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NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU) (Renewal)

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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture


1. Identification of the Information Collection


1(a) Title of the Information Collection


NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU) (Renewal)


1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract


The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture were proposed on November 18, 1980, amended on May 26, 1981, and promulgated on August 6, 1982. These standards apply to each saturator and each asphalt storage facility at asphalt roofing plants; and to each asphalt storage tank and each blowing still at asphalt processing plants, petroleum refineries, and asphalt roofing plants. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart UU.


In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.


Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. Reports to the regulatory authority are made semiannually. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.


Based on our consultations with industry representatives, it was determined that there is an average of four affected facilities at each plant site, and that each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the owner/operator of the plant site).


Over the next three years, an average of 144 facilities per year will be subject to the standard, and it is estimated that two additional sources will undergo reconstruction and become new sources subject to the regulation each year over the next three years.


There are approximately 144 asphalt processing and roofing manufacture plants in the United States, which are all publicly owned and operated by the asphalt processing and roofing manufacturers industry. None of the 144 facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, tribal or the Federal Government. They are all owned and operated solely by privately owned for-profit businesses. You can find the burden to the “Affected Public” listed below in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost - NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU). The Federal government burden does not include work performed by Federal employees only work performed by contractors, which could be found listed below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU).


The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active ICR without any “Terms of Clearance.”


2. Need for and Use of the Collection


2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection


The EPA is charged under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect:


. . . application of the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated. Section 111(a)(l).


The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years.


In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner or operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:


(A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.


In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from asphalt processing and roofing manufacture cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS was promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart UU.


2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data


The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which where promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.


Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance tests, a record of the operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.


The notifications required in the standard are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standard is being met. The performance test may also be observed.


The required semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.


3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria


The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 60, subpart UU.


3(a) Nonduplication


If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office. Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated state or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted their own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards. Therefore, no duplication exists.


3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register (72 FR 10735) on March 9, 2007. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.



3(c) Consultations


Over the next three years, an average of 144 facilities per year will be subject to the standard, with two existing sources undergoing reconstruction each year over the next three years. In estimating the affected number of sources and the growth rate of asphalt processing and roofing manufacture subject to this standard, EPA contacted Mr. James Baker, Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA), (202) 207-0917, Mr. Robert Adler, Energy Information Administration (EIA), (202) 586-1134, and Mr. Earl Arp, Asphalt Institute, (859) 288-4960. We referenced the most recent data available. We reviewed information available from the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is the primary source of information regarding the number of existing sources. OTIS data was used in conjunction with industry consultation to verify the number of sources and the industry growth rate.


3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection


Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet the standards. Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are applied and emission limitations are met. If the information required by these standards was collected less frequently, the proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.


3(e) General Guidelines


These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

3(f) Confidentiality


Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).


3(g) Sensitive Questions


None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.


4. The Respondents and the Information Requested


4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes


The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are asphalt processing and roofing manufacture facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes which correspond to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes could be found in the following table:


40 CFR part 60, subpart UU

SIC Codes

NAICS Codes

Petroleum Refineries

2911

324110

Asphalt Paving Mixtures and Block Manufacturing

2951

324121

Asphalt Felts and Coatings

2952

324122


4(b) Information Requested


None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.


(i) Data Items


In this ICR, all the data recorded or reported is required by the New Source Performance Standards for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU).


A source must make the following reports:


Notifications

Notification of construction/reconstruction

60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup date

60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate

60.7(a)(4

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system

60.7(a)(5)

Notification of initial performance test

60.8(d)

Report of initial performance test

60.8(c)


A source must keep the following records:


Recordkeeping

Startup, shutdown, malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Operating temperature measurements of pollution control devices as appropriate, and the initial performance test results including temperature measurements

60.7(d)

Continuously monitor and record the temperature of the gas at the inlet of the control device

60.473(a)

Continuously monitor and record the temperature in the combustion zone of the afterburner

60.472(b)(1)

For control devices not mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, describing the operation of the control device and the process parameter(s)

60.473(c)

Records are required to be retained for two years

60.7(f)


Electronic Reporting


Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.


Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically. However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used. At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.


Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate temperature monitoring device.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods 5A, 9, 22 and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose o collecting, validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

Adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.


Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides parameter data in an automated way e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system. Although personnel at the source still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping.


5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management


5(a) Agency Activities


EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.


Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS).


5(b) Collection Methodology and Management


Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might inspect the source to determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operational. Performance test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source’s initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.


Information contained in the reports is entered into OTIS which is operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is an EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities. EPA uses OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.


The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for two years.


5(c) Small Entity Flexibility


The majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However, the impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses,) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.


5(d) Collection Schedule


The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden, NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU).


6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection


Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Wherever appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.


The 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.


6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden


The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 33,912 (Total Labor Hours from Table 1). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.


6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs


(i) Estimating Labor Costs


This ICR uses the following labor rates:


Managerial $107.63 ($51.25 + 110%)

Technical $93.41 ($44.48 + 110%)

Clerical $45.87 ($21.84 + 110%)


These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2007, Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group. The rates are from column 1, Total compensation. The rates have been increased by 110% to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.


(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs


The only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities required by the subject standard are labor costs. The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standard are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor and other costs such as photocopying and postage.


(iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs


Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

(A)

Continuous Monitoring Device

(B)

Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent 1

(C)

Number of New Respondents

(D)

Total Capital/

Startup Cost, (B X C)

(E)

Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent

(F)

Number of Respondents with O&M

(G)

Total O&M,

(E X F)

Temperature Monitors

$100,000

2

$200,000

$35,000

144

$5,040,000


The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $200,000. This is the total of column D in the above table.


The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $5,040,000. This is the total of column G.


The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $5,240,000.


6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost


The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information.


The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $148,498.


This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:


Managerial $58.18 (GS-13, Step 5, $36.36 + 60%)

Technical $43.17 (GS-12, Step 1, $26.98 + 60%)

Clerical $23.36 (GS-6, Step 3, $14.60 + 60%)


These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2007 General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay. Details upon which this estimate is based appear in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden, NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU), below.


6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 144 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that two additional respondent will become subject over the next three years.


The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR.


Number of Respondents

Year

(A)

Number of 1 New Respondents

(B)

Number of Existing Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports

(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents

(E)

Number of Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1

2

144

0

2

144

2

2

144

0

2

144

3

2

144

0

2

144

Average

2

144

0

2

144

1 New respondent include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. In this standard existing respondents submit initial notifications.


To avoid double-counting respondents, column D is subtracted. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 144.


The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:


Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of Respondents

(C)

Number of Responses

(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification and application of construction/ reconstruction

2

1

n/a

2

Notification of actual startup

2

1

n/a

2

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate

2

1

n/a

2

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system.

2

1

n/a

2

Notification of initial performance test

2

1

n/a

2

Report of initial performance test

2

1

n/a

2

Semiannual reports

144

2

n/a

288




Total

300


The number of total respondents is 144.


The number of Total Annual Responses is 300. This is the number in column E of the Respondent Universe and Number of Responses per year in table above.


The total annual labor costs are $3,474,925. Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden, NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU), below.


6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables


The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below.


(i) Respondent Tally


The total annual labor costs are $3,474,925. Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU), below. Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 113 hours per response.


The total annual capital/startup and O&M cost to the regulated entity are $5,240,000.


(ii) The Agency Tally


The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 2,747 labor hours at a cost of $148,498. See Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost: NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU), below.


6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden


There is an adjustment increase in the total estimated burden hours as currently identified in the OMB inventory of burdens because the previous tables did not represent all of the reporting requirements. The decrease in the number of sources was caused by buy-outs and/or consolidation which the industry has been experiencing for the last several years. The decrease in the capital startup and O&M cost estimates as compared with the previous ICR is attributed solely to the decrease in the number of sources. This ICR renewal corrects the deficiencies.


6(g) Burden Statement


The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 113 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended 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; 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.


An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.


To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0051. An electronic version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the content of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select “search” than key in the docket ID number identified in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 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 and Information Center Docket is (202) 566-1752. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0051 and OMB Control Number 2060-0002 in any correspondence.


Part B of the Supporting Statement


This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.



Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU)


 

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

(F)

(G)

(H)

Burden item

Person- hours per occurrence

No. of occurrences per respondent per year

Person- hours per respondent per year (C=AxB)

Respondents per year (a)

Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD)

Management person-hours per year (Ex0.05)


Clerical person-hours per year

(Ex0.1)


Cost ($) (b)

1. Applications

N/A

 

 

 

 



2. Survey and Studies

N/A

 

 

 

 



3. Reporting requirements

 

 

 

 

 



A. Read instructions

1

1

1

2

2

0.10

0.20

$233.77

B. Required activities









Initial performance tests c

72

1

72

2

144

7.2

14.4

$16,831.80

Repeat of performance test d

72

1

72

0.2

14.4

0.72

1.44

$1,683.18

C. Create Information

See 3B








D. Gather existing information

See 3B








E. Write report









Notification of construction/

reconstruction e

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$467.55

Notification and demonstration of

CMS f

40

1

40

2

80

4

8

$9,351.00

Notification of actual startup

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$467.55

Notification of initial performance test

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$467.55

Report of performance test

See 3B








Notification of physical or operational

change g

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$467.55

Semiannual reports

24

2

48

144

6,912

345.6

691.2

$807,926.40

4. Recordkeeping requirements









A. Read instructions

See 3A








B. Plan activities

See 3B







C. Implement activities

See 3B







D. Develop record system

N/A







E. Time to enter information









Records of daily production rate and

hours of operation h

0.13

250

32.5

144

4,680

234

468

$547,033.50

Records of operating parameters of

CMS i

0.25

250

62.5

144

9,000

450

900

$1,051,987.50

Records of startup, shutdown, and

malfunctions j

60

1

60

144

8,640

432

864

$1,009,908.00

F. Train personnel

N/A








G. Audits

N/A








Subtotal





29,488.4

1,474.42

2,948.84

$3,474,925.10

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded)






33,912


$3,474,925


Assumptions:

a. We have assumed that the average number of respondents that is subject to the regulation will be 144 with two source undergoing reconstruction per year over the three-year period of this ICR.

b. This ICR uses the following labor rates: $107.63 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $93.41 per hour for Technical labor, and $45.87 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2007, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

c We have assumed that it will take 72 hours of each respondent to perform initial performance test.

d. We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will fail the performance test and will have to repeat it.

e. We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours to write notification of construction/reconstruction report.

f. We have assumed that each respondent will take 40 hours to write notification and demonstration of CMS report.

g. We have assumed that each respondent will take 2 hours to write notification of physical or operational change.

h. We have assumed that each respondent will enter information of daily production rate and hours of operation 250 times per year.

i. We have assumed that each respondent will take 15 minutes 250 times per year to record the operating parameters of CMS.

j. We have assumed that each respondent will take 60 hours to record startup, shutdown, and malfunction information.













Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU)


 

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

(F)

(G)

(H)

Activity

EPA person- hours per occurrence

No. of occurrences per plant

per year

EPA person- hours per plant per year (C=AxB)

Plants per year (a)

Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD)

Management person-hours per year (Ex0.05)


Clerical person-hours per year

(Ex0.1)


Cost ($) (b)

Initial performance tests


 

 

 

 



New or modified facility c

24

1

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$2,323.92

Repeat performance test









New or modified facility d

24

0.2

4.8

2

9.6

0.48

0.96

$464.79

Report review









New or modified facility









Notification of construction/

reconstruction e

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$193.66

Notification of physical/operational

changes f

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$193.66

Notification of actual startup

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$48.42

Notification of performance test

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$48.42

Review of performance test results g

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$774.64

Notification of demonstration of CMS

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$48.42

Semiannual reports

8

2

16

144

2,304

115.2

230.4


TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded)






2,747


$148,498


Assumptions:


a. We have assumed that the average number of respondents will be 144 with two source undergoing reconstruction per year over the three-year period of this ICR.


b. The cost is based on the following labor rate which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses. Managerial rates of $58.18 (GS-13, Step 5, $36.36x1.6), Technical rate of $43.17 (GS-12, Step 1, $26.95 x 1.6), and Clerical rate of $23.36 (GS-6, Step 3, $14.60 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2007 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.


c. We have assumed that it will take 24 hours of each respondent to perform initial performance test.


d. We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will fail the performance test and will have to repeat it.

e. We have assumed that it will take each respondent two hours one time per year to review notification of construction/reconstruction report.

f. We have assumed that it will take each respondent two hours one time per year to review notification of physical/operation changes.

g. We have assumed that it will take each respondents eight hours to one time per year to review the performance test results report.



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