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OMB Control No: 2060-0414	ICR Reference No: 201102-2060-017
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200812-2060-004
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1856.07
Title: NESHAP for Primary Lead Smeltering (40 CFR Part 63, subpart TTT) (Proposed Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 04/12/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/22/2011
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Terms of the previous clearance remain in effect. OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the correct burden estimates. This action has no effect on any current approvals.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2012	05/31/2012	05/31/2012
Responses	4	0	4
Time Burden (Hours)	12,190	0	12,190
Cost Burden (Dollars)	19,000	0	19,000

Abstract: The potential respondents are owners or operators of any existing or new affected source with primary lead processing operations. There is one facility subject to the Primary Lead Smelting NESHAP. The NESHAP is applicable to any primary lead processing facility that is engaged in the production of lead metal from lead sulfide ore concentrate and the affected sources are those that meets the criteria established in ?63.1541 of the Primary Lead Smelting NESHAP. The proposed amendments would reduce the allowable plant-wide lead emission limit to 0.22 pound of lead per ton of lead produced, add a lead emission cap of 0.91 TPY combined for the refining operation stacks and the furnace area stack, add an air lead concentration limit of 0.15 ?g/m3 on a 3-month rolling average, add air lead emission monitoring requirements, and revise testing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements. These amendments are explained further in the following paragraphs. All of the proposed amendments have a compliance date of 2 years from the promulgation date which will allow the facility to implement any changes necessary to meet the new and revised requirements. The proposed amendments require stack testing for lead compounds on a quarterly basis for four (4) stacks; main, furnace area, and refining building, and refining kettles. Stack testing for these emission points is required annually under the current standard. Under the proposed amendments, continuous compliance monitoring for lead compounds is required at locations that will be outlined in a monitoring plan to be prepared and submitted to the Administrator for approval. The requirement for thecompliance monitoring and the development of a monitoring plan are new requirements under the proposed amendments. We have assumed that the facility will lease the compliance monitoring equipment in lieu of purchasing the equipment. Therefore, we have included the lease cost associated with the compliance monitoring stations as annual costs and there are no capital costs associated with the proposed amendments. Recordkeeping for stack testing will be the same with the exception of frequency. Recordkeeping for compliance monitoring will include maintaining the 3-month rolling average documented on a monthly basis and reported quarterly.

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The potential respondents are owners or operators of any existing or new affected source with primary lead processing operations. The NESHAP is applicable to any primary lead processing facility that is engaged in the production of lead metal from lead sulfide ore concentrate and the affected sources are those that meets the criteria established in ?63.1541 of the Primary Lead Smelting NESHAP. The proposed amendments would reduce the allowable plant-wide lead emission limit to 0.22 pound of lead per ton of lead produced, add a lead emission cap of 0.91 TPY combined for the refining operation stacks and the furnace area stack, add an air lead concentration limit of 0.15 ?g/m3 on a 3-month rolling average, add air lead emission monitoring requirements, and revise testing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements. These amendments are explained further in the following paragraphs. All of the proposed amendments have a compliance date of 2 years from the promulgation date which will allow the facility to implement any changes necessary to meet the new and revised requirements. The proposed amendments require stack testing for lead compounds on a quarterly basis for four (4) stacks; main, furnace area, and refining building, and refining kettles. Stack testing for these emission points is required annually under the current standard. Under the proposed amendments, continuous compliance monitoring for lead compounds is required at locations that will be outlined in a monitoring plan to be prepared and submitted to the Administrator for approval. The requirement for thecompliance monitoring and the development of a monitoring plan are new requirements under the proposed amendments. We have assumed that the facility will lease the compliance monitoring equipment in lieu of purchasing the equipment. Therefore, we have included the lease cost associated with the compliance monitoring stations as annual costs and there are no capital costs associated with the proposed amendments. Recordkeeping for stack testing will be the same with the exception of frequency. Recordkeeping for compliance monitoring will include maintaining the 3-month rolling average documented on a monthly basis and reported quarterly.

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