Burden Calculation Tables

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Overview

Labor
Source & PA Inputs
Burden Inputs, Tbls 1-3
Calcs
Tables 4-7
Btm Line, Tbls 8-12

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Sheet 1: Labor

		DRAFT CALCS
Source Labor Rate
	2018 Hourly	Wage Rate	Benfits & Overhead	Total
	$70.00	$38.94	1.8	$70.09
State/Local Agency Labor Rate - Applies only to Part 70.
	2018 Hourly	Wage Rate	Benfits & Overhead	Total
	$62.00	$34.31	Gmyr, Joanna: Use 80% factor (typically 40% to 80%) 1.8	$61.75
EPA Rates [1]
	2018 Hourly	Wage Rate	Benefits	Total
	$58.00	$36.29	1.6	$58.06
[1] This is "base rate." Per David Painter, use this rather than "locality payment" rates.
Federal Labor Cost obtained from U.S. Office of Personnel Management 2021 General Schedule Table 2021-GS.
Hourly labor rate assumed is GS-12, Step 5 (Technical Labor). 60% benefits assumed.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2018/GS_h.pdf
STATE/LOCAL LABOR RATE
$33.78	= 25th percentile hourly wage for Environmental Engineers
		Date of & Link to Wage Data
	May 2020	http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172081.htm
	ECI Value	Date of & Link to ECI Data
	134.9	Mar 2020	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	137.0	Mar 2021	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	0.98	= Adjustment Factor
$34.31	= Escalated State Wages in $/hr
SOURCE LABOR RATE
Environmental Engineers
$46.58	= Mean hourly wage for Environmental Engineers
		Date of & Link to Wage Data
	May 2020	http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172081.htm
	ECI Value	Date of & Link to ECI Data
	139.2	Mar 2020	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	143.2	Mar 2021	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	0.97	= Adjustment Factor
$45.28	= Escalated State Wages in $/hr
Environmental Engineer Technicians
$27.20	= Mean hourly wage for Environmental Engineering Technicians
		Date of & Link to Wage Data
	May 2020	http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes173025.htm
	ECI Value	Dates of & Links to ECI Data
	139.2	Mar 2020	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	143.2	Mar 2021	http://www.bls.gov/web/eci/echistrynaics.pdf
	0.97	= Adjustment Factor
$26.44	= Escalated State Wages in $/hr
Weighted Average Wage for Combination of Environmental Engineers and Technicians
Technicians perform 50% of labor hrs for Operating gap-filling monitoring & Preparing monitoring/compliance reports.
	$3,822,980.00	= Technician labor hours for ICR period
Engineers perform all source labor hours - the hours performed by technicians.
	$7,538,270.00	= Engineer labor hours for ICR period
$38.94	= Weighted Avg Wage for Combination of Env. Engineers and Techs

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Sheet 2: Source & PA Inputs

		DRAFT CALCS
Starting Permits			Notes
	# of issued permits (all types) =	13,988	TOPS Data that has been adjusted
Permit Backlog
		# of Permits	Notes
Start of yr 1	December 31, 2017	213	TOPS Data = 213 (Outstanding Initial Part 70 Applications)
End of Yr 1	December 31, 2018	71	Divide the number @ start of ICR by 3 & spread it across the 3 yr life of ICR.
End of Yr 2	December 31, 2019	71
End of Yr 3	December 31, 2020	71
SOURCE POPULATION
Existing and Projected Part 70 Sources (Permitted + Backlog + New Sources)
		# of Sources	Notes
Start of ICR	December 31, 2017	14,201	Automatic Calc Cell = Issued permits + BACKLOG
End of Yr 1	December 31, 2018	100	Assume 100 added each year. (new)
End of Yr 2	December 31, 2019	100	Assume 100 added each year. (new)
End of Yr 3	December 31, 2020	100	Assume 100 added each year. (new)
Renewal Backlog
		# of Permits	Notes
		2,200	Tops Data (oustanding renewal permits + expired permits)
Permitting Authories
		# of PAs	Notes
		117

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Sheet 3: Burden Inputs, Tbls 1-3

		DRAFT CALCS
	Table 1. Average Source Burden by Activity
	ACTIVITY	Hours per permit/program	Previous ICR
			2018
			Hrs per permit	Summary of changes during 2021 ICR Renewal
	Initial Permit Application	330	330	No change
	Draft Permit Interaction	50	50	No change
	Gap Filling Monitoring Development	44	44	No change
	Public Hearing Participation	11	11	No change
	Operate Gap Filling Monitoring	200	200	No change
	Prep Monitoring/Compliance Reports & Compliance Certifications	80	80	No change
	Significant Permit Revisions (11% of permits)	84	84	No change
	Minor Permit Revisions (35% of permits)	44	44	No change
	Administrative Amendments (50% of permits)	8	8	No change
	General Permit	2	2	No change
	Permit Renewal Application	216	216	No change
	Other Permit Renewal Activities	22	22	No change
	Table 2. Average Permitting Authority Burden by Activity
	ACTIVITY	Hours per permit/program	Previous ICR
			2018
			Hrs per permit	Summary of changes during 2021 ICR Renewal
	Program Administration	3,500	3,500	No change
	Permit Application Review	110	110	No change
	Draft Permit Preparation	170	170	No change
	Comment Period Notification	11	11	No change
	Public Hearing (2% of permits)	110	110	No change
	Interaction with EPA	20	20	No change
	Analyze Public Comments (2% of permits)	44	44	No change
	Permit Issuance	9	9	No change
	General Permit Adminstration	80	80	No change
	Significant Permit Revisions (11% of permits)	94	94	No change
	Minor Permit Revisions (35% of permits)	34	34	No change
	Administrative Amendments (50% of permits)	5	5	No change
	Renewals Single Source Permits	97	97	No change
	Renewals General Permits	10	10	No change
	Review Monitoring/Compliance Reports	15	15	No change
	Annual Enforcement Activity	40	40	No change
	Table 3. EPA Burden
	ACTIVITY	Hours per permit/program	Previous ICR
			2018
			Hrs per permit	Summary of changes during 2021 ICR Renewal
	New Permit Review*	20	20	No change
	Renewal Review*	20	20	No change
	Significant Modification Review*	8	8	No change
	Minor Modification Review	1	1	No change
	Resolving issues in New Permit	8	8	No change
	Resolving issues in Significant Mod.	8	8	No change
	Resolving issues in Minor Mod.	1	1	No change
	Program Oversight	435	50	Increase based on more accurate data collection
	Review Enforcement Reports	10	10	No change
	* Includes the burden for review of periodic monitoring, when required

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Sheet 4: Calcs

DRAFT CALCS
Types of Existing and Projected Permitted Sources*
		Total Polulation
Start of Yr 1:	December 31, 2017	14,201
End of Yr 1:	December 31, 2018	100
End of Yr 2:	December 31, 2019	100
End of Yr 3:	December 31, 2020	100
	Total Permitted Sources =	14,501
* Does not include permits in backlog because we do not have information on the type of sources at this time.
RENEWALS
Renewal backlog =	2,200	Newly Expired		Backlog Reduced	Renewal Issd	Single Permit	General Permit
	Renewals YR 1	2,798		733	3,531	2,966	565
	Renewals YR 2	2,798		733	3,531	2,966	565
	Renewals YR 3	2,799		733	3,532	2,967	565
	Total Renewals (End of ICR) =	8,395		2,200	10,595	8,899	1,696
MODIFICATIONS
		SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS	MINOR MODIFICATIONS	ADMIN. AMENDMENTS
	Issued	Baseline %	Baseline %	Baseline %
	single	10%	50%	50%
revisions Yr-1	13,988	1,399	6,994	6,994
revisions Yr-2	14,159	1,416	7,080	7,080
revisions yr-3	14,330	1,433	7,165	7,165
Totals =	42,477	4,248	21,239	21,239
* Significant mods and minor mods have been adjusted for FAP and the Tailoring Rule as explained in attachment.

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Sheet 5: Tables 4-7

		DRAFT CALCS
Table 4. Baseline Burden and Cost of EPA Activities
	EPA Hourly Labor Rate =	$58.00
Activity		Burden per Permit (Hours)	Number of Affected Permits/PAs over 3 Year ICR		Total 3-Year Burden (Hours)	Total 3-Year Cost (2018 $)
Review Permits and Revisions
New Permit Review*		20		128	2,560	$148,480
Renewal Review*		20		445	8,900	$516,200
Significant Modification Review*		8	Yr 1:	1,399	$11,192	$649,136
			Yr 2:	1,416	$11,328	$657,024
			Yr 3:	1,433	$11,464	$664,912
Minor Modification Review		1	Yr 1:	6,994	$6,994	$405,652
			Yr 2:	7,080	$7,080	$410,640
			Yr 3:	7,165	$7,165	$415,570
Consult with Permiting Authorities
Resolving issues in New Permit		8		128	1,024	$59,392
Resolving issues in Significant Mod.		8.4	Yr 1:	350	2,940	$170,520
			Yr 2:	354	2,974	$172,469
			Yr 3:	358	3,007	$174,418
Resolving issues in Minor Mod.		1	Yr 1:	1,749	1,749	$101,442
			Yr 2:	1,770	1,770	$102,660
			Yr 3:	1,791	1,791	$103,878
Program Oversight		435		117	50,895	$2,951,910
Review Enforcement Reports		10		117	1,170	$67,860
				Total Burden and Cost Over 3 Yrs =	134,003	$7,772,162
				Average Annual Burden and Cost =	44,668	$2,590,721
Table 5. Identification of Affected Entities and Permit Issuance Schedule
Interval	Source Population	New Sources		Permitting Backlog	Additional Permits Issued	Total Permits Issued
Start of Yr 1:	14,201	0		213	0	13,988
End of Yr 1:	14,301	100		71	171	14,159
End of Yr 2:	14,401	100		71	171	14,330
End of Yr 3:	14,501	100		71	171	14,501
	3 YR totals =	300			513
Population = total # subject to permitting. Backlog = unissued permits. Additional issued = New sources + some of backlog.
Table 6. Burden and Cost of Source Activities
	Sources Hourly Labor Rate =	$70.00
Activity		Burden per Permit (Hours)	Number of Affected Permits over 3 Year ICR		Total 3-Year Burden (Hours)	Total 3-Year Cost (2018 $)
Initial Permit Application		330		300	99,000	$6,930,000
Draft Permit Interaction		50		513	25,650	$1,795,500
Gap Filling Monitoring Development		44		257	11,308	$791,560
Public Hearing Participation		11		10	110	$7,700
Operate Gap Filling Monitoring		200	Yr 1:	6,994	1,398,800	$97,916,000
			Yr 2:	7,080	1,416,000	$99,120,000
			Yr 3:	7,165	1,433,000	$100,310,000
Prep Monitoring/Compliance Reports & Compliance Certifications		80	Yr 1:	13,988	1,119,040	$78,332,800
			Yr 2:	14,159	1,132,720	$79,290,400
			Yr 3:	14,330	1,146,400	$80,248,000
Revisions/Modifications:
Significant Permit Revisions (11% of permits)		84	Yr 1:	1,399	117,516	$8,226,120
			Yr 2:	1,416	118,944	$8,326,080
			Yr 3:	1,433	120,372	$8,426,040
Minor Permit Revisions (35% of permits)		44	Yr 1:	6,994	307,736	$21,541,520
			Yr 2:	7,080	311,520	$21,806,400
			Yr 3:	7,165	315,260	$22,068,200
Administrative Amendments (50% of permits)		8	Yr 1:	6,994	55,952	$3,916,640
			Yr 2:	7,080	56,640	$3,964,800
			Yr 3:	7,165	57,320	$4,012,400
Revision Subtotals =					1,461,260	$102,288,200
General Permit		2		1,696	3,392	$237,440
Permit Renewal Application		216		8,899	1,922,184	$134,552,880
Other Permit Renewal Activities		22		8,899	195,778	$13,704,460
				Total Burden and Cost for All Sources Over 3 Yrs =	11,361,250	$795,287,500
				Average Annual Burden and Cost =	3,787,083	$265,095,833
Table 7. Burden and Cost of Permitting Authority Activities
	PA Hourly Labor Rate =	$62.00
Activity		Burden per Permit (Hours)	Number of Affected Permits/PAs over 3 Year ICR		Total 3-Year Burden (Hours)	Total 3-Year Cost (2018 $)
Program Administration		3,500		1	10,500	$651,000
Permit Application Review		110		300	33,000	$2,046,000
Draft Permit Preparation		170		513	87,210	$5,407,020
Comment Period Notification		11		513	5,643	$349,866
Public Hearing (2% of permits)		110		10	1,100	$68,200
Interaction with EPA		20		513	10,260	$636,120
Analyze Public Comments (2% of permits)		44		10	440	$27,280
Permit Issuance		9		513	4,617	$286,254
General Permit Adminstration		80		117	9,360	$580,320
Significant Permit Revisions (11% of permits)		94		4,248	399,312	$24,757,344
Minor Permit Revisions (35% of permits)		34		21,239	722,126	$44,771,812
Administrative Amendments (50% of permits)		5		21,239	106,195	$6,584,090
Revision Subtotals =					1,227,633	$76,113,246
Renewals Single Source Permits		97		8,899	863,203	$53,518,586
Renewals General Permits		10		1,696	16,960	$1,051,520
Review Monitoring/Compliance Reports		15	Yr 1:	13,988	209,820	$13,008,840
			Yr 2:	14,159	212,385	$13,167,870
			Yr 3:	14,330	214,950	$13,326,900
Annual Enforcement Activity		40		117	4,680	$290,160
				Total Burden and Cost for All Permit Authorities Over 3 Yrs =	2,907,081	$180,239,022
				Average Annual Burden and Cost =	969,027	$60,079,674.00

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Sheet 6: Btm Line, Tbls 8-12

			DRAFT CALCS
Table 8. Bottom Line Average Annual Respondent Burden (Hours)
Respondent	Number of Affected Entities	Average Annual Burden	Average Annual Burden per Respondent	Average Annual Burden per Source
		(hours)	(hours)	(hours)
Sources	14,501	3,787,083	261	261
Permitting Authorities	117	969,027	8,282	67
Totals =	14,618	4,756,110	NA	NA
Table 9. Bottom Line Average Annual Respondent Cost (2018$)
Respondent	Number of Affected Entities	Average Annual Cost (2021$)	Average Annual Cost per Respondent	Average Annual Cost per Source
			(2021$)	(2021$)
Sources	14,501	$265,095,833	$18,281	$18,281
Permitting Authorities	117	$60,079,674	$513,501	$4,143
Totals =	14,618	$325,175,507	NA	NA
Table 10. Bottom Line Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost
	EPA Burden		EPA Cost
Number of Sources	Annual EPA Burden	Average Annual Burden per Source	Average Annual EPA Cost	Average Annual Cost per Source
	(hours)	(hours)	(2021$)	(2021$)
14,501	44,668	3	$2,590,721	$179
Table 11. Burden Change from 2018 ICR to Current ICR (hours)
Type of Respondent	Average Annual Burden in 2018 ICR	Average Annual Burden in ICR Renewal	Difference	% Change
	(hours)	(hours)	(hours)	(hours)
Sources	3,786,856	3,787,083	227	0%
Permitting Authorities	952,068	969,027	16,959	2%
Total =	4,738,924	4,756,110	17,186	NA
Table 12. Burden Statement (hours)
Type of Respondent	Number of Respondents	Total Annual Burden (Hours)	Annual Burden per Respondent (Hours)	Annual Burden per Source* (Hours)
Sources	14,501	3,787,083	261	261
Permitting Authorities	117	969,027	8,282	67