SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1125.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0394

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstractm

The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium 

Rocket Motor Fuel Firing were promulgated on April 6, 1973 (38 FR 8826), and was last 

amended on October 17, 2000 (65 FR 62151). These regulations apply to existing and new 

building, structure, facility, or installation where the static test firing of a beryllium rocket motor 

and/or the disposal of beryllium propellant is conducted. New facilities include those that 

commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of promulgation. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart D.

In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notification reports, 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 NESHAP.

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.

 Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of one 

affected facilities at each plant site and that each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the 

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, an average of one respondent and either three or four stored 

beryllium-fueled rockets will be subject to these standards, and no additional respondents per 

year will become subject to these same standards. 

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

without any “Terms of Clearance”.

The “Affected Public” are beryllium-fueled rocket test sites. There is approximately one 
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affected test site in the United States, which is owned and operated by the beryllium-fueled 

rocket industry. The “burden”to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual 

Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 

61, Subpart D) (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 – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel 

Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (Renewal).

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish 

standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of 

hazardous air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous 

air pollutants and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. 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, beryllium and associated combustion product emissions 

from rocket motor test sites cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for 

this source category at 40 CFR part 61, subpart D.

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 standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to 

ensure compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance test a record of the 
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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 either the Agency or 

itsdelegated 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 standards are

being met. The performance test may also be observed.

The required 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 61, subpart D.

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 exists.

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 35023) on June 11, 2013. 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 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 association 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 consulted with EPA internal subject matter 
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experts and OAQPS. In addition, we contacted: 1) NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, at (757) 

824-1941; and 2) ATK Missile Products Baltimore (previously: Morton-Thiokol Installation), at 

(410) 864-4800. 

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 

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 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 beryllium rocket 

motor fuel firing facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for 

the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3764, which corresponds to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 336415 for Guided Missile and Space Vehicle 

Propulsion Units and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing. 
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4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification and application of construction, reconstruction 61.06, 61.07

Notification of anticipated date of initial startup 61.09(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup 61.09(a)(2)

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the 

emission rate

61.15

Notification of performance tests 61.13(f), 61.14(c)

Notification of anticipated firing 61.43 or 61.44

Reports

Emission source reporting 61.10(a)

Emission test report and ambient air quality report 61.43, 61.44

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of monitoring data, monitoring system calibration 

checks, and the occurrence and duration of periods where the 

monitoring system is malfunctioning or inoperative. Records shall be 

retained for at least two years.

61.14(f)

Record air sampling results. Records are required to be retained for 

two years.

61.43

Record emission test results. 61.44

Make records available to Agency. 61.43, 61.44

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. 
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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. According to the most recent information available, the one facility that is subject 

to this rule does not report electronically. 

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

During test firing, ambient air concentrations shall be measured during and after test firing or 

propellant disposal, in such a manner that emissions can be compared with the standard.

During test firing, continuously sample emissions from the test tank as per method 104 (or 

alternately, Method 103).

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 following required information:
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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). 

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 (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 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

After reviewing relevant available background documents related to the standards, 

an estimate of the number of small entities affected could not be determined. However, the 

cost associated with the regulation is expected to be less than a tenth of a percent of revenues 

for these entities. 

The impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during 

the development of the 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. 
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5(d) Collection Schedule

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

shown in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket 

Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (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 8 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 NESHAP 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 only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standards are labor costs. There are neither capital/startup nor operation 
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and maintenance costs involved with these standards.

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

The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the 

regulations is labor costs. There are neither capital/startup nor operation and maintenance costs

involved. 

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 

$239. 

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,

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 – NESHAP for 

Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (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

one 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 one per year. 

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three 

years covered by this ICR: 
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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 1 0 0 1

2 0 1 0 0 1

3 0 1 0 0 1

Average 0 1 0 0 1

1

New respondent 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 1. 

The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table: 

Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of 

Respondents

(C)

Number of 

Responses

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Keep Records But Do 

Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification of construction or 

modification

0 1 0 0

Notification of anticipated startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of physical or

operational change

0 1 0 0

Notification of performance test 0 1 0 0

Notification of anticipated firing 1 0.33 0 0.33

Emission test and sampling 

results

1 0.33 0 0.33

Emission test report 1 0.33 0 0.33

Total 1

Note: We assume the existing one subject facility will conduct rocket motor testing once over the three-year period of this ICR. 
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The number of Total Annual Responses is 1. 

The total annual labor costs are $817. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor 

Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (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 8 hours at a cost of $817. Details regarding these 

estimates may be found in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for 

Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (Renewal). 

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

of information is estimated to average 8 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are zero. 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 5

labor hours at a cost of $239. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart D) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in calculating the burden for either Industry or the EPA in this ICR. 

The change in the cost estimates is a result of using updated labor rates to facilitate the 

calculation of burden costs. The change in the cost estimates is a result of using updated labor 

rates to facilitate the calculation of burden costs. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 8 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 
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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-2013-0322. 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. 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-2013-0322 and OMB Control Number 2060-0394 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 – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart

D) (Renewal)

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

Burden Item

Personhours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per respondent 

per year

Person- hours 

per respondent 

per year 

(C = AxB)

Respondents 

per year a

Technical 

person- hours 

per year 

(E = CxD)

Management 

person-hours per 

year 

(E x 0.05)

Clerical 

person-hours 

per year 

(E x 0.1)

Cost b($)

1. Applications

A. Application for approval of 

construction/modification

12 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

B. Source information report/application 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

C. Request for ambient air monitoring alternative 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements 

A. Read instructions 3 0.33 0.99 0 0 0 0 $0 

B. Required activities

Emissions test c6 0.33 1.98 1 1.98 0.10 0.2 $222.73 

Calculation of emission estimates 3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.1 $111.37 

Monitoring ambient beryllium concentrations 3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.1 $111.37 

C. Create Information 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

D. Gather existing information 3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.1 $111.37 

E. Write report 

Notification of test d1 0.33 0.33 1 0.33 0.02 0.03 $37.12 

Report of test e3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.1 $111.37 

Report of calculated emission levels 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

Plans for location monitors 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

Report monthly ambient concentrations 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 $0 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 7.12 $705.33

4. Recordkeeping requirements

A. Read instructions N/A

B. Plan activities N/A

C. Implement activities N/A

D. Develop record system N/A

E. Enter information f3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.1 $111.37 

F. Train personnel N/A

G. Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 1.14 $111.37

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 8 $817 
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Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there will be one existing source subject to the rule, with no additional new sources per year that will become subject to the rule over the 

three-year period of this ICR.

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 it will take 6 hours to complete the emission test.

d

 We have assumed that it will take one hour to write the test report notification.

e

 We have assumed that it will take three hours to write the test report.

f

 We have assumed that it will take three hours to enter information.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Beryllium Rocket Motor Fuel Firing (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart

D) (Renewal)

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (I)

Activity

EPA personhours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant per 

year

EPA personhours per plant 

per year 

(C = AxB)

Plants per 

year a

Technical 

person- hours 

per year 

(E = CxD)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(E x 0.05)

Clerical 

personhours per 

year

(E x 0.1)

Cost b($)

Performance test

Rocket motor firing 6 0.33 1.98 1 1.98 0.10 0.20 $102.61 

Report review

Test firing report review 4 0.33 1.32 1 1.32 0.07 0.13 $68.41 

Application of construction 2 0.33 0.66 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of anticipated firing of rocket motor 3 0.33 0.99 1 0.99 0.05 0.10 $51.31 

Review report of test results 1 0.33 0.33 1 0.33 0.02 0.03 $17.10 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 5 $239 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there will be one existing source subject to the rule, with no additional new sources per year that will become subject to the rule over the 

three-year period of this ICR.

b

 The cost is based on the following labor rate which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses. Managerial 

rates of $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 × 1.6), Technical rate of $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 × 1.6), and Clerical rate of $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 × 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 it will take six hours to perform the rocket motor firing test.

d

 We have assumed that it will take three hours to review the notification of anticipated firing of rocket motor report.

e

 We have assumed that it will take one hour to review the test results report.