[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56323-56324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24651]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0068; FRL-9986-05-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting 
(EPA ICR No. 1856.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0414), 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 November 30, 2018. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register on June 29, 2017, 
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 December 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0068, 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, WJC 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Lead Smelting apply to existing and new 
facilities engaged in producing lead metal from ore concentrates. The 
category includes, but is not limited to, the following smelting 
processes: Sintering, reduction, preliminary treatment, refining and 
casting operations, process fugitive sources, and fugitive dust 
sources. New facilities include those that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. In general, all NESHAP 
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 with 40 CFR part 63, subpart TTT.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Facilities engaged in primary lead 
processing.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart TTT).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,270 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $855,000 (per year), which includes $169,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase of 5 
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This increase is due to rounding of the 
total estimated burden to three significant digits.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-24651 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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