SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1128.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0080.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Secondary Lead Smelters were 

proposed on June 11, 1973, promulgated on March 8, 1974, and amended on: October 6, 1975;

July 25, 1977; February 14, 1989; and October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to both 

existing and new secondary lead smelting facilities: any pot furnace of more than 250 kg (550 lb) 

charging capacity, blast (cupola) furnaces, and reverberatory furnaces. The affected facilities 

include any facility producing lead from a lead bearing scrap material by smelting to the metallic 

form. Blast furnace means any furnace used to recover metal from slag. Reverberatory furnaces 

include furnaces of various types, e.g., stationary, rotating, rocking and tilting. New facilities 

include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of 

proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

L.

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

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

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

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

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

and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.

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

measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, 

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

In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

The “Affected Public” constitutes those private sector businesses that operate either

existing or new secondary lead smelting facilities. All secondary lead smelting facilities are 

owned and operated by the secondary lead smelting industry. None of the facilities in the United 

States are owned by either state, local, tribal or the Federal government. They are all owned and 

operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses, and it is assumed that they all respond to 

EPA inquiries. The “burden” to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual 

Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) 

(Renewal). The Federal Government’s “burden” is attributed entirely to work performed by
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either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: 

Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart L) (Renewal).

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

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

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, 14 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and 

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

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

without any “Terms of Clearance.” 

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to 

establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect: 

. . . application of the best technological system of continuous 

emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 

achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health 

and environmental impact and energy requirements) the 

Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

Section 111(a)(l).

The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology (BDT). Section 

111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every

four years.

In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator 

subject to any requirement of this Act to: 

(A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; 

(C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use 

such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in 

accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at 

such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the 

Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control 

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); 
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and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from secondary lead 

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

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

category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with 

the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The 

collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial 

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

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

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

determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.

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

The performance test may also be observed.

The required records 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 60, Subpart

L.

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, no duplication 

exists.

3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB
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An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published 

in the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register.

3(c) Consultations

The Agency has consulted industry experts and internal data sources to project the 

number of affected facilities and industry growth over the next three years. The primary source 

of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting 

provisions in the standards, is the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is 

EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial 

and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations 

with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity 

to comment on the burden associated with the standards as they were being developed and the 

standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for 

compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) TRG – Hot Springs, L.L.C., at 

(501) 262-3420; and 2) Exide Technologies, at (678) 566-9000.

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last 

ICR renewal as well as those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice. In this 

case, no comments were received.

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that 

facilities are continuing to meet the standards. Requirements for information gathering and 

recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices 

are applied and emission limitations are met. If the information required by these standards 

was collected less frequently, the proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and 

the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.

3(e) General Guidelines

These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations 

promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5.

3(f) Confidentiality

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

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

subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, 

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

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

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

respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3341, which corresponds to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) 331492 for secondary lead smelters.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

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

Notification of actual startup. 60.7(a)(3)

Initial performance test results 60.8(a)

Initial performance test 60.8(d)

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system. 60.7(a)(5)

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

Notification of anticipated date for conducting the opacity

observations.

60.7(a)(6)

Notification that continuous opacity monitoring system data results 

will be used to determine compliance with the applicable opacity 

standard performance test

60.7(a)(7)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping
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Recordkeeping

Startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions, periods where the continuous 

monitoring system is inoperative.

60.7(b) 

Performance test records. 60.7(d)

Records are required to be retained for two years. 60.7(f)

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.

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 5 test, and repeat performance tests if 

necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

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

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

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

maintaining information.

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

providing information.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

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

Management
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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 Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) 

and ICIS. 

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to 

determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated. Performance 

test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source’s initial capability to comply with the 

emission standard. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published 

for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem 

identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance 

determinations.

Information contained in the reports is reported by state and local governments in the 

ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ICIS is 

EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial 

and government-owned facilities. EPA uses ICIS for tracking air pollution compliance and 

enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters.

EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for two

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However, the 

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

development of the regulation. 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.
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The number of small entities potentially affected by this information collection request is 

estimated to be 48 percent of the respondent universe, or 7 sources. This estimate is based on the 

distribution of small entities in the industry, which was provided during the development of the 

NESHAP at Secondary Lead Smelters. The distribution of small entities subject to the NESHAP 

is expected to be similar to the distribution at small entities subject to the NSPS.

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 – NSPS for Secondary Lead 

Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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 37 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 NSPS 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 $129.93 ($61.87+ 110%)

Technical $103.97 ($49.51 + 110%)

Clerical $51.79 ($24.66 + 110%)

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

2014, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from 
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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 only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standards are labor costs. There are neither capital/startup nor operation 

and maintenance costs.

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

The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the 

regulations are labor costs. There are neither capital/startup nor operation and maintenance costs.

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 $0.

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 – NSPS for Secondary

Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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

14 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that no additional

respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. The overall average number 

of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 14 per year.

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

years covered by this ICR:
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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 14 0 0 14

2 0 14 0 0 14

3 0 14 0 0 14

Average 0 14 0 0 14

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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 14.

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

Initial notification reports 0 4 0 0

Records of startup, shutdown, and 

malfunctions

14 0 14 14

Total 14

The number of Total Annual Responses is 14.

The total annual labor costs are $3,720 (rounded). Details regarding these estimates may

be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead 

Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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, respectively, and summarized below.

(i) Respondent Tally
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The total annual labor hours are 37 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subpart L) (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 3 hours per response.

There are no annual capital/startup and/or O&M costs to the regulated entity.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 0

labor hours at a cost of $0. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS 

for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (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(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

In this ICR, there is a decrease in the number of estimated sources from 25 to 14 due to 

the assumption of a shrinking sector. However, this ICR also modifies the burden item for 

reading and understanding the rule to include time for all existing sources to re-familiarize 

themselves with the regulatory requirements every year. As a result, there is no net change in the 

labor hours compared to the previous ICR. The reduced number of estimated sources also leads

to a decrease in the number of responses.

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 3 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 
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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-2012-0535. 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-2012-0535 and OMB Control Number 2060-0080 in any

correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this 

information.
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Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal)

Burden Item

(A) 

Person 

Hours per 

Occurrence

(B)

No. of 

Occurrences 

per 

Respondent

(C)

Personhours per 

respondent

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(F= Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours per 

year

(G= Ex0.1)

(H)

Costb, $ 

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

All Sources

a. Familiarize with Regulatory 

Requirements 1 1 1 14 14 0.7 1.4 $1,619.04 

New Sources

 b. Required activities

 Initial performance tests 21 1 21 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Repeat of performance tests c

21 0.2 4.2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Method 5 or 9 Testing 3 1.2 3.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

 c. Create information See 3b

 d. Gather existing information See 3b

 e. Write Report

 Notification of construction/ 

reconstruction d 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of initial performance teste

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Report of initial performance test See 3b

Subtotal Reporting Requirements 16 $1,619 

4. Recordkeeping Requirements

a. Familiarize with Regulatory 

Requirements See 3a

 b. Plan activities See 3b
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 c. Implement activities See 3b

 d. Develop record system N/A

 e. Time to enter information

 Records of startup, shutdown, and 

malfunctions(SSM) f 1.3 1 1.3 14 18.2 0.91 1.82 $2,104.75 

 f. Audits N/A

Subtotal Recordkeeping Requirements 21 $2,105 

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN 

AND COST (rounded g)

37 $3,720 

Capital and O&M Cost $0

Grand TOTAL $3,720 

Assumptions

a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 14. There will be no additional new source that will become 

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

b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $129.93 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $103.97 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.79 

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 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% to account for the benefit 

packages available to those employed by private industry.

c We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will have to repeat initial performance tests.

d We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours once per year to write construction/reconstruction report.

e We have assumed that each respondent will take two hours once per year to write the initial performance test report.

f We have assumed that each respondent will be required to enter SSM information.

g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart L) (Renewal)

Burden Item

(A)

EPA personhours per 

activity

(B)

No. of 

occurrences per 

plant per year

(C) 

EPA personhours per plant 

per year 

(C=AxB)

(D) 

Plants per 

year a

(E)

Technical 

person-hours 

per year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year 

(F= Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical personhours per year

(G= Ex0.1)

(H)

Annual costs ($)b

Initial Performance Test

New Sources 21 1 21 0 0 0 0 $0 

Repeat Performance Test

New Sources 21 0.2 4.2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Report Review

New Sources

Notification of construction c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of initial startup d0.4 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of actual startup d0.4 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of initial test d0.4 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review Test results f7 1 7 0 0 0 0 $0 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN and 

COST (roundedg)

0 $0 

Assumptions

a We have assumed that the average number of respondents will be subject to the rule will be 14. There will be no additional new source that will become subject 

to the rule over the three years of this ICR.

b This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: Managerial 

rate of $62.90 (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 x 1.6), Technical rate of $46.67 (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 x 1.6), and Clerical rate of $25.25 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 x 1.6).

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

c We assumed that it will take two hours once per year to review construction report.

d We assume that it will take 0.4 hours once per year to review report.

e We assume that it will take seven hours once per year to review results.

g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding