U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Information Collection Request
Title: NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal)
OMB Control Number: 0660.14
EPA ICR Number: 2060-0107
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) were proposed on January 5, 1981; promulgated on November 1, 1982; and most-recently amended on October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to existing and new metal coil surface coating facilities with the following surface coating lines: each prime coat operation; each finish coat operation; and each prime and finish coat operation cured simultaneously, where the finish coat is applied wet-on-wet over the prime coat. New facilities include those that commenced either construction, or modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT.
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, or 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 of these measurements and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports required to be submitted electronically are submitted through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX), using the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI), where the delegated state or local authority can review them. If there is no such delegated authority, the EPA’s regional offices can review them. All other reports are sent to either the delegated state or local authority. If there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA’s regional offices. The use of the term "Designated Administrator" throughout this document refers to the U.S. EPA or a delegated authority, such as a state agency. The term "Administrator" alone refers to the U.S. EPA Administrator.
The ‘burden’ to the “Affected Public” may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (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 Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal). There are approximately 158 metal coil surface coating facilities which are owned and operated by the Metal Coil industry. None of the 158 facilities in the United States are owned by either state, or local, or tribal entities or by the Federal government. They are all 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 158 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards.
Supporting Statement A
Explain the circumstances that make the collection of information necessary. Identify any legal or administrative requirements that necessitate 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, volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from metal coil surface coating lines 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 TT.
PRACTICAL UTILITY/USERS OF THE DATA
Indicate how, by whom, and for what purpose the information is to be used. Except for a new collection, indicate the actual use the agency has made of the information received from the current collection.
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 to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with these emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with these 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 either the Agency or its 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 these standards are being met. The performance test may also be observed.
The required semiannual and quarterly reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.
Describe whether, and to what extent, the collection of information involves the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses, and the basis for the decision for adopting this means of collection. Also describe any consideration of using information technology to reduce burden.
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.
Describe efforts to identify duplication. Show specifically why any similar information already available cannot be used or modified for use for the purposes described in Item 2 above.
For reports required to be submitted electronically, the information is sent through the EPA's CDX, using CEDRI, where the appropriate EPA regional office can review it, as well as for state and local agencies that have been delegated authority. If either a state or local agency has adopted under its own authority its own standards for reporting or data collection, adherence to those non-Federal requirements does not constitute duplication.
For all other reports, 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 either the delegated state or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted its own 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.
If the collection of information impacts small businesses or other small entities, describe any methods used to minimize burden.
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 these regulations. 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.
Describe the consequence to Federal program or policy activities if the collection is not conducted or is conducted less frequently, as well as any technical or legal obstacles to reducing burden.
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.
Explain any special circumstances that require the collection to be conducted in a manner inconsistent with OMB guidelines.
These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5(d)(2).
If applicable, provide a copy and identify the date and page number of publication in the Federal Register of the Agency's notice, required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on the information collection prior to submission to OMB. Summarize public comments received in response to that notice and describe actions taken by the Agency in response to these comments. Specifically address comments received on cost and hour burden.
An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register (88 FR 31748) on May 18, 2023. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register for this renewal.
8b. Consultations
Describe efforts to consult with persons outside the Agency to obtain their views on the availability of data, frequency of collection, the clarity of instructions and recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting format (if any), and on the data elements to be recorded, disclosed, or reported. Consultation with representatives of those from whom information is to be obtained or those who must compile records should occur at least once every 3 years - even if the collection of information activity is the same as in prior periods. There may be circumstances that may preclude consultation in a specific situation. These circumstances should be explained.
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 158 respondents will be subject to these standards over the three-year period covered by this ICR.
Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with these standards as they were being developed and these same standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted both the National Coil Coating Association, at 216-241-7333, and Aleris International, at 216-910-3400. The National Coil Coating Association indicated that among their member companies, three new coating lines have been installed at three new facilities in the past five years. However, no information was available regarding growth or decline in non-member companies or for closed or shutdown facilities in general. The agency’s internal data sources indicate there may have been a decline in overall respondent count over the last three years. Because we do not have enough information to determine the net change in respondent count, we have assumed that there are still 158 respondents on average per year with no additional respondents expected in the three-year period covered by this 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.
Explain any decisions to provide payments or gifts to respondents, other than remuneration of contractors or grantees.
None
ASSURANCE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents and the basis for the assurance in statute, regulation, or Agency policy. If the collection requires a systems of records notice (SORN) or privacy impact assessment (PIA), those should be cited and described here.
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).
Provide additional justification for any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. This justification should include the reasons why the Agency considers the questions necessary, the specific uses to be made of the information, the explanation to be given to persons from whom the information is requested, and any steps to be taken to obtain their consent.
The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in these standards do not include sensitive questions.
Provide estimates of the hour burden of the collection of information. The statement should:
Indicate the number of respondents, frequency of response, annual hour burden, and an explanation of how the burden was estimated. Generally, estimates should not include burden hours for customary and usual business practices.
If this request for approval covers more than one form, provide separate hour burden estimates for each form and the aggregate the hour burdens.
Provide estimates of annualized cost to respondents for the hour burdens for collections of information, identifying and using appropriate wage rate categories. The cost of contracting out or paying outside parties for information collection activities should not be included here. Instead, this cost should be included as O&M costs under non-labor costs covered under question 13.
The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are facilities engaged in metal coil surface coating. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by these standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below for the metal coil surface coating source category.
Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) |
SIC Codes |
NAICS Codes |
Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers |
3479 |
332812 |
Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing |
3053 |
339991 |
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing |
3313 |
331110 |
Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing |
3312 |
331221 |
Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production |
3334 |
331313 |
Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing |
3353 |
331315 |
Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding |
3355 |
331318 |
Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying |
3341 |
331420 |
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing |
3441 |
332312 |
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing |
3444 |
332322 |
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing |
3448 |
332311 |
All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
3499 |
332999 |
Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing |
3861 |
325992 |
In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal).
A source must make the following reports:
Notifications |
|
Notification of construction/reconstruction |
§60.7(a)(1) |
Notification of actual startup |
§60.7(a)(3) |
Notification of physical or operational change |
§60.7(a)(4) |
Notification of CMS demonstration date |
§60.7(a)(5) |
Reports |
|
Performance test results |
§60.8(a), §§60.465(a-b) |
VOC emissions report |
§60.7(c), §60.465(c) |
Excess emissions report |
§60.465(c) |
Temperature variance report |
§60.7(c), §60.465(d) |
A source must keep the following records:
Recordkeeping |
|
Maintain records of startup, shutdown, or malfunction period where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative |
§60.7(b) |
Monthly performance test of volume-weighted average emissions of VOCs, in kg/l of coating solids applied |
§60.463(b), §60.463(c), §60.465(a) |
Record average VOC content of coatings applied monthly |
§§60.464(a, b) |
For thermal incineration, install, calibrate, maintain, and operate temperature monitoring device |
§60.464(c) |
For catalytic incineration: maintain daily records of upstream and downstream gas temperature |
§60.465(e) |
Maintain daily records of incinerator combustion temperature or amounts of solvent recovered |
§60.464(c), §60.465(e) |
Respondent Activities |
Familiarization with the regulatory requirements. |
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device that continuously records the combustion temperature of any effluent gases incinerated to achieve compliance |
Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1, 2, 3, 4, and 24 or 25 test, and repeat performance tests if necessary. |
Write the notifications and reports listed above. |
Enter information required to be recorded above. |
Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for 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. |
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. |
Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information. |
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 Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal).
12d. Respondent Burden Hours and Labor Costs
The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 16,200 (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.
This ICR uses the following labor rates:
Managerial $163.17 ($77.70 + 110%)
Technical $130.28 ($62.04 + 110%)
Clerical $65.71 ($31.29 + 110%)
These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2022, “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 varying industry wage rates and the additional overhead business costs of employing workers beyond their wages and benefits, including business expenses associated with hiring, training, and equipping their employees.
Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 158 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 158 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 |
0 |
158 |
0 |
0 |
158 |
2 |
0 |
158 |
0 |
0 |
158 |
3 |
0 |
158 |
0 |
0 |
158 |
Average |
0 |
158 |
0 |
0 |
158 |
1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.
Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents.
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 construction/reconstruction |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of actual startup |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of CMS demonstration date |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of performance test |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
VOC emissions report |
142 |
2 |
0 |
284 |
Excess emissions report |
16 |
4 |
0 |
64 |
Temperature variance report |
126 |
0.5 |
0 |
63 |
|
|
|
Total |
411 |
The number of Total Annual Responses is 411.
The total annual labor hours are 16,200 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (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 39 hours per response.
The total annual labor costs are $2,200,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal).
Provide an estimate for the total annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers resulting from the collection of information. (Do not include the cost of any hour burden already reflected on the burden worksheet).
The cost estimate should be split into two components: (a) a total capital and start-up cost
component (annualized over its expected useful life) and (b) a total operation and maintenance and purchase of services component. The estimates should consider costs associated with generating, maintaining, and disclosing or providing the information. Include descriptions of methods used to estimate major cost factors including system and technology acquisition, expected useful life of capital equipment, the discount rate(s), and the period over which costs will be incurred. Capital and start-up costs include, among other items, preparations for collecting information such as purchasing computers and software; monitoring, sampling, drilling, and testing equipment; and record storage facilities.
If cost estimates are expected to vary widely, agencies should present ranges of cost burdens and explain the reasons for the variance. The cost of purchasing or contracting out information collections services should be a part of this cost burden estimate.
Generally, estimates should not include purchases of equipment or services, or portions thereof, made: (1) prior to October 1, 1995, (2) to achieve regulatory compliance with requirements not associated with the information collection, (3) for reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the government, or (4) as part of customary and usual business or private practices.
The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standard(s) are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a facility becomes subject to these regulations. The annual operation/startup and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) and other costs, such as photocopying and postage.
Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs |
||||||
(A) Continuous Monitoring Device |
(B) Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent |
(C) Number of New Respondents |
(D) Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C) |
(E) Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent |
(F) Number of Respondents with O&M |
(G) Total O&M, (E X F) |
Temperature Monitoring System |
N/A |
N/A |
$0 |
$1,200a |
126 |
$151,200 |
Method 25 Performance Test |
$18,750b |
0 |
$0 |
N/A |
N/A |
$0 |
Total (Rounded)c |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
$151,000 |
a According to industry consultation comment received on an ICR for a related rulemaking (40 CFR part 63 subpart SSSS), the O&M cost to maintain continuous temperature measuring monitor is $1,200 per respondent. The cost covers replacement of temperature sensor each calendar year. This cost is applied to the 80 percent of respondents assumed to use an incinerator to comply with the requirements.
b Costs included to contract out for a one-time initial performance test using Method 25 or Method 25A for facilities with control devices. It is assumed that all existing facilities have conducted an initial performance test.
c Totals have been rounded to 3 significant digits. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the above table.
The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $151,000. This is the total of column G.
The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $151,000. These are the recordkeeping costs.
Provide estimates of annualized costs to the Federal government. Also, provide a description of the method used to estimate cost, which should include quantification of hours, operational expenses (such as equipment, overhead, printing, and support staff), and any other expense that would not have been incurred without this collection of information.
14a. Agency Activities
The EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information:
Agency Activities |
Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests, if necessary. |
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. |
14b. Agency Labor Cost
The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. The 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 both the publication and distribution of collected information.
The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $50,300.
This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
Managerial $73.46 (GS-13, Step 5, $45.91 + 60%)
Technical $54.51 (GS-12, Step 1, $34.07 + 60%)
Clerical $29.50 (GS-6, Step 3, $18.44 + 60%)
These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2023 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 Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (Renewal).
The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 945 labor hours at a cost of $50,300; see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TT) (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.
14c. Agency Non-Labor Costs
None
REASONS FOR CHANGE IN BURDEN
Explain the reasons for any program changes or adjustments reported in the burden or capital/O&M cost estimates.
There is no change in burden from the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: 1) the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 2) the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. There is a slight increase in costs, which is wholly due to the use of updated labor rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most-recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report (September 2022) to calculate respondent burden costs. Although there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry growth, there is a decrease in the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs due to a calculation correction to the number of respondents using temperature monitoring systems.
For collections of information whose results will be published, outline plans for tabulation and publication. Address any complex analytical techniques that will be used. Provide the time schedule for the entire project, including beginning and ending dates of the collection of information, completion of report, publication dates, and other actions.
Information gathered from this collection is not published.
DISPLAY OF EXPIRATION DATE
If seeking approval to not display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection, explain the reasons that display would be inappropriate.
The Agency plans to display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection on all instruments.
Explain each exception to the topics of the certification statement identified in “Certification for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions.”
This information collection complies with all provisions of the Certification for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions.
Burden Statement
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 39 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-2023-0110. 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. Due to COVID-19 precautions, entry to the Reading Room is available by appointment only. Please contact personnel in the Reading Room to schedule an appointment. 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-2023-0110 and OMB Control Number 2060-0107 in any correspondence.
| File Type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
| File Title | 18Q Supporting Statement Instructions_draft |
| Author | McGrath, Daniel |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2024-07-20 |