Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing (Renewal), 36919 [2019-16085]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16085]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0656; FRL-9997-18-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing 
(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 Lead-Acid Battery 
Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 1072.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0081), 
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 September 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 August 29, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0656, 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, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Lead-Acid 
Battery Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart KK) were proposed on 
January 14, 1980, promulgated on April 16, 1982, and most recently-
amended on February 27, 2014. These regulations apply to existing 
facilities and new facilities with production capacity that is greater 
than or equal to 6.5 tons of lead: Grid casting facilities, paste 
mixing facilities, three-process operation facilities, lead-oxide 
manufacturing facilities, lead reclamation facilities, and other lead-
emitting operations. 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 KK.
    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: Lead-acid battery manufacturing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart KK).
    Estimated number of respondents: 52 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 4,050 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $473,000 (per year), which includes $11,700 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
increase in burden is due to an adjustment to account for the burden 
for all facilities to refamiliarize themselves with the regulatory 
requirements each year. This burden is separate from the existing 
recordkeeping burdens for all sources. The change results in a modest 
increase in burden. There was no change in the number of responses or 
operation and maintenance costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-16085 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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