Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0662-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Secondary Lead Smelters
Posted Date: 2022-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08702]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0662; FRL-9792-01-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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters 
(EPA ICR Number 1128.13, 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 May 31, 2022. 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 May 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0662, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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: 10 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 26 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,130 (per year), which includes $0 in 
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 12 
to 10 due to consolidation within the sector. The reduced number of 
estimated sources also led to a decrease in the number of responses. 
There are no capital/startup and/or operation and maintenance costs 
associated with the rule.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-08702 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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