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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,
are 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: These standards apply to
owners or operators of each existing and
new lime manufacturing plant (LMP)
that emits or has the potential to emit
any single hazardous air pollutant
(HAP) at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10
tons) or more per year or any
combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68
megagrams (25 tons) or more per year
from all emission sources at the plant
site. This subpart applies to each
existing and new lime kilns and their
associated coolers, and processed stone
handling operations systems located at
a LMP that is a major source. Owners or
operators of such facilities must provide
EPA, or the delegated state regulatory
authority, with initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports.
They are also required to maintain
records of the occurrence and duration
of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction (SSM) in the operation of
an affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. The responses to this
information collection are mandatory
under Clean Air Act section 112 and 40
CFR part 63, subpart AAAAA.
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 are
estimated to average approximately 99
hour 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;
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any previously applicable instructions
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and requirements; 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: Lime
Manufacturing.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
44.
Frequency of Response: Initially, and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
10,212.
Estimated Total Costs: $1,040,590,
which includes $3,330 annualized
Capital Start Up Costs, $170,624
annualized Operations & Maintenance
(O & M) costs, and $866,636 annualized
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 2,446 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The increase in burden is due
to the fact that initial compliance has
been achieved and the initial costs to
comply are different from the costs to
comply continuously with the standard.
This increase is not due to any
program change. Within the past three
years, the respondents completed those
activities required to achieve initial
compliance. Such activities are more
burdensome than the burden associated
with the rule requirements for
continuing compliance as addressed by
this ICR.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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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
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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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 https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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:
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Marıa Malave, 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:
malave.maria@epa.gov.
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
https://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 https://
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 https://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 https://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
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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-timeonly 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
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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 nonexistent, 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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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 https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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: malave.maria@epa.gov.
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 https://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 https://
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 https://
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 https://
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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