SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (40 CFR Part 6 0 , Subpart s AA and AAa) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (40

CFR Part 6 0 , Subpart s AA and A A a ) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1060.17 , OMB Control

Number 2060

- 0038

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1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels were proposed on October 21, 1974 , promulgated

on September 23, 1975 , and most

- recently amended on Febru ary 22, 2005

. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels: electric arc furnaces (EAFs), argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) vessels, and dust handling systems

. New facili ties 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 s AA and AAa

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In general, all NSPS standards require initial no tification reports s, 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 aff ected 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

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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” are facilities that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels (or minimills). The “ burden ” to the Affected Public may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost

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. T he “ burden ” to the Federal Government is attributed entirely to work performed by either F ederal employees or government contractors and can be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and

Cost

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Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there are an average of two 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, approximately 99. 3 existing respondents per year will be subject to the se standard s , and one additional new respondent over the next three years will become subject to the se same standa rd s

.

The Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) approved the currently active ICR without any “ Terms of Clearance ”

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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

Administrat or 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 eve ry eight 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 monito ring 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) ke ep 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 Admini strator may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter (PM) emissions from electric arc Commented [AS1]: able and FRN say 99.6 respondents, is this just the difference between total and average over the 3 years?

ERG: The total is 99.3 + 0.3 = 99.6

Clarified that 99.3 refers to average number of existing sources3

furnaces, AOD vessels, and dust handling systems 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, Subparts AA and A A a.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting r equirements in the standards 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 comp ly with the emission standards . Continuous emission monitors are used to

ensur e compliance with the standard s 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 notificat ions required in the standards are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to th e requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are pr operly installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired

, an d the standards are 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 an d reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts

AA and A A a.

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 loc al 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 ( 80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015. No comments were received on the4

burden published in the Federal Register

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3(c) Consultations

The Agency has consulted i ndustry 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 se standard s , 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 indust ry is based on our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts.

Industry trade association and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed and the stan dard has been previously reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance

purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted both the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)

, at (202) 296

- 1515 ; and the Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) , at (202)

342

- 8630.

The SMA and SSINA jointly provided comments

, stating that they generally agree with the description of the steel indu stry and the estimated burden associated with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements. They comment ed th at although the actual number of facilities operating electric arc furnaces has remained steady, there has been consolidation within the industry and the number of companies owning the individual facilities has decreased.

C onsequently, the number facilitie s that qualify as small entities has decreased , but the exact

numbers are not known to SMA/SSINA . In addition, they comment ed that the assumptions made for capital and O&M cost may need to be revised in the future because several facilities have installed bag leak detection systems instead of COMs. However, they also acknowledge d that these comments do not have a significant impact on the burden estimates in this ICR.

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 w ould 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 limi tations 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.5

3(e) General Guidelines

T hese rep orting 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, Septembe r 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

T he reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the se standard s 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 facilities in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3312: Steel Works, Blast Furnaces (Including Coke Ovens), and Rolling Mills (except coke ovens not integrated with steel mills), which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 331111 for Iron and Steel Mills.

4(b) Inf ormation Requested

(i) Data Items

I n this ICR , all the data that is either recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts AA and AAa).

A source must make the following reports:

Notification s

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

Notification of demonstration of compliance with the particulate 60.276(c)6

Notification s

matter standard

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of initial performance test 60.8(d)

Notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system performance commences 60.7(a)(5)

Notification of procedures to be followed during performance tests if

emissions is combined with non

- affec ted facilities 60.276(b)

, 60.276 a(e)

Physical or operational change 60.7(a)(4)

Use of opacity or visible emissions observations during performance

test 60.7(a)(6

- 7)

Reports

Report of performance test results 60.8 (a) , 60.276(c),

60.276 a(f)

Provide semiannual reports of operational values that exceed (i.e., furnace static pressure, fan motor amperes) or are below (i.e., flow rates) those established during the performance test, and of all shop opacity observations in excess of the emission li mit 60.7(c), 60.276(a), 60.276(d), 60.276a(b), 60.276 a(c), 60.276a (g)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative. 60.7(b)

Furnace static pressure measurements or daily observations of shop opacity by a certified visible emission observer if EAF is equipped with a direct shell evacuation system (DEC). 60.273(d),60.274(f), 60.276(d), 60.274a (f)

Records for bag leak detection systems. 60.276(e),

60.276 a(h)

Daily records of operational parameters, such as time and duration of each charge, time and duration of each tap, flow rate data, pressure

data. 60.274(a

- b), 60.274a (b)

Note deficiencies during monthly control system fan motor a mperes operational status check. 60.274(f),

60.274a (f)7

Recordkeeping

Maintain a file of all measurements including, performance test measurements, and all other information required by this part recorded in a permanent file suitable for inspection. The file shall be retained for at least two years. 60.7(f), 60.276a (a)

Record of time and duration of each charge and tap (NSPS subpart AA only). 60.274(a)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the r espondents 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 measurement of daily monitoring of the opacity of visible emissions.

Perform initial performance test, and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

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.8

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

5(a) Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the 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 Agen cy 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

identif ication, 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 Compl iance. IC IS 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 small entities (i.e., small businesses). The recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and large entities (mini

- mills) since the process operations and the types of control equipment emplo yed by them are similar, independent of their size. However, EPA reduced the reporting frequency9

for this information from quarterly to semiannually in a December 1990 Federal Register notice to reduce the impact of reporting burden on small busin esses. The reduction in reporting frequency was in response to OMB's previous questions regarding the need for quarterly

- versus

semiannual reporting. The Agency considers these to be the minimum requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, c annot 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.

In EPA’s 1979 Review of Standards of Performance for Electric Arc Furnaces in the

St eel Industry, it was noted that approximately 84 percent of the facilities subject to the standards

were small entities 1 . It is assumed that 84 percent of the current respondents subject to these

same standards (or 83 of the 99 respondents) are small enti ties.

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

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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 each of the subparts 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 requirement s is estimated to be 6 2

, 0 00 hours ( Total Labor Hours from Table 1

below ). T hese hours are based on Agency studies and back ground documen ts from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.

1 Review of Standards of Performance for Electric Arc Furn aces in Steel Industry . EPA

- 450 3

- 79

- 033. October,

1979.10

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:

Managerial $1 2 9

. 93 ($ 61.87 + 110%)

Technical $ 10 3

. 97 ($4 9

. 51 + 110%)

Clerical $ 5 1

. 79 ($2 4

. 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 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 Cap ital/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 continu ous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one

- time costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitors and other costs such as photocopying and postage.

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

This ICR assumes that 40 percent of respondents are using negative baghouses (39.8)

. Of these respondents , 66 percent (26.3) use COMS to measure stack emissions and 33 percent (13.1) have elected to use the alternative option of BLDS monitoring couple d with visible emissions observations instead of using COMS

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Of all respondents, 51.7 percent (51.5) of respondents have elected to comply with the fugitive emissions monitoring requirements by measuring the furnace static pressure continuously . A ll respondents (99.6) are required to install flow rate monitors as part of the monitoring of operations rule requirements; the operating and maintenance costs associated with the pressure and flow mo nitors are negligible.11

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)

Continuous Opacity

Monitors $25,000 0 $0 $7,500 26.3 $197,250

Furnace Static

Pressure

Monitors $300 0.3 $90 $0 51.5 $0

Volumetric

Flow Rate

Monitor $18,000 0.3 $5,400 $0 99.6 $0

TOTAL $5,490 $197,000

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

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $ 5,490

. This is the total o f column D in the

above table.

The total operation and maintenance ( O&M) costs for this ICR are $ 197,000

. This is the

total of column G.

The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $ 203,000 (rounded)

. These are recordkeeping 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 i ncludes activities such as the

examination of records maint ained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information.

The average annual Agency cost during th e three years of the ICR is estimated to be $ 84,100

.

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

Managerial $ 6 2. 90 (GS

- 13, Step 5, $ 3 9

. 31 + 60% )

Technical $ 4 6

. 67 (GS

- 12, Step 1, $ 2 9

. 17 + 60% )

Clerical $2 5. 25 (GS

- 6, Step 3, $ 15

. 78 + 60% )12

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

, 20 1 4 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

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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

99.3 existing respondents will be subject to the se standard s

. It is estimated that an additional 0.3 respondents per year will become subject. The overall average number of responden ts, as shown in the table below, is 99.6 per year.

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR :

Number of Respond ents

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 0.3 99.0 0 0 99.3

2 0.3 99.3 0 0 99.6

3 0.3 99.6 0 0 99.9

Average 0.3 99.3 0 0 99.6

1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.

C olumn 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 99.6

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The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:13

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 actual startup 0.3 1 0 0.3

Notification of construction/

modification 0.3 1 0 0.3
Notification of performance

test 0.3 1 0 0.3
Reports of performance test

results 0.3 1.2 0 0.36

Semiannual reports 99.6 2 0 199.2

Total 200

The number of Total Annual Responses is 200 (rounded)

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The total annual labor costs are $ 6, 2 3 0,000

. Details regarding these estimates may be

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost

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6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The detailed bottom line burden hour s 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 6 2

, 0 00

. Details regarding these estimates may be found

below in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost

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We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for te chnical 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 310 hours per response

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The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $ 203,00 0

. 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 1,850 labor hours at a cost of $84,100

. See below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and

Cost

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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

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

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The increases in burden, including number of responses, labor hours, labor costs, and O&M costs reflect an increase in the number of respondents. The new number of respondents accounts for the one new source that is subject to the rul e since the last ICR period. Further, this ICR assumes existing respondents will take some time to re

- familiarize themselves with the regulatory requirements each year, which results in an increase in the estimated labor hours and costs.

6(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 310 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information , processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; searc h data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose

the information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control

Numbers for EPA regulations are listed at 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided15

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimiz ing 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

– 0653

. 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 i s (202) 566

- 17 52

. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Af fairs, 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

– 0653 and OMB Control Number 2060

- 0038 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Suppo rting 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

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REPORTING/RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

Respondent Hours per

Occurrence Number of

Occurrences

per Respondent

per Year Hours per Respondent

per Year (A x B) Number of Respondents

per Year a Technical Hours per

Year (C x D) Management Hours per

Year (E x 0.05) Clerical

Hours

per
Year (Ex0.1) Total Labor Costs per Year, $ b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

A. Read and understand rule requirements 1 1 1 99.6 99.6 4.98 9.96 $11,518.29

B. Required activities

Initial Performance tests c 364 1 364 0.3 109.2 5.46 10.92 $12,628.49

Repeat Performance tests c 364 0.2 72.8 0.3 21.84 1.09 2.18 $2,525.70

Monitoring of operations and

emissions d, e ------------------------ See 4E

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D. Gather Existing Information

------------------- See 3B and 4E

----------------------- E. Write report

Notification of

construction/modification 2 1 2 0.3 0.6 0.03 0.06 $69.39

Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0.3 0.6 0.03 0.06 $69.39

Notification of initial performance

test 2 1 2 0.3 0.6 0.03 0.06 $69.39

Reports of performance test results

------------------------ See 3B

---------------------------- Semiannual reports f 16 2 32 99.6 3187.2 159.36 318.72 $368,585.34

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 3, 933 $3 95

, 466

4. Recording Requirements

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REPORTING/RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

Respondent Hours per

Occurrence Number of

Occurrences

per Respondent

per Year Hours per Respondent

per Year (A x B) Number of Respondents

per Year a Technical Hours per

Year (C x D) Management Hours per

Year (E x 0.05) Clerical

Hours

per
Year (Ex0.1) Total Labor Costs per Year, $ b

A. Read and understand rule requirements ------------------------ See 3A

----------------------------

B. Plan activities

------------------------ See 3B

---------------------------- C. Implement activities

------------------------ See 3B

---------------------------- D. Develop record system N/A

E. Time to enter and transmit

information: Records of daily monitoring of operations d 0.75 350 262.5 99.6 26145 1307.25 2614.5 $3,023,551.60

Records of daily emissions monitoring by a certified observer e, h 0.5 350 175 48.11 8419.25 420.96 841.93 $973,648.38

Records of COMS g,i 0.5 350 175 26.29 4600.75 230.04 460.08 $532,056.03

Records of BLDS h, i 0.5 350 175 13.15 2301.25 115.06 230.13 $266,129.21

Records of static furnace h 0.5 350 175 51.49 9010.75 450.54 901.08 $1,042,052.69

F. Time to train personnel N/A

G. Time for audits N/A
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 58,049 $5,837,438

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) j 62,000 $6,2 3 0,000

Total Capital/O&M Costs (rounded) j $203,000

Grand Total (Labor and Capital/O&M Costs)(rounded) j $6,4 3 0 ,000

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Assumptions:

a We have assumed that there are approximately 99.3 sources currently subject to the NSPS, subparts AA and AAa. We have furth er assumed that one minimill will become subject to the standard over the three year period of this ICR (0.3 new respondents per year). Therefore, the average number of respondents per year is estimated to be 99.6 (rounded).

b This ICR uses the following labor rates: Technical $103.97 ($49.51 + 110%); Managerial $129.93 ($61.87+ 110%); and Clerical $ 51.79 ($24.66 + 110%).

These r ates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2014, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by oc cupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent t o account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry. This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of Technical hours, and Clerical ho urs are 10 percent of Technical

hours.

c We have assumed that existing sources are in compliance with initial rule requirements including the initial performance test and notification requirements. We have assumed that 20 percent of the sources would repeat performance tests due to failure.

d Daily monitoring of operations includes time and duration of each charge, time and duration of each tap, flow rate data and p ressure data. In addition, sources are required to conduct monthly operational status checks of the equipment (e.g., physical app earance, pressure sensors, dampers, damper switches).

e Daily emissions monitoring includes stack emissions monitoring using a continuous opacity monitor if the source has an EAF eq uipped with a direct shell evacuation system (DEC) and uses a negative pr essure baghouse, and has not elected the alternative option. In addition, the source is required to conduct fugitive emissions monitoring using a furnace static pressure monitoring device or by electing to perform shop opacity observ ations using a certifi ed visible emissions observer, it the source has an EAF equipped with a DEC.

f Sources are required to provide semiannual reports of opacity observations and operational values (i.e., furnace static press ure, fan motor amperes) that exceed or are below (i.e, flow rates) those established during the performance test, and of all shop opacity observations in excess of the emission limit.

g We have assumed that the new source will equipped its EAFs with a DEC system and use a positive pressure baghouse, and theref ore, will not be required to install a continuous opacity monitor (COMS ).

h We have assumed that approximately 51.7 percent of the respondents (or 51.49 respondents) will choose to comply with the fugi tive emissions monitoring requirements by measuring the furnace static pressure continuously and 48.3 percent (48.11 respond ents) will choose the alternative option of daily opacity shop observations by a certified visible emission observer couple with the use of bag leak detection systems (BLDS).

i We have assumed that approximately 40 percent of respondents use negative pre ssure baghouses. Of these, 66 percent (26.29) use COMS to measure stack emissions and 33 percent (13.15) have elected to use the alternative option of using BLDS monitoring couple with visible emis sions observations instead of using COMS.

j 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 Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts AA and AAa) (Renewal)

REPORTING/RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

EPA Hours

per Occurrence Number of

Occurrences

per Plant

Per Year EPA

Hours per Year

(AxB) Plants

per Year a Technical Hours per

Year (CxD) Management Hours per

Year (Ex0.05) Clerical

Hours per Year (Ex0.1) Costs per Year, $ b

Notification of construction/modification 2 1 2 0.3 0.6 0.03 0.06 $31.40

Notification of actual startup 1 1 1 0.3 0.3 0.02 0.03 $15.70

Notification of performance test c 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.18 0.01 0.02 $9.42

Initial performance test 24 1 24 0.3 7.2 0.36 0.72 $376.85

Repeat Performance test c 24 0.2 4.8 0.3 1.44 0.07 0.14 $75.37

Review Performance Test results c 8 1.2 9.6 0.3 2.88 0.14 0.29 $150.74

Notification of COMS Demonstration 0.5 1 0.5 0.3 0.15 0.01 0.02 $7.85

Semiannual reports 8 2 16 99.6 1593.6 79.68 159.36 $83,409.02

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN and COST (rounded) d 1,850 $84,100

Assumptions

a We have assumed that there are approximately 99.3 sources currently subject to the NSPS, Subparts AA and AAa. We have furth er assumed that one minimill will become subject to the standard over the three year period of this ICR (0.3 new respondents per year). Therefore, the average number of respondents per year is estimated to be 99.6 (rounded).

b This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows: Technical $46.67 (GS

- 12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%); Managerial $62.90 (GS

- 13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%); and Clerical $25.25 (GS

- 6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60%). This ICR assumes that Managerial hours ar e 5 percent of Technical h ours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours. These rates are from the OPM, 2012 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packag es available to government employees.

c We have assumed that 20 percent of the sources would repeat performance tests due to failure.

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