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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Standards of Performance for Nitric Acid Plants for Which Construction, Reconstruction, 

or Modification Commenced After October 14, 2011 

(40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga)

May 2012

Part A of the Supporting Statement

1. Identification of the Information Collection

(a) Title and Number of the Information Collection.

“Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Nitric Acid Plants for Which 

Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After October 14, 2011 (40 CFR Part 

60, Subpart Ga).” The EPA ICR tracking number is 2445.02.

(b) Short Characterization.

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for nitric acid plants (40 CFR part 60, 

subpart G) were proposed on August 17, 1971, and promulgated on June 14, 1974. This 

information collection is for a new subpart Ga, which will apply to nitric acid production units 

which commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after October 14, 2011. Nitrogen 

oxide (NOX) is the pollutant regulated under this subpart. The standards limit nitrogen oxides, 

expressed as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent nitric acid produced. This 

information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga.

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

periodic reports. Owners or operators 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 sources subject to NSPS. 

Any owner or 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 United 

States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Potential respondents are owners or operators of new nitric acid production units. It is 

estimated that an additional 5 newly constructed nitric acid production units and 1 modified 

nitric acid production unit will become subject to the regulation in the next five years. Of those 

six facilities, we assume roughly 4 of those will become subject to Subpart Ga in the next three 

years. Plants can have more than one nitric acid production unit onsite.
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2. Need for and Use of the Collection

(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 system of emission reduction which 

(taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and 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 

eight years.

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

operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data 

when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit 

compliance certifications in accordance with section 114(a)(3); and 

(G) provide such other information as the Administrator may 

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, NOX emissions from nitric acid plants cause or 

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

welfare. Therefore, the NSPS will be promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60,

subpart Ga.
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(b) Use/Users of the Data.

The control of emissions of NOX from nitric acid plants not only requires the installation 

of properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 

Emissions of NOX from nitric acid plants are the result of operation of the affected plants. 

The standards are achieved by the reduction of pollutant emissions using control 

technology. The notifications required in the applicable regulations are used to inform the 

Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the 

regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control 

devices are properly installed and operated and the regulations are being met.

For our analysis of these standards, we assume sources will rely on the reduction of NOX

by using Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR). The required notifications are used to inform the 

Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing 

authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed as these 

are the Agency’s record of a source’s initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and 

note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. The periodic reports are 

used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for 

compliance determinations. The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping, and 

reporting requirements described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that plants affected 

by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment used to achieve compliance with the 

NSPS. Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting are necessary to ensure compliance 

with these standards, as required by the Clean Air Act. The information collected from 

recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of 

sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court. 
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3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

(a) Nonduplication.

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 their 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.

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

This section is not applicable because this is a rule related ICR.

(c) Consultations.

During development of the revisions, the EPA held meetings and conference calls with 

representatives of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). We 

estimate that approximately 4 nitric acid production units will be constructed, modified, or 

reconstructed, or expanded over the next 3 years.

(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection.

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that plants

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 likelihood of detecting poor operation and maintenance of control equipment and 

noncompliance would decrease.

(e) General Guidelines.

None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations 

established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at 5 CFR 1320.5.

(f) Confidentiality.

Some respondents may consider production rate or concentration data to be confidential. 

Any such 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).

(g) Sensitive Questions.

None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

(a) Respondents/NAICS Codes.

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are nitric acid plants. 

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for respondents affected by 

the standards is 325311, Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing.

(b) Information Requested.

(i) Data Items, Including Recordkeeping Requirements. All data in this ICR that is 

recorded and/or reported is required by NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants for Which Construction, 

Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After February 2011 (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga).

A source must make the following reports:

Reports for 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga

Notification of construction or modification application 60.6(a)

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

Initial notifications 60.7(a)(3)

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

Physical or operational change. 60.7(a)(4)

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

Initial performance test results. 60.8(a), 60.77a(a)

Initial performance test. 60.8(d), 60.73a(e)

Compliance status. 60.7(a)(7)

Malfunction report. 60.7(b)

NOX emission rates that are not in compliance with the emission 

standard.

60.77a(b)(2)

A source must maintain the following records:

Recordkeeping for 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga

Malfunctions and periods where the continuous monitoring system is 

inoperative.

60.76a(f)

Records are required to be retained for two (2) years. 60.7(f)

Records of ongoing monitoring. 60.7(f)
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Recordkeeping for 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga

Record daily production and nitric acid concentration. 60.76a(b)(2)

Records of noncompliance with the emission standard and description 

of corrective action.

60.76a(c) and (d)

Electronic Reporting

Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides automated parameter 

data, e.g., continuous emissions monitoring. Although personnel at the affected facility must 

evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the burden 

associated with monitoring and recordkeeping. In addition, some regulatory agencies are setting 

up electronic reporting systems to allow sources to report electronically which is reducing the 

reporting burden. However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used by the 

regulatory agencies. It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents will use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities. The respondent activities required by subpart Ga are listed in the 

following tables.

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate Continuous Emission Rate Monitoring Systems

(CERMS), which include NOX concentration and gas flow rate monitors.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

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

Transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

Train personnel on CERMS operation and maintenance.
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5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and 

Information Management

(a) Agency Activities.

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

storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests.

Review reports, including performance test reports and reports documenting NOX emission 

rates that are not in compliance the standard in subpart Ga.

Review notifications, including construction/reconstruction commencement, actual startup, 

and performance test.

Review performance test results.

(b) Collection Methodology and Management.

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might 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 reports of noncompliance are used for 

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

determinations.

Information contained in the reports is entered into the AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS)

which is operated and maintained by the EPA’s Office of Compliance. AFS is the EPA’s 

database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance and annual emission 

inventory data for over 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities. The EPA uses the 

AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory 

agencies, EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters. The EPA and its delegated Authorities 

can edit, store, retrieve, and analyze the data.

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

years.
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(c) Small Entity Flexibility

Most, if not all, of the anticipated new sources will be large entities (e.g., large 

businesses). However, the impact on potential small entities (i.e., small business) was taken into 

consideration during the development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations 

involving the process operation 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 requirements the minimum needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce 

them further for small entities. To the extent that larger business can use economies of scale to 

reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.

(d) Collection Schedule.

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is 

shown in Tables 1a through 1c: Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements, NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Ga) for the first three years 

of the information collection.
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6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Tables 1a-1c: Respondent Burden of Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, NSPS 

for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga) documents the computation of individual 

burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the 

subpart included in this ICR for each of the first 3 years. Table 1d contains a summary of the 

respondent burden costs and hours detailed in Tables 1a through 1c.

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.

(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 968 hours per year (3 Year Average Hours from 

Table 1d). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the 

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

any comments received.

(b) Estimating Respondent Costs.

(i) Estimating Labor Costs. Labor rates and associated costs are based on Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Technical, management, and clerical average hourly rates for private 

industry workers were taken from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, September 2010, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group,” 

available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t02.htm. Wages for occupational groups are 

used as the basis for the labor rates with a total compensation of $46.82 per hour for technical, 

$49.14 per hour for managerial, and $23.41 per hour for clerical. These rates represent salaries 

plus fringe benefits and do not include the cost of overhead. An overhead rate of 110 percent is 

used to account for these costs. The fully-burdened hourly wage rates used to represent 

respondent labor costs are: technical at $98.32, management at $103.19, and clerical at $49.16.
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(ii) Estimating Capital and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Costs. The capital 

costs associated with the information collection requirements will include the costs to conduct 

performance tests, startup costs for CERMS, and purchase file cabinets for keeping records. The 

rule will require an initial performance test for each new nitric acid plant. The annual operation 

and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitors and other costs such as 

photocopying and postage.

The annual average capital/startup costs for CERMS that will be used to monitor NOX

emissions is $136,070 (costs derived from EPA Model) with an annual operations and 

maintenance costs of $23,488.

The total respondent costs have been calculated as the addition of the capital/startup 

costs, and the annual operation and maintenance costs. The average annual cost for 

capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the 

ICR are estimated to be $159,558. The continuous monitoring costs that are included in this 

section consist only of those capital/startup and O&M costs that a source incurs as a result of the 

standard. Some continuous monitoring costs may not be included in this section. For instance, if 

a particular industry typically utilizes a control device that must have a continuous monitor (e.g., 

temperature, pressure drop, etc.) to function properly, and the recording of additional 

measurements beyond the minimum are required by the standard, then there is no capital/startup 

or O&M cost, but there is a labor cost to record the additional readings. Such a cost would not 

appear in this section, but in the industry burden Section 6(d) below.

It is assumed that the 5 newly constructed nitric acid plants will not be located at existing 

facilities. It is anticipated that new units will use CERMS for compliance with the new NOX

limit. Initial CERMS testing is usually conducted by an installation contractor such that the cost 

of the emissions testing is a capital cost. Testing costs are $15,019 for each NOX CEMS and 

$6,229 for a flow meter (assumes one flow meter per stack). The 5 new sources in this sector 

result in a total capital cost of approximately $76,496 for CERMS testing over the next three 

years.

(iii) Annualizing Capital Costs. The annualized capital costs include the costs for one 

year (1.2 units) for NOX CEMS, flow meters, and file cabinets. The annualized capital costs for 

equipment associated with NOX CEMS and flow meters were calculated using a 7 percent 

interest rate and a 10 year life (i.e., CRF of 0.1424). The annualized capital cost for file cabinets

was calculated using a 7 percent interest rate and a 15-year life (i.e., CRF of 0.1098). The total 

annualized capital costs total $42,776. The CEMS Monitoring Costs Spreadsheet can be found in 

the docket (See Section 6(g) for docket information).
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(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost.

Tables 2a-2c: Burden and Cost to the Agency—NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants documents

the costs of this NSPS revision to the Agency for the first 3 years of the information collection.

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

Publication and distribution of the information are part of the AFS program. Examination of 

records to be maintained by the respondents will occur as part of the periodic inspection of 

sources, which is part of EPA’s overall compliance and enforcement program. Table 2d contains 

a summary of the agency burden costs and hours detailed in Tables 2a-2c. The average annual 

Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $3,206.

The Agency labor rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2008

General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay. These rates can be obtained from Salary 

Table 2011-GS, available on the OPM website at http://www.opm.gov/oca/11tables/html/gs_h.asp. 

The government employee labor rates are $15.63 per hour for clerical (GS-6, Step 3), $28.88 for 

technical (GS-12, Step 1), and $38.92 for managerial (GS-13, Step 5). These rates were increased 

by 60 percent to include fringe benefits and overhead. The fully-burdened wage rates used to 

represent Agency labor costs are: clerical at $25.01, technical at $46.21, and managerial at $62.27.

(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs.

It is estimated that 5 newly constructed nitric acid production units and 1 modified nitric 

acid production unit will become subject to the regulation in the next five years, with three of 

those facilities becoming subject in the next 3 years. Nitric acid production was estimated for 

2006 (TSD for Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule), using the production growth of 6.5% from 

2006 to 2007 (ICIS), the predicted production growth rate of 3% for 2007 through 2016 (ICIS), 

and the exclusion of plants that were not operating in 2010. In the period from 2012 through 

2017, the growth was approximately 1.48 million tons of nitric acid. Assuming 365 days per 

year, this equals approximately 4,000 tpd of nitric acid production. Using the model plants, the 

estimate equals 3 production trains that produce 300 tpd, and 3 production trains that produce 

1,000 tpd over the five year period after promulgation.

The total annual number of responses for the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting 

requirements in subpart Ga is 22 for the 5 newly constructed nitric acid units and 1 modified 

nitric acid unit.

The total annual labor costs are $91,808. Details upon which this estimate is based appear 

in Table 1a.
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(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables.

The bottom line burden hours and cost tables for both the Agency and the respondents are 

attached. The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 44.8 hours per response.

(f) Reasons for Change in Burden.

There is no change in burden because this is a new Information Collection.

(g) Burden Statement.

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

is estimated to average 44.8 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; search data 

sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose 

the information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 

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

Numbers for the EPA’s 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-OAR-2010-0750. An electronic version of the public docket is 

available at 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 Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0750. 

The documents are also available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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) 566-1742. Send comments to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for the EPA, 

725 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20503. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number 

EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0750 and OMB Control Number 2060-0019 in any correspondence.
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Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because statistical methods are not used in data collection 

associated with the rule.
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Table 1a. Year 1 Respondent Burden and Cost-NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga)

Year 1 - Respondent

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ 

Respondent/ 

Year (A x B)

(D) 

Respondents/ 

Year

(E) Technical 

Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.05)

(G) Clerical 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.10) (F) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND 

SYSTEMS (Not Applicable)

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions

New Sources 1 1 1 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 $131

B. Required Activities

New Sources - Initial Performance Test 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources – Demonstration of CERMS 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CERMS) 0.5 330 165 1.2 198 9.9 19.8 $21,594

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

E. Write Report

New Sources - Notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Physical or Operational Change 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CERMS 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Report of Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Report of Noncompliance with NOX emission standard 2 1 2 0.12 0.24 0.0 0.0 $26

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

New Sources - Record times of noncompliance with emission standard 

and document corrective actions. 0.5 1 0.5 0.12 0.1 0.0 0.0 $7

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

New Sources - Daily production and flow rates 8 1 8 1.2 9.6 0.5 1.0 $1,047

New Sources – Data Collection 0.125 330 33 1.2 39.6 2.0 4.0 $4,319

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc 8 1 8 1.2 9.6 0.5 1.0 $1,047

F. Time to Train Personnel

Train Personnel for CERMS maintenance 16 2 32 1.2 38.4 1.9 3.8 $4,188

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 675 17 743 37 74 $81,044

855 Hours

ANNUAL CAPITAL COSTS

Performance tests $76,492

File cabinets $ 940

Other capital costs of installation (ODC and labor) $136,174

Total annual capital $213,606

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

File cabinets (15 year life, 7% interest; CRF=0.1098) $ 103

Other annualized capital costs (10 year life, 7% interest, CRF=0.1424) $ 19,185

Total annualized capital $ 19,288

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M) $23,488

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs) $ 42,776
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Table 1b. Year 2 Respondent Burden and Cost-NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga)

Year 2 - Respondent

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ 

Respondent/ 

Year (A x B)

(D) 

Respondents/ 

Year

(E) Technical 

Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.05)

(G) Clerical 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.10) (F) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND 

SYSTEMS (Not Applicable)

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions

New Sources 1 1 1 2.4 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

B. Required Activities

New Sources - Initial Performance Test 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources – Demonstration of CERMS 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CERMS) 0.5 330 165 1.2 198 9.9 19.8 $21,594

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

E. Write Report

New Sources - Notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Physical or Operational Change 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CERMS 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Report of Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New sources - Report of Noncompliance with NOX emission standard 2 1 2 0.24 0.5 0.0 0.0 $52

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

Record of noncompliance 0.5 1 0.5 0.24 0.1 0.0 0.0 $13

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

New Sources - Daily production and flow rates 8 1 8 2.4 19.2 1 1.9 $2,094

New Sources – Data Collection 0.125 330 33 2.4 79.2 4 7.9 $8,638

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc 8 1 8 2.4 19.2 1 1.9 $2,094

New Sources -

F. Time to Train Personnel

Train Personnel for CERMS maintenance 16 2 32 2.4 76.8 3.8 7.7 $8,376

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

 675 23 842 42 84 $91,808

968 Hours

ANNUAL CAPITAL COSTS

Performance tests $76,492

File cabinets $ 940

Other capital costs of installation (ODC and labor) $136,174

Total annual capital $213,606

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

File cabinets (15 year life, 7% interest; CRF=0.1098) $ 103

Other annualized capital costs (10 year life, 7% interest, CRF=0.1424) $ 19,185

Total annualized capital $ 19,288

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M) $23,488

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs) $ 42,776
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Table 1c. Year 3 Respondent Burden and Cost-NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga)

Year 3 - Respondent

(A) Hours per Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Respondent/Year

(C) Hours/ 

Respondent/ 

Year (A x B)

(D) 

Respondents/ 

Year

(E) Technical 

Hours/Year (C x D)

(F) Managerial 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.05)

(G) Clerical 

Hours/Year (E x 

0.10) (F) Cost/ Year

1. APPLICATIONS (Not Applicable)

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES (Not Applicable)

3. ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, AND UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND 

SYSTEMS (Not Applicable)

4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions

New Sources 1 1 1 3.6 3.6 0.2 0.4 $393

B. Required Activities

New Sources - Initial Performance Test 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources – Demonstration of CERMS 180 1 180 1.2 216 10.8 21.6 $23,557

New Sources - Daily monitoring (CERMS) 0.5 330 165 1.2 198 9.9 19.8 $21,594

C. Create Information (Included in 4B)

D. Gather Existing Information (Included in 4E)

E. Write Report

New Sources - Notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Demonstration of CERMS 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Notification of Initial Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New Sources - Report of Performance Test 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.1 0.2 $262

New sources - 2 1 2 0.36 0.7 0.0 0.1 $79

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions (Included in 4A)

B. Plan Activities (Included in 4B)

C. Implement Activities (Included in 4B)

D. Record Data ( Not Applicable)

Record of noncompliance 0.5 1 0.5 0.36 0.2 0.0 0.0 $20

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

New Sources - Daily production and flow rates 8 1 8 3.6 28.8 1.4 2.9 $3,141

New Sources – Data Collection 0.125 330 33 3.6 118.8 5.9 11.9 $12,956

New Sources - Records of Startups, Shutdowns, malfunctions, etc 8 1 8 3.6 28.8 1.4 2.9 $3,141

New Sources -

F. Time to Train Personnel

Train Personnel for CERMS maintenance 16 2 32 3.6 115.2 5.8 11.5 $12,564

G. Time for Audits (Not Applicable)

TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

 675 30 941 47 94 $102,572

1,082 Hours

ANNUAL CAPITAL COSTS

Performance tests $76,492

File cabinets $ 940

Other capital costs of installation (ODC and labor) $136,174

Total annual capital $213,606

ANNUALIZED CAPITAL COSTS

File cabinets (15 year life, 7% interest; CRF=0.1098) $ 103

Other annualized capital costs (10 year life, 7% interest, CRF=0.1424) $ 19,185

Total annualized capital $ 19,288

TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS (O&M) $23,488

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS (Annualized capital + O&M costs) $ 42,776
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Table 1d. Summary of Respondent Burden and Cost-NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga)

Year

Total Annual Labor 

Burden (hours) Total Annual Costs

1 855 $81,044

2 968 $91,808

3 1,082 $102,572

Total 2,904 $275,424

3-Year Average 968 $91,808
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Table 2a. Year 1 Burden and Cost to the Agency—NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants

Activity

(A) EPA Hours/ 

Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ 

Plant/Year (A 

x B)

(D) Plants/ 

Year

(E) EPA 

Technical 

Hours/ Year (C 

x D)

(F) EPA Managerial 

Hours/Year

(G) EPA 

Clerical 

Hours/Year (H) Cost, $

Observe Initial Performance Tests 24 1 24 1.2 28.8 1.44 0.288 $ 1,428

Notification of construction/reconstruction commencement 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.12 0.24 $ 119

Notification of actual startup 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Notification of performance test 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Review Test Results 8 1 8 1.2 9.6 0.48 0.096 $476

Review NOX noncompliance reports 8 1 8 0.12 0.96 0.048 0.0096 $ 48 

Total Annual Hours 43 2 0.43 $2,130

 46 hours

Travel Expenses $ 1,028

$ 3,158

Table 2b. Year 2 Burden and Cost to the Agency—NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants

Activity

(A) EPA Hours/ 

Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ 

Plant/Year (A 

x B)

(D) Plants/ 

Year

(E) EPA 

Technical 

Hours/ Year (C 

x D)

(F) EPA Managerial 

Hours/Year

(G) EPA 

Clerical 

Hours/Year (H) Cost, $

Observe Initial Performance Tests 24 1 24 1.2 28.8 1.44 0.288 $ 1,428 

Notification of construction/reconstruction commencement 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.12 0.24 $ 119

Notification of actual startup 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Notification of performance test 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Review Test Results 8 1 8 1.2 9.6 0.48 0.096 $476

Review NOX noncompliance reports 8 1 8 0.24 1.92 0.096 0.0192 $ 95 

Total Annual Hours 44 2.2 0.4 $2,177

 47 hours

Travel Expenses $ 1,028 

$ 3,206

Table 2c. Year 3 Burden and Cost to the Agency—NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants

Activity

(A) EPA Hours/ 

Occurrence

(B) Occurrences/ 

Plant/Year

(C) EPA Hours/ 

Plant/Year (A 

x B)

(D) Plants/ 

Year

(E) EPA 

Technical 

Hours/ Year (C 

x D)

(F) EPA Managerial 

Hours/Year

(G) EPA 

Clerical 

Hours/Year (H) Cost, $

Observe Initial Performance Tests 24 1 24 1.2 28.8 1.44 0.288 $ 1,428 

Notification of construction/reconstruction commencement 2 1 2 1.2 2.4 0.12 0.24 $ 119

Notification of actual startup 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Notification of performance test 0.5 1 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.03 0.06 $ 30

Review Test Results 8 1 8 1.2 9.6 0.48 0.096 $476

Review NOX noncompliance reports 8 1 8 0.36 2.88 0.144 0.0288 $ 143 

Total Annual Hours 45 2.2 0.4 $2,225

48 hours

Travel Expenses $ 1,028 

$ 3,253

a Assume agency personnel visit 1.2 new plant each year.

Travel Expenses = (1 person x 1.2 plant/year x 3 days/plant x $117 per diem) + ($608 round trip/plant x 1 plant/year) = $1,028/year
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Table 2d. Summary of Burden and Cost to the Agency—NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants

Year Total Annual Labor 

Burden (Hours) Total Annual Costs

1 46 $3,158

2 47 $3,206

3 47 $3,253

Total 139 $9,617

3-Year Average 46 $3,206
Summary of CEMS

Analyzers BEFORE AFTER

 CO 0 0

 SO2 0 0

 NOX 0 0

 HCl 0 0

 Mercury (and CO2/O2) 0 0

 CO2 0 0

 O2 0 0

 THC 0 0

Monitors

 OPACITY 0 0

 FLOW 0 1

 PM (beta gauge) 0 0

 PM (light scattering; insitu) 0 0

 PM (light scattering; extractive) 0 0

Bag leak detector

 Number of fabric filters to be monitored= 0 0

 Number of sensors= 0 0

Summary of Costs

First Costs Labor Test ODCs Total

 Planning 528 0 0 528

 Select Equipment 1,709 0 293 2,002

 Support Facilities 0 0 900 900

 Purchase CEMS Hardware 0 0 19,080 19,080

 Install and Check CEMS 1,037 0 690 1,727

 Performance Specification Tests 77 440 0 517

 QA/QC Plan 2,306 7,650 692 10,647

5,656 8,090 21,655 35,401

Annual Costs

 Day-to-Day Activities 691 0 0 691

 Annual RATA 0 0 0 0

 PM Monitor RCA 0 0 0 0

 PM Monitor RRA 0 0 0 0

 Cylinder Gas Audits (ACA/SVA for PM) 0 0 0 0

 Recordkeeping and Reporting 5,448 0 40 5,488

 Annual QA & O&M Review and Update 1,409 0 1,180 2,589

 Capital Recovery 805 1,152 3,084 5,041

 Total w/o capital recovery 7,548 0 1,220 8,768

 Total with capital recovery 8,354 1,152 4,304 13,810
Summary of CEMS

Analyzers BEFORE AFTER

 CO 0 0

 SO2 0 0

 NOX 0 1

 HCl 0 0

 Mercury (and CO2/O2) 0 0

 CO2 0 0

 O2 0 0

 THC 0 0

Monitors

 OPACITY 0 0

 FLOW 0 0

 PM (beta gauge) 0 0

 PM (light scattering; insitu) 0 0

 PM (light scattering; extractive) 0 0

Bag leak detector

 Number of fabric filters to be monitored= 0 0

 Number of sensors= 0 0

Summary of Costs

First Costs Labor Test ODCs Total

 Planning 1,910 0 284 2,194

 Select Equipment 10,941 0 3,067 14,008

 Support Facilities 0 0 18,865 18,865

 Purchase CEMS Hardware 0 0 62,794 62,794

 Install and Check CEMS 4,343 0 11,979 16,322

 Performance Specification Tests 2,129 7,526 503 10,157

 QA/QC Plan 2,570 11,981 692 15,244

21,894 19,507 98,183 139,584

Annual Costs

 Day-to-Day Activities 5,532 0 1,000 6,532

 Annual RATA 885 7,156 0 8,041

 PM Monitor RCA 0 0 0 0

 PM Monitor RRA 0 0 0 0

 Cylinder Gas Audits (ACA/SVA for PM) 1,284 0 1,069 2,353

 Recordkeeping and Reporting 1,253 0 160 1,413

 Annual QA & O&M Review and Update 2,074 0 1,324 3,398

 Capital Recovery 3,118 2,778 13,981 19,877

 Total w/o capital recovery 11,029 7,156 3,553 21,738

 Total with capital recovery 14,147 9,934 17,534 41,615
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Part II: Information Collection Detail

IMPORTANT: A separate Part II must be completed for each Information Collection (IC) activity associated with the ICR. If more than one 

Part II is required, create a separate Part II document for each IC. For more information see OEI’s ICR website at 

http://intranet.epa.gov/icrintra/. There you will find information on completing this form (see OEI’s ICRAS instructions under the Prepare an 

ICR tab) and information on how break your ICR into ICs (see OMB’s ROCIS IC Q&A under the Download Guidance tab).

1. Title of Information Collection: New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants (Subpart Ga)

2. Is this a common form? 

 Yes

 No

(Select Yes to identify forms that EPA is 

willing to host for potential use by other 

Federal Agencies.)

3. Obligation to respond (check one):

 Voluntary

 Required to obtain or retain benefits

 Mandatory

Note: Only one selection may be made. If multiple 

categories apply, you must create additional ICs to 

account for the burden associated with each 

category.

4. Frequency of reporting (only to be completed if 

there are reporting requirements, check all that 

apply): 

 Hourly

 Daily

 Weekly

 Monthly

 Yearly

 Every Decade

 Quarterly

 Semi-Annually

 Biennially

 Once

 Occasionally

5. CFR Citation(s) for the information collection under review (if applicable):

Title Part Section 

Title Part Section 

Title Part Section 

Title Part Section 

6. Information Collection Instruments/Forms (if applicable) :

Form Name: 

Form Number: 

URL (required if electronic) : 

Is this form available electronically? Yes No If yes, can this form be submitted electronically? Yes No

Form Name: 

Form Number: 

URL (required if electronic) : 

Is this form available electronically? Yes No If yes, can this form be submitted electronically? Yes No

Form Name: 

Form Number: 

URL (required if electronic) : 

Is this form available electronically? Yes No If yes, can this form be submitted electronically? Yes No

Attach additional sheets if necessary.

Note: Instruments/Forms must be submitted/uploaded as a separate attachment.
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7. Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Model:

Line of Business (check one) : Subfunction (check one) :

 Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting

 Environmental Remediation

 Pollution Prevention and Control

Health Illness Prevention

 Immunization Management

 Public Health Monitoring

 Health Care Services

 Consumer Health and Safety

 Natural Resources Water Resource Management

 Conservation, Marine and Land Management

 Recreational Resource Management and Tourism

 Agricultural Innovation and Services

Note: Most EPA ICRs will be aligned with the Environmental Management FEA Line of Business. Other likely categories are also listed. For a full 

listing of the FEA Business Reference Model categories and definitions, see:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/FY07_Ref_Model_Mapping_QuickGuide.pdf.

8. Privacy Act System of Records (if applicable) :

Title: 

Federal Register Citation: Volume Page Number Publication Date 

9. Respondents

Total Number: 4

Small Entity Number: 0

Percentage of responses collected electronically: 10

Affected Public (check one) :

 Individuals or Households

 Private Sector (if private sector, check all that apply)

 Business or other for-profit

 Not-for-profit institutions

 Farms

 State, Local, or Tribal Governments

 Federal Government

Note: Only one selection may be made. If multiple categories apply, you 

must create additional ICs to account for the burden associated with each 

category. Selecting multiple subcategories within “Private Sector” will not 

affect then number of ICs required.

10. Frequency: How often on average will each respondent respond 

to the Information Collection?

Calculated Annual Frequency: 6

 (responses per respondent per year)

Calculated Annual Number of Responses: 22

Number of Respondents 3.6 per 

 

 

 

 Year

 Hour Business hour

 Day Business Day

 Week Month

 Decade Quarter

 Half-year

11. Hour and Cost Burden: Enter the hours and cost (per response) broken out by reporting, record keeping, and third party disclosure:

Hours per Response Total Annual Hour Burden Cost per Response Total Annual Cost Burden

Reporting 34.5 744 $9,846 $212,666

Recordkeeping 10.4 224 $44 $940

Third Party Disclosure 0 0 $0 $0

Total 44.8 968 $9,889 $213,666

IMPORTANT: “Cost per Response” and “Total Annual Cost Burden” should include Capital/Startup and O&M costs only.
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12. Annual Responses and Burden Change

Total Requested

Program Change 

due to New 

Statute

Program Change 

due to Agency 

Discretion

Change due to 

Adjustment in 

Agency Estimate

Change due to 

Violation of the 

PRA

Currently 

Approved

Annual 

Responses 22 22 0

Annual Hour 

Burden 968 968 0

Annual Cost 

Burden $213,606 $213,606 0
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PART I: Information Collection Request

This worksheet replaces the previous OMB 83-I form for Information Collection Requests (ICRs). This worksheet is intended to help ICR 

preparers transition between the paper 83-I system and use of the Information Collection Request, Review and Approval System (ICRAS) 

for submitting ICRs to OMB. This form is not intended for submission to OMB. For additional guidance on completing this worksheet,

please see EPA’s ICR website at http://intranet.epa.gov/icrintra/. There you will find the following documents: OEI’s ICRAS Instructions 

(under Prepare ICR Package tab) and OMB’s ROCIS IC Q&A (located under the Download Guidance tab), as well as the contact information 

for your appropriate ICR desk officer.

1. Agency/Subagency originating request: EPA/OAQPS/SPPD 

2. Title: New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants (Subpart Ga)

3. Type of Information Collection (check one):

 New collection

 Extension of a currently approved collection

 Revision of a currently approved collection

 Nonmaterial or non-substantive change to a currently approved collection

 (formerly called the 83-C)

4. OMB Control Number (OCN): 2060-0019 

 EPA ICR Number: 2445

5. Type of review requested (check one):

 Regular

 Emergency – Approval Requested by: (mm/dd/yy)

 Delegated

(If emergency, please submit justification as a separate attachment)

6. Requested expiration date (check one):

 Three years from approval date

 Six Months from approval date (maximum for emergency)

 Other, please specify: (mm/yy)

7. Abstract (4000 characters maximum, attach additional sheets as necessary): Potential respondents are owners or operators of new nitric acid 

production units. It is estimated that 5 newly constructed nitric acid production units and 1 modified nitric acid production unit will become 

subject to the regulation in the next five years, with approximately four of those facilities becoming subject in the 3-year period of this ICR. 

Plants can have more than nitric acid production unit onsite.

These amendments reduce the allowable NOX emission limit to 0.50 pound per ton of acid produced.

The amendments require the installation of a continuous emission measurement system (CEMS) for NOX emissions and a gas flow rate 

monitor for gas flow rate from the stack.
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8. Citations for Authorizing Statute(s):

a. Public Law

 Name of law: Clean Air Act

 Citation: 42 USC 7401 et seq - Sec 111

b. US Code 

 Name of Law: 

 Citation: USC: 

c. Executive Order

 Name/Subject of EO: 

 Citation: EO

 

d. Statute at Large

 Name of Statute: 

 Citation: Stat

9. Associated Rulemaking Information (For Rule Related ICRs Only):

 RIN: 2060 – AQ10 SAN: 5416 Stage of Rulemaking (check one): 

 Proposed Rule 

 Interim Final or Final Rule 

 

For a Proposed Rule, OMB will not consider an ICR complete until the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has been published. OEI will enter this 

information into ICRAS.

For ICRs associated with Interim Finals that are not significant under EO 12866, please attach a draft of the rule.

10. Federal Register Notices & Comments:

Federal Register Citation (For Non-Rule Related and Renewal ICRs Only):

60-day Notice: Volume: Page number: Publication Date: 

(30-day Notice: Volume: Page number: Publication Date )

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes No

Unless submitted as an Emergency ICR or Associated with a Rulemaking, OMB will not consider an ICR complete until the 30-day notice

has been published. The second notice will be published following OEI review and approval of the ICR. OEI will enter this information into ICRAS.

11. Annual Cost to Federal Government: 3206.00

12. Does this ICR contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes No

(If Yes, please attach Supporting Statement, Part B)

13. Is a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002 for this ICR? Yes No

(A PIA is needed for a new, electronic collection of information.)

14. Agency Contact:

 

 Name: Nathan Topham

 

 Phone: 919.541.0483

 

 E-mail: topham.nathan@.epa.gov
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15. Change in Burden:

 

A. Program Change Due to a New Statute

If change in burden is a Program Change Due to a New Statute, identify the Citations for the New Statutory Requirements:

a. Public Law

 Name of law: 

 Citation: - Sec 

b. US Code 

 Name of Law: 

 Citation: USC: 

c. Executive Order

 Name/Subject of EO: 

 Citation: EO

 

d. Statute at Large

 Name of Statute: 

 Citation: Stat

B. Program Change Due to Agency Discretion

If change in burden is a DECREASE because of a Program Change due to Agency Discretion, please categorize the decrease (select one):

 Cutting Redundancy

 Using Information Technology

 Changing Regulations

 Changing Forms

 Miscellaneous Actions

If change in burden is a INCREASE because of a Program Change due to Agency Discretion, please categorize the increase (select one):

 Changing Regulations 

 Miscellaneous Actions 

C. Explanation of Change in Burden

Explain the reasons for any program changes or adjustments reported; that is, provide a short statement addressing how the reduction in burden 

was achieved or why the increase in burden occurred. (If you need more space, provide a short summary here and elaborate in the Supporting 

Statement.)

For the amendments to the Nitric Acid NSPS, additional equipment and monitoring activities are required.
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Part III: Information Collection Request Completeness Check 

Complete this checklist prior to submitting the information collection package to the Clearance Officer. The Clearance Officer 

will use the information contained in this checklist, along with other information, to certify the information collection prior to 

submission to OMB. 

The supporting statement (check all that apply):

a. Identifies the statute or regulation authorizing the collection of the information

b. Describes efforts taken to avoid the collection of similar information already available, or collected 

under a different information collection

c. Describes, if applicable, methods to minimize the burden on small businesses or other small entities

d. Is written using plain English, and all terminology used is unambiguous and understandable to those 

required to respond to the collection

e. Indicates how long records specified in the collection are to be maintained by persons required to 

maintain the records

f. Has dedicated resources to ensure the proper use and processing of the information being collected to 

enhance (as appropriate) the value of the information to agencies and the public.

g. Indicates the use of a statistical survey method (if applicable) that produces valid and reliable results 

while minimizing undue burden.

h. Describes the intended use of information technology to reduce burden and where possible avoid 

unnecessary system and technology costs.
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Part IV: Certification

Certification for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions

On behalf of this Federal agency, 1 certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with'

5 CFR 1320.9.

NOTE: The text of 5 CFR 1320.9, and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3), appear at the end of the instructions. The 

certification is to be made with reference to those regulatory provisions as set forth in the instructions.

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3):

(I) Why the information is being collected’

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management 

 and use of the information to be collected (see note in Item 19 of the instructions);

(I) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology; and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

Signature of Program Official Date

Signature of Senior Official or designee 

Oscar Morales, Director

 Collection Strategies Division

 Office of Environmental Information

Date
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5 CFR 1320.9 reads “As part of the agency submission to OMB of a proposed collection of information, the agency (through the head of 

the agency, the Senior Official or their designee) shall certify (and provide a record supporting such certification) that the proposed 

collection of information --

 “(a) is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including that the information to be collected will have

practical utility;

 “(b) is not unnecessarily duplicative of information otherwise reasonably accessible to the agency;

 “(c) reduces to the extent practicable and appropriate the burden on persons who shall provide information to or for the agency, 

including with respect to small entities, as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act 5 U.S.C § 601(6)), the use of such techniques as:

“(1) establishing differing compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into account the resources available

to those who are to respond;

“(2) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and reporting requirements; or collection of information , 

or any part thereof;

“(3) an exemption from coverage of the collection of information, or any part thereof;

 “(d) is written using plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology and is understandable to those who are to respond;

 “(e) is to be implemented in ways consistent and compatible, to the maximum extent practicable, with the existing reporting and 

recordkeeping practices of those who are to respond;

 “(f) indicates for each recordkeeping requirement the length of time persons are required to maintain the records specified;

 “(g) informs potential respondents of the information called for under § 1320.8(b)(3); [see below]

 “(h) has been developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of 

the information to be collected, including the processing of the information in a manner which shall enhance, where appropriate, the 

utility of the information to agencies and the public;

 “(I) uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology appropriate to the purpose for which the information is to be collected; 

and

 “(j) to the maximum extent practicable, uses appropriate information technology to reduce burden and improve data quality, agency 

efficiency and responsiveness to the public.”

NOTE: 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3) requires that each collection of information:

 “(3) informs and provides reasonable notice to the potential persons to whom the collection of information is addressed of:

“(I) the reasons the information is planned to be and/or has been used to further the proper performance of the functions of 

the agency;

“(ii) the way such information is planned to be and/or has been used to further the proper performance of the functions of 

the agency;

“(iii) an estimate, to the extent practicable, of the average burden of the collection (together with a request that the public 

direct to the agency any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this 

burden);

“(iv) whether responses to the collection of information are voluntary, required to obtain or retain a benefit (citing authority), 

or mandatory (citing authority);

“(v) the nature and extent of confidentiality to be provided, if any (citing authority); and

“(vi) the fact that any 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.”