

[Federal Register: March 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 52)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0415; FRL-8289-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Lead Acid Battery 
Manufacturing (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1072.08, OMB Control Number 
2060-0081

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 that is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0415, to (1) EPA online using http://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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: 
schaefer.john@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-2006-0415, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.regulations.gov
 to submit or view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov
.

    Title: NSPS for Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart KK).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1072.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0081.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2007. 
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: This Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal is 
being submitted for the NSPS for Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing (40 
CFR part 60, subpart KK), which were promulgated on January 14, 1980. 
These regulations apply to the following affected facilities in lead-
acid battery manufacturing plants with production capacity that is 
equal to, or exceeds 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, commencing construction, modification, or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. The affected entities are 
subject to the General Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60 subpart 
A and any changes, or additions to the General Provisions specified at 
40 CFR part 60, subpart KK.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 62 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended

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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: Lead Acid Battery Manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,053.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $ 261,933, which includes $ 0 capital 
startup costs, $ 12,000 annualized operating and maintenance (O&M) 
costs and $ 249,933 annual dollar costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: March 12, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-4930 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]

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