[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65892-65893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21759]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0046; FRL-7991-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelters 
(Renewal); OMB Number 2060-0414; EPA ICR Number 1856.05

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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, 2005. 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 December 1, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0046, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: 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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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-2005 0046, 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 Docket is: (202) 566-1752. 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 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, 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 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 Primary Lead Smelters (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Lead Smelters, published at 40 CFR part 
63, subpart TTT, were proposed on April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19200), and 
promulgated on June 4, 1999 (64 FR 30204). On February 12, 1999, the 
Agency publicized a supplemental rulemaking for ferroalloys, mineral 
wool, primary copper, primary lead and wool fiberglass. The 
supplemental for this rule enhances the requirements of the bag leak 
detection systems in 40 CFR 63.1625 and 40 CFR 63.1655 of the proposed 
rule to include an enforceable operating limit. This rule applies to 
emissions sources (i.e., sinter machine, blast furnace, dross furnace, 
process fugitive, and fugitive dust sources) from primary lead 
smelters.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations. 
Plants must demonstrate compliance with the emission standards by 
monitoring their control devices and performing annual emissions 
testing. Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A), all sources subject to this standard are required to submit 
one-time notifications of applicability; a one-time report on 
performance test results for the primary emission control device; an 
initial report specifying the intended methods of compliance; standard 
operating procedure manuals for baghouses and fugitive dust control; 
and a semiannual report that includes a summary of the monitoring 
results, any baghouse leak detection system alarms and corrective 
actions. Sources must also maintain records of production for unrefined 
lead, copper matte, and copper speiss; the date and times of bag leak 
detection system alarms and the corrective action taken; baghouse 
inspection and maintenance; any records required as part of the source 
standard operating procedures manuals; and the compliance methods 
chosen. Records shall be maintained for a period of five years. Records 
of the most recent two years of operation must be maintained onsite.
    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 3,048 
(rounded) 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

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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: Emissions sources from primary lead 
smelters (i.e., sinter machine, blast furnace, dross furnace, process 
fugitive, and fugitive dust sources).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, annual, semiannual and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,190 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,003,083, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $19,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$984,083 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 83 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in labor burden to industry from 
the most recently approved ICR is due to the assumptions that both 
existing respondents have complied with the initial requirements of the 
rule and that there will be no new growth in this industry sector.
    The total annualized capital and operations and maintenance costs 
decreased from $36,000 to $19,000 due to a lack of capital/startup 
costs associated with new sources purchasing continuous emission 
monitoring equipment. The operation and maintenance costs for the 
monitoring equipment at existing sources are anticipated to continue 
over the next three years.
    Although there was an increase in the labor rates for both industry 
and the Federal government, it did not offset the reduction in labor 
burden associated due to the assumptions stated above.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-21759 Filed 10-31-05; 8:45 am]
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