[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16004-16005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06913]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0055; FRL-9924-46-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter 
Industry (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for the Secondary Lead 
Smelter Industry (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1686.10, OMB Control No. 
2060-0296) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through March 31, 2015. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0055, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This standard applies to owners and operators of 
secondary lead smelter industry facilities. The provisions of this 
subpart apply 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. 
Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
A), owners and operators must comply with recordkeeping, monitoring and 
reporting requirements including control device parameter monitoring, 
conduct performance tests and submittal of initial and periodic reports 
such as semiannual compliance reports and an operation, maintenance and

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monitoring plan. The required semiannual reports are used to determine 
periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify 
operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Secondary lead smelters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart X).
    Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 13,038 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,651,633 (per year), includes $375,200 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 7,499 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. In this ICR renewal, we have made adjustments to 
reflect current rule requirements and remove duplicate items contained 
in previous ICRs. In addition, this ICR renewal reflects a decrease in 
the number of respondents from 16 to 14 due to facility closures.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-06913 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
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