Supporting Statement A - Appendix A

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Overview

FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS
Summary
I-R&R Biointermediate Producer
II-R&R RIN Generators
III-R&R by Bioint Imp
IV-Third Parties
Labor Costs

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Sheet 1: FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

Forms and Instructions/User Guides:

Registration and Reporting Instructions using templates or that occurs within systems; with system user guides listed; user guides are instructions for respondents (REQUESTED TO DISPLAY OMB CONTROL NUMBER):

·       Engineering Review Template - PDF and *Word (both on webpage at https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/template-engineering-reviews-renewable-fuel)

·       OTAQ Reg (Registration System) User Guide

·       User Guide for DCFUEL in EPA’s Central Data Exchange

* Engineering Review Submission User Guide

* Pathways Screening Tool

Forms and Form Instructions:

·       RFS4000: Biointermediates batch reporting

·       RFS0602: RFS2 Renewable Fuel Producer Supplemental Report

·       RFS0702: RFS2 Co-products report

·       RFS0802: RFS2 Renewable Biomass Report

·       RFS0902: Production Outlook Report

·       RFS2000: Batch Verification

·       RFS2200: On-Site Audit Report

·       RFS2300: List of Potentially Invalid RINs

·       RFS2400: Mass Balance

·       RFS010X: RFS0105, RFS0106 (these are unchanged from those submitted with 2060-0725)

·       ATT010X: ATT0100 and ATT-0100-ALT (these are unchanged from those submitted with 2060-0725)

* URF (unified reporting form)

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Sheet 2: Summary

Summary
Type of Respondent	Total Responses per Year	Total Hours per Year	Total Cost per Year (Labor and Non-Labor)
Biointermediate Producers	133,230	138,612	$13,734,984
RIN Generators (Renewable Fuel Producers)	35,049	23,478	$2,799,776
Biointermediate Importer	4,080	5,295	$751,380
Third Parties	0	0	$0	* Third parties are counted as respondents, but their responses/hours/$ are assigned
GRAND TOTAL	172,359	167,385	$17,286,140	to the party for whom they do the work. (Purchased service providers.)
TOTAL NUMBER of Respondents:
	5,052.00
Non-Labor Costs* Only - Used for OMB Inventory:
	9,262,146.00
*Non-Labor Costs include capital, O&M, and purchased services. For this collection, all are purchased services.
These costs are reflected in the "OMB Inventory."

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Sheet 3: I-R&R Biointermediate Producer

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost by Type of Party
Table 1 -Biointermediate Producers* -
Information Collection Activity		Hours and Cost				Total Hours and Cost					Forms & Notes
Citation	Activity	Standard Industry Mix Hours/ Response	Clerical Only Hours/ Response	Purchased Services Hours/ Response	Total Cost/ Response (dollars)	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses per party/year**	Total Number of Responses per Year	Total Hours/ Year	Total Cost/Year (Labor and Non-Labor)		$ Non-Labor Costs (Purchased Services)
	Reporting Activities
80.1416	Pathways Petition: new renewable fuels/feedstocks by biointermediate producers - assumes two respondents per year and 52 hours total per respondent petition	14.00	0.00	0.00	1,148.00	6	1.00	6.00	84.00	6,888.00	Screening tool at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/renewable-fuel-pathway-screening-tool; actual submission is CBP and sent via CDX.	-
80.1450(b) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Initial registration of new biointermediate producers - company and facility information	2.00	0.00	0.00	164.00	240	1.00	240.00	480.00	39,360.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Initial registration of new biointermediate producers - detailed description of biointermediates and processes from registrant - 12 hours total / 3 years to annualize	4.00	0.00	0.00	328.00	240	1.00	240.00	960.00	78,720.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Initial registration of new biointermediate producers -engineering review - 52 hours total / 3 years to annualize	0.00	0.00	14.00	2,296.00	240	1.00	240.00	3360.00	551,040.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE - refer to Table IV as well, as these are submitted by third party engineers on behalf of the respondents.	551,040.00
80.1450(d) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Update to existing registrations (should be uncommon since these are new registrants, in case of error, change of address)	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	24	1.00	24.00	24.00	1,968.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b) and 80 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Set up account in CDX - new biointermediate producer registrants	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	240	1.00	240.00	240.00	19,680.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450 and 80 CFR 1090.805, 80.1476, 80.1479	Registration: Updates to existing registrations to associate with third party auditor	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	240	1.00	240.00	120.00	9,840.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450 and 80 CFR 1090.805, 80.1476, 80.1479	Registration: Updates to existing registrations to associate with QAP provider	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	240	1.00	240.00	120.00	9,840.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1451	Reporting: RFS0702 quarterly Co-Products reports for biointermediate producers	4.00	0.00	0.00	328.00	240	4.00	960.00	3840.00	314,880.00	RFS0702	-
80.1451	Reporting: RFS0801 quarterly Renewable Biomass Report for biointermediate producers	4.00	0.00	0.00	328.00	240	4.00	960.00	3840.00	314,880.00	RFS0801	-
80.1451	Reporting: quarterly RFS4000 Biointermediate Batch Reporting for biointermediate producers	8.00	0.00	0.00	656.00	240	4.00	960.00	7680.00	629,760.00	RFS4000	-
80.1453	Generating product transfer documents related to biointermediates	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	240	260.00	62400.00	62400.00	5,116,800.00	CBP	-
80.1464	Attest Engagements for biointermediate producers - all purchased services	0.10	0.00	24.00	3,944.20	240	1.00	240.00	5784.00	946,608.00	ATT0101 - refer to Table IV - Third Parties as well - these are submitted by a third party auditors on behalf of these respondents	946,608.00
80.1469	Participation in QAP program for biointermediate producers - all purchased services	0.00	0.00	120.00	19,680.00	240	1.00	240.00	28800.00	4,723,200.00	QAP forms 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400 - refer to Table IV as well - these are submitted by QAP providers on behalf of these respondents	4,723,200.00
	Recordkeeping Activities
80.1453	Initial programming of new PTD statements 24 hours total / 3 years to annualize cost	8.00	0.00	0.00	656.00	240	1.00	240.00	1920.00	157,440.00	CBP	-
80.1453	Retention of PTDs	0.00	0.25	0.00	11.00	240	260.00	62400.00	15600.00	686,400.00	CBP	-
80.1454	General recordkeeping related to biointermediate production and transfers	0.00	1.00	0.00	44.00	240	12.00	2880.00	2880.00	126,720.00	CBP	-
80.1478	Additional requirements for foreign biointermediate producers, including signed commitments/affirmations	0.00	1.00	0.00	2.00	40	12.00	480.00	480.00	960.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE for submission of registration material and CBP	-
GRAND TOTAL						3670		133,230.00	138,612.00	13,734,984.00		6,220,848.00
Notes to the Table:
	*Assumes 240 total biointermediate producers, of which 200 are domestic and 40 foreign; and six total pathways petitioners, TOTAL, during the three-year period of this ICR.
	Hourly burden is divided by three, where appropriate, in order to get annual burden.
	** Assumes 260 days for daily R&R activities.
User Guides, pathways screening tool remain unchanged from those submitted with OMB Control Number 2060-0725.

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Sheet 4: II-R&R RIN Generators

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost by Type of Party
Table 2 - RIN Generators - Renewable Fuels Producers that Use Biontermediates to Produce Renewable Fuel *
Information Collection Activity		Hours and Cost				Total Hours and Cost					Forms & Notes
Citation	Activity	Standard Industry Mix Hours/ Response	Clerical Only Hours/ Response	Purchased Services Hours/ Response	Total Cost/ Response (dollars)	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses per party/year**	Total Number of Responses per Year	Total Hours/ Year	Total Cost/Year		$ Non-Labor Costs - Purchased Services
	Reporting Activities
80.1449	RFS0901 - Quarterly Production Outlook Report - form amended to clarify biointermediates, but effort unchanged and number of responses unchanged (accounted for in 2060-0725)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	90	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	RFS0902	-
80.1450(b) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Initial registration or update for renewable fuels producers - company and facility information	2.00	0.00	0.00	164.00	90	1.00	90.00	180.00	14,760.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b)	Registration: Initial registration or update to detailed description of renewable fuels processes using biointermediates from registrant - 12 hours total / 3 years to annualize	4.00	0.00	0.00	328.00	90	1.00	90.00	360.00	29,520.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b)	Registration: Initial registration or update for renewable fuels producers using biointermediates -engineering review - 52 hours total / 3 years to annualize	0.00	0.00	14.00	2296.00	90	1.00	90.00	1260.00	206,640.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	206,640.00
80.1450(d)	Registration: Update to existing registrations (should be uncommon since these are new registrants, in case of error, change of address)	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	9	1.00	9.00	9.00	738.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450(b) and 80 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Set up account in CDX - 40 new registrants only	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	20	1.00	20.00	20.00	1,640.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450 and 80 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Updates to existing and new registrations to associate with third party auditor	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	90	1.00	90.00	45.00	3,690.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
80.1450 and 80 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Updates to existing and new registrations to associate with QAP provider	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	90	1.00	90.00	45.00	3,690.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	-
§80.1451(b)	Reporting: Quarterly RFS Activity Report (4x/yr.) - burden for 20 new respondents (existing respondents already fill out)	1.00	0.00	0.00	82.00	20	4.00	80.00	80.00	6,560.00	RFS0106	-
§80.1451(b)	Reporting: Quarterly RFS Renewable Fuel Producer Supplemental Report (4x/year, as needed); producers only - burden for new respondents (existing respondents already fill out)	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	20	4.00	80.00	40.00	3,280.00	RFS0602	-
§80.1451(b)	Reporting: Quarterly Co-Products Report (4x/year) - burden for new respondents (existing respondents already fill out)	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	20	4.00	80.00	40.00	3,280.00	RFS0702	-
§80.1451(b)	Reporting: Quarterly Renewable Biomass Report (4x/year) - burden for new respondents (existing respondents already fill out)	0.50	0.00	0.00	41.00	20	4.00	80.00	40.00	3,280.00	RFS0801	-
80.1452	Reporting: EMTS transactions	2.00	0.00	0.00	164.00	90	1.00	90.00	180.00	14,760.00	EMTS Renewable Fuels Standard User's Guide	-
80.1453	Reporting: Generated product transfer documents related to biointermediates (a)(11)(v)	2.00	0.00	0.00	164.00	90	1.00	90.00	180.00	14,760.00	CBP	-
80.1464	Attest Engagements for renewable fuel producers who use biointermediates	0.10	0.00	24.00	3944.20	90	1.00	90.00	2169.00	354,978.00	ATT0101	354,978.00
80.1469	Participation in QAP program for renewable fuel producers using biointermediate feedstocks - all purchased services	0.00	0.00	120.00	19680.00	90	1.00	90.00	10800.00	1,771,200.00	QAP forms 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400 - refer to Table IV as well - these are submitted by QAP providers on behalf of these respondents	1,771,200.00
	Recordkeeping Activities
80.1453	Initial programming of new PTD statements	4.00	0.00	0.00	328.00	90	1.00	90.00	360.00	29,520.00	CBP	-
80.1453	Retention of biointermediate PTDs**	0.00	0.25	0.00	11.00	90	260.00	23400.00	5850.00	257,400.00	CBP	-
80.1453	Retention of general PTDs (20 new respondents) (existing respondents already do this)**	0.00	0.25	0.00	11.00	20	260.00	5200.00	1300.00	57,200.00	CBP	-
80.1454	General recordkeeping related to RF production and transfers (20 new respondents) (existing respondents already do this)**	0.00	0.10	0.00	4.40	20	260.00	5200.00	520.00	22,880.00	CBP	-
GRAND TOTAL						1,229		35,049.00	23,478.00	2,799,776.00		2,332,818.00
	* Assumes 90 RIN Generators, who are renewable fuels producers, during the three year period of this ICR. Of this total, 70 are assumed to be existing registrants, and 20 are assumed to be new registrants.
	Hourly burden is divided by three, where appropriate, to get annual burden.
	** Assumes 260 business days for daily R&R activities.
User Guides and pathways screening tool remain unchanged from those submitted with OMB Control Number 2060-0725.

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Sheet 5: III-R&R by Bioint Imp

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost by Type of Party
Table III - Recordkeeping by Biontermediate Importers*
Information Collection Activity		Hours and Cost				Total Hours and Cost					Forms & Notes
Citation	Activity	Standard Industry Mix Hours/ Response	Clerical Only Hours/ Response	Purchased Services Hours/ Response	Total Cost/ Response (dollars)	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses per party/year**	Total Number of Responses per Year	Total Hours/ Year	Total Cost/Year		$ Non-Labor Costs - Purchased Services
	Reporting Activity
None.	None for these respondents.
	Recordkeeping Activity
80.1453	Retain product transfer documents from biointermediate producer	0.00	0.25	0.00	11.00	15	260.00	3900.00	975.00	42,900.00	CBP	-
80.1478	Acquire independent volume certification, retain and give to RF producer and biointermediate producer - assume two instances per month, all purchased service	0.00	0.00	24.00	3936.00	15	12.00	180.00	4320.00	708,480.00	CBP	708,480.00
GRAND TOTAL						30		4080.00	5295.00	751,380.00		708,480.00
Notes to the Table:
* Assumes 15 existing importers who will import biointermediates.
** Assumes 260 business days in a year.

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Sheet 6: IV-Third Parties

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost by Type of Party
Table 4 - 20 Auditors, 10 Third Party Engineers and Two (2) QAP Providers, for a total of 32 Third Parties
Information Collection Activity		Hours and Cost				Total Hours and Cost					Forms & Notes
Citation	Activity	Standard Industry Mix Hours/ Response	Clerical Only Hours/ Response	Purchased Services Hours/ Response	Total Cost/ Response (dollars)	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses per party/year	Total Number of Responses per Year	Total Hours/ Year	Total Cost/Year		$ Non-Labor Only Portion of Column K - All Purchased Services for this Table
	Reporting Activities
80.1450 and subpart I of 40 CFR part 1090	Overhead, basic information - new registrants - assumes most already registered; cost of registration is borne by primary party as part of the purchase of services - all third parties - cost and hours attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	0.00
80.1450 and subpart I of 40 CFR part 1090	Set up account in CDX, EMTS - new registrants only, assumes 10% of total new	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	0.00
80.1450(b) and 40 CFR 1090.805	Registration: Initial registration of new biointermediate producers -engineering review - submitted on behalf of respondents on Tables I and II - costs and hours attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	OTAQ REG USER GUIDE	0.00
80.1464 and Subpart S of 40 CFR part 1090	Reporting: perform and submit attest engagement on behalf of clients - submitted on behalf of respondents on Tables I and II - costs and hours are attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	ATT0101 and "free form report" (CBP)	0.00
	Reporting: perform QAP function on behalf of clients - submitted on behalf of respondents on Tables I and II - costs and hours are attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	QAP forms RFS 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400	0.00
	Recordkeeping Activities
80.1454	Retain records related to registration and engineering review - costs and hours are attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	CBP	0.00
80.1464	Retain records related to attest engagement - costs and hours are attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	CBP	0.00
80.1469	Retain records related to QAP - costs and hours are attributed to parties on Tables I & II	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	CBP	0.00
80.1478	Independent third parties who do volume certification for biointermediate importer - costs and hours attributed to parties on Table III	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	CBP	0.00
GRAND TOTAL						123		0	0	0		0.00
Notes to the Table:
This table adds up the number of third parties to count them as respondents, but the hours and $ are already counted for the parties for whom they perform R&R in Tables I-III using these purchased services.

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Sheet 7: Labor Costs

Labor Costs
Labor Type	Labor Cost/hour	Labor + Overhead/ houra	Portion attributed/hour	Employer Cost/hour
Managerial (CEO - 11-1011)	104.23	209	0.05	10.45
Professional/Technical (Refinery Operators - 51-8093)	38.29	77	0.7	53.9
Clerical (Administrative Assistants 43-6010)	21.75	44	0.2	8.8
Legal (Lawyer 23-1011)	83.03	167	0.05	8.35
Total Employer Cost/hour				82
Purchased Servicesb				164
a Overhead is calculated to be equal to the cost of labor.
b The cost of purchased services (for example, cost of attest auditors) is calculated at twice the Total Employer Cost.
These estimates use Bureau of Labor Statistics figures from the "National Industry-Specific Occupational Wage and
Employment Estimate - Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - May 2019" (March 2020).
(Updated from NPRM to FRM to reflect newer BLS figures now available.)
Median hourly wage is used.