SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 2163.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0563 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Other Solid Waste Incineration 

(OSWI) Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) were proposed on December 9, 2004, and 

promulgated on December 16, 2005. These regulations apply to very small municipal waste 

combustion units and institutional waste incineration units. A new incineration unit subject to this 

subpart should meet either of the two criteria: 1) commenced construction after December 9, 2004;

or 2) commenced reconstruction or modification on or after June 16, 2006. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart EEEE.

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. Other 

requirements are siting analysis, waste management plan, and records of operator training and 

qualification. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. Annual and semiannual reports are also 

required.

Owners or operators of OSWI facilities are required to maintain a file of these 

measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, 

maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. 

In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Currently there are no OSWI units that subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that 

no additional respondents per year will become subject to the regulation over the next three years. 

The economical cost of complying with the proposed NSPS makes it more likely that sources will 

select an alternative method of waste disposal.

Based on the information gathered including the results of our consultations, we have 

concluded that, to date, no new OSWI units are being constructed, even in the absence of 

regulations, because other waste disposal alternatives, such as landfills, are more economical. 

Therefore, the number of respondents remains at zero. It was brought to our attention by the 
2

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards that they are anticipating filing a joint motion with 

the Sierra Club for vacature of the OSWI standards, but was unable to give a firm date as to the 

filing.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active Information 

Collection Request (ICR) without any “Terms of Clearance.”

All of the other solid waste incineration (OSWI) units in the United States are owned and 

operated by the solid waste incineration industry (the “Affected Public”), which is privatelyowned, for-profit businesses. None of the facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, 

tribal or the Federal government. The burden to the “Affected Public” is listed below in Table 1: 

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal). The Federal government burden associated with the review of 

reports submitted by the respondent is shown below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)

(Renewal).

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

four 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 
3

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, emissions from other solid waste incineration units cause 

or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger either public health or 

welfare. Therefore, the NSPS was promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart 

EEEE.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the 

applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. In addition, 

the collected information is used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability 

to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure 

compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance tests, 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 the standard are used to inform the Agency or delegated 

authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing 

authority may then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the 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 

EEEE.

3(a) Non-duplication

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 their own similar 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, no duplication 

exists.
4

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 (76 FR 26900) on May 9, 2011. No comments were received on the burden 

published in the Federal Register.

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 the standard is the OTIS, which is operated and maintained by EPA’s Office of 

Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all 

compliance data. We estimate that there are no existing respondents subject to the reporting 

requirements of this standard, and that no new sources will become subject to the standard over the 

three-year period covered by this ICR.

Consultations with industry representatives were conducted to determine if there is any

way for EPA to reduce the recordkeeping and reporting burden or improve the language in the 

standards to facilitate industry compliance. Industry representatives were also provided an 

opportunity to comment on the ICR burden, including the size, growth, and other characteristics of 

the regulated industry. For this renewal, we contacted: 1) the National Solid Waste Management 

Association (NSWMA), at (202) 364-3773; and 2) the Solid Waste Association of North America 

(SWANA), at (240) 494-2253. The EPA did not receive any comments from the consultations. 

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR 

renewal as well as 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 the standards. Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping 

are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are applied and 

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 

established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and 

notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to the 

standards. EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with the part 
5

70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based. 

The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, 

any pattern of non-compliance, and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. The 

EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond the five years. 

In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the destruction or 

nonexistence of essential records.

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 the standard 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 OSWI units. The 

United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by the 

standards, which correspond to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, 

are listed below for OSWI units.

Standard (40 CFR, part 60, subpart FFFF) SIC Codes NAICS 

Codes

Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators 4953 562213

Administration of Air and Waste Resource and Solid Waste 

Management Programs

None 92411

Elementary and Secondary Schools None 6111

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities None 623

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities None 922

National Security and International Affairs None 928

Junior Colleges None 6112

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools None 6113

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions None 7121

Religious Organizations None 8131

Civic and Social Organizations None 8134
6

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data recorded or reported is required by NSPS for Other Solid Waste 

Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification to commence construction 60.2952 (a)-(e)

Notification of initial startup 60.2953

Initial performance test report 60.2954

Annual test report 60.2955, 60.2956

Notification of operating limit deviation report 60.2957, 60.2958

Notification of deviation 60.2959(a)(1)

Notification of status report 60.2959(a)(2)

Notification of resumed operation 60.2959(b)

Reports

Annual compliance report 60.2961, 60.2955

Semiannual report of deviation 60.2962, 60.2957

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping 

Maintain records of all test reports 60.2973(b)

Records are required to be retained for five years 60.2973(f)

Maintain waste management plan records 60.2901

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.

Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting 

systems to transmit data electronically. However, electronic reporting systems are not widely 

used. At this time, there is no respondent that is subject to this regulation; therefore, electronic 

reporting would not be applicable to this ICR.
7

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) for 

carbon monoxide and oxygen.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods, 1, 3A, 3B, 26A 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 the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and 

maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 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.

Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides parameter data in an 

automated way (e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system). Although personnel at the source 

still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the 

burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping.

5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information 

Management

5(a) Agency Activities

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, excess emissions reports, 

required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS).
8

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might inspect the source to 

determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operational. Performance 

test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source’s initial capability to comply with the 

emission standard, 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.

Information contained in the reports is entered into OTIS which is operated and maintained 

by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and 

retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned 

facilities. EPA uses OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state 

regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters. EPA delegated Authorities can 

edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for five 

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

There are no small entities affected by this regulation. 

5(d) Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration 

Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (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. Wherever appropriate, specific tasks and 

major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.

The Agency may not conduct or 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 zero (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). This 

is based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, 

Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously approved ICR, and any 
9

comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:

Managerial $121.42 ($57.82 + 110%)

Technical $99.14 ($47.21 + 110%)

Clerical $49.81 ($23.72 + 110%)

These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics September, 

2011 “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 the benefit 

packages available to those employed by private industry.

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

The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the 

subject standard 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 the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the 

ongoing costs to maintain the monitor 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)

Continuous 

emission 

monitoring 

system 

$44,445 0 $0 $5,000 0 $0

$0 $0

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are zero. This is the total of column D in the 

above table.

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, consisting of photocopying and 

postage, are zero. This is the total of column G.

The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry 
10

over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be zero.

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 compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as: the 

examination of records maintained by the respondents; the periodic inspection of sources of 

emissions; and both the publication and distribution of collected information.

The term Agency in the ICR refers to the designated Administrator of each state plan or to 

the U. S. EPA Administrator in the event that a state plan is not approved.

The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be zero.

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%)

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2011 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 below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid 

Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal).

6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Based on our research for this ICR, no respondent will be subject to this standard in the 

next three years. It is estimated that no additional sources per year will become subject to the 

standard. The average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is zero per year. 

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table which addresses the 

three years covered by this ICR.
11

Number of Respondents

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 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0

Average 0 0 0 0 0

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

To avoid double-counting respondents, column D is subtracted. As shown above, the 

average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is zero.

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 to commence construction 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial startup 0 0 0 0

Notification of final compliance 0 0 0 0

Initial compliance report 0 0 0 0

Waste management plan 0 0 0 0

Annual compliance reports 0 0 0 0

Semiannual deviation reports 0 0 0 0

Total 0

The number of Total Annual Responses is zero.

The total annual labor costs are zero. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration 

Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours 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, respectively, and summarized below. 
12

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours and costs are both zero. Details regarding these estimates may

be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste 

Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal). 

Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average zero hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are both zero.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over the next three years are estimated to be 

zero labor hours at a cost of $0. See below Table 2: Annual Agency Burden and Cost – NSPS for 

Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There are no changes in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. At present, there are no OSWI units subject to the regulations, 

and no new units are expected to be constructed or operated over the next three years. It is 

assumed that potential respondents would use alternative methods of waste disposal that are more 

economical, e.g. landfills, rather than replacing existing OSWI units. As a result, no respondent or 

agency burdens or costs have been estimated, and no annual burden is expected. 

6(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is 

estimated to average zero hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 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 not conduct or 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’s 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-OECA-2011-0249. An electronic version of the public docket is available at 
13

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 content of the docket, 

and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the 

system, select “search” than 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), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, N.W., 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. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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, N.W., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0249 and OMB 

Control Number 2060-0563 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 Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

EEEE) (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 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required activities

 1) Initial performance test and reports

 a) Initial performance tests and test reports

 (PM, dioxins/furans, opacity, fugitives,

 HCI, Cd, Pb, Hg) c

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 b) Repeat of initial performance tests 24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) CEMS demonstration (CO, 02)

 a) Repeat of initial demonstration 229 1 229 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Annual performance tests and test reports

 (PM, dioxins/furans, opacity, fugitives,

 HCI, Cd, Pb, Hg) 

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 4) Daily calibration and operation d1 250 250 0 0 0 0 $0

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather information See 3E

 E. Report preparation

 1) Preconstruction report 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) Startup notification 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Initial compliance report c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 4) Annual compliance reports 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 5) Semiannual deviation reports 24 2 48 0 0 0 0 $0

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 0 $0

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 3B

 C. Implement Activities See 3B
15

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 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

 D. Develop record system N/A

 E. Record information

 1) Records of SSM e1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) Records of emission rate computations,

 all emission exceedances and periods when

 there is no data e

1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Records of employee review of operations

 manual 

4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0

 4) Record of control devices operating 

 Parameters e

1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0

 F. Personnel training N/A

 G. Time for audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 0 $0

$0

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

0 $0

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are no OSWI units that are currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that no new units are expected to be constructed or in 

operation over the next three years.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $121.42 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $99.14 per hour for Technical labor, and $49.81 per 

hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2011 “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 the benefit packages 

available to those employed by private industry.

c

 We have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d

 We have assumed that each respondent will take 1 hour 250 times per year to record daily calibration and operation.

e We have assumed that each respondent will record information 52 times per year.
16

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

EEEE) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C)

EPA 

personhours per 

plant per 

year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per 

year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ b

1. Applications N/A

2. Read and understand rule requirements 16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0

3. Required activities

 A. Create information N/A

 B. Gather information See 3A & 

3F

 C. Report reviews

 1) Notification of final compliance c1.5 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) Review initial compliance test report c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Review annual compliance report 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 4) Review semiannual deviation reports 16 2 32 0 0 0 0 $0

 5) Review waste management plan c16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0

 D. Annual summary report d4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0

Subtotals Labor Burden and cost 0 0 0 $0

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

0 $0

Assumptions:

 a

 We have assumed that there are no OSWI units that are currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that no new units are expected to be constructed or in 

 operation over the next three years. 

b

 This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.27 for 

Managerial (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from 

the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2011 General Schedule”, which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d

 We have assumed that all affected facilities will be required to prepare an annual summary plan.