SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) 

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1807.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0370.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

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

regulations published at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM were proposed on November 10, 1997 

(62 FR 60579) and promulgated on June 23, 1999 (64 FR 33549). The rule was recently 

amended on March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17339). The amendment added provisions requiring 

respondents to monitor pressure relief devices (PRDs). In the event of any releases of hazardous 

air pollutants (HAPs) from PRDs, respondents must estimate the quantity released and include 

this information in the next periodic report. The amendment also added provisions for 

respondents wishing to assert an affirmative defense to avoid civil penalties for exceedances 

caused by malfunctions. This standard applies to all owners and operators of new and existing 

facilities engaged in the production of pesticide active ingredients (PAIs) that emit HAPs. 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 63, 

Subpart MMM.

In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and 

periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. The owners/operators 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 the 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 five years following the date of such measurements, 

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

the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Over the next three years, an average of 18 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard. No additional respondents will become subject over the next three years. All are 

privately owned and operated by for-profit businesses.
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active ICR with 

the following “Terms of Clearance”: 

Terms of the previous clearance remain in effect. OMB notes that this submission was 

based on a final rule and that EPA was not requesting an extension to the current expiration date.

The term “Affected Public” applies to owners and operators of PAI production 

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

Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (Renewal). The burden 

to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or 

government contractors, and may be found in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) 

(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, HAP emissions from PAI production operations 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 63, 

Subpart MMM.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the 
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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 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, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standard is being 

met. The performance test may also be observed.

The required quarterly and semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess 

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

compliance determinations.

3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

MMM.

3(a) Nonduplication

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 the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014. The Agency received one public 

comment in the docket; the commenter opposed any new regulation or rule changes to the 

NESHAP. This ICR renewal will not result in any regulatory changes.
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3(c) Consultations

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 the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA database for the 

collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data. 

Consultations with industry representatives (i.e., respondents) also were conducted to 

determine if there is any way for EPA to reduce the recordkeeping and reporting burden or 

improve the language in the standard to make it easier to comply. In developing this ICR, we 

contacted both the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) at (202) 721-

4100 and CropLife America at (202) 296-1585.

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.

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

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

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

the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program 

is based. The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history

of a source, any pattern of non-compliance, and to determine the appropriate level of 

enforcement action. EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending 

beyond five years. In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the 

destruction or nonexistence of essential records.

3(f) Confidentiality

Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made 

will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, chapter 1, part 2, 

subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 
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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 owners and 

operators of PAI production operations. The North American Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes and corresponding United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 

are listed below.

Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Petrochemical Manufacturing 2869 325110

All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing 2869 325188

Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing 2869 325192

Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing 2869 325193

All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 2869 325199

Industrial Gas Manufacturing 2869 325120

All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Production and Preparation 

Manufacturing

2869 325998

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing 2879 325320

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM). 

A source must make the following notifications:

Notifications

Initial notification 63.9 (b and d) and 

63.1368(b)

Notification and application of construction and reconstruction 63.5(d) and 63.1368(c)
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Notifications

Notification of CMS performance evaluation 63.8(e)(2) and 

63.1368(d)

Pre-compliance report 63.1368(e)

Notification of compliance status report 63.9(h), 63.1363(h)(2), 

and 63.1368(f)

Periodic reports of excess emissions and noncompliance 63.10(e)(3), 

63.1363(h)(3), and 

63.1368(g)

Notification of process change 63.1368(h)

Notification of performance test and test plan 63.7(c) and 63.1368(m)

Request for extension of compliance 63.1364(a)(2) and

63.1368(n)

Request for approval to use alternative monitoring parameters 63.8(f), 63.1366(b)(4), 

and 63.1368(e)(1)

A source must make the following reports:

Reports

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction reports 63.1368(i)

Equipment leaks reports 63.1363(h) and

63.1368(j)

Emissions averaging reports 63.1368(k)

Heat exchange system reports 63.1368(l)

PRD requirements in periodic reports 63.1363(h)(3)(iv)

Reports and notifications of malfunctions that result in an 

exceedance of the standard for the purpose of affirmative defense

63.1360(k)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Retain copies of all required records, notifications, reports, 

applicability determinations, malfunctions, and CMS monitoring 

data for at least five years

63.1367(a)

Control device operating parameters to monitor and record 63.1366(b) and 

63.1367(b)(1)
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Recordkeeping

Monitoring and records for CMS 63.10(c), 63.1367(a)(4), 

and 63.1367(b)(3)

Monitoring and records for uncontrolled emissions 63.1366(c) and 

63.1367(b)(4 and 5)

Monitor and records for equipment leak detection and repair 63.10(b)(1), 63.1363(g), 

63.1366(d), 63.1367(c),

and 63.1368(j)

Monitoring and records for heat exchanger systems 63.104(f)(1)(i-iv), 

63.1362(f), 63.1366(e), 

and 63.1367(e)

Monitoring and records for alternative standard 63.1366(b)(5), 

63.1366(f), and 

63.1367(b)(2)

Monitoring and records for emission averaging 63.1366(g) and 

63.1367(d)

Records for process operating parameters and maintenance 63.1367(b)(6-11)

Records for vapor collection systems and closed-vent systems 63.1367(f)

Records of primary use as a PAI process 63.1367(g)

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. 

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.

Perform initial performance 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.
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Respondent Activities

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.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose 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.

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

Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in 

compliance and enforcement programs. The periodic 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.
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The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for five 

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 development 

of the regulation. Due to the type of monitoring equipment to be used, 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 in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Pesticide Active 

Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (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.

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 12,031 hours. 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 $128.02 ($60.98 + 110%)
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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.

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

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

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

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

facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance (O&M) costs 

are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) 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)

PRD Electronic 

Indicators

$11,632 18 $209,376 $1,474 18 $26,532

Performance 

Tests

$52,200 0 $0 $1,325 0 $0

Process Vents 

CMS

$15,920 0 $0 $0 0 $0

Wastewater 

CMS

$10,690 0 $0 $0 0 $0

Total $209,376 $26,532

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $209,000. This is the total of column D in 

the above table.

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $27,000. 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 $236,000.
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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 

$9,600. 

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%)

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 – NESHAP for Pesticide 

Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (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

18 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. 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 18 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 18 0 0 18

2 0 18 0 0 18
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Number of Respondents

3 0 18 0 0 18

Average 0 18 0 0 18

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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 18. 

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/

reconstruction

0 1 0 0

Notification of applicability 0 1 0 0

Notification of anticipated startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of process changes 2 1 0 2

Pre-compliance plan 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial 

performance test

0 1 0 0

Notification of initial CMS 

performance evaluation

0 1 0 0

CMS evaluation with 

performance test

0 1 0 0

CMS evaluation without 

performance test

0 1 0 0

Semiannual report 16 2 0 32

Quarterly report 2 4 0 8

Emissions averaging plan 2 1 0 2

Total 44
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The number of Total Annual Responses is 44.

The total annual labor costs are $1,180,000. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Pesticide Active 

Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (Renewal).

We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical 

tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens 

are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of 

clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records. 

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 12,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient 

Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (Renewal). 

We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical 

tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens 

are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of 

clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records. 

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

information is estimated to average 270 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $235,908. 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 212 

labor hours at a cost of $9,600. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP 

for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart MMM) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an adjustment decrease in the number of responses because this ICR removes 

leak detection and repair (LDAR) reports. The regulation requires subject sources to include 

LDAR information in periodic (i.e. semiannual or quarterly) reports. LDAR is not separately 
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reported to EPA; therefore, no additional responses are associated with this activity. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 270 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-2014-0062. 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) 566-1927. 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-2014-0062 and OMB Control Number 2060-0370 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 Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart MMM) (Renewal)

Burden item

A B C D E F G H

Person-hours

per 

occurrence

Annual 

occurrences

per 

respondent

Person-hours

per respondent

per year (AxB)

Respondents

per year a

Technical 

hours per

year (CxD)

Management 

hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours

per year

(Ex0.10)

Annual 

cost

($) b

1. Applications N/A

2. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

A. Read instructions 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

B. Required activities

Performance evaluation test 

(CMS certification)

13 6 78 0 0 0 0 0

C. Create information See 3B

D. Gather existing information See 3E

E. Write report

Notification of construction/

reconstruction c

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of applicability c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of anticipated 

startup c

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

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

Notification of process 

changes d

8 1 8 2 16 0.8 1.6 1,801.41

Pre-compliance plan c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial 

performance test c

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial CMS 

performance evaluation c

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
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Burden item

A B C D E F G H

Person-hours

per 

occurrence

Annual 

occurrences

per 

respondent

Person-hours

per respondent

per year (AxB)

Respondents

per year a

Technical 

hours per

year (CxD)

Management 

hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours

per year

(Ex0.10)

Annual 

cost

($) b

CMS evaluation with 

performance test c, e

80 1 80 0 0 0 0 0

CMS evaluation without 

performance test c, f

120 1 120 0 0 0 0 0

Periodic reporting

Semiannual report g8 2 16 16 256 12.8 25.6 28,822.53

Quarterly report h24 4 96 2 192 9.6 19.2 21,616.9

Emissions averaging 

plan i

40 1 40 2 80 4 8 9,007

PRD reporting 5.5 2 11 18 198 9.9 19.8 22,292.42

LDAR reporting 94 2 188 18 3,384 169.2 338.4 380,997.79

Affirmative defense j0 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 4,745 464,538

4. Recordkeeping requirements

A. Read instructions See 3A

B. Plan activities N/A

C. Implement activities N/A

D. Develop record system c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

E. Develop startup, shutdown, and 

malfunction plan c, k

100 1 100 0 0 0 0 0

F. Develop QA/QC plan for CMS c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

G. Time to enter information

Records of startups, 

shutdowns, malfunctions c

1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 0
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Burden item

A B C D E F G H

Person-hours

per 

occurrence

Annual 

occurrences

per 

respondent

Person-hours

per respondent

per year (AxB)

Respondents

per year a

Technical 

hours per

year (CxD)

Management 

hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours

per year

(Ex0.10)

Annual 

cost

($) b

Records of CMS data

Record continuously 

monitored parameters l

1 320 320 18 5,760 288 576 648,506.88

Enter/verify information 

for periodic report

16 2 32 18 576 28.8 57.6 64,850.69

H. CMS calibration c48 1 48 0 0 0 0 0

I. Train personnel c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

J. Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 7,286 713,358

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (ROUNDED) 12,031 1,177,896

a

 On average, EPA estimates 18 existing sources will be subject to the NESHAP. No new sources will become subject to the standard over the three-year period 

of this ICR.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $101.05 (technical), $128.02 (managerial), and $51.37 (clerical). 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.” They have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

c

 Applies to new or reconstructed sources only.

d

 EPA assumes 10 percent of existing facilities (18 x 0.1 = 2, after rounding) will implement process changes.

e

 EPA assumes 90 percent of new sources will comply by conducting performance testing.

f

 EPA assumes 10 percent of new sources will comply by submitting engineering calculations, designing calculations, and CMS performance evaluation results.

g

 EPA assumes 90 percent of sources (18 x 0.9 = 16, after rounding) will have no exceedances and periods of noncompliance; therefore, they will submit periodic 

reports on a semiannual basis.

h

 EPA assumes 10 percent of sources (18 x 0.1 = 2, after rounding) will have exceedances and periods of noncompliance; therefore, they will submit periodic 

reports on a quarterly basis.

i

 EPA assumes 10 percent of existing sources will comply with emissions averaging requirements. New sources are not allowed to use emissions averaging.

j

 EPA assumes 0 affirmative defense reports.

k

 EPA assumes new respondents will require 80 hours to draft the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan and another 20 to review/revise the plan (100 hours 

total).

l

 EPA assumes it will take 1 hour, 320 times per year, to record continuously monitored parameter data.

Note: Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart MMM) (Renewal)

Burden item

A B C D E F G H

EPA

person-hours

per 

occurrence

Annual 

occurrences

per 

respondent

EPA personhours

per respondent

per year (AxB)

Respondents

per year a

Technical 

hours

per year

(CxD)

Management

hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours

per year

(Ex0.10)

Annual cost

($) b

Initial performance test 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

Repeat performance test c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

Performance evaluation test

(CMS certification) d

2 6 12 0 0 0 0 0

Report review

Notification of construction/

reconstruction

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of applicability 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of anticipated startup 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

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

Notification of process changes e8 1 8 2 16 0.8 1.6 837.44

Pre-compliance plan 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial performance 

test

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial CMS 

performance evaluation

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

CMS evaluation with performance 

test f

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

CMS evaluation without 

performance test g

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 0

Semiannual report h2 2 4 16 64 3.2 6.4 3,349.76

Quarterly report i8 4 32 2 64 3.2 6.4 3,349.76

Emissions averaging plan j20 1 20 2 40 2 4 2,093.6

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (ROUNDED) 212 9,631
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a

 On average, EPA estimates 18 existing sources will be subject to the NESHAP. No new sources will become subject to the standard over the three-year period 

of this ICR.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $46.67 (technical), $62.90 (managerial), and $25.25 (clerical). 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.

c EPA assumes five percent of new sources will repeat performance testing.

d

 EPA assumes Agency personnel will attend ten percent of evaluation tests.

e

 EPA assumes 10 percent of existing facilities (18 x 0.1 = 2, after rounding) will implement process changes.

f

 EPA assumes 90 percent of new sources will comply by conducting performance testing.

g

 EPA assumes 10 percent of new sources will comply by submitting engineering calculations, designing calculations, and CMS performance evaluation results.

h

 EPA assumes 90 percent of sources (18 x 0.9 = 16, after rounding) will have no exceedances and periods of noncompliance; therefore, they will submit periodic 

reports on a semiannual basis.

i

 EPA assumes 10 percent of sources (18 x 0.1 = 2, after rounding) will have exceedances and periods of noncompliance; therefore, they will submit periodic 

reports on a quarterly basis.

j

 EPA assumes 10 percent of existing sources will comply with emissions averaging requirements. New sources are not allowed to use emissions averaging.

Note: Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.