# Appendix B. Detailed Respondent Burden Results by Category

Category Activity Description Labor Type Total Hours per Responsecapital /

startup cost O&M Cost Total Annualized Capital and O&M CostTotal Number

of Respondentsa Annual

Number of RespondentsNumber 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 RespondentsNumber 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 0.7 512,1111,174,765$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 7.5 175,8431,694,467$69,066,492 Private 5.8 $0 $0 $0 62,833 62,833 4.6 289,4391,689,822$90,506,848 Municipal 24 $0 $0 $0 23,534 23,534 7.5 175,8434,157,956$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 5.3 335,8233,880,611$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 0.6 100,6762,563,755$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 24,102 668,3097,454,093$303,828,814 Private $30,760$14,761,367$14,765,747 507,784 3,618,64211,997,426$642,582,121 Overall $255,948$20,198,011$20,234,452 531,886 4,286,950.1719,451,518$946,410,935 47 771,2311,589,589$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 / YearTotal 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 0.4 218,356 218,35689,463$3,792,953 0.3 39,374 39,37410,834 $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 1,2039,603 $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 5,47910,850 $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 15,69314,908 $632,038 Total Total 0 394,173 394,173170,451 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 1248.0Once 0 0.00 $0 Request for NPDES Partial Program Approval 1248.0Once 0 0.00 $0 Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue General Permits 50.0Occasionally/As Needed 0 0.00 $0 Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue Permits to Federal Facilities 50.0Occasionally/As Needed 0 0.00 $0 Request for NPDES Program Modification - Update Legal Authority in Other Areas 50.0Occasionally/As Needed 4 200.00 $8,314 Request for Program Transfer / Withdrawal 240.0Occasionally/As Needed 1 240.00 $9,977 Request for Sewage Sludge Program Approval under Part 501 400.0Once 0 133.33 $5,543 NPDES Quarterly, Semiannual and Annual Reports 15.0Yearly 235 3,525.00 $146,534 Annual Sewage Sludge Noncompliance Reports 55.0Yearly 9 476.67 $19,815 State Oversight - Review DMR 0.2Ongoing 40 6.68 $278 State Oversight - Follow-up of DMR 0.5Ongoing 20 10.00 $416 State Oversight - Review NMC Doc. 13.3Ongoing 0 0.00 $0 State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Small 19.7Ongoing 3 59.00 $2,453 State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Medium 33.0Ongoing 2 66.00 $2,744 State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Large 53.0Ongoing 0 0.00 $0 State Oversight - Permit Reissuance or Other Mechanisms (under 308) 40.0Every 5 years 6 248.00 $10,309 State Oversight - Recordkeeping 0.3Ongoing 0 0.00 $0 Program Oversight (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda) 10.0Ongoing 1 10.00 $416 Support to State and Local entities (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda) 8.0Ongoing 83 664.00 $27,602 Coal Remining Initial Burden-Additional EPA review 1.0Once 0 0.00 $0 Coal Remining Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review 8.0Ongoing 234 1,872.00 $77,819 Western Alkaline Initial Burden-Additional EPA review 1.0Once 0 0.00 $0 Western Alkaline Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review 8.0Ongoing 41 328.00 $13,635 Support for 20% of DMRs submitted to NPDES States (Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct Mills) 0.5Ongoing 199 99.60 $4,140 Maintain the water quality database to serve as the Information Clearinghouse 400.0Yearly 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)