SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1158.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0156

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Rubber Tire Manufacturing were:

1) proposed on January 20, 1983; 2) promulgated on September 15, 1987; and 3) last amended 

on October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to all facilities with the following processes: 

undertread cementing operations, sidewall cementing operations, tread end cementing 

operations, bead cementing operations, green tire spraying operations, Michelin-A operations, 

Michelin-B operations, and Michelin-C automatic operations. Affected facilities include those 

that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after January 20, 1983. This 

information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB.

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 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.

Over the next three years, an average of 41 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these standards. While 

some rubber tire manufacturing plants may conduct operational changes, these changes will not 

trigger applicability of this rule. We are also assuming that all plants are now using the waterbased sprays that meet the NSPS green tire spray limits without having to use add-on control 

equipment.

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

without any “Terms of Clearance”. 

The “Affected Public” is rubber tire manufacturing plants in the United States, all of 
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which are both publicly-owned and -operated by private, for-profit businesses. None of the 

plants are owned by state, local, tribal, or the Federal government. The “burden” to the Affected 

Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Rubber 

Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (Renewal). The “burden” to the Federal 

Government is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government 

contractors and can be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS 

for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (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 

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

rubber tire manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this 
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source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB.

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. The 

collected information is also 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 standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to 

ensure compliance with the 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 the standards 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 check if the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard is 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

BBB.

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 its 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, 

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 (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013. No comments were received on the 

burden estimates published in the Federal Register. 
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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 Online Tracking Information System (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. The growth rate for the industry is based on 

our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to 

comment on the burden associated with the standards as they were being developed and the 

standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for 

compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Rubber Manufacturers 

Association, at (202) 682-4800; and 2) Goodyear, at (330) 796-2121.

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. 

Comments from Goodyear were received on September 26, 2013. The comments indicated 

that plants now operate on average 350 days a year, because they have increased their operating 

hours to seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with holidays off. 

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 

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).
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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 rubber tire 

manufacturing plants. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the 

respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3011, which corresponds to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 32621 for Tire Manufacturing. 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data that is recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Rubber 

Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification to construct/reconstruct 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of anticipated startup 60.7(a)(2)

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

Initial performance test results 60.8(a)

Initial compliance report that includes initial performance test, 

monthly schedule to be used in making compliance determinations, 

design and equipment specifications and compliance method

60.8(a), 60.8(d), 

60.546(a-e)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system 60.7(a)(5)

Notification of physical or operational change 60.7(a)(4)

Periodic startup, shutdown, malfunction reports, and periods where 

the continuous monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Seeking to comply with an alternative method, from use of applicable 

percent emission reduction requirement to applicable total 

(uncontrolled) monthly VOC use limit

60.546(h)
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Reports

Initial and annual formulation data or Method 24 results to verify VOC 

content of water-based sprays

60.546(j)

Excess emissions report 60.546(f-g) 

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, and periods 

where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative 60.7(b)

Maintain a file of all measurements including performance tests, and all 

other information required by this part and recorded in a permanent file 

suitable for inspection. The file shall be retained for at least two years.

60.7(f)

Maintain records of operating parameters of monitoring device results 

for catalytic or thermal incinerator, or carbon absorber

60.545(a-c)

Maintain records of monthly VOC use, number of days in compliance 

period, and other information needed to verify results of all monthly tests

60.545(d-e)

Maintain records of formulation data or results of Method 24 analysis of 

water-based sprays containing less than 1.0 percent of VOC

60.545(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. 

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

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

widely used. At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a temperature monitoring device with a continuous 

recorder, an organics monitoring device with a continuous recorder to detect the concentration 

level of organic compounds, or a recovery device, as applicable.
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Respondent Activities

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 24 test or formulation data analysis for the 

determination of the VOC content of cements or green tire spray materials. Method 25A for 

the determination of the VOC concentration if using a control device, Method 2 for the 

determination of the flow rate at the stack gas, monthly performance test or formulation data 

analysis of the spray material, and repeat performance test 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.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently sources are using monitoring and reporting equipment that provide 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

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 Online Tracking Information System (OTIS).
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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 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. 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 entered into OTIS which is operated and 

maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, 

maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and 

government-owned facilities. EPA uses the OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and 

enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. 

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

A 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 the regulation. 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 below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Rubber Tire 

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (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.
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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 17,684 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1

below). These hours are 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 comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $123.04 ($58.59+ 110%) 

Technical $101.22 ($48.20 + 110%)

Clerical $51.18 ($24.37 + 110%)

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

2013, “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 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
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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&M1

(G)

Total 

O&M,

(E X F)

VOC (organics) 

monitor

$35,000 0 $0 $7,500 0 $0

Temperature monitors 

at thermal and catalytic 

incinerators

$7,500 0 $0 $4,000 4.1 $16,400

Total $0 $16,400

1 An estimated 10 percent of respondents use a temperature monitor

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 for this ICR are $16,400. 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 $16,400.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported 

information. EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such 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 

$18,809. 

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), 2013 General Schedule,
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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 Rubber Tire 

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (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

41 existing respondents will be subject to the standards. It is estimated that no additional 

respondents per year will become subject. The overall average number of respondents, as shown 

in the table below, is 41 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 4.1 4.1 36.9 4.1 41

2 4.1 4.1 36.9 4.1 41

3 4.1 4.1 36.9 4.1 41

Average 4.1 4.1 36.9 4.1 41

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New respondent include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities (10% x 41 = 4.1).

The remainder must keep records (90% x 41 = 36.9). 

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 41. 

The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table: 
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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 Method 25A test 3 1 0 3

Report of physical/operational changes 4.1 1 0 4.1

Notification of change in spray materials formulation 4.1 1 0 4.1

Semiannual report of excess emissions 13.7 2 0 27.4

Annual report of formulation data/Method 24 41 1 0 41

Total 79.6

The number of Total Annual Responses is 80 (rounded).

The total annual labor costs are $1,729,807. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Rubber Tire 

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (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, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 17,684 hours at a cost of $1,729,807. Details regarding 

these estimates may be found below in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS 

for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 221 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $16,400. 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 417
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labor hours at a cost of $18,809. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (Renewal). 

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an adjustment increase in the respondent burden from the most recently

approved ICR. Based on consultation comments received in development of this ICR, the 

frequency of occurrence for burden items “monitoring of VOC emissions and operations” and 

“recording startup, shutdown, and malfunction” were revised to account for 350 days per year 

operation, which is typical for current plant operation in the industry sector. This results in an 

increase of respondent burden hours and costs. 

There is also a decrease of one burden hour for the Agency as a result of rounding. This 

ICR calculates all burden hours and costs to two decimal places and presents a more precise 

estimate. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 221 hours per response. “Burden” means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 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 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-2013-0329 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 
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holidays. 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-OECA-2013-0329 and OMB Control Number 2060-0156 in any

correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this 

information.
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Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB)

 (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrenc

e

(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. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required activities c

 Initial performance test d240 5 1,200 0 0 0 0 $0

 Repeat initial performance test d240 1 240 0 0 0 0 $0

 Monitoring of VOC emissions and operations e1 350 350 41 14,350 717.5 1,435 $1,614,231.50

 Monthly performance tests e, j 2 12 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather existing information See 3E

 E. Write report 

 Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial performance test 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Initial performance test results 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of Method 25A test f4 1 4 3 12 0.6 1.2 $1,349.88

 Notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Report of physical operational changes g4 2 8 4.1 32.8 1.64 3.28 $3,689.67

 Report of spray materials/formulation change h4 2 8 4.1 32.8 1.64 3.28 $3, 689.67

 Semiannual reports i10 2 20 13.67 273.33 13.67 27.4 $30,747.27

 Annual report of formulation data/Method 24

 Results j

4 1 4 41 164 8.2 16.4 $18,448.36

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 17,094.74 $1,672,156.35

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A Read instructions See 3A

 B Plan activities See 3B 

 C Implement activities See 3B
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Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrenc

e

(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 Time to enter and transmit information k

 Record of startup, shutdown, and malfunction 0.5 25 13 41 512.5 25.63 51.25 $57,651.13

 Records of monthly performance test See 3B

 Records of emissions and operations See 3B

 F Time to train personnel N/A

 G Time for audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 589.38 $57,651.13

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 17,684 $1,729,807

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 41existing sources one of which mixes only rubber compound. There 

will be no additional sources over the three-year period of this ICR. In addition, we have not included the reporting requirements burden for affected facilities 

exemptions under 40 CFR '60.676(d) in the table because their occurrence is very rare in practice.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $123.04 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $101.22 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.18 per 

hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March, 2013, 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 the rubber tire manufacturing plants will not construct or reconstruct an affected facility, however, they will conduct operational changes on 10 

percent of the affected operations.

d

 We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR.

e

 Sources are required to monitor and record monthly performance tests, VOC use, the number of days in each compliance period, control device efficiency, 

formulation data or the results of Method 24 test analysis conducted to verify the VOC content of the spray, monitoring device data and other operational data such as 

the number of tires processed. We have assumed that sources will operate approximately 350 days per year or 50 weeks. We have further assumed that the burden 

incurred to record these items is one hour per occurrence since much of the required information would be currently recorded by the industry with or without regulation. 

f

 We have assumed that three existing sources using control devices will conduct a Method 25 test once a year to determine the VOC concentration in each stack 

(source using a capture system) both entering and leaving the control device.

g

 We have assumed that 10 percent of the existing rubber tire manufacturing plants subject to this rule will make a physical/operational change by adding a green tire 

spray booth or a new line.

h

 A source is required to do Method 24 test or formulation data analysis if the operational change involves spray materials formulation changes, and results should be 
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reported within 30 days.

i

 We have assumed that one-third of the sources will submit exceedance reports for each six month period.

j

 We have assumed that all existing sources, will submit an annual Method 24 test report or an annual formulation data report to verify the VOC content of each tread 

end cement and green tire spray material in lieu of conducting a monthly performance test. We have further assumed that 50 percent of the existing sources, will 

continue to use hazardous air pollutant (HAP) materials (VOC) in the spray at levels that meet the green tire VOC limitations in NSPS not needing to add on control 

devices. The remaining plants will use only water-based sprays and are not required to perform monthly performance tests. We have assumed that the burden incurred 

to record these items is one hour per occurrence per source due to the nature of the control equipment used and its intermittent use.

k

 We have assumed that there will be two occurrences of startup, shutdown, and/or malfunction per source every four weeks, which will yield and average of 25

occurrences per source per respondent in 50 weeks.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBB) (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)

Total

cost per

year b

Notification of actual startup c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of initial performance test c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Report of performance test results c 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of construction/reconstruction c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of Method 25A test d8 1 8 3 24 1.2 2.4 $1,243.79

Notification of change in spray materials

formulation e

2 1 2 4.1 8.2 0.41 0.82 $424.96

Semiannual reports f4 2 8 13.7 109.33 5.47 10.93 $5,666.15

Annual report of formulation data/Method 24 test 

results g

5 1 5 41 205 10.25 20.5 $10.624.02

Report of physical/operational changes h4 1 4 4.1 16.4 0.82 1.64 $849.92

Subtotals Labor Burden and cost 362.93 18.15 36.29 $18,808.84

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 417 $18,809

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 41 existing sources one of which mixes only rubber compound. 

There will be no additional sources over the three-year period of this ICR.

b

 This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates 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 for Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are 

from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2013 General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR

d

 We have assumed that three existing sources using control devices will conduct a Method 25 test once a year to determine the VOC concentration in each stack 

(source using a capture system) both enter and leaving the control device.

e

 We have assumed that a source is required to do Method 24 or formulation data analysis if the operational change involves spray materials formulation changes and 

results should be reported within 30 days.

f

 We have assumed that one-third of sources will submit exceedance reports for each six month period.

g

 We have assumed that all existing sources will submit an annual Method 24 test report or an annual formulation data report to verify the VOC content of each tread 
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end cement and green tire spray material in lieu of conducting a monthly performance test. We have further assumed that 50 percent of the existing sources will 

continue to use HAP materials (VOC) in the spray at levels that meet the green tire VOC limitations in NSPS not needing any add on control devices. The remaining 

plants use only water-based sprays and are not required to do monthly performance tests. We have assumed that the burden incurred to record these items is five hours

per occurrence per source due to the nature of the control equipment used and its intermittent use.

h

 We have assumed that ten percent of the existing rubber tire manufacturing plants subject to the rule will make a physical/operational change due to adding a green 

tire spray booth or a new line.