[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37808-37809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16030]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0041; FRL-7518-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1072.07 (OMB No. 2060-0081) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: NSPS for Lead-Acid Battery 
Manufacturing (Renewal). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes 
the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and 
cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

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: [email protected].

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 September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0041, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to OMB and EPA 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Mail your comments to 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, and (2) submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or on paper, will be available for public viewing in 
EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), 
or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. 
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will 
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart KK) (Renewal) (OMB Control Number 2060-0081, EPA ICR Number 
1072.07). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection 
that is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2003. Under OMB regulations, 
the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of 
information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart KK, were proposed on 
January 14, 1980, and promulgated on April 16, 1982. These regulations 
apply to the following affected facilities in lead-acid battery 
manufacturing plants with production capacity that is equal to or 
exceeds 6.5 tons of lead: Grid casting facilities, paste mixing 
facilities, three-process operation facilities, lead-oxide 
manufacturing facilities, lead reclamation facilities, and other lead-
emitting operations, commencing construction, modification, or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart KK.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports if using continuous emissions 
monitoring systems (CEMS). 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. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS. Any owner 
or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a 
file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years 
following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and 
records.
    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 62 
hours (rounded) 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

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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: Lead-acid battery manufacturing 
plants/grid casting facilities, paste mixing facilities, three-process 
operation facilities, lead-oxide manufacturing facilities, lead 
reclamation facilities, and other lead-emitting operations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual, if using CEMS.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,053 hours (rounded).
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual 
Costs: $11,700 which includes no annualized capital/startup costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,930 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The net increase in labor burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to the inclusion of monitoring and 
recordkeeping requirements for sources using scrubbing systems in the 
burden calculation which had been omitted. We have determined that 25 
percent of the sources (i.e., 13 sources) would be required to monitor 
and record pressure drop across the scrubbing systems every 15 minutes. 
The inclusion of these rule requirements resulted in a significant net 
increase in labor hours even when the number of sources significantly 
decreased (i.e., from 82 to 52) from the most recently approved ICR. 
The decrease in the number of sources did not affect the labor hours 
significantly because no periodic reports are required for existing 
sources. However, the decrease in the number of sources had a net 
decrease on the operation and maintenance costs associated with 
continuous monitoring devices when compared to the most recently 
approved ICR.

    Dated: June 13, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-16030 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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