SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) 

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0746.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0251. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 

Industries were proposed on April 23, 1986, and promulgated on September 28, 1992. These 

regulations apply only to new calciners and dryers at mineral processing plants that either 

process or produce either any of the following minerals and their concentrates or any mixture of 

which the majority is any of the following minerals or a combination of these minerals: alumina, 

ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fire clay, fuller’s earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, 

lightweight aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, titanium dioxide, 

and vermiculite. Particulate matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this subpart. Feed and 

product conveyors are not considered part of the affected facility. Facilities subject to NSPS 

Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants are not subject to this standard. There are 

additional processes and process units at mineral processing plants listed at Section 60.730(b) 

which are not subject to the provisions of this subpart. 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 UUU.

In general, all NSPS 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 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.

 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).
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Over the next three years, an average of 167 respondents per year will be subject to 

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

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

without any “Terms of Clearance”.

In the United States, there are approximately 167 calciners and dryers in mineral 

facilities, which are owned and operated by the calciners and dryers industry (the “Affected 

Public”). None of the facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, tribal, or the 

Federal government; all are privately owned, for-profit businesses. The burden to the Affected 

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

Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal). The 

Federal Government “burden” is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal 

employees or government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA 

Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart UUU) (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 
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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, PM emissions from calciners and dryers in the mineral 

industries either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 

endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source 

category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU.

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 

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 these 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, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standard are being 

met. The performance test may also be observed.

The required semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, 

identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures and for compliance 

determinations.

3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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
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An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register. 

3(c) Consultations

The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal data 

sources and projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. 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 standard as it was being developed. In developing 

this ICR, we contacted: 1) the National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association (NSSGA), at (703) 

525-8788; and 2) Van Horn, Metz & Co. Inc., at (610) 828-4500. 

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, 
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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 mineral processing 

plants with calciners and dryers. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

codes and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for 

the respondents affected by the standards are given in the table below:

Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

UUU)

SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Industrial Sand Mining 1446 212322

Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining 1455 212324

Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining 

and Quarrying 1499 212319

All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 1499 212399

Inorganic dye and Pigment Manufacturing 2816 325131

Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth 

Manufacturing 3295 327992

Other chemical and Fertilizer Mineral 

Mining 3295 327992

Clay and Ceramic and Refractory

Minerals Mining 3295 212325

Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining 3295 212324

All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 3295 212399

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal).
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A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification of construction/reconstruction 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

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

Initial performance test results 60.8(a)

Notification of initial performance test and repeat of test 60.8(d)

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

Reports

Semiannual reports 60.7(c), 60.735(c)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of startup, shutdown, malfunction period where the 

continuous monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Record opacity using continuous opacity monitors (COM) 60.734(a)

Observe and record Method 9 opacities 60.734(b)

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device that continuously 

measures and records the pressure loss of the gas stream through the 

scrubber

60.734(d)

Daily recording of the two-hours average of the change in the pressure of 

the gas stream across the scrubber and flow rates of the scrubbing liquid 60.735(b)

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 
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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 CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid 

supply pressure for wet scrubber.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 9 test, and repeat performance tests if 

necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

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

maintaining information.

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

providing information.

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

requirements.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently sources are using monitoring 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
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EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, 

storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, 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 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 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. Based on review of the following sources, the number of small 

entities affected by this rule could not be determined: the promulgated rule notice in the Federal 

Register (57 FR 44496) on Monday, September 28, 1992; the Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 

Industries Background Information for Proposed Standards (1985); and a search of publiclyavailable current data sources. Based on the Background Information document, most of the 

mineral dryer and calciner industries do include small businesses.
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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 the 

small and large entities. The Agency considers these requirements the minimum 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 Calciners and Dryers 

in Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (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. Where appropriate, specific tasks and 

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

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 6,436 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 program, the previouslyapproved ICR, and any comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $128.02 ($60.98 + 110%) 

Technical $101.05 ($48.12 + 110%)

Clerical $51.37 ($24.46 + 110%)

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

2014, “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.
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(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

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

subject standards are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs 

associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a 

facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the 

ongoing costs to maintain the monitor and other costs such as photocopying and postage.

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

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

(A)

Continuous 

Monitoring 

Device

(B)

Capital/Startup 

Cost for One 

Respondent

(C)

Number of 

New

Respondents 

(D)

Total 

Capital/Startup 

Cost, (B X C)

(E)

Annual O&M 

Costs for One 

Respondent

(F)

Number of 

Respondents 

with O&M

(G)

Total O&M,

(E X F)

CMS $4,000 0 $0 $650 167 $108,550

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the 

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $108,550. 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 $108,550. These are the costs of 

recordkeeping. 

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 

$181,186. 

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

Managerial $62.90 (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%) 

Technical $46.67 (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%)

Clerical $25.25 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60%)
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These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2014 General Schedule,

which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for 

the benefit packages available to government employees. Details upon which this estimate is 

based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and 

Dryers in Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (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

167 existing respondents will be subject to these 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 167 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

0 167 0 0 167

2

0 167 0 0 167

3

0 167 0 0 167

Average 0 167 0 0 167

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New respondents 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 167. 

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 

construction/reconstruction or 

modification

0 0 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 0 0 0

Notification of demonstration 

of CMS

0 0 0 0

Notification of physical or 

operational change

0 0 0 0

Notification of initial 

performance test

0 0 0 0

Notification of the repeat of 

the performance test

0 0 0 0

Repeat of performance test 

results

0 0 0 0

Semiannual reports 167 2 0 334

Total 334

The number of Total Annual Responses is 334.

The total annual labor costs are $630,099. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers 

in Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (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 below, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 6,436. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 

Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 19 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $108,550. The 
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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 

3,075 labor hours at a cost of $181,186. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) 

(Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 

change in burden and cost estimates occurred as a result of correctly applying an assumption that 

was previously misinterpreted. Footnote ‘k’ in Table 1 states that we have assumed one 

respondent will notify the Agency regarding a physical or operation change. In the previous 

ICR, the burden associated with writing the “notification of physical or operation change” was 

calculated with zero respondents, instead of one respondent. Making the correction from zero to 

one respondent results in a minor increase in the labor and cost burden estimates. In addition,

the use of more updated labor rates also results in an increase in the estimated cost. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 19 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-2014- 0028. 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 
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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-2014-0028 and OMB Control Number 2060-0251 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 Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart UUU) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions c1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0 

 B. Required activities

 Initial performance test d330 1 330 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Repeat performance test e330 1 330 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Scrubber demonstration f2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Reference Method 9 test g,h 18 1 18 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Re-calibration of continuous 

opacity monitors (COM) i

4 2 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Re-calibration of scrubber i,j 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather existing information See 3B

 E. Write Report

Notification of 

construction/reconstruction or 

modification

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 $0 

Notification of demonstration 

of CMS

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of physical or 

operation change k

2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $225.18 

Notification of initial 

performance test

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of repeat 

performance test

2 0.2 0.4 0 0 0 0 $0 
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Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

Performance test report 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Semiannual reports l16 2 32 167 5,344 267.2 534.4 $601,670.27 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 6,148 $601,895.45

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 3B

 C. Implement activities See 3B

 D. Develop record system N/A

 E. Time to enter information

Records of startup, shutdowns, 

malfunctions m

1.5 1 1.5 167 250.5 12.525 25.05 $28,203.29 

 F. Time to train personnel N/A

 G. Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 288 $28,203.29

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 6,436 $630,099

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR will be 167. It is estimated 

that no additional respondents will become subject to the regulation in the next three years.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $28.02 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $101.05 per hour for Technical labor, 

and $51.37 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2014, “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 sources will read instructions as part of their reporting requirements.

d

 We have assumed that it will take 330 hours to complete a performance test.

e

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will have to conduct a repeat performance test.

f

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will take two hours to conduct a scrubber demonstration.

g

 We have assumed that 80 percent of new respondents will conduct a reference Method 9 test.

h It will take respondents 18 hours to conduct a reference Method 9 test.
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i It will take 4 hours to re-calibrate either the COM or the scrubber.

j

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will re-calibrate the scrubber.

k

 We have assumed that one respondent will notify the Agency regarding a physical or operational change.

l We have assumed that it will take 16 hours for each respondent to complete the semiannual report of exceedances.

m

 It will take each respondent 1.5 hours to record SSM information.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart UUU) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C)

EPA 

personhours per 

plant per 

year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per 

year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ b

Initial performance tests

New or modified facility 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

Repeat performance tests

New or modified facility 40 0.2 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Report review

Modification of 

construction/reconstruction or 

modification

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

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

Notification of demonstration of CMS 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of physical or operational 

change c

2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $135.52 

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

Review demonstration of CMS d4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review test results e8 1.2 9.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review of semiannual report of 

exceedances f

8 2 16 167 2672 133.6 267.2 $181,050.71 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 3,075 $181,186

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR will be 167. There are 

167 existing respondents with no addition facility per year over the next three years.

b This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates, increased by 60% to account for the benefit packages available to government employees: $62.90 

for Managerial (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31+60%), $46.67 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%) and $25.25 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60%). 

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2014 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that one respondents will submit a notification of physical or operational change.

d

 We have assumed that it will take four hours to review the CMS demonstration report.
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e

 We have assumed that it will take eight hours to review the performance test results.

f

 It will take eight hours to review semiannual report of exceedances.