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NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUUUU) (Final Rule)

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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY



NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units

(40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)

(Final Rule)

Part A of the Supporting Statement

1. Identification of the Information Collection

(a) Title and Number of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUUUU).” The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the information collection requirements for the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) in 2005 under OMB Control Number 2060-0567. However, the ICR was discontinued because CAMR was vacated by the United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit Court) on February 8, 2008. Because that information collection was developed explicitly to determine compliance with CAMR, it was no longer needed. Thus, a new information collection request (ICR) was prepared in support of the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired EGUs that were proposed earlier in 2011 (76 FR 24976, May 3, 2011). This ICR is in support of the standards being promulgated. The OMB control number is 2060-0567. The EPA ICR tracking number is 2137.06.

(b) Short Characterization

On May 3, 2011, under authority of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112, the EPA proposed national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) (76 FR 24976). After consideration of public comments, the EPA is finalizing the rule in this action.

Pursuant to CAA section 112, the EPA is establishing NESHAP that will require coal- and oil-fired EGUs to meet hazardous air pollutant (HAP) standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology. This rule protects air quality and promotes public health by reducing emissions of the HAP listed in CAA section 112(b)(1).

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

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 5 years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Potential respondents are owners and operators of coal- and oil-fired EGUs. The final rule regulates HCl, filterable PM, Hg, and organic HAP from coal-fired EGUs. For oil-fired EGUs, the final rule regulates HCl, HF, filterable PM, and organic HAP. Following initial performance tests, owners/operators of EGUs will be required to demonstrate compliance with emission limits through continuously monitoring PM, Hg, HCl, and HF (oil-fired EGUs) emissions. The final rule includes a work practice standard for organic HAP; the work practice standard requires the implementation of periodic burner tune-up procedures. Respondents will be required to notify the EPA of performance tests and CEMS demonstrations, and to maintain records demonstrating compliance with each emission limit and work practice standard. These requirements are listed in Table 1.

Approximately 1,244 electric generating units are currently subject to the regulation, and it is estimated that 2 new electric generating units will be built each year.

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

Section 112 of the CAA requires that the EPA establish MACT standards for new or existing major or area sources according to the requirements in section 112(d). Certain records and reports are necessary for the Administrator to: (1) confirm the compliance status of major sources, identify any non-major sources not subject to the standards, and identify new or reconstructed sources subject to the standards; and (2) ensure that the MACT standards are being achieved on a continuous basis. These recordkeeping and reporting requirements are specifically authorized by section 114 of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7414) and set out in the General Provisions for NESHAP in 40 CFR part 63, subpart A.

(b) Use/Users of the Data

The additional information will be used by agency enforcement personnel to ensure that the emission limitations are being achieved. Based on review of the recorded information at the site and the reported information, the EPA can identify facilities that may not be in compliance and decide which plants, records, or processes should be inspected.

3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

(a) Nonduplication

No other regulation currently requires the same information requested under this ICR from owners/operators of coal- and oil-fired EGUs. In the event that certain reports required by state or local agencies may duplicate information required by the proposed requirements, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can be provided to the Administrator in lieu of the information that would be required in the semi-annual compliance report. Therefore, no duplication exists.

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

The final rule will provide public notice of the ICR.

(c) Consultations

The EPA met with 10 national organizations representing state and local elected officials to provide general background on the proposal, answer questions, and solicit input from state/local governments. The EPA also consulted with Tribal officials early in the process of developing the proposed rule to permit them to have meaningful and timely input into its development. Consultation letters were sent to 584 Tribal leaders. The letters provided information regarding the EPA’s development of NESHAP for EGUs and offered consultation. Three consultation meetings were requested and held. We conducted outreach and information sharing with tribal environmental staff through the monthly National Tribal Air Association calls, at the National Tribal Forum, and a webinar targeting tribal environmental professionals on the content of the proposal. Because of concerns raised by several tribes, and in order to help us better understand their concerns, we also participated in a face-to-face meeting with tribes in Arizona who were concerned about the potential impact of this rule on their income and water rights. Following that meeting, we held an additional technical meeting on how the EPA’s integrated planning model (IPM) is used in the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) and provided one-on-one consultation with the Navajo Nation, Gila River Indian Community and the Ak-Chin Indian Community.

(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

If the relevant information were collected less frequently, the EPA would not be reasonably assured that a plant is in compliance with the standards.

(e) General Guidelines

None of the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5 are being exceeded.

(f) Confidentiality

All 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 (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 01, 1976; amended by 43 FR 39999, September 28, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

(g) Sensitive Questions

This section is not applicable because this ICR does not involve matters of a sensitive nature.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

(a) Respondents/NAICS Codes

In the amendments, respondents are 1,244 owners or operators of existing electric generating units. It is estimated that 2 new electric generating units will be built each year. All respondents will be subject to the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The NAICS code for this industry is 221100, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution.

(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items, Including Recordkeeping Requirements.

Table 1 summarizes the final recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

The EPA is including in Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c, an estimate of the burden associated with performing an affirmative defense. The EPA is providing this as an illustrative example of the potential additional administrative burden a source may incur to assert in an Affirmative Defense in response to an action to enforce the standards set forth in the applicable subpart.

This illustrative estimate is not considered a duplicate estimate of cost under the General Duty to Minimize Emissions clause under 63.6(e)(1)(i), which states: “At all times, the owner and operator must operate and maintain any affected source, including associated air pollution control equipment and monitoring equipment, in a manner consistent with safety and good air pollution control practices for minimizing emissions. Determining whether such operation and maintenance procedures are being used will be based on information available to the Administrator which may include, but is not limited to, monitoring results, review of operation and maintenance procedures, review of operation and maintenance records, and inspection of the source.”

To provide the public with an estimate of the relative magnitude of the burden associated with an assertion of the affirmative defense position adopted by a source, the EPA provides an administrative adjustment to this ICR that estimates the costs of the notification, recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the assertion of the affirmative defense. The EPA’s estimate for the required notification, reports and records, including the root cause analysis, associated with a single incident totals approximately $3,141 and is based on the time and effort required of a source to review relevant data, interview plant employees, and document the events surrounding a malfunction that has caused an exceedance of an emission limit. The estimate also includes time to produce and retain the records and reports for submission to the EPA. The EPA provides this illustrative estimate of this burden because these costs are only incurred if there has been a violation and a source chooses to take advantage of the affirmative defense.


Of the number of excess emission events reported by source operators, only a small number would be expected to result from a malfunction, and only a subset of excess emissions caused by malfunctions would result in the source choosing to assert the affirmative defense. Thus we believe the number of instances in which source operators might be expected to avail themselves of the affirmative defense will be extremely small. For this reason, we estimate no more than 2 or 3 such occurrences for all sources within a given category over the 3-year period covered by this ICR. For the purpose of this estimate, we are adding two (2) instances of affirmative defense. We expect to gather information on such events in the future and will revise this estimate as better information becomes available.


Table 1. Source Data and Information Requirements

Requirement

Regulation Citation

Notifications


Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

63.10030

Notification of Initial Performance Test

63.10030

Quality Assurance Program Notification

63.10030

Notification of Compliance Status

63.10030

Request to use alternative monitoring procedure

63.10030

Initial notification

63.10030

Reports


Report of Performance Test

63.10031

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report

63.10031

Semi-Annual Compliance Report

63.10031

Site-specific performance evaluation test plan

63.10031

Recordkeeping


Existing Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

63.10032

Existing Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

63.10032

Existing Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

63.10032



(ii) Respondent Activities.

The respondent activities required by the final NESHAP are introduced in section 6(a).

While multiple coal-fired EGUs have recently commenced operation and several are presently under construction, no new coal-fired power plants have commenced construction in either 2009 or 2010. In addition, forecasts of new generation capacity from both the Energy Information Administration and the Edison Electric Institute do not project any new coal-fired power plants will be constructed in the short term. This is an indication that in the near term few new coal-fired EGUs will be subject to the NESHAP. For the electric utility sector, the EPA used the IPM to project the number of new coal-fired power plants that will be installed in the next decade. The current version of IPM used for the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the EGU NESHAP rules predicts 2,000 MW of new near term (i.e., by 2015) coal-fired capacity additions. All of this capacity is assumed to include carbon capture and storage that is funded by some government mechanism. Although none of this capacity is specifically identified, to be consistent with the various regulations impacting the utility sector we project that two new 500 MW coal-fired facilities will be subject to the standards for new EGUs.. We used engineering judgment to predict that these new units are likely to be one pulverized coal bituminous coal-fired unit and one pulverized coal subbituminous coal-fired unit. Because of fuel supply availability and cost considerations, we assumed that no new oil-fired electric utility steam generating units will be built during the next 5 years.

(iii) Electronic Reporting.

Utility units have the option of submitting to an EPA electronic database an electronic copy of their required stack test. This electronic database should become available as of December 31, 2011. Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides automated parameter data (e.g., continuous opacity monitoring). Although personnel at the affected facility must evaluate these data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping. In addition, some regulatory agencies are setting up electronic reporting systems to allow sources to report such data electronically which also reduces the reporting burden. It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents currently use electronic reporting.

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

(a) Agency Activities

The EPA conducts the activities in Table 2 in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.


Table 2. Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests, if necessary.

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

Audit plant records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS) database.



(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 operated. Performance test reports are used by the agency to discern a source’s initial capability to comply with the emission standard. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The semi-annual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

The information obtained is then entered into the AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS) which is operated and maintained by the EPA’s Office of Compliance. AFS is the EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance and annual emission inventory data for over 125,000 industrial and government owned facilities. The EPA uses the AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. The 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 five years.

(c) Small Entity Flexibility

During this rulemaking, we conducted outreach to small entities and convened a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel to obtain advice and recommendations from representatives of the small entities that potentially would be subject to the requirements of this rule. As part of the SBAR Panel process we conducted outreach with representatives from various small entities that would be affected by this proposed rule. We met with these small entity representatives (SERs) to discuss the potential rulemaking approaches and potential options to decrease the impact of the rulemaking on their industries/sectors. We distributed outreach materials to the SERs; these materials included background, project history, CAA section 112 overview, constraints on rulemaking, affected facilities, data, rulemaking options under consideration, potential control technologies and estimated costs, applicable small entity definitions, small entities potentially subject to regulation, and questions for SERs. We met with SERs that will be impacted directly by this proposed rule to discuss the outreach materials and receive feedback on the approaches and alternatives detailed in the outreach packet. The SBAR Panel received written comments from the SERs in response to discussions at the meeting and the questions posed to the SERs by the Agency. The SERs were specifically asked to provide comment on regulatory alternatives that could help to minimize the rule’s impact on small businesses.

(d) Collection Schedule

The specific frequencies for each information collection activity within this request are shown in Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c: Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUUUU) for the first 3 years after promulgation, respectively.

6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection


Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c document the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR for each of the first 3 years. Table 3 contains a summary of the respondent burden hours and costs detailed in Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c.


Table 3. Summary of Respondent Burden

Year

Total Annual Labor Burden (hours)

Total Annual Labor Costs ($)

1

699,511

49,063,227

2

700,296

49,118,248

3

701,080

49,173,269

Total

2,100,887

147,354,744

3-Year Average

700,296

49,118,248



The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Where 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.

(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next 3 years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 700,296 hours per year (detailed in Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c). These hours are based on agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, agency knowledge, and experience with the NESHAP program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.

(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

Respondent costs are divided into three categories. These categories include labor costs, operations and maintenance costs, and annualized capital costs. The total respondent costs of $207,563,774 were calculated as the sum of the annualized capital costs of $81,906,079 (including startup and the capitol recovery factor costs), the average annual labor costs of $49,118,248 and the annual operation and maintenance costs of $76,539,446.

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

Labor rates and associated costs are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Technical, management, and clerical average hourly rates for private industry workers were based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2007 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. The approximate labor rates are $34.31 per hour for technical, $48.14 per hour for managerial, and $16.91 per hour for clerical. These rates represent salaries plus fringe benefits and do not include the cost of overhead. An overhead rate of 110 percent is used to account for these costs. The fully-burdened hourly wage rates used to represent respondent labor costs are: technical at $72.05, management at $101.09, and clerical at $35.51.

(ii) Estimating Annualized Capital Costs

The annualized capital costs associated with the information collection requirements will include the costs to conduct performance tests and startup costs for CEMS. The rule will require an initial performance test for each electric generating unit. Table 4 shows the methods used for performance tests and the CEMS that are expected to be installed.


Table 4. Performance Test Methods and CEMS Equipment by Pollutant

Pollutant

Performance Test Method

CEMS

PM

EPA Method 5

EPA Method 202

Method 29

New beta gauge PM CEMS

HCl

Method 320

New FTIR CEMS

Hg

Method 30B

New Hg CEMS



The costs related to PM and HCl CEMS were estimated using the CEMS Cost Model, which is located here: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/cem/cems.xls. The costs related to Hg CEMS were estimated using a report developed by Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

(NESCAUM). The document is titled “Technologies for Control and Measurement of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants in the United States: A 2010 Status Report” and is located in the docket for this rulemaking.


The annualized total capital (including startup) costs for CEMS that will be used to monitor PM, Hg, and HCl is $81,906,079 per year. The costs will be incurred for each year of the three-year period. Note that these costs are considered “annualized” as they include the cost recovery factor costs in their individual CEMs costs. The specific costs are shown in Table 5 and Table 6.


Table 5. Annual Capital Costs for Performance Testing

EPA Test Method

Cost per test

Number of Tests

Total

Method 29

$ 16,800

1,244

$ 20,899,200

Method 320

$ 20,444

255

$ 5,213,287

Method 5 and 202

$ 15,522

1,244

$ 19,309,376

Method 30B

$ 20,006

1,095

$ 21,906,570


Total (for 3-year period of ICR)

$ 67,328,433


Totals Per Year

$ 22,442,811





Table 6. Other Capital Costs of Installing CEMS (Other Direct Costs and Labor)

CEMS Type

Cost per technology

Number of installations

Total

PM

$ 65,388

1,244

81,342,762

HCl

$ 111,045

255

28,316,375

Hg

$ 174,002

395

68,730,668


Total (for 3-year period of ICR)

$178,389,805


Totals Per Year

59,463,268



The continuous monitoring costs that are included in this section consist only of those capital costs that a source incurs as a result of the standard. Some continuous monitoring costs may not be included in this section. For instance, if a particular industry typically utilizes a control device that must have a continuous monitor (e.g., temperature, pressure drop, etc.) to function properly, and the recordation of additional measurements beyond the minimum are required by the standard, then there is no capital cost; but, there is a labor cost to record the additional readings. Such a cost would not appear in this section, but in the industry burden Section 6(d) below.

Performance testing is usually conducted by a contractor such that the cost of the emissions testing is a capital cost. It is anticipated that existing electric generating units will use continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) for compliance with the proposed PM, Hg, and HCl emission limits. Initial CEMS testing is usually conducted by an installation contractor such that the cost of the emissions testing is a capital cost. The total costs for performance testing were calculated for this industry sector. The number of existing and new sources in this sector combined with the number of tests required for each type of model plant resulted in a total annualized capital cost of approximately $81,906,079 per year for CEMS testing over the next three years.

(iii) Estimating Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitors and other costs such as photocopying and postage. The total annual operations and maintenance costs for CEMS that will be used to monitor PM, Hg, and HCl is $84,182,920 per year.


The continuous monitoring costs that are included in this section consist only of those O&M costs that a source incurs as a result of the standard. Some continuous monitoring costs may not be included in this section. For instance, if a particular industry typically utilizes a control device that must have a continuous monitor (e.g., temperature, pressure drop, etc.) to function properly, and the recordation of additional measurements beyond the minimum are required by the standard, then there is O&M cost, but there is a labor cost to record the additional readings. Such a cost would not appear in this section, but in the industry burden Section 6(d) below.


Table 7. Operation and Maintenance Costs

CEMS

Capital Costs per monitor

Total Annual Costs (w/capital recovery) for all installations

Labor

Testing

ODC's

Total

Labor

Testing

ODC's

Total

PM

$13,907

$24,164

$51,481

$89,552

$5,766,652

$10,019,939

$21,347,602

$37,134,193

HCl

$23,218

$23,356

$87,826

$134,400

$1,973,559

$1,985,220

$7,465,233

$11,424,011

Hg

$25,571

$38,514

$148,431

$212,516

$3,366,818

$5,071,019

$19,543,405

$27,981,242










TOTALS

$62,696

$86,033

$287,739

$436,468

$11,107,029

$17,076,178

$48,356,239

$76,539,446


(iv) Affirmative Defense/Root Cause Analysis/Malfunction Costs.

The EPA’s estimate for an affirmative defense and root cause analysis in Table 8 is based on general experience to calculate the time and effort required of a source to review relevant data, interview plant employees, and reconstruct the events prior to a malfunction in order to determine primary and contributing causes. The level of effort also includes time to produce and retain the report in document form so that the source will have it available should EPA or state enforcement agencies ever request to review it.

The labor rates used for these costs are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009, 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.

Table 8. Burden Associated with Performing an Affirmative Defense

Personnel

Number of Personnel

Time Requirement (hours)

Total Hours

Hourly Rate ($/hr)

Total

Technical Personnel

3

6

18

97.59

$ 1,757

Managerial Personnel

2

6

12

114.77

$ 1,377

Total

5

 

30


$ 3,134


(v) Annualizing Capital Costs

Under this memo, the annualized capital costs are included in the costs of the performance tests and CEMS (see explanation in Section 6(b)(ii)). The annualized capital costs total $81,906,079.

(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

Because the information collection requirements were developed as an incidental part of standards development, no costs can be attributed to the development of the information collection requirements. Because reporting and recordkeeping requirements on the part of the respondents are required under the NESHAP General Provisions, no operational costs will be incurred by the Federal Government. Publication and distribution of the information are part of the Compliance Data System, with the result that no Federal costs can be directly attributed to the ICR. Examination of records to be maintained by the respondents will occur incidentally as part of the periodic inspection of sources that is part of EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program, and, therefore, is not attributable to the ICR. The only costs that the Federal government will incur are user costs associated with the analysis of the reported information, as presented in Exhibit 2a, Exhibit 2b, and Exhibit 2c. Table 8 contains a summary of the agency burden costs and hours detailed in Exhibit 2a, Exhibit 2b, and Exhibit 2c. The average annual agency costs during the 3 years of the ICR is estimated to be $1,798,905.


Table 8. Summary of the Agency Burden

Year

Total Annual Labor Burden (Hours)

Total Annual Costs ($)

1

36,987

$1,798,905

2

36,987

$1,798,905

3

36,987

$1,798,905

Total

110,960

$5,396,714

3-Year Average

36,987

$1,798,905



The agency labor rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2003 General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay. These rates can be obtained from Salary Table 2011-GS available on the OPM website (http://www.opm.gov/oca/11tables/html/gs_h.asp). The government employee labor rates are $15.63/hour for clerical (GS-6, Step 3), $28.88 for technical (GS-12, Step 1), and $38.92/hr for management (GS-13, Step 5). These rates represent salaries plus fringe benefits and do not include the cost of overhead. An overhead rate of 60 percent is used to account for these costs. The fully-burdened wage rates used to represent Agency labor costs are: clerical at $25.01; technical at $46.21, and management at $62.27.

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

Approximately 1,244 existing electric generating units are currently subject to the current regulation. It is estimated that an additional 2 new electric generating units per year will become subject to the regulation.

The total annual number of responses for the new monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in subpart UUUUU is 3,768 for the existing 1,244 electric generating units that will follow the amendments and the additional 2 newly constructed electric generating units per year.

The total annual labor costs are $49,118,248. Details appear in Exhibit 1a, Exhibit 1b, and Exhibit 1c.

(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The bottom line burden hours and cost tables for both the agency and the respondents are attached. The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 186 hours per response. The total annual average burden for the rule will be 700,296 person hours with a total annualized capital/startup cost of $81,906,079 and O&M costs of $76,539,446.

(f) Reasons for Change in Burden.

The increase in burden is due to the performance testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting costs attributable to the new standards for EGUs.

The EPA also provides an adjustment to this ICR that estimates the costs of the notification, recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the assertion of the affirmative defense. The EPA’s estimate for the required notification, reports and records, including the root cause analysis, associated with a single incident totals approximately $3,141 and is based on the time and effort required of a source to review relevant data, interview plant employees, and document the events surrounding a malfunction that has caused an exceedance of an emission limit. The estimate also includes time to produce and retain the records and reports for submission to the EPA. For the purpose of estimating the annual burden, the EPA is attributing a total of 2 instances of affirmative defense over a 3 year period across all sources in the category. The EPA is using this frequency of 2 events in 3 years, because of the number of excess emission events reported by source operators, only a small number would be expected to result from a malfunction, and only a subset of excess emissions caused by malfunctions would result in the source choosing to assert the affirmative defense. Thus we believe the number of instances in which source operators might be expected to avail themselves of the affirmative defense will be extremely small.

(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 186 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 currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR part 63 are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

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, the EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available at www.regulations.gov. This site can be used to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the Docket ID Number identified above. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234 and OMB Control Number 2060-0567 in any correspondence.

PART B

This section is not applicable because statistical methods are not used in data collection associated with the final amendments.

ATTACHMENTS



Exhibit 1a. Year 1 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 1b. Year 2 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 1c. Year 3 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 2a. Year 1 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 2b. Year 2 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 2c. Year 3 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Exhibit 1a Year 1 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)


Year 1

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ Respondent/
Year (A x B)

(D) Respondents/ Year

(E) Technical Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial Hours/Year (E x 0.05)

(G) Clerical Hours/Year (E x 0.10)

(H) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS a

160.6

1

160.6

631

101,392.1

5,069.6

10,139.2

$8,177,965

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Read Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources

1

1

1

865

865

43.2

86.5

$69,741

 

 

New Sources

1

1

1

2

2.0

0.1

0.2

$161

 

B. Required Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,527.7

576.4

1,152.8

$929,790

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,527.7

576.4

1,152.8

$929,790

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M320

26.4

1

26.4

85

2,244

112.2

224.4

$180,994

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M30B

27.8

1

27.8

365

10,147 .0

507.4

1,014.7

$818,425

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M5 and M202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,527.7

576.4

1,152.8

$929,790

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M320 Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

85

2,244

112.2

224.4

$180,994

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M30B Performance Test every year

27.8

1

27.8

365

10,147

507.4

1,014.7

$818,425

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.5

4

10

865

8,646.7

432.3

864.7

$697,412

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.4

365

146

865

126,241

6,312.1

12,624.1

$10,182,222

 

 

Existing Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0.25

365

91.25

865

78,900.8

3,945

7,890.1

$6,363,889

 

 

Existing Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

14

1

14

865

12,105.3

605.3

1,210.5

$976,377

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.78

5.56

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.78

5.56

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M26A

26.4

1

26.4

2

52.8

2.6

5.3

$4,259

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M6A

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M5 and 202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M26A Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M6A Performance Test every year

27.8

0

0

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Monitoring

0

1

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.46

4

9.84

2

19.7

1

2

$1,587

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.121

365

44.165

2

88.3

4.4

8.8

$7,124

 

 

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0

365

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

7.3

365

2,664.5

2

5,329

266.5

532.9

$429,820

 

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Write Report

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

865

4,323.3

216.2

432.3

$348,706

 

 

Existing Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

3

1

3

865

2,594

129.7

259.4

$209,224

 

 

Existing Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

4

1

4

865

3,458.7

172.9

345.9

$278,965

 

 

Existing Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report b

10

1

10

86.5

864.7

43.2

86.5

$69,741

 

 

Existing Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

865

129,700

6,485

12,970

$10,461,187

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

865

14,267

713.4

1,426.7

$1,150,731

 

 

Existing Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

865

17,293

864.7

1,729.3

$1,394,825

 

 

Existing Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

86.5

432.3

21.6

43.2

$34,871

 

 

New Sources - Initial notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

2

10

0.5

1

$807

 

 

New Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$645

 

 

New Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Reportb

10

1

10

0.2

2

0.1

0.2

$161

 

 

New Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

2

300

15

30

$24,197

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

2

33

1.7

3.3

$2,662

 

 

New Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

2

40

2

4

$3,226

 

 

New Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

0.2

1.0

0.1

0.1

$81



Affirmative Defense

30

1

30

2.0

36

24

-

$6,268

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

865

10,376

518.8

1,037.6

$836,895

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

865

10,376

518.8

1,037.6

$836,895

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

865

20,752

1,037.6

2,075.2

$1,673,790

 

 

New Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$3,872

 

F. Time to Train Personnel

80

1

80

2

160

8

16

$12,905

 

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

 

1,946

 

15,096

608,255

30,435

60,822

$49,063,227

 

 

 

 

 

699,511

Hours

 

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 22,442,811

 

Other Capital Costs of Installation (ODC and Labor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$59,463,268

 

Total annual capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$81,906,079

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$76,539,446

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$158,445,526

a There are 1,244 existing electric generating units. One third of those are assumed to be tested each year.

b 10% of sources are assumed to submit SSM report each year.

Exhibit 1b Year 2 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)



Year 2

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ Respondent/
Year (A x B)

(D) Respondents/ Year

(E) Technical Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial Hours/Year (E x 0.05)

(G) Clerical Hours/Year (E x 0.10)

(H) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS a

160.6

1

160.6

633

101,606

5,080

10,161

$8,195,236

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Read Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources

1

1

1

865

865

43

86.5

$69,795

 

 

New Sources

1

1

1

2

2.0

0.1

0.2

$161

 

B. Required Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,546

577.3

1,155

$931,285

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,546

577.3

1,155

$931,285

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M320

26.4

1

26.4

85

2,262

113.1

226

$182,413

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M30B

27.8

1

27.8

366

10,166

508.3

1,017

$819,919

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M5 and M202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

415

11,546

577.3

1,155

$931,285

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M320 Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

85

2,262

113.1

226

$182,413

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M30B Performance Test every year

27.8

1

27.8

366

10,166

508.3

1,017

$819,919

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.5

4

10

865

8,653

432.7

865

$697,950

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.4

365

146

865

126,339

6,317

12,634

$10,190,073

 

 

Existing Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0.25

365

91.25

865

78,962

3,948.1

7,896

$6,368,795

 

 

Existing Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

14

1

14

865

12,115

606

1,212

$977,130

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.78

5.56

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.78

5.56

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M26A

26.4

1

26.4

2

52.8

2.6

5.3

$4,259

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M6A

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M5 and 202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M26A Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M6A Performance Test every year

27.8

0

0

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Monitoring

0

1

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.46

4

9.84

2

19.7

1

2

$1,587

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.121

365

44.165

2

88.3

4.4

8.8

$7,124

 

 

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0

365

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

7.3

365

2,664.5

2

5,329

266.5

532.9

$429,820

 

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Write Report

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

865

4,326

216

433

$348,975

 

 

Existing Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

3

1

3

865

2,596

130

260

$209,385

 

 

Existing Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

4

1

4

865

3,461

173

346

$279,180

 

 

Existing Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report b

10

1

10

86.5

865

43

86.5

$69,795

 

 

Existing Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

865

129,800

6,490

12,980

$10,469,253

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

865

14,278

714

1,428

$1,151,618

 

 

Existing Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

865

17,307

865

1,731

$1,395,900

 

 

Existing Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

86.5

433

21.6

43

$34,898

 

 

New Sources - Initial notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

2

10

0.5

1

$807

 

 

New Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$645

 

 

New Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Reportb

10

1

10

0.2

2

0.1

0.2

$161

 

 

New Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

2

300

15

30

$24,197

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

2

33

1.7

3.3

$2,662

 

 

New Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

2

40

2

4

$3,226

 

 

New Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

0.2

1.0

0.1

0.1

$81



Affirmative Defense

30

1

30

2.0

36

24

-

$6,268

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

865

10,384

519

1,038

$837,540

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

865

10,384

519

1,038

$837,540

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

865

20,768

1,038

2,077

$1,675,080

 

 

New Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$3,872

 

F. Time to Train Personnel

80

1

80

2

160

8

16

$12,905

 

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

 

1,946

 

15,111

608,937

30,469

60,890

$49,118,248

 

 

 

 

 

700,296

Hours

 

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 22,442,811

 

Other Capital Costs of Installation (ODC and Labor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$59,463,268

 

Total annual capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$81,906,079

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$76,539,446

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$158,445,526

a There are 1,244 existing electric generating units. One third of those are assumed to be tested each year.

bThere are 2 additional existing electric generating units that were new sources in Year 1.

c 10% of sources are assumed to submit SSM report each year.

Exhibit 1c Year 3 Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)

Year 3

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ Respondent/
Year (A x B)

(D) Respondents/ Year

(E) Technical Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial Hours/Year (E x 0.05)

(G) Clerical Hours/Year (E x 0.10)

(H) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS a

160.6

1

160.6

634

101,820

5,091

10,182

$8,212,508

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Read Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources

1

1

1

866

866

43

87

$69,849

 

 

New Sources

1

1

1

2

2.0

0.1

0.2

$161

 

B. Required Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

416

11,565

578

1,157

$932,780

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

416

11,565

578

1,157

$932,780

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M320

26.4

1

26.4

86

2,279

114

228

$183,833

 

 

Existing Sources- Initial Performance Test using M30B

27.8

1

27.8

366

10,184

509

1,018

$821,414

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M5 and M202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

416

11,565

578

1,157

$932,780

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M320 Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

86

2,279

114

228

$183,833

 

 

Existing Sources - Repeat M30B Performance Test every year

27.8

1

27.8

366

10,184

509

1,018

$821,414

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.5

4

10

866

8,660

433

866

$698,488

 

 

Existing Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.4

365

146

866

126,436

6,322

12,644

$10,197,923

 

 

Existing Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0.25

365

91.25

866

79023

3,951

7,902

$6,373,702

 

 

Existing Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

14

1

14

866

12,124

606

1,212

$977,883

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M5 and M202

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.8

5.6

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M29

27.8

1

27.8

2

55.6

2.8

5.6

$4,485

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M26A

26.4

1

26.4

2

52.8

2.6

5.3

$4,259

 

 

New Sources- Initial Performance Test using M6A

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M5 and 202 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M29 performance test every year

27.8

1

27.8

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M26A Performance Test every year

26.4

1

26.4

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Repeat M6A Performance Test every year

27.8

0

0

0

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Monitoring

0

1

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Quarterly Inspections

2.46

4

9.84

2

19.7

1

2

$1,587

 

 

New Sources - CEMS Daily Calibration Drift Tests

0.121

365

44.165

2

88.3

4.4

8.8

$7,124

 

 

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CEMS)

0

365

0

2

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources -- All CEMS must follow appropriate performance specifications

7.3

365

2,664.5

2

5,329

266.5

532.9

$429,820

 

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Write Report

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

866

4,330

217

433

$349,244

 

 

Existing Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

3

1

3

866

2,598

130

260

$209,546

 

 

Existing Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

4

1

4

866

3,464

173

346

$279,395

 

 

Existing Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report b

10

1

10

86.6

866

43

86.6

$69,849

 

 

Existing Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

866

129,900

6,495

12,990

$10,477,318

 

 

Existing Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

866

14,289

715

1,429

$1,152,505

 

 

Existing Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

866

17,320

866

1,732

$1,396,976

 

 

Existing Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

86.6

433

22

43

$34,924

 

 

New Sources - Initial notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

5

1

5

2

10

0.5

1

$807

 

 

New Sources - Quality Assurance Program Notification

3

1

3

2

6

0.3

0.6

$484

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$645

 

 

New Sources - Report of Performance Test (included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

New Sources - Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Reportb

10

1

10

0.2

2

0.1

0.2

$161

 

 

New Sources - Semi-Annual Compliance Report

75

2

150

2

300

15

30

$24,197

 

 

New Sources - Notification of Compliance Status

16.5

1

16.5

2

33

1.7

3.3

$2,662

 

 

New Sources - site-specific performance evaluation test plan

20

1

20

2

40

2

4

$3,226

 

 

New Sources - request to use alternative monitoring procedure

5

1

5

0.2

1.0

0.1

0.1

$81



Affirmative Defense

30

1

30

2.0

36

24

-

$6,268

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

 

 

 

 

-

-

-

$0

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

866

10,392

520

1,039

$838,185

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

86

10,392

520

1,039

$838,185

 

 

Existing Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

866

20,784

1,039

2,078

$1,676,371

 

 

New Sources - Records of CEMS malfunctions

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc

1

12

12

2

24

1.2

2.4

$1,936

 

 

New Sources - Records of monthly fuel use

2

12

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$3,872

 

F. Time to Train Personnel

80

1

80

2

160

8

16

$12,905

 

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

 

1,946

 

15,127

609,619

30,503

60,958

$49,173,269

 

 

 

 

 

701,080

Hours

 

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 22,442,811

 

Other Capital Costs of Installation (ODC and Labor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$59,463,268

 

Total annual capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$81,906,079

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$76,539,446

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$158,445,526

a There are 1,244 existing electric generating units. One third of those are assumed to be tested each year.

b There are 2 additional existing electric generating units that were new sources in Year 1.

c There are 2 additional existing electric generating units that were new sources in Year 2.

d 10% of sources are assumed to submit SSM report each year.

Exhibit 2a Year 1 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)

Activity -- Year 1

(A) EPA Hours/ Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ Plant/Year (A x B)

(D) Plants/ Year

(E) EPA Technical Hours/ Year (C x D)

(F) EPA Managerial Hours/Year

(G) EPA Clerical Hours/Year

(H) Cost, $

Observe Initial Performance Tests

24

1

24

173.2

4,156.8

207.84

41.57

$ 206,060

Observe Repeat Performance Tests

24

0.2

4.8

173.2

831.36

41.57

8.31

$ 41,212

Review Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465

Review Quality Assurance Program Notification

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465

Review Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433

Review Notification of Compliance Status

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465

Review requests to use alternative monitoring procedure

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.5

4.33

$ 21,465

Review Initial Notifications

0.5

1

0.5

2.00

1

0.05

0.01

$ 50

Review Notification of performance test

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465

Review Test/CEMS Results

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433

Review site specific performance evaluation test plan

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433

Review Semi-Annual reports

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433

Total Annual Hours

 

 

 

 

34,866

1,743

348

$ 1,728,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,958

Hours

 

Travel Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 69,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 1,797,574










EPA Officials are assumed to attend 20% of performance tests (0.20 * 866 = 173.2)


Travel Expenses = (1 person x 173 plants/year x 3 days/plant x $50 per diem) + ($250 round trip/plant x 173 plants/year) = $69,200/year

Assume visit 173 plants per year


Exhibit 2b Year 2 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)



Activity -- Year 2

(A) EPA Hours/ Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ Plant/Year (A x B)

(D) Plants/ Year

(E) EPA Technical Hours/ Year (C x D)

(F) EPA Managerial Hours/Year

(G) EPA Clerical Hours/Year

(H) Cost, $


Observe Initial Performance Tests

24

1

24

84.13

2019.2

100.96

20.192

$ 100,095


Observe Repeat Performance Tests

24

0.2

4.8

84.13

403.84

20.192

4.0384

$ 20,019


Review Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465


Review Quality Assurance Program Notification

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465


Review Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433


Review Notification of Compliance Status

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465


Review requests to use alternative monitoring procedure

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.5

4.33

$ 21,465


Review Initial Notifications

0.5

1

0.5

2.00

1

0.05

0.01

$ 50


Review Notification of performance test

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465


Review Test/CEMS Results

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433


Review site specific performance evaluation test plan

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433


Review Semi-Annual reports

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433


Total Annual Hours

 

 

 

 

32,301

1,615

323

$ 1,601,217


 

 

 

 

 

 

34,239.1

Hours

 


Travel Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 69,200


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 1,670,417












EPA Officials are assumed to attend 20% of performance tests (0.20 * 866 = 173.2)



Travel Expenses = (1 person x 173 plants/year x 3 days/plant x $50 per diem) + ($250 round trip/plant x 173 plants/year) = $69,200/year

Assume visit 173 plants per year



Exhibit 2c Year 3 Agency Burden and Cost, NESHAP for Electric Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU)



Activity -- Year 3

(A) EPA Hours/ Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ Plant/Year (A x B)

(D) Plants/ Year

(E) EPA Technical Hours/ Year (C x D)

(F) EPA Managerial Hours/Year

(G) EPA Clerical Hours/Year

(H) Cost, $



Observe Initial Performance Tests

24

1

24

84.13

2019.2

100.96

20.192

$ 100,095



Observe Repeat Performance Tests

24

0.2

4.8

84.13

403.84

20.192

4.0384

$ 20,019



Review Notification of Demonstration of CEMS

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465



Review Quality Assurance Program Notification

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465



Review Startup, shutdown, and malfunction Report

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433



Review Notification of Compliance Status

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465



Review requests to use alternative monitoring procedure

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.5

4.33

$ 21,465



Review Initial Notifications

0.5

1

0.5

2.00

1

0.05

0.01

$ 50



Review Notification of performance test

0.5

1

0.5

866

433

21.65

4.33

$ 21,465



Review Test/CEMS Results

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433



Review site specific performance evaluation test plan

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433



Review Semi-Annual reports

8

1

8

866

6,928

346.4

69.28

$ 343,433



Total Annual Hours

 

 

 

 

32,301

1,615

323

$ 1,601,217



 

 

 

 

 

 

34,239.1

Hours

 



Travel Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 69,200



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 1,670,417













EPA Officials are assumed to attend 20% of performance tests (0.20 * 866 = 173.2)



Travel Expenses = (1 person x 173 plants/year x 3 days/plant x $50 per diem) + ($250 round trip/plant x 173 plants/year) = $69,200/year

Assume visit 173 plants per year




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