CFR
part 63, subpart X) were proposed on June 9, 1994 (59 FR 29750) and
promulgated on June 23, 1995 (60 FR 32587). In response to industry
petitions to reconsider, the final rule was amended on June 13, 1997
(62 FR 32209). Entities potentially affected by this rule are owners or
operators of secondary lead smelters that operate furnaces to reduce
scrap lead metal and lead compounds to elemental lead. The rule applies
to secondary lead smelters that use blast, reverberatory, rotary, or
electric smelting furnaces to recover lead metal from scrap lead,
primarily from used lead-acid automotive-type batteries. These sources
are emitters of several chemicals identified as hazardous air
pollutants, including but not limited to lead compounds, arsenic
compounds, and 1,3-butadiene. The rule provides protection to the
public by requiring all secondary lead smelters to meet emission
standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control
technology (MACT). This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart X.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
one-time-only notifications including: Notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the initial
performance test, including information necessary to determine the
conditions of the performance test; and performance test measurements
and results. 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. Owners or
operators must maintain records of initial and subsequent compliance
tests for lead compounds, and identify the date, time, cause, and
corrective actions taken for all bag leak detection alarms. Records of
continuous monitoring devices, including parametric monitoring, must be
maintained and reported semiannually. Owners or operators 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. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this
part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the
records for at least five years following the date of such measurements
and records. At a minimum, records of the previous two years must be
maintained on site.
Industry and EPA records indicate that 23 sources are subject to
the standard, and no additional sources are expected to become subject
to the standard over the next three years. However, we have assumed
that one furnace will be rebuilt per year and that each facility will
make a major adjustment once per year which will require revising its
operational plan.
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 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 229
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 secondary
lead smelters.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,034 hours.
Estimated Total Costs: $1,125,913, which includes: $0 annualized
Capital Start Up costs, $150,000 annualized Operating and Maintenance
Costs (O&M), and $975,913 annualized labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. Secondly, 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 4, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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