[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47212-47213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22748]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7053-8]


Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 
Comment Request; NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry

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: NESHAP for the Secondary Lead 
Smelter Industry, OMB No. 2060-0296, expiration date September 30, 
2001. 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 October 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, reference EPA ICR No. 1686.06 and OMB Control 
No. 2060-0296, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and the 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR Number 1686.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Maria Malave in the Office of 
Compliance at (202) 564-7027 or via E-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Title: NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0296, EPA ICR No.1686.04, expiring September 30, 2001. This is 
a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Secondary Lead Smelting (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

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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 assume that one 
furnace will be rebuilt per year and that each facility will make a 
major adjustment once per year which will required revising it's 
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. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 1, 2001. No comments were received.

Burden Statement

     The annual public reporting and record keeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 229 hours per 
response (includes time for recordkeeping activities). 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 or operators of secondary 
lead smelters.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual reports and one-time only 
notifications.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,033 person-hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $150,000.
    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. 1686.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0296 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 29, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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