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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1127.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0083.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) were on proposed on June 11, 1973; promulgated on July 25, 1977; and most- recently amended on February 14, 1989. These regulations apply to hot mix asphalt facilities that commenced construction or modification after June 11, 1973. A hot mix asphalt facility is comprised only of any combination of the following: dryers; systems for screening, handling, storing, and weighing hot aggregate; systems for loading, transferring, and storing mineral filler; systems for mixing hot mix asphalt; and the loading, transfer, and storage systems associated with emission control systems. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I.

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 there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

There are approximately 794 hot mix asphalt facilities, which are owned and operated by the hot mix asphalt industry (aka: the “Affected Public”). None of the 794 facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, tribal entities or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses. We assume that they will all respond to EP inquiries. The ‘burden’ to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal). The Federal Government’s ‘burden’ 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 Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal).

Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there are an average of 1 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 794 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and 17 additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. In addition, we expect on average 22 of the existing facilities would be conducting modifications of their facilities, such that they will be required to comply with the initial rule requirements. The overall average number of respondents is 828 per year. These estimates reflect a decrease in the number of respondents and additional respondents that the Agency anticipates will become subject to these standards or modify existing facilities from the prior ICR. The estimates have been adjusted based on a review of facility data collected through EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database.

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, pollutant emissions from hot mix asphalt 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 I.

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 in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with these emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with these same standards 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 these standards are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of these 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 that the standards are being met. The performance test may also be observed.

This rule does not require periodic reports for compliance determinations.

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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I.

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 (86 FR 8634) on February 8, 2021. 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, including a review of EPA’s ECHO. Approximately 811 respondents will be subject to these standards over the three-year period covered by this ICR. This ICR reflects a decrease in the number of respondents and additional respondents that the Agency anticipates will become subject to these same standards or modify existing facilities from the prior ICR. The estimates have been adjusted based on a review of facility data collected through EPA’s ECHO database.

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 that these same standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted the National Asphalt Pavement Association, at 888-468-6499, and the Asphalt Institute, at 859-288-4960. The EPA did not receive comments about the estimated range of the number of affected sources; therefore, EPA maintained the same industry growth rate cited in the previous ICR renewal.

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 that 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 hot mix asphalt facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 2951 which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 324121 for Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications
Notification of construction or reconstruction	§60.7(a)(1)
Notification of actual date of initial startup	§60.7(a)(3)
Notification of physical or operational change	§60.7(a)(4)
Notification of performance test	§60.8(d)

Reports
Report of performance tests	§60.8(a)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping
Record of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions	§60.7(b)
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.

Electronic copies of records may also be maintained in order to satisfy federal recordkeeping requirements. For additional information on the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements for CEDRI and ERT for this rule, see: https://www.epa.gov/electronic-reporting-air-emissions/paperwork-reduction-act-pra-cedri-and-ert.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 5 and 9 tests, 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

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

5(d) Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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 record-keeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 4,120 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 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 $149.84 ($71.35 + 110%)

Technical $122.66 ($58.41 + 110%)

Clerical $60.88 ($28.99 + 110%)

These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2020, “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 $38,800.

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

Managerial $69.04 (GS-13, Step 5, $43.15 + 60%)

Technical $51.23 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.02 + 60%)

Clerical $27.73 (GS-6, Step 3, $17.33 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2021 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 at the end of this document in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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 794 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that an additional 17 respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. Further, 22 existing facilities will conduct modifications and become subject to the initial requirements of these same standards. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 828 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	39	0	794	22	811
2	39	0	811	22	828
3	39	0	828	22	845
Average	39	0	811	22	828

¹ New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. In this standard, existing respondents that conduct operational changes submit notifications of operational changes and conduct performance tests.

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 828.

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

Total Annual Responses
(A) Information Collection Activity	(B) Number of Respondents	(C) Number of Responses	(D) Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports	(E) Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D
Notification of initial startup	17	1	0	17
Notification of construction/reconstruction	17	1	0	17
Notification of operational change	22	1	0	22
Notification of performance test	39	1.2	0	47
Performance test reports	39	1.2	0	47
Recordkeeping	0	0	828	828
			Total	978

The number of Total Annual Responses is 978.

The total annual labor costs are $488,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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 in Tables 1 and 2 at the end of this document, respectively, and summarized below.

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 4,120 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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 4.21 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $0. Since there are not any such costs, these cost calculations are not detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 777 labor hours at a cost of $38,800; see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart I) (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 total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. This ICR reflects a decrease in the number of respondents and additional respondents that the Agency anticipates will become subject to these standards or modify existing facilities. The estimates in the current approved ICR were based on estimates collected in 2008 and adjusted for growth over time. This ICR adjusts the number of respondents based on a review of facilities identified in EPA’s ECHO database, assuming a similar rate of growth and modification of existing facilities (about two and three percent, respectively). EPA’s ECHO database is the most recent source of facility information available for hot mix asphalt facilities, and should reflect a more accurate estimate of existing facilities. We have assumed a similar rate of growth and modification of existing facilities due to anticipated continuous demand within the asphalt mixing industry. This ICR also corrects an error from the most-recently approved ICR by accounting for the burden for responses for notifications of performance tests for respondents required to conduct a repeat performance test. The overall result is a decrease in burden.

6(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.21 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-OAR-2020-0631. 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-OAR-2020-0631 and OMB Control Number 2060-0083 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 Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal)

Burden item	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)
	Person-hours per occurrence	No. Of occurrences per respondent per year	Person-hours per respondent per year (C=AxB)	Respondents per year a	Technical person-hours per year (E=CxD)	Management person-hours per year (F=Ex0.05)	Clerical person-hours per year (G=Ex0.1)	Cost, $ b
1. Applications	N/A
2. Survey and Studies	N/A
3. Acquisition, Installation, and Utilization of Technology and Systems	N/A
4. Reporting Requirements
A. Familiarize with regulatory requirements c	1	1	1	828	828	41.4	82.8	$112,806.72
B. Required activities:
i. Initial performance tests d	24	1	24	39	936	46.8	93.6	$127,520.64
ii. Repeat performance tests d	24	1	24	8	192	9.6	19.2	$26,158.08
iii. Reference Method 9	4	1	4	39	156	7.8	15.6	$21,253.44
iv. Monitoring of operations and equipment	See 5E
C. Gather existing information	See 4B and 5E
D. Write report a, d
i. Notification of actual startup date	2	1	2	17	34	1.7	3.4	$4,632.16
ii. Notification of construction/ reconstruction	2	1	2	17	34	1.7	3.4	$4,632.16
iii. Notification of physical or operational change	2	1	2	22	44	2.2	4.4	$5,994.56
iv. Notification of performance test d	2	1.2	2.4	47	112.8	5.64	11.28	$15,367.87
v. Reports of performance test results	See 4B
vi. Periodic reports e	N/A
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements					2,687			$318,366
5. Recordkeeping Requirements
A. Familiarize with regulatory requirements	See 4A
B. Plan activities	See 4B
C. Implement activities	See 4B
D. Develop record system	N/A
E. Time to enter and transmit information f	1.5	1	1.5	828	1,242.0	62.10	124.2	$169,210.08
F. Time to train personnel	N/A
G. Time for audits	N/A
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements					1,428			$169,210
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) g					4,120			$488,000
TOTAL CAPITAL AND O&M COSTS (rounded) g								$0
GRAND TOTAL (rounded) g								$488,000
Assumptions:
a We estimated there are an average of 828 sources subject to the rule, including 811 existing sources that keep records but do not submit reports. In addition, we estimate an average net growth of 17 facilities per year and an average of 22 existing facilities conducting modifications of their facilities.
b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $149.84 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $122.66 per hour for Technical labor, and $60.88 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2020, “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.
c We have assumed that all sources will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year.
d We have assumed that a total of 39 new and modified hot mix asphalt facilities would be required to submit notification and conduct a performance test. We have further assumed that about 20 percent of the sources would repeat performance tests due to failure.
e The rule does not require existing sources to submit periodic reports.
f We have assumed that recordkeeping would take sources an average of 1.5 hours a year.
g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant values. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart I) (Renewal)

Activity	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)
	EPA person-hours per occurrence	No. of occurrences per plant per year	EPA person-hours per plant per year (C=AxB)	Plants Per Year a	Technical person-hours per year (E=CxD)	Management person-hours per year (F=Ex0.05)	Clerical person-hours per year (G=Ex0.10)	Cost, $ b
Review Reports: a, c
Notification of actual startup date	2	1	2	17	34	1.7	3.4	$1,953.47
Notification of construction/ reconstruction	2	1	2	17	34	1.7	3.4	$1,953.47
Notification of physical or operational change	2	1	2	22	44	2.2	4.4	$2,528.02
Notification of performance test	2	1.2	2.4	47	112.8	5.64	11.28	$6,480.92
Reports of performance test results	8	1.2	9.6	47	451	22.56	45.12	$25,923.70
Periodic reports d	N/A
TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) e					777			$38,800
Assumptions:
a We estimated there are an average of 828 sources subject to the rule, including 811 existing sources that keep records but do not submit reports. In addition, we estimate an average net growth of 17 facilities per year and that an average of 22 existing facilities conducting modifications of their facilities.
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 $69.04 (GS-13, Step 5, $43.15 + 60%), Technical rate of $51.23 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.02 + 60%), and Clerical rate of $27.73 (GS-6, Step 3, $17.33 + 60%). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2021 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.
c We have assumed that a total of 39 new and modified hot mix asphalt facilities would be required to submit notification and conduct a performance test. We have further assumed that about 20 percent of the sources would repeat performance tests due to failure.
d The rule does not require existing sources to submit periodic reports.
e Totals have been rounded to 3 significant values. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.