SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2072.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0544

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

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

Manufacturing were: 1) proposed on December 20, 2002, (67 FR 78046); 2) promulgated on 

January 5, 2004 (69 FR 394); and 3) last-amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations apply to 

both existing facilities and new lime manufacturing plants (LMP) that either emits or has the 

potential to emit any single hazardous air pollutant (HAP) at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) 

or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more 

per year from all emission sources at the plant site. This subpart applies to each existing and 

new lime kilns and their associated coolers, and processed stone handling (PSH) operation

systems located at a LMP that is a major source. A new lime kiln is a lime kiln, and its 

associated lime cooler for which construction or reconstruction began after December 20, 2002, 

and a new PSH operations system is the equipment for which construction or reconstruction 

began after December 20, 2002. This information is being collected to assure compliance with

40 CFR part 63, subpart AAAAA.

In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notification reports, performance tests, 

and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 

operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these 

measurements, and retain the file for at least 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 U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

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

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

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, an average of 65 respondents per year will be subject to these

standards, and one additional respondent per year will become subject to these same standards. 
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently-active Information 

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

The “Affected Public” are existing and new lime kilns, associated coolers, and PSH

operations systems located at a LMP that is a major source. The “burden” to the Affected Public 

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

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (Renewal). The ”burden” to the Federal 

Government 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 –

NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (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 lime manufacturing cause or 

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to either endanger public health 

and/or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR 

part 63, subpart AAAAA.

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 
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capability to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to 

ensure compliance with the standards at all times. During the performance test a record of the 

operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to 

determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor. 

The notifications required in the 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 and leaks are being detected and repaired and the standard is being met. 

The performance test may also be observed.

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

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

determinations.

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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

AAAAA.

3(a) Non-duplication

If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the 

appropriate EPA regional office. Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated 

state or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to 

implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can 

be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards. Therefore, 

duplication does not exist.

3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

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

published in the Federal Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013. No comments were 

received on the burden published in the Federal Register. 

3(c) Consultations

Consultations with industry representatives (i.e., respondents) 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: 1) the National Lime Association, at hprillaman@lime.org; and 2) Carmeuse Lime & 

Stone, at (412) 995-5500. We received comments from Carmeuse Lime & Stone on October 24, 

2013. These comments indicated that the current cost of a repeat Method 5 performance test is 

between $7,000 and $8,500; therefore, the capital costs associated with performance testing in 

this ICR has been updated to reflect the comments received. 
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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. 

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 the 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 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 (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, 

September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 

1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive 

questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
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4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are lime manufacturing 

facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents 

affected by the standard is SIC 3274, which corresponds to the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code 327410 for the Lime Manufacturing.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Applicability 63.9(b), 63.7130(a)

Anticipated startup 63.9(b)(4), 63.7130(a) 

Commencement of construction 63.9(b)(4), 63.7130(a)

Actual startup 63.9(b)(4), 63.7130(a)

Intention to construct/reconstruct 63.9(b)(4)-(5), 63.7130(a)

Compliance dates/extension 63.9(c), 63.7130(a)

Performance test/opacity observations 63.9(e), 63.7130(a)

Compliance status 63.9(g), 63.7130(a)

Reports

Operation, maintenance, and monitoring plan 63.7100(d) 

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan 63.6(e)(3), 63.10(d)(5), 

63.7100(e)

Semiannual compliance report 63.10(d)(2), 63.7131(b)

Emergency SSM reports, including where procedures were not 

followed

63.6(e)(3), 63.10(d)(5), 

63.7131(b)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping
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Recordkeeping

Notifications and reports 63.10(b)(2)(xiv),

63.7132(a)(1)

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan/events 63.6(e)(3)(iii)-(v), 

63.7132(a)(2)

Performance tests and opacity observations 63.10(b)(2)(viii), 

63.7132(a)(3)

Records required to demonstrate continuous compliance 63.10(b)(2)(vii), 63.7132(c)

Visual observations 63.6(h)(6), 63.7132(b)

Records are required to be retained for five years 63.10(b)(1)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

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

automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at 

a plant site. 

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

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

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

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid 

supply pressure for control device. 

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.
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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.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently sources are using monitoring and reporting equipment that provide parameter 

data in an automated way (e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system). Although personnel 

at the source still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly 

reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping. 

5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and 

Information Management

5(a) Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, 

storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

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.
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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. 

The 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 five 

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

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

the development of the regulation. In the final rulemaking notice, EPA prepared a regulatory

flexibility analysis (FRFA) which examined the impact of the final rule on small entities (See 69 

FR 411, January 5, 2004). The EPA identified 19 of these 45 companies owning potentiallyaffected facilities as small businesses. Eight of these 45 companies manufacture beet sugar 

(which will not be subject to the final NESHAP), three of which are small firms. Further, an 

additional 3 of the 19 small companies will not be subject to the final NESHAP because they do 

not manufacture lime in a kiln (e.g., they are only depot or hydration facilities), and/ or we do not 

expect them to be major sources. Therefore, it is expected that 13 of the 34 companies subject to 

the final NESHAP will be small businesses, representing 38 percent of the affected companies. 

This percentage was applied to the total number of lime manufacturing plants affected by this 

regulation. For this three-year ICR period, which includes calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016,

it is estimated that there will be an average of 65 lime manufacturing plants. EPA estimates that 

25 of these 65 plants (38 percent) are owned by small entities. 

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 – NESHAP for Lime 

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (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 
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individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the 

concept of “burden” under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Wherever appropriate, specific tasks 

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

mandatory.

The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 15,424 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1

below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the 

development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, 

the previously-approved ICR, and any comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $123.04 ($58.59+ 110%) 

Technical $101.22 ($48.20 + 110%)

Clerical $51.18 ($24.37 + 110%)

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

2013, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from 

column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for 

the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

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

The 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 regulations. Each new respondent must conduct two initial 

Method 5 performance tests, for the new kiln and for new material handling. The annual 

operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to hire third-party contractors to conduct

repeat Method 5 testing, the annualized cost of the bag leak detector, and other costs such as 

photocopying and postage. It is assumed that for each kiln control device, a bag leak detector 

will be installed. 
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(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)

Bag leak detector a$0 1 $0 $1,434 65 $93,210

Performance Test 

for New Kilns b

$10,000 1 $10,000 $7,750 12.8 $99,200

Performance Test 

for New Material 

Handling c

$10,000 1 $10,000 $7,750 12.8 $99,200

Total $20,000 $291,610

a The cost of a bag leak detection monitor is $10,000. The bag leak detector has a life span of 10 years. The capital cost 

associated with the bag leak detector was annualized assuming a seven percent interest rate and 10-year life (i.e., capital recovery 

factor [CRF] of 0.1434). To calculate annualized costs, the CRF was multiplied by the capital cost of the detector, or $1,434 per 

respondent. Each of the 65 respondents is expected to have at least one kiln with a bag leak detection monitor installed. We 

assume that the bag leak detector is replaced every 10 years and includes this as an O&M cost. 

b

. Each new respondent is assumed to conduct an initial Method 5 performance test. It is assumed that there will be a total of 

three new kilns in production over the three year period of the ICR, which will average out to one unit per year. The cost for an 

initial Method 5 test is $10,000 per new unit. It is also assumed that each existing plant would conduct a Method 5 performance 

test every 5 years. The cost of a repeat Method 5 test is approximately $7,750. We assume 12.8 respondents will need to conduct 

repeat performance test per year (64 / 5 = 12.8). 

c Each new respondent is assumed to have a material handling operation that would conduct an initial Method 5 performance test. 

It is assumed that there will be a total of three new kilns in production over the three year period of the ICR, which will average 

out to one unit per year. The cost of the initial test is $10,000 per new unit. It is assumed that each existing plant has a material 

handling operation that would conduct a Method 5 performance test every 5 years. The cost of a repeat Method 5 test is 

approximately $7,750. We assume 12.8 existing respondents per year will conduct repeat test. 

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $20,000. This is the total of column D in 

the above table.

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $291,610. 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 $311,610. These are the 

recordkeeping costs.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

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

$59,349. 

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

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%) 

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2013 General Schedule, 

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

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

based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Lime 

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (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

64 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that one additional 

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

in the table below, is 65 per year. 

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

years covered by this ICR. 

Number of Respondents

Year

(A)

Number of 

New

Respondents 1

(B)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing 

Respondents 

that keep records but do 

not submit reports

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1 1 63 0 0 64

2 1 64 0 0 65

3 1 65 0 0 66

Average 1 64 0 0 65

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

respondents submit initial notifications.
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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 65. 

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 applicability 1 1 0 1

Notification of construction/ reconstruction 1 1 0 1

Notification of anticipated startup 1 1 0 1

Notification of actual startup 1 1 0 1

Notification of special compliance requirements N/A

Compliance extension request 1 1 0 1

Notification of performance tests 13.8 1 0 13.8

Notification of opacity/VE observations 65 1 0 65

Operation, maintenance, and monitoring plans 1 1 0 1

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) plans 1 1 0 1

Site-specific test plan 1 1 0 1

Notification of compliance status 1 1 0 1

Waiver application N/A

Semiannual compliance reports 65 2 0 130

Emergency SSM reports 3.25 1 0 3.25

Total 221.05

The number of Total Annual Responses is 221 (rounded).

The total annual labor costs are $1,508,728 (rounded). Details regarding these estimates 

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

Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (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 15,424 hours at a cost of $1,508,728. Details regarding 

these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost –
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NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 70 hours (rounded) per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $311,610. 

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 

1,317 labor hours at a cost of $59,349. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an adjustment increase in the respondent and Agency burden from the most 

recently-approved ICR due to an increase in the number of new or modified sources. This ICR 

assumes an industry growth rate of one respondent per year, which results in an average increase 

of three respondents since the last ICR renewal period. The burden increase also occurred due to 

a correction on burden calculation. In the previous ICR, the hours required for acquisition, 

installation, and utilization of technology and systems; reading instructions, and required 

activities were omitted. 

There is also an increase in capital and O&M costs. The previous ICR used annualized 

costs which underestimated the initial costs associated with a performance test. This ICR uses 

the actual costs associated with a Method 5 performance test. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 70 hours per response. “Burden” means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information

either 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.
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To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided 

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 

use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0342. An electronic version of the public docket is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov/ which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 

contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 

electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified 

in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 

number for the docket center is (202) 566-1752. Also, you can send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID 

Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0342 and OMB Control Number 2060-0544 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 Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA)

(Renewal)

Burden Item

(A) 

Persons

hours per 

occurrence 

(B) 

Number of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per Year 

(C) 

Person

hours per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=A x B) 

(D) 

Number of 

respondents 

per 

Year a 

(E) 

Technical

person 

hours per 

year 

(E=C x D) 

(F) 

Management 

person 

hours per 

year 

(E x 0.05) 

(G) 

Clerical 

person 

hours per 

year 

(E x 0.1) 

(H)

Total 

Costs per Year

1. Applications N/A

2. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Acquisition, installation, and utilization of technology 

and systems b 40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $4,499.60 

4. Reporting requirements

A. Read Instructions b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

B. Required Activities

Repeat performance tests c40 1 40 12.8 512 25.6 51.2 $57,594.88 

Visible emission (VE) report for material 

handling d 8 1 8 65 520 26 52 $58,494.80 

Annual inspection of capture, collection, and 

transport system e 8 1 8 65 520 26 52 $58,494.80 

Inspection and maintenance of affected sources, 

control devices, and monitoring systems 

according to operation, maintenance, and 

monitoring plan f

4 1 4 65 260 13 26 $29,247.40 

C. Create Information See 4B

D. Gather Existing Information See 4B

E. Write Report

Notification of applicability b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

Notification of construction/reconstruction b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

Notification of anticipated startup b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

Notification of actual startup b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

Notification of special compliance requirements N/A

Compliance extension request b2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $224.98 

Notification of performance test 2 1 2 13.8 27.6 1.38 2.76 $3,104.72 

Notification of opacity/VE observations 2 1 2 65 130 6.5 13 $14,623.70 

Operation, maintenance, and monitoring plan b40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $4,499.60 

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan b40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $4,499.60 

Site-Specific test plan b40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $4,499.60 

Notification of compliance status b8 1 8 1 8 0.4 0.8 $899.92 

Waiver application N/A
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Burden Item

(A) 

Persons

hours per 

occurrence 

(B) 

Number of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per Year 

(C) 

Person

hours per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=A x B) 

(D) 

Number of 

respondents 

per 

Year a 

(E) 

Technical

person 

hours per 

year 

(E=C x D) 

(F) 

Management 

person 

hours per 

year 

(E x 0.05) 

(G) 

Clerical 

person 

hours per 

year 

(E x 0.1) 

(H)

Total 

Costs per Year

Semiannual compliance reports g8 2 16 65 1,040 52 104 $116,989.60 

Emergency startup, shutdown, and malfunction 

reports h, i 8 1 8 3.25 26 1.3 2.6 $2,924.74 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 3,697.74 $361,723.84

5. Recordkeeping requirements

A.Read Instructions See 4A

B. Plan Activities 3 1 3 1 3 0.15 0.3 $337.47 

C. Implement Activities j12 1 12 1 12 0.6 1.2 $1,349.88 

D. Develop Record System 3 1 3 1 3 0.15 0.3 $337.47 

E. Time to Enter Information

Record of all information required by standards k3 52 156 65 10,140 507 1,014 $1,140,648.60 

F. Train personnel l3 1 3 1 3 0.15 0.3 $337.47 

G.

Time to adjust existing was to comply with 

previously applicable requirements m 3 1 3 1 3 0.15 0.3 $337.47 

H.Time to transmit or disclose information n0.25 2 0.50 65 33 1.625 3.25 $3,655.93 

I. Time for Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 11,726.47 $1,147,004.29

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 15,424 $1,508,728

Assumptions:

a Assumed that the average number of respondent that will be subject to the rule will be 64 existing respondents. There will be one additional new source per year 

that will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR.

b This is a one-time only activity.

c To demonstrate continuous compliance, plants must conduct performance tests every 5 years. The number of respondents to repeat performance test is 12.8 

performance tests per year (64 existing respondents/5years). The cost to conduct a repeat Method 5 performance test is $5,000. 

d Assumed that each respondent will take 8 hours to complete the annual visible emission (VE) tests for material handling.

e Assumed that each respondent will take 8 hours to complete the annual inspection of the capture, collection, and transport system.

f Assumed that each respondent will take 4 hours to complete the inspection and maintenance of affected sources, control devices, and monitoring systems 

according to operation, maintenance, and monitoring plan.

g Assumed that it will take 8 hours each and two times per year to complete semiannual compliance reports.

h Assumed that it will take 8 hours once a year to write the emergency startup, shutdown, or malfunction reports.

i Assumed that 5 percent of respondents will have to complete the emergency startup, shutdown, or malfunction reports.

j Assumed that it will take 12 hours to record activities implemented.

k Assumed that all respondents will take 3 hours each to enter records of all the required information 52 times a year.

l Assumed that it will take 3 hours to train each personnel.
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m Assumed that it will take 3 hours for each respondent to adjust existing ways to comply with previously applicable requirements.

n Assumed that respondents are required to transmit/disclose information twice per year.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA)

(Renewal)

Burden Item

(A) 

EPA 

person 

hours per 

occurrence 

(B) 

Number of 

Occurrences

per plant per 

year

(C) 

EPA Hours 

per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=A x B) 

(D) 

Plants 

per Year

a 

 

(E) 

Technical 

hours per 

hear 

(E=C x D) 

(F) 

Management 

hours per 

hear 

(E x 0.05) 

(G) 

Clerical 

hours per 

hear 

( E x 0.1) 

(H)

Total

Costs per 

year

Initial performance tests 40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $2,072.98 

Retesting preparation for repeat performance tests b2 1 2 12.8 25.6 1.28 2.56 $1,326.71 

Repeat performance tests b, c 40 1 40 12.8 512 25.6 51.2 $26,534.14 

Report Review

Notification of applicability 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $51.82 

Notification of construction/ reconstruction 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $51.82 

Notification of anticipated startup 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $51.82 

Notification of actual startup 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $51.82 

Notification of special compliance requirements N/A

Notification of initial performance tests 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $51.82 

Notification of compliance status 4 1 4 1 4 0.2 0.4 $207.30 

Review of repeat performance test report b, d 2 1 2 12.8 25.6 1.28 2.56 $1,326.71 

Review of semiannual compliance report 4 2 8 65 520 26 52 $26,948.74 

Review of waiver application N/A

Review of emergency startup, shutdown, and 

malfunction report e 4 1 4 3.25 13 0.65 1.3 $673.72 

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 1,317 $59,349 

Assumptions:

a Assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 64 existing respondents. There will be one additional new source per year

that will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR for an average of 65 existing and new respondents per year.

b To demonstrate continuous compliance, plants must conduct repeat performance tests every 5 years. The number of respondents to repeat performance test is 

12.8 test/year (64 existing respondents/5years = 12.8 performance tests per year) starting in the second year of this ICR.

c Assumed that it will take 40 hours for respondents to repeat performance tests.

d Assumed that it will take 2 hours for respondents to review repeat performance test report.

e Assumed five percent of sources will need to submit emergency startup, shutdown, and malfunction reports.