[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49767-49768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21182]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0036; FRL-7546-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Secondary Lead 
Smelter Industry (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart X), EPA ICR Number 1686.05, 
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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 18, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0036, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
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: Maria Malave, 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 May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), 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-2003-0036, 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. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, 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 that is 
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: NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry (40 CFR part 
63, subpart X).
    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

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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; 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 and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,034 hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual 
Costs: $150,000 which includes zero annualized capital/startup costs 
and $150,000 annual O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of one hour in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens due to the rounding-off of the mathematical 
calculations. There was no increase in the number of new or modified 
sources. The increase in the annual cost, is due to the use of an 
updated revised hourly pay rate from the United States Department of 
Labor.

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21182 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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