Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter Industry (Renewal), 57138 [2021-22301]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 57138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22301]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0634; FRL--9140-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Secondary Lead Smelter 
Industry (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 the Secondary Lead 
Smelter Industry (EPA ICR Number 1686.12, OMB Control Number 2060-
0296), 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 to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2020-0634, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to dockets.oeca.epa.gov, 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 
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: Owners and operators of secondary lead smelter facilities 
are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements 
for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as for 
the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 63 subpart X. This 
includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests and 
periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine 
compliance with these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Secondary lead smelter facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart X).
    Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 21,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,580,000 (per year), which includes 
$251,000 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 over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years. The most recent 
amendments (85 FR 73854, November 20, 2020) included no change in 
burden. And (2) the growth rate for this industry is very low 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, there are also no changes in the 
capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-22301 Filed 10-13-21; 8:45 am]
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