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NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal)

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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal)


1. Identification of the Information Collection


1(a) Title of the Information Collection


NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1947.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0471.


1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract


The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) were proposed on May 26, 2000, promulgated on April 12, 2001, and amended on September 1, 2004. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities with a vegetable oil production process and that is a major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP), or is collocated with other sources that are individually or collectively a major source of HAP emissions. Vegetable oil production process is defined as a group of continuous process equipment used to remove oil from oilseeds through direct contact with an organic solvent such as n-hexane. The term “oilseed” refers to the following agricultural products: corn germ, cottonseed, flax, peanut, safflower, soybean, sunflower and rapeseed (source of canola oil). New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG.


In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.


Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file containing these documents, and retain the file for at least five years following the generation date of such 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.


The subject facilities are owned and operated by the vegetable oil production industry. None of the facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, tribal or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses. We assume that they will all respond. The “burden” to the “Affected Public” may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal). The “burden” to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and can be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of one 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, approximately 89 existing respondents on average will be subject to these standards, and one additional respondents per year is expected to become subject to these same standards. It is further assumed that one source per year will become subject to these same standards due to the reconstruction of an existing affected facility.


The active (previous) ICR had the following Terms of Clearance (TOC):


In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. In future collections, costs and time burden estimates should be rounded to the appropriate number of significant digits. If "reading instructions" are provided as potential time or cost burdens, then the location of the instructions or the instructions themselves should be provided. Also, the burden for refreshing on instructions should be included, as appropriate. Any detailed tables should be provided in Excel format along with or in lieu of detailed tables provided within the supporting statement.


EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC by rounding all calculations to three significant digits, clarifying the burden with “reading instructions”, is for regulated entity to read and understand the rule, and assuming all existing sources need to re-familiarize with the rule each year. EPA has also prepared a calculation spreadsheet that accompanies this supporting statement.


2. Need for and Use of the Collection


2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection


The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of hazardous air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous air pollutants and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/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, HAP emissions from solvent extraction for vegetable oil production either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG.


2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data


The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in these standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were 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 only if the source applies additional control that destroys the solvent. These tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with the emission standards. There are no continuous monitoring requirements in this rule.


The notifications required in these standards are used to either 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 check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and these standards are being met. The performance test may also be observed.


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



3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria


The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG.


3(a) Non-duplication


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 its 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, duplication does not exist.


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 (82 FR 29552) on June 29, 2017. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.


3(c) Consultations


The Agency has consulted industry experts and internal data sources to project the number of affected facilities and industry growth over the next three years. The primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in these standards, is the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. Approximately 89 respondents are currently subject to these standards, and there is a projection of one additional respondent per year over the three-year period covered by this ICR.


Industry trade association(s) and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with these standards as they were being developed and these same standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted both the National Oilseed Processors Association, at (202) 842-0463, and the National Cotton Council of America, at (901) 725-0510. The National Oilseed Processors Association agreed with the estimate of 89 existing facilities, and commented that the industry has a growth rate of one new facility per year.


It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR renewal, as well as to those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice. In this case, no comments were received.


3(d) Effects of Less-Frequent Collection


Less-frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet these 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.


These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to the standards. EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based. The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, any pattern of non-compliance and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years. In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to either the destruction or nonexistence of essential records.


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


The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in these standards do not include sensitive questions.


4. The Respondents and the Information Requested


4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes


The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are facilities that perform solvent extraction for vegetable oil production. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed in the table below:


Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG)

SIC Codes

NAICS Codes

Flour and Other Grain Mill Products

2041

311211

Wet Corn Milling (except refining purchased corn oil)

2046

311221

Wet Corn Milling (refining purchased corn oil)

2046

311225

Prepared Feeds and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Except Dogs and Cats (except slaughtered animals for pet food)

2048

311119

Prepared Feeds and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Except Dogs and Cats (slaughtering animals for pet food)

2048

311611

Cottonseed Oil Mills (cottonseed processing)

2074

311223

Cottonseed Oil Mills (processing purchased cottonseed oil)

2074

311225

Soybean Oil Mills (processing purchased soybean oil)

2075

311225

Soybean Oil Mills (soybean processing, except edible soybean oil)

2075

311222

Vegetable Oil Mills, Except Corn, Cottonseed, and Soybean (oilseed processing)

2076

311223

Vegetable Oil Mills, Except Corn, Cottonseed, and Soybean (processing purchased vegetable and oilseed oils)

2076

311225

Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine and other Edible Fats and Oil, NEC (processing vegetable oils, except soybean, into edible cooking oils)

2079

311223

Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine, and Other Edible Fats and Oils, NEC (except processing vegetable and soybean oils into edible oils)

2079

311225

Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine, and Other Edible Fats and Oils, NEC (processing soybean oil into edible cooking oils from soybeans crush)

2079

311222


4(b) Information Requested


(i) Data Items


In this ICR, all the data that is recorded or reported is required by the NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG).


A source must make the following reports:



Notifications

Initial notification

63.9(b) and 63.2860(a)

Notification and application of construction and reconstruction

63.5(d) and 63.2860(b)

Notification of construction commencement

63.5 and 63.2860(b)

Notification of anticipated startup.

63.5(d) and 63.2860(b)

Notification of actual startup

63.6 and 63.2860(b)

Notification of compliance status

63.9(h) and 63.2860(d)

Annual compliance certification

63.2861(a)

Deviation notification report

63.2861(b)

Periodic startup, shutdown, and malfunction report

63.10(d)(5)(i) and 63.2861(c)

Immediate startup, shutdown, and malfunction report

63.10(d)(5)(ii) and 63.2861(d)


A source must keep the following records:



Recordkeeping

Solvent, HAP content and oilseed inventory

63.2862(c)

Twelve months compliance ratio

63.2862(d)

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan

63.2862(b)

Plan for demonstrating compliance

63.2862(b)


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.





(ii) Respondent Activities



Respondent Activities


Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.


Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 311 test, 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 of 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 disclosing and providing information.


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


Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.


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


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


Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) and ICIS.



5(b) Collection Methodology and Management


Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could 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, 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.


Information contained in the reports is reported by state and local governments in the ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA’s Office of Compliance. ICIS is EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. EPA uses ICIS 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/operator for five years.


5(c) Small Entity Flexibility


A 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, thus it 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 below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


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. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.


The Agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.


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 33,400 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). 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.


6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs


(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:


Managerial $144.33 ($68.73+ 110%)

Technical $108.28 ($51.56 + 110%)

Clerical $53.44 ($25.40 + 110%)


These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2016, “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.


(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 standards are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.


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


The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the regulations are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.


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 such activities 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 $ 89,900.


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


Managerial $64.80 (GS-13, Step 5, $40.50 + 60%)

Technical $48.08 (GS-12, Step 1, $30.05 + 60%)

Clerical $26.02 (GS-6, Step 3, $16.26 + 60%)


These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2017 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to Federal government employees. Details upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


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 89 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that one additional respondents per year will become subject due to reconstruction, and one additional respondents per year will become subject due to industry growth. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 90 per year.


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



Number of Respondents




Respondents That Submit Reports


Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports





Year


(A)

Number of New Respondents 1


(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

88

0

1

89

2

2

89

0

1

90

3

2

90

0

1

91

Average

2

89

0

1

90

1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.


Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 90.


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

Initial notification of intent to construct/reconstruction

2

1

N/A

2

Application of construction/reconstruction

2

1

N/A

2

Notification of commencement of construction/reconstruction

2

1

N/A

2

Notification of anticipated startup

2

1

N/A

2

Notification of actual startup

2

1

N/A

2

Notification of compliance status

2

1

N/A

2

Annual compliance certification

90

1

N/A

90

Periodic SSM report

5

1

N/A

5

Immediate SSM report

1

1

N/A

1

Notification of deviation report

1

1

N/A

1

TOTAL




111


The number of Total Annual Responses is 111.


The total annual labor costs are $3,510,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables


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



(i) Respondent Tally


The total annual labor hours are 33,400 hours at a cost of $3,510,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.


Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 301 hours per response.


The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $0.


(ii) The Agency Tally


The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 1,920 labor hours at a cost of $89,900. See below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal).


We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.


6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden


There is a decrease in the respondent labor hours and number of responses in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This ICR corrects the number of sources that submit a notification of compliance status. This is a one-time notification that only applies to the one reconstructed source, and is not an annual burden. This correction results in a reduction in the estimated respondent burden and number of responses that are submitted.


6(g) Burden Statement


The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 301 hours per response. “Burden” means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information either 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 neither conduct nor 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 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-2013-0351. 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 contents of the 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 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), WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, 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 docket center 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, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0351 and OMB Control Number 2060-0471 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 – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal)


Burden item

(A)

Person hours per occurrence

(B)

No. of occurrences per respondent per year

(C)

Person hours per respondent per year

(A x B)

(D) Respondent per year a

(E) Technical person- hours per year (C x D)

(F) Management person hours per year

(E x0.05)

(G)

Clerical person hours per year

(E x 0.1)

(H)

Total Cost per year b

1. Applications

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Survey and Studies

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Reporting requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Familiarization with Regulatory Requirements b

4

1

4

90

360

18

36

$43,499

B. Required activities b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Develop plans for demonstrating compliance b

80

1

80

1

80

4

8

$9,666

Develop SSM plan b, c

100

1

100

1

100

5

10

$12,083

C. Create information

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. Gather existing information

See 4E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Write Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial notification of intent to

construct/reconstruction d

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$1,933

Application for construction/

reconstruction d

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$1,933.29

Notification of commencement
of construction/reconstruction
d

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$1,933.29

Notification of anticipated

startup d

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$1,933.29

Notification of actual startup d

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$1,933.29

Notification of compliance status

d,e

24

1

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$5,799.86

Annual compliance certification e

24

1

24

90

2,160

108

216

$260,993.88

Periodic startup, shutdown,

malfunction report f

24

1

24

5

120

6

12

$14,499.66

Immediate startup, shutdown

malfunction report d, g

8

1

8

1

8

0.4

0.8

$966.64

Notification of deviation report d,

i

8

1

8

1

8

0.4

0.8

$966.64

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements

 

 

 

 

3,409

$358,142

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Familiarization with Regulatory Requirements

See 3A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Develop record system

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Time to enter information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvent inventory e, h

8

12

96

90

8,640

432

864

$1,043,975.52

HAP content of solvent e, h

8

12

96

90

8,640

432

864

$1,043,975.52

Oilseed inventory e, h

8

12

96

90

8,640

432

864

$1,043,975.52

D. Record startup, shutdown, malfunction activities j

12

12

144

1

144

7.2

14.4

$17,399.59

E. Time to train personnel b

40

1

40

0

0

0

0

$0

F. Time for audits

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements

 

 

 

 

29,974

$3,149,326

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded)k

 

 

 

 

33,400

$3,510,000

TOTAL CAPITAL AND O&M COST (rounded)k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$0

GRAND TOTAL (rounded)k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3,510,000



a This ICR uses the following labor rates: $144.03 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $108.28 per hour for Technical labor, and $53.34 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2016, 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.

b We have assumed that there are approximately 89 existing sources that are subject to the standard. We have assumed that there will be a growth rate of one new source per year, on average, over the three-year period of this ICR based on input from the affected industry. We assume that each respondent will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year.

c We have assumed that it will take one hundred hours to develop a startup, shutdown, malfunction plan.

d We have assumed that one existing facility will be reconstructed and one new source will be constructed each year over the next three years.

e We have assumed that there are approximately 90 sources that are subject to the standard and will submit annual compliance certifications and maintain records. The initial compliance status notification does not apply to existing sources as that is a one-time requirement. It is required for new and reconstructed sources.

f We have assumed that five percent of sources will submit a periodic SSM report.

g It is estimated that one source will submit an immediate SSM report.

h We have assumed that it will take eight hours once per month for data to be recorded.

i We have assumed that one source will submit a notification of deviation report each year.

j We have estimated that it will take twelve hours to record startup, shutdown, and malfunction activities.

k Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart GGGG) (Renewal)


Activity

(A)

EPA person- hours per occurrence

(B)

No. of occurrences per plant per year

(C)

EPA person- hours per plant per year (AxB)

(D) Plants per year

(E) Technical person- hours per year (CxD)

(F) Management person-hours per year (Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical person-hours per year (Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ a

Report review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial notification b

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$863

Review approve construction/reconstruction application c

24

1

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$2,588.26

Notification of construction/reconstruction c

24

1

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$2,588.26

Notification to begin construction c

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$431.38

Notification of anticipated startup c

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$431.38

Notification of actual startup c

4

1

4

2

8

0.4

0.8

$431.38

Review of compliance status c,d

16

1

16

2

32

1.6

3.2

$1,725.50

Review of annual compliance certification d

16

1

16

90

1,440

72

144

$77,647.68

Review of periodic startup, shutdown, malfunction reports e

8

1

8

5

40

2

4

$2,156.88

Review of immediate SSM report f, g

16

1

16

1

16

0.8

1.6

$862.75

Review of deviation report h, i

4

1

4

1

4

0.2

0.4

$215.69

Review compliance plans

40

1

40

0

0

0

0

$0

Review SSM plans

40

1

40

0

0

0

0

$0

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded)j

 

 

 

 

1,920

$89,900

Assumptions:

a This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $64.80 for Managerial, $48.08 for Technical and $26.02 Clerical. These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) "2017 General Schedule" which excludes locality rates of pay.

b We have assumed that there will be one new facility per year, on average over the next three years. The initial compliance status notification does not apply to existing sources as that is a one-time requirement. It is required for reconstructed and new sources.

c We have assumed that one existing facility will be reconstructed each year over the next three years.

d We have assumed that there are approximately 90 sources that are subject to the standard.

e We have assumed that five percent of sources will submit a periodic SSM report.

f It is estimated that one of the sources will submit an immediate SSM report.

g We have assumed that it will take sixteen hours to review an immediate SSM report.

h We have assumed that it will take four hours to review the deviation report.

i We have assumed that one source will submit a notification of deviation report each year.

j Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.


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