[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74521-74522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21114]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0450; FRL-8254-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Lead Smelter 
Industry (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1686.06, 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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 11, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0450, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: 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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0450, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 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 is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and

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to access those documents in the docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``docket search,'' then key 
in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA's policy 
is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, 
will be made available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without change, unless 
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1686.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0296.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    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 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Initially, on occasion, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,034 hours.
    Estimated Total Costs: $1,125,913, which includes: $0 annualized 
Capital Start Up costs, $150,000 annualized Operating and Maintenance 
Costs (O&M), and $975,913 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden 
to industry.

    Dated: December 4, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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