Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0636-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting
Posted Date: 2021-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57142-57143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22305]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0636; FRL--9138-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting (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 Primary Lead Smelting 
(EPA ICR Number 1856.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0414), 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 December 31, 2021. Public 
comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on 
February 8, 2021 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 November 15, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0636, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Lead Smelting apply to existing and new 
facilities engaged in producing lead metal from ore concentrates. The 
category includes, but is not limited to, the following smelting 
processes: Sintering, reduction, preliminary treatment, refining and 
casting operations, process fugitive sources, and fugitive dust 
sources. Owners and operators of primary lead smelting facilities are 
required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for 
the general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as the 
applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 63 subpart TTT. In 
general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports

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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 with 40 CFR part 63, subpart TTT.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Primary lead smelters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart TTT).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,270 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $912,000 (per year), which includes $169,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This situation is due to two considerations: (1) 
The regulations have not changed significantly over the past three 
years and are not anticipated to change significantly over the next 
three years; and (2) the growth rate for this industry is very low or 
non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. 
While there are not currently any primary lead smelters operating in 
the U.S. and no new facilities are being planned, this ICR continues to 
assume an average of one existing respondent for the purpose of 
estimating burden. Since there are no significant changes in the 
regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry growth, 
there are also no changes in the capital/startup or operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-22305 Filed 10-13-21; 8:45 am]
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