[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20453-20454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9385]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6579-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources (NSPS) Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants

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) Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants, 
Part 60, Subpart KK; OMB No. 2060-0081; EPA No. 1072.06; expiration 
date is June 30, 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 May 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.1072.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR, please contact: Deborah Thomas at (202) 564-
5041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS, Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0081; EPA ICR No.1072.06, expiration 6/30/00. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: NSPS for Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Plants were 
developed to ensure that air emissions from these facilities do not 
cause ambient concentrations of lead particulate matter to exceed 
levels that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and 
the environment. Owners or operators of lead acid battery manufacturing 
plants 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. 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.
    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. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on October 
29,1999 (64 FR 58398); 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 Lead-Acid 
Battery Manufacturing Plants
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 82.
    Frequency of Response: 1/yr/respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 123 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O & M Cost Burden: $18,000.

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    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. 1072.06 and OMB No. 2060-0081 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., 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: April 14, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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