Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 6, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to obtain a

copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

Title: New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Recordkeeping and

Reporting for Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing (subpart FF)-(EPA ICR No.

1072.04; OMB No. 2060-0081). This is a request for renewal of a

currently approved information collection.

Abstract: Owners or operators of lead acid battery manufacturing

facilities must provide EPA or the delegated State regulatory authority

with the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of

construction or reconstruction, notification of the anticipated and

actual dates of startup, notification of any physical or operational

change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate, and notification of the date of the initial

performance test and the results of this test. Owners or operators 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.

Owners or operators of affected facilities using scrubbers are

required to install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a monitoring

device that measures and records pressure drop across the scrubbing

system. Owners or operators must maintain a file of these measurements,

and retain the file for at least two years.

The notifications and reports enable EPA or the delegated State to

determine that best demonstrated technology is installed and properly

operated and maintained and to schedule inspections.

Burden Statement: The burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average 42.6 hours per response for reporting and 87.5

hours per recordkeeper annually. This estimate includes the time needed

to review instructions, develop a recall plan, create and gather data,

and review and store the information.

Respondents: The owners or operators of Lead Acid Battery

Manufacturing facilities.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 3.

Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,540.

Frequency of Collection: One-time.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy

Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and

Mr. Chris Wolz, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 28, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-5154 Filed 3-4-94; 8:45 am]

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