[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4421-4422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1962]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6530-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources (NSPS) Secondary Lead Smelters

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for 
New Stationary Sources (NSPS) Secondary Lead Smelters, 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart L; OMB No. 2060-0080; EPA No. 1128.06; expiration date is March 
31, 2000. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection 
and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the 
actual data collection instrument.

DATES:  Comments must be submitted on or before February 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1128.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR, please contact Deborah Thomas at 202-564-5041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  
    Title: New Source Performance Standards for Secondary Lead 
Smelters, Part 60, Subpart L; OMB Control No. 2060-0080; EPA ICR 
No.1128.06, expiration date March 31, 2000. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: New Source Performance Standards for Secondary Lead 
Smelters were developed to ensure that air emissions from these 
facilities do not cause ambient concentrations of lead and non-lead 
particulate matter to exceed levels that may reasonably be anticipated 
to endanger public health and the environment. Owners or operators of 
secondary lead smelters subject to NSPS must notify EPA of 
construction, reconstruction, modification, anticipated and actual 
startup dates, and results of performance tests. These facilities must 
also maintain records of performance test results, startups, shutdowns, 
and malfunctions. The control of emissions of particulate matter from 
secondary lead smelters requires not only the installation of properly 
designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that 
equipment. Emissions of lead and non-lead particulate matter from 
secondary lead smelters are the result of operation of pot furnaces, 
blast furnaces, and reverberatory furnaces.
    These standards rely on the capture and collection of particulate 
matter by particulate emission control devices such as an electrostatic 
precipitator or scrubber. The reviewing authority may then inspect the 
source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed 
and operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports 
are needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial 
capability to comply with the emission standard, and serve as a record 
of the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. In 
order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping 
and reporting is necessary. This information enables the Agency to: (1) 
identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure initial 
compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous compliance 
with the standard. Reporting and recordkeeping requirements on the part 
of the respondent are mandatory under section 114 of the Clean Air Act 
as amended and 40 CFR part 60.
    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. All information submitted to 
the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, 
Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B-Confidentiality of Business Information 
(See 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 
39999, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 
March 23, 1979).
    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

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15. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
August 16,1999 (64 FR 44518); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5 
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; 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/operators of Secondary Lead 
Smelters
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: 1/yr/respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 35.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.00.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1128.06 and OMB No. 2060-0080 in any 
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania, NW, Washington, DC 20460;
      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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