Appendix B. Detailed Respondent Burden Results by Category

Category Activity Description Labor Type

Total

Hours per

Response

capital /

startup

cost

O&M Cost

Total

Annualized

Capital and

O&M Cost

Total Number

of

Respondentsa

Annual

Number of

Respondents

Number of

Responses /

respondent

/ Year

Number of

Responses

Year

Total

Hours /

Year

Total Labor

Cost

Total

Hours per

Response

Total

Number of

Respondents

Annual

Number of

Respondents

Number of

Responses /

respondent

/ Year

Number of

Responses

Year

Total

Hours /

Year

Total Labor

Cost

Municipal 1.1 $0 $0 $0 46,297 35,351 1.3 58,778 67,489 $2,750,851 261 85 85 0.7 56 14,533 $633,072

Private 2.3 $0 $0 $0 742,191 558,835 0.7 512,111 1,174,765 $62,920,387

Form 1 Private 1.3 $0 $0 $0 25,472 5,670 0.2 5,604 7,025 $376,268 0.5 188 188 29.7 5,587 2,794 $121,685

Forms 2C-2F Private 26 $0 $0 $0 25,470 5,668 0.2 5,603 148,113 $7,932,947 1.4 282 282 19.8 5,585 7,591 $330,655

Municipal 6.4 $0 $5,436,644 $5,436,644 40,195 8,039 0.2 8,039 51,513 $2,099,669 2.5 173 173 32.3 5,583 13,950 $607,661

Private 8.7 $0 $6,111 $6,111 3,270 654 0.2 654 5,690 $304,746

Ocean Discharge Application Municipal 778 $0 $0 $0 0 0 0.0 0 0 $0 88 47 47 0.0 0 0 $0

Alaskan Lands Private 30 $0 $0 $0 3 3 1.0 3 90 $4,820

Municipal 3.4 $0 $0 $0 1,716 1,716 1.0 1,716 5,777 $235,471

Private 3.2 $0 $0 $0 8,250 8,250 1.0 8,250 26,158 $1,401,022 10.2 1,693 1,693 5.5 9,343 95,517 $4,160,724

Municipal 2.1 $0 $0 $0 22,833 22,833 7.5 171,775 352,194 $14,355,437 0.3 863 863 482 415,835 134,389 $5,853,972

Private 2.4 $0 $0 $0 57,376 57,376 5.2 297,333 725,154 $38,839,222

Municipal 9.6 $0 $0 $0 23,534 23,534 7.5 175,843 1,694,467 $69,066,492

Private 5.8 $0 $0 $0 62,833 62,833 4.6 289,439 1,689,822 $90,506,848

Municipal 24 $0 $0 $0 23,534 23,534 7.5 175,843 4,157,956 $169,478,296 10.0 10 10 23.4 234 2,340 $101,930

Private 12 $30,760 $14,755,256 $14,759,636 63,092 63,092 5.3 335,823 3,880,611 $207,845,511

Notice of Intent (NOI) Private 2.3 $0 $0 $0 272,689 122,115 0.4 122,115 276,775 $14,824,080 0.8 329 329 354.6 116,651 99,133 $4,318,233

Notice of Termination (NOT) Private 0.5 $0 $0 $0 88,931 88,931 1.0 88,931 44,466 $2,381,572 0.3 141 141 598.2 84,351 21,088 $918,582

Municipal 200 $0 $0 $0 176 35 0.2 35 7,040 $286,950 1.0 141 141 25.1 3,536 3,666 $159,674

Private 25 $0 $0 $0 172,208 100,676 0.6 100,676 2,563,755 $137,314,712

Stormwater Site Inspections Private 0.6 $0 $0 $0 264,796 264,796 5.8 1,523,330 988,372 $52,937,212

MS4 Permit Application Municipal 61 $0 $0 $0 6,808 1,361 0.2 1,362 82,400 $3,358,624 20 94 94 0.4 34 684 $29,795

MS4 Permit Reports Municipal 104 $0 $0 $0 6,832 6,832 1.0 6,832 708,160 $28,864,602 2.6 141 141 45.9 6,466 17,066 $743,378

Long-term Control Plans Municipal 476 $0 $0 $0 240 240 1.0 240 114,300 $4,658,868 26 87 87 1.3 115 2,982 $129,881

CSO Monitoring Municipal 17 $0 $0 $0 2,240 2,240 2.0 4,480 75,040 $3,058,630 0.3 58 58 27.9 1,620 450 $19,618

CSO Notification Municipal 3.6 $225,188 $0 $32,062 865 865 4.8 4,163 15,039 $613,004

Documenting Nine Minimum

Control Measures Municipal 8.2 $0 $0 $0 0 0 0.0 0 0 $0 0.0 29 29 0.0 0 0 $0

Municipal 31 $0 $0 $0 309 318 1.0 309 9,671 $394,190 3.1 358 358 1.2 442 1,384 $60,270

Private 8.4 $0 $0 $0 1,172 1,172 1.0 1,172 9,874 $528,851

Certifications Private 0.9 $0 $0 $0 3,595 3,595 1.7 5,978 5,360 $287,103 1 564 564 8.2 4,646 4,646 $202,371

Part 435 Certification Oil and Gas

Extraction Private 787 $0 $0 $0 68 68 1.0 68 53,516 $2,866,317

Pollution Prevention Alternative

(Pesticides Packaging &

Repackaging) Private 20 $0 $0 $0 55 55 1.0 55 1,100 $58,916

Municipal 418.0 $0 $0 $0 0 0 1.0 0 0 $0 93 350 353 0.3 101 9,377 $408,468

Private 137 $0 $0 $0 72 72 1.0 72 9,954 $533,151

Municipal 1.7 $0 $0 $0 17,385 17,385 2.9 50,858 85,493 $3,484,700 1.1 3,548 3,548 20.5 72,889 76,931 $3,351,111

Private 3.6 $0 $0 $0 24,709 24,709 1.0 25,189 89,618 $4,799,951

Municipal 5.0 $0 $0 $0 789 789 1.0 789 3,943 $160,703 40 141 141 14.9 2,102 84,080 $3,662,525

Private 5.0 $0 $0 $0 1,345 1,345 1.0 1,345 6,725 $360,183

Municipal 0.8 $0 $0 $0 1,761 1,761 1.5 2,692 2,019 $82,297 0.9 580 580 10.0 5,803 5,014 $218,396

Private 0.8 $0 $0 $0 1,599 1,599 1.5 2,415 1,811 $96,990

BMP Development BMP Development Private 41.7 $0 $0 $0 168 168 1.2 202 8,400 $449,904 35 16 16 5.7 92 3,208 $139,755

Vessel Vesselb Private 0.9 $0 $0 $0 640,988 303,898 0.5 289,672 256,903 $13,759,716

Municipal 4.7 $0 $0 $0 798 798 5.7 4,555 21,591 $880,030 6.0 26 28 3.8 99 598 $26,046

Private 9.0 $0 $0 $0 1,212 1,212 2.1 2,600 23,370 $1,251,691

Certification of EPA-issued Permits 4.0 590 590 0.2 133 532 $23,174

Inspection & Investigation 35 1,551 1,551 18.2 28,159 984,567 $42,887,721

Submittal of Permit Information to

EPA 0.8 226 230 7.8 1,765 1,341 $58,435

NPDES Program Authorization 324 16 5 0.3 5 1,730 $75,359

Municipal $225,188 $5,436,644 $5,468,706 24,102 668,309 7,454,093 $303,828,814

Private $30,760 $14,761,367 $14,765,747 507,784 3,618,642 11,997,426 $642,582,121

Overall $255,948 $20,198,011 $20,234,452 531,886 4,286,950.17 19,451,518 $946,410,935 47 771,231 1,589,589 $69,242,490

a

The Total Number of Respondents listed for each activity includes double counting of respondents that perform multiple activities that fall within in each group. The Total values represent unique respondents.

b

Includes all vessel VGP and sVGP related activities except for those that fall under Recordkeeping, Notification, and Noncompliance Resports. See corresponding Appendix A sections A.1.1, A.1.3, and A.1.10 for a general description of these activities.

Great Lakes Great Lakes

State Activities

TotalTotal

Stormwater Stormwater Plans

Section 308 Requests

Variance Request Variance Request

Noncompliance Reports

Certifications

CSO

Section 308 Requests

Compliance Schedule Reports Compliance Schedule Reports

Request for Modification,

Revocation and Reissuance,

or Termination

Request for Modification,

Revocation and Reissuance, or

Termination

Noncompliance Reports

DMR

DMR Reporting

Recordkeeping Recordkeeping

Forms for POTWs & PrOTWs

Notification Notification

Activity Description Individual Permittees Authorized State Agencies

Application Forms

DMR Sampling

DMR Sampling Analysis
Appendix C. Table C.1 Agency Burden for NPDES Program Authority Activities

Category Activity Description

Total Hours

per

Response

Number of

Responses

Year

Number of

Responses /

respondent /

Year

Total

Hours /

Year

Total Labor

Cost

Form 1 0.5 83 83 41 $1,751

Forms 2C-2F 1.4 83 83 113 $4,799

1.4 249 249 356 $15,108

Ocean Discharge Application 88 0 0 0 $0

Alaskan Lands 0.6 3 3 2 $76

0.4 218,356 218,356 89,463 $3,792,953

0.3 39,374 39,374 10,834 $459,324

Notice of Intent (NOI) 0.3 19,329 19,329 6,014 $254,954

Notice of Termination (NOT) 0.4 4,580 4,580 1,732 $73,421

1.0 958 958 962 $40,786

MS4 Permit Application 50 2 2 100 $4,240

MS4 Permit Reports 1.6 361 361 578 $24,488

CSO Notification 1 51 51 51 $2,156

8.0 1,203 1,203 9,603 $407,138

Certifications 1.9 102 102 189 $7,996

Part 435 Certification Oil and Gas

Extraction 5.7 68 68 385 $16,323

390 4 4 1,561 $66,182

2.0 5,479 5,479 10,850 $460,000

40 32 32 1,260 $53,429

0.5 272 272 137 $5,810

BMP Development BMP Development 35 5 5 175 $7,419

Vessel Vessel 0.1 87,080 87,080 9,987 $423,400

Inspection & Investigation 1 15,693 15,693 14,908 $632,038

Total Total 0 394,173 394,173 170,451 7,226,595

State Activities

EPA Regions - Program Administration

in Non-NPDES Authorized States

Noncompliance Reports Noncompliance Reports

Request for Modification, Request for Modification,

Compliance Schedule Reports Compliance Schedule Reports

CSO

Section 308 Requests Section 308 Requests

Certifications

Variance Request Variance Request

DMR DMR Reporting

Stormwater Stormwater Plans

Notification Notification

Activity Description

Application Forms Forms for POTWs & PrOTWs
Appendix C. Table C.2 Agency Burden for NPDES Program Oversight Activities

Detailed Agency NPDES Program Oversight Burden

Request for NPDES Program Approval 1248.0 Once 0 0.00 $0

Request for NPDES Partial Program Approval 1248.0 Once 0 0.00 $0

Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue General Permits 50.0 Occasionally/As Needed 0 0.00 $0

Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue Permits to Federal Facilities 50.0 Occasionally/As Needed 0 0.00 $0

Request for NPDES Program Modification - Update Legal Authority in Other Areas 50.0 Occasionally/As Needed 4 200.00 $8,314

Request for Program Transfer / Withdrawal 240.0 Occasionally/As Needed 1 240.00 $9,977

Request for Sewage Sludge Program Approval under Part 501 400.0 Once 0 133.33 $5,543

NPDES Quarterly, Semiannual and Annual Reports 15.0 Yearly 235 3,525.00 $146,534

Annual Sewage Sludge Noncompliance Reports 55.0 Yearly 9 476.67 $19,815

State Oversight - Review DMR 0.2 Ongoing 40 6.68 $278

State Oversight - Follow-up of DMR 0.5 Ongoing 20 10.00 $416

State Oversight - Review NMC Doc. 13.3 Ongoing 0 0.00 $0

State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Small 19.7 Ongoing 3 59.00 $2,453

State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Medium 33.0 Ongoing 2 66.00 $2,744

State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Large 53.0 Ongoing 0 0.00 $0

State Oversight - Permit Reissuance or Other Mechanisms (under 308) 40.0 Every 5 years 6 248.00 $10,309

State Oversight - Recordkeeping 0.3 Ongoing 0 0.00 $0

Program Oversight (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda) 10.0 Ongoing 1 10.00 $416

Support to State and Local entities (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda) 8.0 Ongoing 83 664.00 $27,602

Coal Remining Initial Burden-Additional EPA review 1.0 Once 0 0.00 $0

Coal Remining Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review 8.0 Ongoing 234 1,872.00 $77,819

Western Alkaline Initial Burden-Additional EPA review 1.0 Once 0 0.00 $0

Western Alkaline Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review 8.0 Ongoing 41 328.00 $13,635

Support for 20% of DMRs submitted to NPDES States (Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct Mills) 0.5 Ongoing 199 99.60 $4,140

Maintain the water quality database to serve as the Information Clearinghouse 400.0 Yearly 1 400.00 $16,628

Total 879 8,338 $346,622

Total Labor

Cost Frequency of Reporting

Number of

Responses

Year

Total Hours /

Year Activity Description

Total

Hours per

Response
Appendix D. Number of Unique Respondents

Unique Respondent Type Total

Annual Number of Construction Starts > 1 acre 84,472

Total Number of Small MS4s 6,632

Total Number of Large/Medium MS4s 770

Total Number of Existing Standard and sludge only Individual NPDES Permits 40,652

Total Number of Industrial stormwater dischargers covered by a Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) 89,415

Total Number of Existing NPDES Permits - Nonmunicipal Stormwater (individual Permit) 299

Total Number of Industrial Facilities eligible for the "no exposure" to stormwater waver from Phase I regulations 36,377

Total Number of Non-Stormwater General Permittees 57,058

Total Number of Domestic Septage Haulers 4,784

Total number of Municipalities with Combined Sewer Systems 746

Total number of Vessels 210,681

Total Number of Alaskan Lands Permit Applicants 3

Total Number of Airports 198

Total non-state respondents 531,886

Total non-state and non-vessel respondents 321,205

Authorized States 47

States, Tribes, territories and DC* 637

*590 of these 637 are not states and respond to only one information item (certification of EPA-issued permits)