[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16012-16013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07673]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0535; FRL-9991-54-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters 
(EPA ICR Number 1128.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0080), to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the 
ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2019. Public 
comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 
30, 2018 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 neither conduct nor 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 May 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0535, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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, WJC 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.

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    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Secondary 
Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart L) apply to existing facilities 
and new secondary lead smelting facilities: Any pot furnace of more 
than 250 kg (550 lb) charging capacity, blast (cupola) furnaces, and 
reverberatory furnaces. The affected facilities include any facility 
producing lead from a lead bearing scrap material by smelting to the 
metallic form. Blast furnace means any furnace used to recover metal 
from slag. Reverberatory furnaces include furnaces of various types, 
e.g., stationary, rotating, rocking and tilting. New facilities include 
those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to 
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart L.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They 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 affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Secondary lead smelting facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart L).
    Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 32 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,620 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment decrease in burden from 
the most recently-approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of 
sources. There is a decrease in the number of estimated sources from 14 
to 12 due to consolidation within the sector. The reduced number of 
estimated sources also led to a decrease in the number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
 Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-07673 Filed 4-16-19; 8:45 am]
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