Burden Tables

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Overview

Summary
TABLE 1
TABLE 2
Capital O&M
Respondents
Responses

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Sheet 1: Summary

ICR Summary Information
Hours Per Response	140
Number of Respondents	1,343
Total Estimated Burden Hours	242,000
Total Estimated Costs	$53,500,000
Annualized Capital O&M	$20,400,000
Form Number	Not Applicable

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Sheet 2: TABLE 1

Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost for NESHAP for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart N) (Renewal)
	0.869565
Burden Item	(A) Respondent Hours per Occurrence	(B) Number of Occurrences per Respondent per Year	(C) Hours per Respondent per Year (C=A x B)	(D) Number of Respondents per Year a	(E) Technical Hours per Year (E=C x D)	(F) Management Hours per Year (F= E x 0.05)	(G) Clerical Hours per Year (G= E x 0.1)	Total Labor Costs per Year b		Labor Costs
1. APPLICATIONS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Technical	$141.75
2. SURVEY AND STUDIES	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Management	$172.41
3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Clerical	$71.36
4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
A. Familiarization with Regulatory Requirements	1	1	1	1,343	1343	67.15	134.3	$211,531.23
B. Required Activities
Performance testc	------------------------See 4E---------------------------
Monitoring of operations equipment d	------------------------See 5E---------------------------
C. Create Information	------------------------See 4B and 5E----------------------------
D. Gather Existing Information	------------------------See 4B and 5E----------------------------							N/A
E. Write Report a,e
Notification of compliance status	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Notification of actual startup	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Notification of construction / reconstruction	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Notification of performance test	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Performance test report	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	$0
Operation and maintenance plan	10	1	10	0	0	0	0	$0
Annual compliance status reports for area sources f, g	4	1	4	1,033	4,132	207	413	$650,816.86		Respondent Type	Number of Respondents
Semiannual reports of exceedances for area sources g	8	2	16	258	4,128	206	413	$650,186.83		Total	1343
Semiannual compliance status reports for major sources h	8	2	16	0	0	0	0	$0		hard chromium electroplating	652
Quarterly compliance status reports for major sources h	8	4	32	0	0	0	0	$0		decorative chromium electroplating	517
Request to reduce report frequency g	2	1	2	129	258	13	26	$40,636.68		decorative chromium electroplating plants using hexavalent chromium baths	465
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements					11,340			$1,553,172		decorative chromium electroplating plants using trivalent chromium baths	52
5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS										chromium anodizing operations	174
A. Familiarization of Regulatory Requirements	------------------------See 4A----------------------------
B.  Plan Activities	------------------------See 4B----------------------------
C. Implement Activities	------------------------See 4B----------------------------
D.  Develop Record System	40	1	40	0	0	0	0	$0
E.  Time to Enter and Transmit Information
Records of monitoring:
- Composite mesh pad/packed scrubber i	0.5	250	125	639	79,875	3,994	7,988	$12,580,831.69
- Wetting agents (normal schedule) j,k	0.25	1000	250	466	116,500	5,825	11,650	$18,349,507.25
- Wetting agents (reduced frequency schedule) j,k	0.25	100	25	52	1,300	65	130	$204,758.45
- Foam Blankets (normal schedule) l	0.25	4000	1000	0	0	0	0	$0
- Foam Blankets (reduced frequency schedule) l	0.25	500	125	0	0	0	0	$0
- Excess emissions	------------------------See 4E---------------------------
Records of operations: m
- Operation and maintenance	1	4	4	639	2556	128	256	$402,586.61
- Cumulative rectifier capacity	------------------------See 4E---------------------------
- Records of trivalent chromium bath purchases n	0.5	12	6	52	310	16	31	$48,858.52
F. Time to train personnel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
G. Time for Audits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements					230,622			$31,586,543
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded)o					242,000			$33,100,000
TOTAL CAPITAL/O&M COST (rounded)o								$20,400,000
GRAND TOTAL (rounded)o								$53,500,000
Assumptions:								140	hr/resp
a There are an estimated total of 1,343 chromium electroplating and anodizing operations nationwide. Of this total, approximately 652 are hard chromium electroplating operations, 517 are decorative chromium electroplating operations, and 174 are chromium anodizing operations. No net growth is predicted for this industry. It is expected that new tanks will only be added to replace or expand existing capacity. The ongoing monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping for new tanks is the same as that for existing tanks.
b This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $172.41 ($82.10+ 110%); Technical $141.75 ($67.50 + 110%); and Clerical $71.36 ($33.98 + 110%). These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2023, “Table 2. Civilian workers by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates are 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 Sources are required to conduct performance tests using Methods 306 or 306A of Appendix A, or the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Method 425 or SCAQMD Method 205.1, as an alternative, Method 306B, and alternate methods if the method has been validated using Method 301 of Appendix A.
d Sources are required to follow work practice standards at composite-mesh-pad (CMP) systems, packed-bed scrubbers (PBS), PBS/CMP systems, fiber-bed mist eliminators, and other air pollution control devices not listed in the rule, as well as monitoring operational parameters (i.e., pressure drop for composite mesh pad systems and fiber bed mist eliminators; pressure drop and velocity pressure for packed bed scrubbers, surface tension for wetting agents, thickness of the foam for foam blanket fume suppressants, or the appropriate parameter for an alternative control option) and monitoring equipment.
e Since there are no new respondents estimated, these requirements do not apply.
f All sources, except decorative chromium electroplating plants using trivalent chromium bath (1,343 - 52 = 1,291), are required to submit compliance status reports. Area sources are required to submit an annual compliance status report and major sources a semiannual compliance status report.
g If excess emissions occur at the plant, sources are required to submit reports on a more frequent basis (i.e., semiannually for area sources and quarterly for major sources) until the regulatory agency has approved the source request to reduce frequency of ongoing compliance status reports. We have assumed that 80 percent of the sources (0.80 x 1,291 = 1,033) will have no excess emissions and 20 percent of the sources (0.20 x 1,291 = 258) will have excess emissions. We have also assumed that half of the area sources submitting semiannual reports due to excess emissions (0.5 x 258 = 129) will request the regulatory agency to approve a reduction in frequency for ongoing compliance status reports (i.e., back to annual reporting).
h We have assumed that all sources are area sources.
i We have assumed that the monitoring required for composite mesh pad/packed bed scrubbers occurs once per day, 5 five days a week, 50 weeks per year for all plants with add-on control devices. The number of facilities with add-on control devices is estimated to be 639 based on the assumption that 84 percent of hard chromium electroplating facilities (84% of 652 = 548), 13 percent of the decorative chromium electroplating that use hexavalent chromium bath (13% of 465 = 60) and 18 percent of chromium anodizing facilities (18% of 174 = 31) will use add-on control devices.
j We have assumed that 85 percent of decorative chromium electroplating plants that use hexavalent chromium bath (85% of 465= 396) and 70 percent of chromium anodizing plants (70% of 174 = 122) will use wetting agents for a total of 517 sources.
k We have assumed that area sources using wetting agents will be required to monitor once every four hours for two 8-hours shifts (a 16-hour day), five days a week, 50 weeks per year per operating schedule if the source is on a regular monitoring schedule. If the source is on a reduced monitoring schedule, it will be required to monitor once every 40 hours for 16-hour day, five days a week, 50 weeks per year per operating schedule. We have assumed that 90 percent of the sources (90% of 517 = 466) will be on a normal schedule and 10 percent of the sources (10% of 517 = 52) are on a reduced schedule.
l We have assumed that sources will not elect to use foam blankets because the rule requires them to do compliance testing. If sources elect to use foam blankets, the reduced monitoring schedule will require them to monitor once every 8 hours, per 16-hour day, five days a week, 50 weeks per year per operating schedule. If the source is on a normal monitoring schedule it will be required to monitor once every hour, per 16-hour day, five days a week, 50 weeks per year per operating schedule.
m We have assumed that all facilities with add-on control devices (639) would be required to have an approved Operation and Maintenance Plan for their operations.
n We have assumed that 10 percent of the decorative chromium electroplating plants (10% of 517 = 52) use trivalent chromium baths and 90 percent use hexavalent chromium baths (90% of 517 = 465).
o Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Sheet 3: TABLE 2

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost for NESHAP for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart N) (Renewal)
	0.869565
Burden Item	(A) EPA Hours per Occurence (Technical hours)	(B) Number of Occurences per Plant per Year	(C) EPA Hours per Year (C=A x B)	(D) Plants per Year a	(E) Technical Hours per Year (E=C x D)	(F) Management Hours per Year (F= E x 0.05)	(G) Clerical Hours per Year (G= E x 0.1)	Costs per Year b		Respondent Type	Number of Respondents
Notification of Compliance Status c	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		Total	1343
Notification of Actual Startup	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		hard chromium electroplating	652
Notification of construction/ reconstruction	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		decorative chromium electroplating	517
Operation and maintenance plan d	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		decorative chromium electroplating plants using hexavalent chromium baths	465.3
Notification of Performance Test c	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		decorative chromium electroplating plants using trivalent chromium baths	52
Reports of Performance Test results c	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		chromium anodizing operations	174
Report Review
Plant records of fume suppressant use e (2012 amendment)	2	1	2	26	52	2.60	5.20	$3,328.18
Annual compliance status reports for area sources f, g	2	1	2	1033	2066	103	207	$132,231.23		Labor Costs
Semiannual reports of exceedances for area sources f, g	2	2	4	258	1032	51.6	103	$66,051.61		Technical	$57.07
Semiannual compliance status reports for major sources h	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		Management	$76.91
Quarterly compliance status reports for major sources	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0		Clerical	$30.88
Request to reduce report frequency g	2	1	2	129	258	12.9	25.8	$16,512.90
TOTAL (rounded)i					3,920			$218,000
Assumptions:
a There are an estimated total of 1,343 chromium electroplating and anodizing operations nationwide. Of this total, approximately 652 are hard chromium electroplating operations, 517 are decorative chromium electroplating operations, and 174 are chromium anodizing operations. No net growth is predicted for this industry. It is expected that new tanks will only be added to replace or expand existing capacity. The ongoing monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping for new tanks is the same as that for existing tanks.
b This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows: Managerial $76.91 (GS-13, Step 5, $48.07 + 60%); Technical $57.07 (GS-12, Step 1, $35.67 + 60%); and Clerical $30.88 (GS-6, Step 3, $19.30+ 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), 2024 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 Since there are no new respondents estimated, these requirements do not apply.
d There will be no periodic burden for the regulatory agency associated with this requirement although we have assumed that all facilities with add-on control devices (639) would be required to have an approved Operation and Maintenance Plan for its operations.
e Assumes Agency will review records of 5% of the 540 plants that use fume suppressants (540 x 0.05 = 26) (as estimated based on the 2012 Final Rule, see ICR No. 1611.10) to confirm that non-PFOS fume suppressants are being used.
f All sources, except decorative chromium electroplating plants using trivalent chromium bath (1,343 - 52 = 1,291), are required to submit compliance status reports. Area sources are required to submit an annual compliance status report and major sources a semiannual compliance status report.
g If excess emissions occur at the plant, sources are required to submit reports on a more frequent basis (i.e., semiannually for area sources and quarterly for major sources) until the regulatory agency has approved the source request to reduce frequency of ongoing compliance status reports. We have assumed that 80 percent of the sources (0.80 x 1,291 = 1,033) will have no excess emissions and 20 percent of the sources (0.20 x 1,291= 258) will have excess emissions. We have also assumed that half of the area sources submitting semiannual reports due to excess emissions (0.5 x 258 = 129) will request the regulatory agency to approve a reduction in frequency for ongoing compliance status reports (i.e., back to annual reporting).
h We have assumed that all sources are area sources.
i Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Sheet 4: Capital O&M

Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)
Continuous Monitoring Device	Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent	Number of New Respondents	Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C)	Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent	Number of Respondents with O&M	Total O&M, (E x F)
Operating Parameter Monitoring Systems	$0	0	$0	$15,000	1,343	$20,145,000
Stalagmometer/ tensiometer calibration and cleaning	$0	0	$0	$214	1,343	$287,348
Totals (rounded) a			$0			$20,400,000	$20,400,000
a Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Sheet 5: Respondents

Number of Respondents
	Respondents That Submit Reports		Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports
	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)
Year	Number of New Respondents 1	Number of Existing Respondents 2	Number of Existing Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports 2	Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents	Number of Respondents (E=A+B+C-D)
1	0	1,291	52	0	1,343
2	0	1,291	52	0	1,343
3	0	1,291	52	0	1,343
Average	0	1,291	52	0	1,343
1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.
2 We assume that all sources are area sources. Area sources, except for 52 decorative chromium electroplating plants using trivalent chromium bath, are required to submit an annual compliance status report; these 52 decorative chromium electroplating facilities are only required to maintain records.

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Sheet 6: Responses

Total Annual Responses
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)
Information Collection Activity	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses	Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports	Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D
Notification of applicability	1,033	1	52	1,085
Notification of construction/‌reconstruction	258	2	0	516
Notification of actual startup	129	1	0	129
		Total (rounded)		1,730