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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart I) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR 1127.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0083. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR 

part 60, subpart I) were proposed on June 11, 1973, promulgated on July 25, 1977, and amended 

on February 14, 1989 (54 FR 6667). These regulations apply to hot mix asphalt facilities 

comprised only of a combination of the following: dryers; systems for screening, handling, storing, 

and weighing hot aggregate; systems for loading, transferring, and storing mineral filler; systems 

for mixing hot mix asphalt; and the loading, transfer, and storage systems associated with emission 

control systems. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or 

reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 60, subpart I.

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 will maintain a file of these 

records, 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 4,325 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and an additional 105 respondents per year will become subject to the standard. In 

addition, we are expecting on average 140 of the existing facilities would be conducting 

modifications of their facilities, such that they will be required to comply with the initial rule 

requirements. This information was gathered through consultation with the National Asphalt 

Pavement Association and the Asphalt Pavement Alliance during a previous renewal.
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All of the hot mix asphalt facilities in the United States are owned and operated by the Hot 

Mix Asphalt industry (the “Affected Public”), which is a privately-owned, for-profit business. 

None of these 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 Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal). 

The burden to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by federal 

employees or government contractors; this burden may be found below in Table 2: Average 

Annual EPA Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I)

(Renewal).

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

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

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: 

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
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reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from hot mix asphalt 

facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 

health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 

60, subpart I.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

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

applicable regulations that 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 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 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 compliance certifications are used to determine periods of excess 

emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation and 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 I.

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, no duplication 

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 
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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. 

Industry trade association(s) and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to 

comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed and the standard 

has been previously reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance 

purposes. In the development of this ICR, EPA consulted the National Asphalt Pavement 

Association at (301) 731-4748, and the Asphalt Pavement Alliance at (301) 731-4748. No 

comments were received.

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

renewal as well as 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.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are hot mix asphalt 

facilities. The SIC code for the respondents affected by the standards is United States Standard 

Industrial Classification (SIC) 2951, which corresponds to the North American Industry

Classification System(NAICS) 324121 for hot mix asphalt facilities.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notification Reports

Notification of construction or reconstruction 40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual date of initial startup 40 CFR 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change 40 CFR 60.7(a)(4)

Notification of performance test 40 CFR 60.8(d)

Reports

Report of performance tests 40 CFR 60.8(a)

A source must maintain the following records:

Recordkeeping

Record of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions 60.7(b)

Records are required to be retained for two years 60.7(f)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must evaluate the data, internal 
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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

Respondents must conduct the following activities:

Respondent Activities

Read instructions

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods 5 for particulate matter and Method 9 to 

determine opacity, 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

Developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of 

processing and maintaining information

Developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of 

disclosing and providing information

Adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements

Training personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information

Transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information

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.
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Agency Activities

Observes initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary

Reviews notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions 

reports, required to be submitted by industry

Audits facility records

Inputs and maintains 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 standard. 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 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 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

The majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However, 

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

development of 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 Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 
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CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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 in the burden calculations. 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

Over the next three years, the average annual burden to industry for these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 18,284 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1). 

These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the 

regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS, 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 $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 only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standard are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance costs.
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(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 no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Costs

The only costs to the Agency are those 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 

$188,641.

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 EPA Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt 

Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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

4,220 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that an additional 105

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

in the table below is 4,325 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

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)

1 245 0 4,115 140 4,220

2 245 0 4,220 140 4,325

3 245 0 4,325 140 4,430

Average 245 0 4,220 140 4,325

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New respondent include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. In this 

standard, existing respondents that conduct operational changes submit initial notifications and conduct performance 

tests.

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 4,325.

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 initial startup 105 1 105

Notification of 

contraction/reconstruction 105 1 105

Notification of operational change 140 1 140

Notification of performance test 245 1.2 294

Performance test reports 245 1.2 294

Recordkeeping 4,220 4,220

Total 5,158

The number of Total Annual Responses is 5,158. 

The total annual labor costs are $1,751,943. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt 

Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the 
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Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2 (below), respectively, and summarized below.

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 18,284. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal).

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

information is estimated to average 4 hours per response.

There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs. 

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 4,186 

labor hours at a cost of $188,641. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost: 

NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an increase in burden hours to the respondent in this ICR as compared to the most 

recently approved ICR. The increase is due to industry growth in the past three years, resulting in 

additional number of respondents that are subject to this standard. In addition, there is an increase 

in burden costs to both the respondent and the Agency due to an adjustment in labor rates. This 

ICR uses the most recent labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in calculating the labor 

costs. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

estimated to average 4 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 
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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–2011–0241. 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), EPA 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–

2011–0241 and OMB Control Number 2060–0083 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 Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A) 

Personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. Of 

occurrences 

per respondent 

per year

(C) 

Personhours per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=AxB)

(D) 

Respondents 

per year (a)

(E) 

Technical 

person-hours 

per year 

(E=CxD)

(F) 

Management 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $ (b)

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Acquisition, Installation, and Utilization of 

Technology and Systems

N/A

4. Reporting Requirements

 A. Read instructions 1 1 1 245 245 12.25 24.5 $26,997.03

 B. Required activities:

 i. Initial performance tests c  24 1 24 245 5,880 294 588 $647,928.96

 ii. Repeat performance tests c 24 0.2 4.8 245 1,176 58.8 117.6 $129,585.80

 iii. Reference Method 9 4 1 4 245 980 49 98 $107,988.16

 iii. Monitoring of operations and equipment Included in 5E

C. Gather existing information Included in 4B and 5E

D. Write report a, c

 i. Notification of actual startup date 2 1 2 105 210 10.5 21 $23,140.32

 ii. Notification of construction/ reconstruction 2 1 2 105 210 10.5 21 $23,140.32

 iii. Notification of physical or operational 

change 

2 1 2. 140 280 14 28 $30,853.76

 iii. Notification of performance test c 2 1.2 2.4 245 588 29.4 58.8 $64,792.90

 iv. Reports of performance test results Included in 4B
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Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A) 

Personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. Of 

occurrences 

per respondent 

per year

(C) 

Personhours per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=AxB)

(D) 

Respondents 

per year (a)

(E) 

Technical 

person-hours 

per year 

(E=CxD)

(F) 

Management 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $ (b)

 v. Periodic reports d N/A

SUBTOTAL Reporting 11,004.35

5. Recordkeeping Requirements

A. Read instructions Included in 4A

B. Plan activities Included in 4B

C. Implement activities Included in 4B

D. Develop record system N/A

E. Time to enter and transmit information e 1.5 1 1.5 4,220 6,330 316.5 633 $697,515.36

F. Time to train personnel N/A

G. Time for audits N/A

SUBTOTAL Recordkeeping 7,279.5

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(Rounded)

18,283.85

18,284 (rounded)

$1,751,943

Assumptions:

a

 We have determined that approximately 95 percent of existing hot mix asphalt facilities in the United States are currently subject to NSPS subpart I. In addition, we 

are expecting an average net growth of 105 facilities per year for this sector and that an average of 140 existing facilities would be conducting modifications of their 

facilities. 

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, March 19, 2005, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by 

Occupational and Industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110% to account for the benefit packages 

available to those employed by private industry.
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c

 We have assumed that a total of 245 new and modified hot mix asphalt facilities would be required to submit notification and conduct a performance test. We have 

further assumed that about 20 percent of the sources would repeat performance tests due to failure. 

d The rule does not require existing sources to submit periodic reports.

e We have assumed that recordkeeping would take sources an average of 1.5 hours a year. 
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart I) (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, c

(E) 

Technical 

person-hours 

per year 

(E=CxD)

(F) 

Management 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) Clerical 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.10)

(H)

Cost, $ b

Notification of actual startup 

date 2 1 2 105 210 10.5 21 $10,883.14

Notification of construction/ 

reconstruction 2 1 2 105 210 01.5 21 $10,883.14

Notification of physical or

operational change 2 1 2 140 280 14 28 $14,510.86

Notification of performance 

test 2 1.2 2.4 245 588 29.4 58.8 $30,472.81

Reports of performance test 

results c 8 1.2 9.6 245 2,352 117.6 235.2 $121,891.22

Periodic reports d

N/A

Subtotal Burden and Cost 3,640 182 364 $188,641.17

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN 

AND COST (rounded) 4,186 $188,641

Assumptions:

a We have determined that approximately 95 percent of existing hot mix asphalt facilities in the United States are currently subject to NSPS subpart I. In 

addition, we are expecting an average net growth of 105 facilities per year for this sector and that 140 of the existing facilities would be conducting 

modifications of their facilities. 

b This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: 

Managerial rate of $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), Technical rate of $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6), and Clerical rate of $25.01 (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 The 245 new and modified hot mix asphalt facilities would be required to submit notifications and perform performance tests.

 d The rule does not require sources to submit periodic reports.