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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal)


1. Identification of the Information Collection


1(a) Title of the Information Collection


NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0661.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0002.


1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract


The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) were promulgated on August 6, 1982, and most- recently amended on February 27, 2014. These regulations apply to both existing and new saturators and mineral handling and asphalt storage facilities at asphalt roofing manufacturing plants and to asphalt storage tanks and blowing stills at asphalt processing plants, petroleum refineries, and asphalt roofing plants. 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 UU.


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 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 either 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 “Affected Public” includes asphalt processing and roofing manufacturing facilities in the United States. The ‘burden’ to the Affected Public may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal). The ‘burden’ to the Federal Government is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found at the end of this document in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal). There are approximately 144 facilities, which are owned and operated by the asphalt processing and roofing manufacture industry. None of the 144 facilities in the United States are owned by either state, or local, or tribal entities or by the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses. We assume that they will all respond to EPA inquiries.


Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there are an average of 4 affected facilities 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 144 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and 2 respondents per year will undergo reconstruction and become new sources subject to these same standards.


Over the next three years, approximately 144 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards.


The active (previous) ICR had the following Terms of Clearance (TOC):


“Please update to the standard 18-question SS-A format upon renewal.”


At the time of this renewal, the standard 18-question format template is not yet available. The Agency will update this ICR to the standard 18-question format once the template is available and upon the next renewal cycle.


2. Need for and Use of the Collection


2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection


The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect:


. . . application of the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated. Section 111(a)(l).


The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best-demonstrated technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every eight years.


In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:


(A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.


In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter (PM) emissions from asphalt processing and roofing manufacture 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 UU.


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 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 emissions 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 reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.


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


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


3(a) Non-duplication


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 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 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 either 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 (88 FR 31748) on May 18, 2023. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register for this renewal.


3(c) Consultations


The Agency has consulted industry experts and internal data sources to project the number of affected facilities and industry growth over the next three years. The primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in these standards, is the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. Approximately 144 respondents will be subject to the standard over the three-year period covered by this ICR.


Industry trade association(s) and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with these standards as tjey were being developed and that these standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted both the Asphalt Institute, at 859-288-4960, and the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association, at 443-640-1075. In this case, no comments were received.


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 asphalt processing and roofing manufacture facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by these standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed in the table below:


Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU)

SIC Codes

NAICS Codes

Petroleum Refineries

2911

324110

Asphalt Paving Mixtures and Block Manufacturing

2951

324121

Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing

2952

324122


4(b) Information Requested


(i) Data Items


In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU).


A source must make the following reports:



Notifications

Notification of construction/reconstruction

§60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup date

§60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate

§60.7(a)(4)

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system

§60.7(a)(5)

Notification of initial performance test

§60.8(d)



Reports

Report of initial performance test

§60.8(c)

Semiannual reports

§60.7(c)


A source must keep the following records:



Recordkeeping

Startup, shutdown, malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative

§60.7(b)

Operating temperature measurements of pollution control devices as appropriate, and the initial performance test results including temperature measurements

§60.7(d)

Continuously monitor and record the temperature of the gas at the inlet of the control device

§60.473(a)

Continuously monitor and record the temperature in the combustion zone of the afterburner

§60.473(b)

For control devices not mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section §60.473, describing the operation of the control device and the process parameter(s)

§60.473(c)

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.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate: a temperature monitoring device at the inlet and combustion zone of the afterburner.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods 5A, 9, and 22 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 compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.


Information contained in the reports is reported by both state and local governments in the ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. The EPA uses ICIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by both local and state regulatory agencies, EPA’s regional offices, and EPA’s headquarters. The 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 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.


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 Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal).


6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection


Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of ‘Burden’ under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.


The Agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.


6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden


The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 34,100 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of these regulations, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously-approved ICR, and any comments received.


6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs


(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:


Managerial $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.


(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs


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 and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) and other costs, such as photocopying and postage.


(iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs



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 Monitors a

$141,814

2

$283,629

$49,635

144

$7,147,445

TOTAL (rounded) b



$284,000



$7,150,000

a Costs have been increased from 2008 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.

b 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 $284,000. This is the total of column D in the above table.


The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $7,150,000. 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 $7,430,000. These are the recordkeeping costs.


6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and 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 the publication and distribution of collected information.


The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $146,000.


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 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 Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (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 144 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that 2 existing respondents per year will undergo reconstruction and become subject to the initial requirements. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 144 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

2

144

0

2

144

2

2

144

0

2

144

3

2

144

0

2

144

Average

2

144

0

2

144

1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.


Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 144.


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 and application of construction/reconstruction

2

1

0

2

Notification of actual startup

2

1

0

2

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate

2

1

0

2

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system.

2

1

0

2

Notification of initial performance test

2

1

0

2

Report of initial performance test

2

1

0

2

Semiannual reports

144

2

0

288

TOTAL




300


The number of Total Annual Responses is 300 responses.


The total annual labor costs are $4,300,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (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 34,100 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (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 114 hours per response.


The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $7,430,000. The cost calculations are 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 2,750 labor hours at a cost of $146,000; see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (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 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 either 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. There is an increase in either/or capital/startup and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to increase from 2008 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.


6(g) Burden Statement


The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 114 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-2023-0111. 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-2023-0111. and OMB Control Number 2060-0002 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 Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UU) (Renewal)


Burden Item

(A)
Person hours per occurrence

(B)
No. of occurrences per respondent per year

(C)
Person hours per respondent per year
(C=AxB)

(D)
Respondents per year
a

(E)
Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD)

(F)
Management person hours per year (Ex0.05)

(G)
Clerical person hours per year (Ex0.1)

(H)
Cost, $
b

1. Reporting requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Familiarization with regulatory requirements c

1

1

1

144

144

7.2

14.4

$20,881.37

B. Required activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial performance tests d

72

1

72

2

144

7.2

14.4

$20,881.37

Repeat of performance test d, e

72

1

72

0.4

28.8

1.44

2.88

$4,176.27

C. Create Information

See 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. Gather existing information

See 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Write report









Notification of construction/ reconstruction f

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$580.04

Notification and demonstration of CMS g

40

1

40

2

80

4

8

$11,600.76

Notification of actual startup

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$580.04

Notification of initial performance test

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$580.04

Report of performance test

See 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notification of physical or operational change h

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$580.04

Semiannual reports

24

2

48

144

6,912

345.6

691.2

$1,002,305.66

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements

8,424

$1,062,166

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Familiarize with the regulatory requirements

See 3A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Plan activities

See 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Implement activities

See 3B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. Develop record system

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Time to enter information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records of daily production rate and hours of operation i

0.13

250

32.5

144

4680

234

468

$678,644.46

Records of operating parameters of CMS j

0.25

250

62.5

144

9000

450

900

$1,305,085.50

Records of startup, shutdown, and malfunctions k

60

1

60

144

8640

432

864

$1,252,882.08

F. Train personnel

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Audits

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements

 

25,668

$3,236,612

Total Labor Burden and Costs (rounded) i

 

34,100

$4,300,000

Total Capital and O&M Cost (rounded) i

 

$7,430,000

GRAND TOTAL (rounded) i

 

$11,700,000










Assumptions:

a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that are subject to the regulation will be 144, with two sources undergoing reconstruction per year over the three-year period of this ICR.

b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $163.17 ($77.70 + 110%) per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $130.28 ($62.04 + 110%) per hour for Technical labor, and $65.71 ($31.29 + 110%) per hour for Clerical labor. 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.

c We have assumed that all existing respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year.

d We have assumed that it will take 72 hours for each respondent to perform the initial performance test.

e We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will fail the performance test and will have to repeat it.

f We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours to write the notification of construction/reconstruction report.

g We have assumed that each respondent will take 40 hours to write the notification and demonstration of CMS report.

h We have assumed that each respondent will take 2 hours to write the notification of physical or operational change.

i We have assumed that each respondent will enter information of daily production rate and hours of operation 250 times per year.

j We have assumed that each respondent will take 15 minutes 250 times per year to record the operating parameters of CMS.

k We have assumed that each respondent will take 60 hours to record startup, shutdown, and malfunction information.

l Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Activity

(A)
Person hours per occurrence

(B)
No. of occurrences per respondent per year

(C)
Person hours per respondent per year (C=AxB)

(D)
Respondents per year
a

(E)
Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD)

(F)
Management person hours per year (Ex0.05)

(G)
Clerical person hours per year (Ex0.1)

(H)
Cost, $
b

Performance tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New or modified facility c

24

1

24

2

48

2.4

4.8

$2,934.49

Repeat performance test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New or modified facility d

24

1

24

0.4

9.6

0.48

0.96

$586.90

Report review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notification of construction/reconstruction e

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$244.54

Notification of physical/operational changes f

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

$244.54

Notification of actual startup

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$61.14

Notification of performance test

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$61.14

Review of performance test results g

8

1

8

2

16

0.8

1.6

$978.16

Notification of demonstration of CMS

0.5

1

0.5

2

1

0.05

0.1

$61.14

Semiannual reports

8

2

16

144

2304

115.2

230

$140,855.50

TOTAL (rounded) h

 

2,750

$146,000

Assumptions:

a We have assumed that the average number of respondents will be 144 with two sources undergoing reconstruction per year over the three-year period of this ICR.

b 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%); and Clerical $29.50 (GS-6, Step 3, $18.44 + 60%). This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of Technical hours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours. 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 government employees.

c We have assumed that it will take the agency 24 hours to review performance tests.

d We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will fail the performance test and will have to repeat it.

e We have assumed that it will take the agency two hours one-time per year to review notification of construction/reconstruction report.

f We have assumed that it will take the agency two hours one-time per year to review notification of physical/operation changes.

g We have assumed that it will take the agency eight hours one-time per year to review the performance test results report.

h Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.






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