SUPPORTING STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1128.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0080.
1. Identification of the Information Collection
1(a) Title of the Information Collection
NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1128.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0080.
1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract
The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) were proposed on June 11, 1973, promulgated on March 8, 1974, and amended on: October 6, 1975; July 25, 1977; February 14, 1989; and October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new secondary lead smelting facilities: any pot furnace of more than 250 kg (550 lb) charging capacity, blast (cupola) furnaces, and reverberatory furnaces. The affected facilities include any facility producing lead from a lead bearing scrap material by smelting to the metallic form. Blast furnace means any furnace used to recover metal from slag. Reverberatory furnaces include furnaces of various types, e.g., stationary, rotating, rocking and tilting. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L.
In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.
Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file containing these documents and retain the file for at least two years following the generation date of such maintenance reports and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. If the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional office.
The “Affected Public” is private sector businesses that operate both existing and new secondary lead smelting facilities. The ‘burden’ to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal). The ‘burden’ to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal). There are approximately 12 secondary lead facilities, which are owned and operated by the secondary lead smelting industry. None of the 12 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 to EPA inquiries.
Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of one affected facility at each plant site and each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the owner/operator of the plant site).
Over the next three years, approximately 12 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active ICR without any “Terms of Clearance”.
2. Need for and Use of the Collection
2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection
The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect:
. . . application of the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated. Section 111(a)(l).
The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every eight years. 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, particulate matter emissions from secondary lead smelting facilities either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L.
2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard 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 in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with the emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with these standard at all times. During the performance test a record of the operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
The notifications required in the standard are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard is being met. The performance test may also be observed.
The required records 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 60, Subpart L.
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 (83 FR 24785) on May 30, 2018. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register for this renewal.
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 12 respondents will be subject to these standards 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 it was 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 Exide, at (676) 566-9000, and Quemetco, at (626) 364-1281.
It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR renewal, as well as for 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.
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 secondary lead smelting facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3341 which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 331492 for Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal.
4(b) Information Requested
(i) Data Items
In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L).
A source must make the following reports:
Notifications |
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Notification of construction/reconstruction. |
§60.7(a)(1) |
Notification of actual startup. |
§60.7(a)(3) |
Initial performance test results |
§60.8(a) |
Initial performance test |
§60.8(d) |
Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system. |
§60.7(a)(5) |
Notification of physical or operational change. |
§60.7(a)(4) |
Notification of anticipated date for conducting the opacity observations. |
§60.7(a)(6) |
Notification that continuous opacity monitoring system data results will be used to determine compliance with the applicable opacity standard performance test |
§60.7(a)(7) |
A source must keep the following records:
Recordkeeping |
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Startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative. |
§60.7(b) |
Performance test records. |
§60.7(d) |
Records are required to be retained for two years. |
§60.7(f) |
Electronic Reporting
Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.
(ii) Respondent Activities
Respondent Activities |
Familiarization with the regulatory requirements. |
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for control device. |
Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 5 or 9, 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 collecting, validating, and verifying information. |
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for processing and maintaining information. |
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for 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 standards. 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 two years.
5(c) Small Entity Flexibility
The number of small entities potentially affected by this information collection request is estimated to be 48 percent of the respondent universe, or 6 sources. This estimate is based on the distribution of small entities in the industry, which was provided during the development of the NESHAP at Secondary Lead Smelters. The distribution of small entities subject to the NESHAP is expected to be similar to the distribution at small entities subject to the NSPS.
The impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.
5(d) Collection Schedule
The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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 32 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of these regulations, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously- approved ICR, and any comments received.
6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs
(i) Estimating Labor Costs
This ICR uses the following labor rates:
Managerial $147.40 ($70.19+ 110%)
Technical $117.92 ($56.15 + 110%)
Clerical $57.02 ($27.15 + 110%)
These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2018, “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 standard(s) 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 $0.
This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
Managerial $65.71 (GS-13, Step 5, $41.07 + 60%)
Technical $48.75 (GS-12, Step 1, $30.47 + 60%)
Clerical $26.38 (GS-6, Step 3, $16.49 + 60%)
These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2018 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees. Details upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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 12 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 12 per year.
The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR:
Number of Respondents |
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Respondents That Submit Reports |
Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports |
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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 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Average |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
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 12.
The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:
Total Annual Responses |
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(A)
Information Collection Activity |
(B)
Number of Respondents |
(C)
Number of Responses |
(D) Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports |
(E) Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D |
Notification of construction/reconstruction. |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of actual startup |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Initial performance test results |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Initial performance test |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of physical or operational change. |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Records of startup, shutdown, and malfunctions |
12 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
|
|
|
Total |
12 |
The number of Total Annual Responses is 12.
The total annual labor costs are $3,620. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal).
6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables
The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown below in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below.
(i) Respondent Tally
The total annual labor hours are 32 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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 3 hours per response.
There are no annual capital/startup and O&M costs to this regulated entity.
(ii) The Agency Tally
The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 0 labor hours at a cost of $0; see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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
The adjustment decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. There is a decrease in the number of estimated sources from 14 to 12 due to consolidation within the sector. The reduced number of estimated sources also led to a decrease in the number of responses.
6(g) Burden Statement
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 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-2012-0535. 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-2012-0535 and OMB Control Number 2060-0080 in any correspondence.
Part B of the Supporting Statement
This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.
Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal)
Burden Item |
(A)
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(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
(G) |
(H) |
1. Applications |
N/A |
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|
|
|
|
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2. Survey and studies |
N/A |
|
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|
|
|
|
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3. Reporting Requirements |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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All Sources |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
a. Familiarize with Regulatory Requirements |
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
12 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
$1,571.90 |
New Sources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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b. Required activities |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Initial performance tests |
21 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Repeat of performance tests c |
21 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Method 5 or 9 Testing |
3 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
c. Create information |
See 3b |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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d. Gather existing information |
See 3b |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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e. Write Report |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Notification of construction/ reconstruction d |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial startup d |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial performance test e |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Report of initial performance test |
See 3b |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notification of physical or operational change d |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Subtotal Reporting Requirements |
|
14 |
$1,572 |
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4. Recordkeeping Requirements |
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a. Familiarize with Regulatory Requirements |
See 3a |
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b. Plan activities |
See 3b |
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c. Implement activities |
See 3b |
|
|
|
|
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|
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d. Develop record system |
N/A |
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|
|
|
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e. Time to enter information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Records of startup, shutdown, and malfunctions (SSM) f |
1.3 |
1 |
1.3 |
12 |
15.6 |
0.78 |
1.56 |
$2,043.48 |
f. Audits |
N/A |
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|
|
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Subtotal Recordkeeping Requirements |
|
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|
|
18 |
$2,043 |
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TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COSTS (roundedg) |
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|
32 |
$3,620 |
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TOTAL CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS (roundedg) |
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|
|
$0 |
GRANT TOTAL (roundedg) |
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$3,620 |
Assumptions |
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a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 12. In addition to the 12 active facilities there is one inactive facility that has been idled since 2013. There will be no additional new source that will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR. We assume that each source subject to the standard will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year. Since there are no new or modified/reconstructed facilities expected the notifications for construction, startup, initial performance tests, or physical or operational changes will not occur during this three-year ICR period. |
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b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $147.40 per hour for Managerial labor; $117.92 per hour for Technical labor, and $57.02 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2018 “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry Group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110% to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry. |
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c We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will have to repeat initial performance tests. |
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d We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours once per year to write a construction/reconstruction report. |
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e We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours once per year to write the initial performance test report. |
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f We have assumed that each respondent will be required to enter SSM information. |
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g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding. |
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal)
Burden Item |
(A) |
(B) |
(C)
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(D)
|
(E) |
(F) |
(G) |
(H) |
Initial Performance Test |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Sources |
21 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Repeat Performance Test |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Sources |
21 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Report Review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Sources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Notification of construction c |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial startup d |
0.4 |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of actual startup d |
0.4 |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial test d |
0.4 |
1 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Review Test results f |
7 |
1 |
7 |
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a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 12. In addition to the 12 active facilities there is one inactive facility that has been idled since 2013. There will be no additional new source that will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR. Since there are no new or modified/reconstructed facilities expected the notifications for construction, startup, initial performance tests, and test results will not occur during this three-year ICR period. |
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b This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: Managerial rate of $65.71 (GS-13, Step 5, $41.07 x 1.6), Technical rate of $48.75 (GS-12, Step 1, $30.47 x 1.6), and Clerical rate of $26.38 (GS-6, Step 3, $16.49 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), “2018 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay. |
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c We assumed that it will take two hours once per year to review a construction report. |
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d We assume that it will take 0.4 hours once per year to review a notification of startup or testing. |
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e We assume that it will take seven hours once per year to review test results. |
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g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding |
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