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## REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS

FOR PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE NATIONAL OIL AND

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN

REGULATIONS (40 CFR PART 300 Subpart J )

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Office of Emergency Management Regulat ion s Implementation Division

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## Table of Contents

Acronyms

................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 4 Executive Summary

................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 5

1.0 Introduction

................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 9

1.1 Statutory Authority

................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 10

1.2 Regulatory Background

................................ ................................ ............................. 10

1.3 Statement of Need for Regulatory Action

................................ ................................ ... 11

1.4 Proposed Changes to the Rule

................................ ................................ .................. 12

1.5 Organization of this Report

................................ ................................ ........................ 18

2.0 Methodology

................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 20

2.1 General Approach to the Economic Analysis

................................ ............................. 20

3.0 Government Entities and the Universe of Regulat ed Facilities

................................ ...... 22

3.1 Government Entities Impacted by the Proposed Rule

................................ ................ 22

3.2 Universe of Product Manufacturers

................................ ................................ ........... 23

3.3 Universe of Offshore Platforms, Authorities, and Responders

................................ ... 27

4.0 Regulatory Baseline for the Economic Analysis

................................ ............................. 31

5.0 Government and Private Sector Total Cost of Compliance

................................ ............ 36

5.1 Labor Hours and Costs

................................ ................................ .............................. 36

5. 2 Data and Test Requirements

................................ ................................ ..................... 39

5.3 Total Estimated Compliance Costs for Manufacturers

................................ ............... 47

5.3.1 Derivation of Wage Rates

................................ ................................ .................. 47

5.3.2 Estimated Testing Costs for Product Manufacturers

................................ .......... 49

5.4 Estimated Total Annual Burden and Costs

................................ ................................ 51

5.5 Total Incremental Costs for Product Manufacturers

................................ ................... 58

6.0 Benefits of the Proposed Rule

................................ ................................ ....................... 60 7.0 Small Business Analysis

................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 62

8.0 Key Limitations of the Analysis

................................ ................................ ...................... 67 Appendix A: NCP Subpart J Schedule June 28, 2011

................................ ............................... 68 Appendix B: North American Industrial Classification System

................................ ................... 75 Appendix C: NCP Product Schedule Manufacturer Profile and Expected Impacts

.................... 78

References

................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 79

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## Table s and Exhibits

1 Summary of the Economic Costs and Benefits: Subpart J Proposed Rule Requirements ( $ 2 01 1 )

................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 8

3

- 1 Subpart J Three Digit NAICS Codes and Description, June 28, 2011 Schedule

............ 2 3

3

- 2 Past Trends for New Listings on the NCP Product Schedule (1996

– 201 1 Selected Years)

................................ ................................ ....................... 2 5

3

- 3 Assumptions Used for the Listing of P roducts on the NCP Product Schedule (201 2

– 203 1 )

................................ ................................ ................................ 2 6

3

- 4 Off s hore Oil Platforms, Authorities, and Service Providers

................................ ............ 29

3

- 5 Off s hore Oil Platforms and Petroleum and Petroleum Products in Water b orne Commerce (2001

– 2010)

................................ ................................ ............................. 3 0

4

- 1 A Baseline Labor Costs

................................ ................................ ................................ ... 3 3

4

- 1B Baseline Testing, Labor, Annual and Total Costs

................................ .......................... 34

5

- 1 EPA Burden

................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 3 6

5

- 2 Data Items Required Under NCP Subpart J

................................ ................................ .. 40

5

- 3 Respondent Burden to P repare and Submit Information to EPA Under Proposed Subpart J

................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 4 2

5

- 4 Unit Burden Associated with Infrequent Burden Items

................................ ................... 4 4

5

- 5 Proposed Subpart J Rule Revisions: Existing and Proposed Testing Requirements

..... 4 5

5

- 6 Derivation of Hourly Labor Cost Used in the Analysis

................................ .................... 4 7

5

- 7 A Labor Costs for Existing Products

................................ ................................ ................. 51

5

- 7B Labor Costs for New Products

................................ ................................ ....................... 52

5

- 7C Aggregate Costs for Existing Products

................................ ................................ .......... 53

5

- 7D Aggregate Costs for New Products

................................ ................................ ............... 54

5

- 8 Incremental Costs of the Proposed Rule for Existing and New Product Manufacturers

. 56

6

- 1 Overview of Subpart J Benefits

................................ ................................ ..................... 58

7

- 1 A Per

- Product Costs of the Proposed Revision s to the NCP Subpart J Rule

.................... 60

7

- 1B NCP Product Schedule Manufacturer Profile and Expected Impacts Associated with the Proposed Revisions to the NCP Subpart J Rule for the Most Expensive Product to List (Dispersants)

................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 6 1

7

- 2 Potential Impacts Associated with Proposed Revisions to NCP Subpart J for Existing Very Small NCP Product June 2011 Schedule Manufacturers

................................ ..... 6 4

A

- 1 NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

................................ ......................... 66

B

- 1 Subpart J NAICS Codes and Descriptions

................................ ................................ .... 73

B

- 2 Subpart J NAICS Codes, Descriptions and Small Business Criteria

.............................. 7 4

B

- 3 Off s hore Oil Platforms, Res p onders, and Service Providers

................................ .......... 7 5

C

- 1 NCP Product Schedule Manufacturer Profile and Expected Impact s Associated with Proposed Revision to NCP product Schedule (40 CFR 300.900)

................................ .. 76

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## A cronyms

ACP Area Contingency Plan

ANS Alaska North Slope

BFT Baffled Flask Test

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

D&B Dun and Bradstreet

EO Executive Order

CBI Confidential Business Information

CFR Code of Federal Reg ulations

CWA Clean Water Act

DfE Design for the Environment

DOI Department of the Interior

ECEC Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

EPA U nited S tates Environmental Protection Agency

FR Federal Register

GC/MS G as Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

HAZCOM Hazard Communication Standard

ICR Information Collection Request

IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil

LCL Lower Confidence Limit

MOSCA Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agent

NAICS North American Industrial C lassification System

NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substance s Pollution Contingency Plan

NRC National Response Center

O&M Operation and Maintenance

OCS Outer Continental Shelf

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OSC On

- Scene Coordinators

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PAH Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration

RCP Regional Contingency Plan

RIA Regulatory Impact Analysis

RP Responsible Party

RRT Regional Response Team

SBA Small Business Administration

SDS Safety Data Sheet

SFT Swirling Flask Test

SIC Standard Industrial Classification System

SISNOSE S ignificant I mpact on a S ubstantial N umber of S mall E ntities

SONS Spill of National Significance

SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure

T/V Tank/Vessel

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers

USCG United States Coast Guard

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## Executive Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) propos es to amend the National Oil

and Hazardous Substance s Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP)

, 40 CFR Part 300 Subpart J

– Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals

. Se ction 311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act ( CWA )

, delegated to EPA by Executive Order (EO) 12777

, requir es a s chedule that identifi es dispersants, other chemicals , and other spill mitigating devices and substances

, if any, that may be used in carrying out the NCP

. Subpart J makes provision s for such a schedule (Schedule)

and applies to the navigable wa ters of the United States and adjoining shorelines , the waters of the contiguous zone, and the high seas beyond the contiguous zone. S ubpart J applies to the use of any chemical and biological agents or other substances as defined in Subpart A of the

NCP t hat may be used to remove

, control , or otherwise mitigate oil discharges.

Th e propos ed rule reorganizes existing Subpart J requirements , revises certain requirements, adds new provisions, and updates the product listing and authorization requirements to reflect scientific advances and lessons learned from application of products in response to oil discharges. The tragic Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of

Mexico in 2010 led to the use of approximately 1 million gallons of dispersants on the surface

and approximately three quarters of a million gallons applied subsurface on a reported discharge of approximately 5 million barrels (about 200 million gallons) 1

. The application of dispersants

, both at the surface and sub surface levels, rais ed the concern of state, local and

federal officials and the public about the use of these products

. EPA anticipates that the proposed requirements w ill provide incentives to develop , monitor, and manufacture effective products while, at the same time, red uc ing the risks to public health and the environment.

This R egulatory I mpact A nalysis (RIA) examines the costs and benefits of the proposed

amendments to Subpart J and Appendix C to part 300 as well as proposed revisions to

definitions in Subpart A and 40 CFR Part 110 . Th e RIA also a nalyzes the impacts of the proposed requirements on small businesses. The economic analysis began in 2011, and uses the June 28, 2011 Product Schedule as the starting point for assessing economic costs of the proposed rule re quirements

. T he re were 86 domestically and internationally located

manufacturers with products on the June 28, 2011 Schedule and 81 of the se m anufacturers

we re small businesses

. Subpart J businesses manufacture d 99 different products as of June

2011

. S everal of the se businesses are diversified product companies that manufacture or

m arket a range of products. Other businesses with products on the Schedule may only manufacture or market one product. The Schedule contains information on products,

manufactu rers, listing dates

, and related product information. The Schedule is updated as manufacturers submit new products that are approved for listing

, or need to make changes to existing listings

.

The economic analysis uses the existing regulat ion s as the baseline

. The baseline analysis examines the costs and benefits for manufacturers or submitters to comply with the existing re gulations

. The economic analysis then estimates the costs of the proposed rule. The small business analysis was conducted followin g EPA’s Final Guidance for EPA Rulewriters:

1 Ramseur, Jonathan L. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Fate of the Oil. CRS Report# R41531, 2010.

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Regulatory Flexibility Act as Amended by the Small Business and Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, November 30, 2006 ( http://www.epa.gov/ rfa/documents/Guidance

RegFlexAct.pdf ).

Subpart J establishes a Schedule of chemical and biological agents, testing requirements, and authorization of procedures that when taken together address the types of waters and the quantities of listed agents th at may be used in response to discharges of oil and

hazardous substances. The proposed r ule amends sections on authorization of use, including preauthorization of use of these products ; revise s analytical laboratory testing methods and establishes listing criteria; and establishes monitoring requirements by the responsible party (RP ) for certain discharges

. Appendix C to part 300 of the proposal regulatory package contains the analytical methods and criteria for laboratory testing of oil

, chemical

, and biol ogical agents

.

The Subpart J regulated community includes market entities that test, manufacture,

market , import and export, use and monitor oil spill mitigating products under the proposal

. The se businesses make up the supply chain for Subpart J produc ts . They include

manufacturers and businesses in the marketplace that sell

, stockpile or apply Subpart J products on oil spills

. In addition, chemical laboratories provide analytical s ervices to

manufacturers to analyz e chemical and biological agents and provid e results to the

manufacturers for submission to EPA. In certain cases, manufacturer s may hire an agent

, attorney, or marketing representative or pay a laboratory to prepare the submission package for EPA. The proposal also contains requirements for the RP to monitor surface and subs urface dispersant use for certain discharges

. This economic analysis focuses mainly on the manufacturers of Subpart J products , because most of the requirements and costs of this proposal appl y to the manufacturers

.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) is a system of industrial

codes maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce

, to categoriz e companies and industries by specific codes

. The NAICS system succeeds the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System that continues to be used in transition with the NAICS
system. The most frequently reported NAICS code reported by manufacturers on the June 28,

2011 Product Schedule is NAICS 325 Chemical Manufacturing. Twenty

- six out of 65 manufacturers that reported their NAICS code to Dun and Bradstreet ( D&B ) reported NAICS

325. Other significant three digit codes in terms of number of manufacturers reported were 424 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods and 541 Professional , Scientific and T echnical

Services

. This is a heterogeneous industry in terms of NAICS code coverage with companies reporting twelve different three digit and 32 different six digit NAICS codes. At the six

- digit NAICS code level, there were a number of NA ICS codes with only one firm reporting the code.

In addition to helping defin e the characteristics of the industry, NAICS codes are used in

combination with Small Business Administration ( SBA ) information to identify the criteria in

terms of annual revenue or employment for small businesses.

Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the costs, benefits, and small business analysis fo r the Subpart J proposed rule. The baseline annual costs to manufacturers for existing testing and

labor requirements are approximately $ 91,000 . T he proposed rule will add to these testing and labor costs as well as introduce costs for required RP monitoring and government

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administration. The proposed rule ’s incremental annual cos t s to manufacturers for testing and

labor are estimated at approximately $ 154,000 annual ized at 3%

, or $177,000 a t 7%

. For

certain discharges, the proposed rule requires the RP to in cur costs for monitoring

, roughly estimated as $500,000 per year. Annual government ( EPA ) incremental costs are estimated a t $ 13, 000 (annualized at 3%) or $17, 000 (7%)

. Thus

, total annual incremental cost s of the rule are estimated as $ 668,000 (at 3%) or $ 694, 000 (at 7%).

In addition to providing annual values, Exhibit 1 also summarizes the total present value

of baseline and increm ental costs of the rule discounted at 3% and 7% over a 20 year period of analysis. The benefits of the Subpart J amendments are assessed qualitatively. Such benefits

includ e , for example, greater clarity of regul atory requirements , as well as less toxic products

. Finally, as highlighted in Exhibit 1, the small business analysis in Chapter 7 of this RIA concludes the rule will have no significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.

EPA has determi ned , subject to Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) agreement, that the proposal is a significant regulatory action , because it raises novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President’s priorities, or the principles set forth in EO 12866

and confirmed in E O 1 3563

. The proposal is not an economically significant regulation under

EO 12866 and EO 13563 based upon the incremental costs of the regulation

.

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### Exhibit 1

. Summary of Economic Costs and Benefits: Subpart J Proposed Rule Requirements ($ 2011 ) 1


### Costs, Benefits, and
Small Business Analysis Total Present
Value (3%)
20 Years 1 

### Total Present
Value (7%)
20 Years 1 

### Annual
Value (3%) 1 

### Annual
Value (7%) 1

Baseline Costs of Existing Subpart J Testing and Labor $ 1,389,197 $ 1,027,642 $90,656

Incremental Costs of the Proposed Rule : Testing and Labor $ 2,339,511 $ 1,948,041 $ 154,408 $ 177,245 RP Monitoring (SONS) 2 $ 7,661,900 $ 5,667,798 $500,000

Government (EPA) $196,406 $181,140 $13,202 $17,098

Total National
Incremental Costs of
the Proposed Rule $ 10, 197,817 $ 7,796,979 $ 667,610 $694,343

Benefits - Less toxic products w ould reduce potential environmental , and ecosystem impacts from oil spill cleanup.

- Improved efficacy of products w ould decrease costs associated with oil spill clean

- up and remediation in water and adjoining shorelines. Since increased efficacy reduces the probability that oil reaches the shoreline, it w ould also decrease potential human, environmental, and ecosystem impacts.

- More efficient use of planning and response resources would
result from r eorganization and clarification of rule requirements

.

- Improved information about the efficacy, toxicity, and application of listed products for planners and responders.

- Impro ved planning and response from more effective preauthorization requirements and plans

.

- T he monitoring program provides critical data on overall effectiveness of dispersant use and informs response actions for
more effective and efficient incident managemen t decisions that minimize potential environmental and ecosystem impacts

. Small Business Analysis There is n o significant impact on a substantial number of small entities (SISNOSE) from this proposed regulation

. Note s : 1. For the calculation of total present values, discount rates of 3% and 7% are used to bring future values to the present. A higher discount rate reduces total present values , ceteris paribus . On the other hand, since some of
the costs are assumed to be financed , those costs were annual ized over 20 years using 3% and 7% interest rates. A higher interest rate increases annual costs.

2. This is a rough calculation that does not try to account for baseline spending on monitoring. Baseline costs are assumed to be $0, likely a significant under estimate.

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## 1.0 Introduction

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to amend the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR Part 300 Subpart J

– Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals. Section 311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act (CW A), delegated to EPA by Executive Order (EO) 12777, requires a product schedule (Schedule) that identifies dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating devices and substances, if any, that may be used in carrying out the NCP. Subpart J makes pr ovisions for and applies to the use of any chemical and biological agents or other additives as defined in Subpart A of the NCP that may be used to remove or control oil discharges. This proposal amends the existing regulation for authorizing, using and te sting Subpart J products. In addition, the proposal amends definitions in Subpart A (part 300.5), limitations in 40 CFR Part 110 and adds new requirements for subsurface and surface dispersant monitoring by the responsible party (RP) as directed by the On

- Scene Coordinator ( OSC )

.

The p roposal also reorganizes sections in Subpart J for improved understanding, revises other sections to clarify the requirements, and adds new sections based upon the best science available. EPA anticipates that a reorganized, clarified, and tailored Subpart J rule with new requirements will provide more complete information about these products to the public and to federal, state and local agencies. The regulatory proposal, if finalized, will improve

communication between the A gency, manufacturers and laboratories and increase the efficiency in processing the requests to list products on the Schedule.

The proposal addresses the public and government agencies’ concerns about the unprecedented use of 1 million gallons of dispers ants on the surface and approximately three quarters of a million gallons applied subsurface on a reported oil discharge of approximately 5 million barrels (about 200 million gallons) of oil during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the

Gulf of Mexico (Ra mseur, 2010) . These requirements will encourage manufacturers to develop and manufacture more effective and less toxic (i.e., green products) products and will better target the use of these products to reduce the risks to public health and the environment. Additionally, these amendments will ensure that OSC s , Regional Response Teams (RRT), and Area Planners have complete information to make preauthorization decisions and to develop plans to preauthorize the use of dispersants or other chemical a gents for an oil spill emergency response. RRT’s will have the option to request that the manufacturer conduct additional efficacy and toxicity tests due to existing site

- specific or area

- specific concerns.

T his Regulatory Impact Analysis ( RIA ) contains the cost

- benefit analysis of the proposed

re gulations and the impacts on small businesses and considers alternatives to the proposed regulatory requirements. The existing Subpart J regulation was last amended in 1994 and is the

baseline for the economic a nalysis

. The baseline analysis assumes “no change” in the regulatory program consistent with guidance in Office of Management and Budget ( OMB )

Circular A

- 4 (September 17, 2003)

. The Schedule contains the list of oil spill mitigation products

, and identifie s the manufacturer

, listing date s and other information about a product. The Schedule is updated routinely , on average about once each month, to add new products and

manufacturers or to make changes to existing listing s

.

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Chapter 1 provides background information on the existing Subpart J regulation, summarizes the proposed regulatory changes, and describes the organization of this report. As a convention, the RIA uses Subpart J titles and section numbers as they appear in both the existing regulation and in the proposed regulation.



## 1.1 Statutory Authority

Section 311(d)(2)(G) of the CWA requires that EPA prepare a schedule of dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating devices and substances , if any, that may be used in carrying out the NCP

. Subpart J makes provision for such a schedule. Subpart J applies to the navigable waters of the United States and adjoining shorelines, the waters of the contiguous zone, and the high seas beyond the contiguous zone in connection with activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, activities under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, or activities that may affect natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of the Unite d States, including resources under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The authority of the President to implement the

CWA was delegated to the EPA Administrator by EO 12777 (56 FR 54757, October 18, 1991).



## 1.2 Regulatory Background

Section 300.910 of Subpart J addresses the authorization of the use of products on the Schedule and specifies the conditions under which OSCs may authorize the use of dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating substances. Sections 300.915 and 300.920 describe the data requirements and the process for adding products to the Schedule. To list a product on the Schedule, S ubpart J currently requires the submission of technical data on the product to

EPA. Data on dispersants, surface co llecting agents, surface washing agents, and miscellaneous oil spill control agents must include the results of the toxicity test set for these products in Appendix C to part 300 of the NCP. Data on dispersants must also include the results of the dispersa nt effectiveness test , while bioremediation agents must include results of

the bioremediation effectiveness test , also set forth in Appendix C to part 300

. These tests are conducted at the expense of the product manufacturers and must be performed by labor atories experienced with Appendix C to part 300 protocols.

The raw data and a summary of the results from these tests are then submitted to EPA, where they are reviewed to confirm that the data are complete and that the specified procedures

were followed . The data requirements for placement of a product on the Schedule are designed to provide sufficient data for the OSCs to judge whether and in what quantities a product may be used to control a particular discharge. Inclusion of a product on the Schedule means only that the data submission requirements have been satisfied. The listing of a product on the Schedule

does not mean that the product is recommended or authorized for use on any specific oil discharge nor does it imply that EPA has in any other way endorsed the product for the use listed or for other uses. The standardized testing procedures set forth in Appendix C to part 300 provide OSCs comparable data regarding the toxicity, effectiveness, and other characteristics of

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different products. Under the current 300.910(a) regulation, RRTs and the Area Committees are required to address, as part of their planning activities, the de sirability of using appropriate dispersants, and other chemical or biological agents. The RRTs and Area Committees generally develop “preauthorization plans” which a ddress the specific context in which products can be

used

.

The Schedule is available for u se by OSCs, RRTs, and A rea C ommittee s for preauthorization decisions and plans and to determine the most appropriate products to use for different oil discharge sizes and in different regions, areas and waters. Under 40 CFR 300.910(a), RRTs and A rea C ommit tee s are required to address the desirability of using the products on the Schedule in their Regional Contingency Plans (RCP) and Area Contingency Plans (ACP), respectively. The Subpart J proposed revisions would ensure that OSCs, RRTs,

and Area Committees have the necessary data on toxicity, effectiveness, and use of different chemical and biological agents to make informed decisions. The proposal revises part 300.910 to make clear the statutory and regulatory authorities and use of products on spills for different types of oil, locations, and waters.



## 1.3 Statement of Need for Regulatory Action

The OMB January 11, 1996 guidance for conduct i ng economic analys e s requires a description of the market failure. The main market failures that this rule addresses relate to damages from oil spills and dispersant use. The many costs borne by nearby populations after oil spills are not always accounted for in the financial statements of oil producers. Furthermore, when dispersants are used to clean up oil spills, the ir toxic effects are borne by local populations and ecosystems and not always accounted for by the oil and dispersant producers. Since the existing competitive markets do not properly price and allocate these impacts, there is

a market failure.

T he tes ting and us e of these products has been an issue of concern to the public and businesses and federal, state and local governments. In addition to reflecting scientific

advances

, t he proposed amendments w ill improve the availab i l ity of information about these products and the ability of federal and state agencies to respond more effectively to oil spills. The proposal requires that manufacturers submit additional information to EPA for listing a product on the Schedule and for using the product in t he field to mitigate oil spills.

Under the proposed amendments, oil spill responders and decision makers will have more accurate and complete information to choos e appropriate oil spill mitigating product s

. Better information may have both direct and i ndirect benefits in the process of remediating oil spill s

. EPA and other federal agencies recognize that environmental tradeoffs may be necessary to achieve the best outcome . We anticipate that providing the best information available when selecting products for use on an oil discharge will support decision making during emergency response s to oil spill s. The Agency projects that better toxicological and efficacy information will lead to a reduct ion in the risk of harm to the environment and human

health that might result from the application of these products.

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## 1.4 Proposed Changes to the Rule

EPA propos es to revis e Subpart J to clarify the authorization of use provisions (40 CFR part 300.910)

, add new monitoring requirements (40 CFR part 300.913)

, and revise efficacy and toxicity tests and criteria (40 CFR part 300.915)

. The proposal renumbers Subpart J to include new, consolidated, and revised sections. Some of the rule sections have been reta ined,

removed

, or moved in their entirety. The revised analytical tests and criteria will help ensure that products that perform effectively

, while minimizing toxicity

, will be listed on the Schedule. The proposed rule also contains subsea and surface monitoring requirements for the responsible
party . EPA considered regulatory alternatives before deciding on a preferred requirement.

The proposed amendments to Subpart J would require that manufacturers conduct efficacy and toxicity tests for each chemical and biological agent consistent with the analytical test methods and criteria in the revised Appendix C to part 300 . The proposal both revises existing analytical tests and criteria and adds new efficacy and toxicity tests in Appendix C to part 30 0 . EPA will make product listing determination s based on a technical evaluation of all data and information submitted, relevant information on impacts or potential impacts of the product or any of its components on human health or the environment, and the intended use of the product . A disclaimer must be reproduced on the product label that states that the listing of a product on the Schedule does not mean that EPA endorses or approves the product; listing means only that the data requirements are met. The agency requires that manufacturers place a specific disclaimer on all product labels, advertisement or technical literature. The proposal clarifies that information within electronic media including website pages also reflect this disclaimer. Overall, the Subpart J proposed revisions would increase the costs for existing rule requirements. In addition, manufacturers will incur additional costs for the totality of the proposed amendments for reading and understanding the proposed rule and taking action to

co mply with the proposed requirements.

Specifically, the Agency proposes to:

• Definitions. Amend definitions for B ioremediation agents, Burning agents, Chemical agents, Dispersants, Sinking agents, Sorbents, and Surface washing agents; add new

definitions f or Bioaccumulation, Bioconcentration, Biodegradation, Biological agents, Bioremediation, Herding agents, Products, and Solidifiers; and remove definitions for Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agents (MOSCA) and Surface C ollecting A gents.

• General Requirement s. Revise to reflect new and amended regulatory definitions.

• Authorization of Use. Revise to clarify planning and preauthorization responsibilities, establish limitations and prohibitions on the use of certain agents, establish requirements for storage and use of agents, clarify authorities for requiring supplemental testing, monitoring and information on agents, establish requirements for agent recovery from the environment, and establish reporting requirements for agent use.

• Monitoring the Use of Dispersant. Establish monitoring requirements for dispersant use in response to major disc harges and/or certain dispersant use situations.

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• General Product Information for Schedule Listing. Revise and establish requirements, including designation of and testing for all product categories under which the listing is requested, Material Safety Da ta Sheets, sample product labels, shelf life, collection and recovery, persistence in the environment, storage and use conditions, physical and chemical properties, component identities, concentration limits on National Water Quality

Criteria and Standards contaminants, laboratory accreditations, submission of all testing data and calculations, production capabilities, and any other data or certification informing the product’s performance capabilities or environmental benefits.

• Dispersant Testing and Listi ng Requirements. Revise the efficacy testing methodology using a baffled flask test, establish new developmental and sub

- chronic toxicity testing requirements, revise the acute toxicity testing methodologies, revise the listing criteria,

and establish use limitations to saltwater environments.

• Surface Washing Agent Testing and Listing Requirements. Revise the acute toxicity testing methodology and listing requirements, establish efficacy testing requirements and listing criteria, and establish use limitatio ns based on product testing for salt and/or

freshwater environments.

• Bioremediation Agent Testing and Listing Requirements. Revise the efficacy and acute toxicity testing methodologies and listing criteria, establish exceptions for specified non

proprietar y products, and establish use limitations based on product testing for salt and/or

freshwater environments.

• Solidifier and Herding Agent Testing and Listing Requirements. Revise the acute toxicity testing methodology and listing criteria, and establish use limitations based on product testing for salt and/or freshwater environments.

• Sorbent Requirements. Establish a list of known, non

- proprietary sorbents to be made publicly available in lieu of listing sorbents on the Schedule, and requirements for data

an d information for sorbent products with components other than those specifically

identified in the rule.

• Submissions of Confidential Business Information

. Revise the allowable confidential business information claims and reporting procedures.

• Addition of a Product to the Schedule. Revise the submission requirements including the package contents, EPA’s review of submission package, request s for review of decision, changes to a product listing, and transitioning of listed products from the current Schedule

t o the new Schedule.

• Mandatory Product Disclaimer

. Revise the product disclaimer requirements.

• Removal of a Product from the Schedule

. Revise the basis for removal and appeals

process.

• Appendix C to part 300. Revise the requirements for product testing prot ocols and summary test data including new dispersant baffled flask efficacy and toxicity tests; new standard acute toxicity tests for bioremediation agents, surface washing agents, herding agents, and solidifiers; and revised bioremediation agent efficacy test.

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• Appendix E to p art 300

– Oil Spill Response. Remove this appendix from the NCP.

The Table s below provide an overview of the existing rule and proposed rule citations for a quick reference of the proposed changes.

40 CFR part 100 Disch arge of Oil

Current Citation Proposed Rule Citation 110.4 Dispersants 110.4 Chemical and Biological Agents

40 CFR part 300

– National Oil and Hazardous Substa nces Pollution Contingency Plan

Current Citations Proposed Rule Citations §300.5 Definitions §300.5 Definitions Subpart J

– Use of Dispersants and
Other Chemicals Subpart J

– Use of Dispersants, and Other Chemical and Biological Agents §300.900 General §300.900 General §300.900(a) §300.900(a) §300.900(c) §300.900(c) §300.905 NCP Product Schedule Deleted §300.910 Authorization of Use §300.910 Authorization for Agent Use §300.910(a) §300.910(a) Use of Agents Identified on the Schedule on Oil Discharges Addressed by a Preauthorization
Plan §300.910(b) §300.910(b) Use of Agents Identified on the Sc hedule on Oil Discharges Not Addressed by a
Preauthorization Plan §300.910(c) §300.910(c) Burning Agents §300.910(d) §300.910(d) Exceptions §300.910(e) §300.910(e) Prohibited Agents §300.910(f) §300.910(g) Supplemental Testing, Monitoring, and
Informat ion §300.910(f) Storage and Use of Agents §300.910(h) Recovery of Oil and Agents from the

Environment §300.910(i) Reporting of Agent Use §300.913 Monitoring the Use of Dispersants §300.913(a) §300.913(b) §300.913(c) §300.913(d) §300.913(e) §300.913(f) §300.915 Data Requirements §300.915 Data and Information Requirements for Product Schedule Listing §300.915(a)(1)

- (12) Dispersants §300.915(a)(1)

- (21) General Product Information §300.915(b) Dispersant Testing and Listing Requir ements §300.915(b) Surface Washing Agents §300.915(a)(1)

- (21) General Product Information

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Current Citations Proposed Rule Citations §300.915(c) Surface Washing Agent Testing and Listing Requirements §300.915(c) Surface Collecting Agents Deleted $300.915(d) Bioremediation Agents §300.915(a)(1)

- (21) General Product Information §300.915(d) Bioremediation Agent Testing and Listing Requirements. §300.915(e) Burning Agents Deleted §300.915(f) Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agents Deleted

§300.915(g) Sorbents §300.915(g) Sorbent Lis ting Requirements §300.915(h) Mixed Products Deleted §300.915(e) Solidifier Testing and Listing Requirements, including §300.915(a)(1)

- (21) General
Product Information §300.915(f) Herding Agent Testing and Listing Requirements, including §300.915(a)(1 )

- (21) General
Product Information §300.920 Addition of Products to
Schedule §300.955 Addition of a Product to the Schedule

§300.920(a)(1) Dispersants §300.955(a) Submission §300.915(b) Dispersant Testing and Listing Requirements §300.920(a)(2) §300.955(c) EPA Review §300.920(a)(3) §300.955(d) Request for Review of Decision §300.955(b) Package Contents §300.920(b)(1) Surface Washing Agents, Surface Collecting Agents, Bioremediation Agents, and Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agents §300.955(a ) Submission

§300.920(b)(2) §300.955(c) EPA Review §300.920(c) §300.950 Submission of Confidential Business Information (CBI) §300.920(d) §300.955(e) Changes to a Listed Product §300.955(f) Transitioning Listed Products from the
Current Schedule to the New Schedule §300.920(e) §300.965 Mandatory Product Disclaimer §300.970 Removal of a Product from the Schedule

Section 300.900 General makes clear that Section 311(d)(2)(G) of the CWA , as delegated to EPA by EO 12777 provides for a “schedule ident ifying chemical and biological agents, and procedures that when taken together, identify water and quantities in which such dispersants, other chemicals, or other mitigating devices and substances may be used.” Section 300.910 Authorization for Agent Use c larifies the preauthorization plans and delegation of authority for the use of oil spill mitigating agents

. This section also describes the authority of the OSC for oil spill situations not addressed in a preauthorization plan, burning agents

, prohibited agents, storage and use of agents, supplemental testing, monitoring and information, recovery of agents

, and reporting of agent use

. Section 300.913 Monitoring the Use of Certain Agents

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contains new requirements for monitoring dispersant use fo r surface and subsurface waters for

certain oil discharges

.

Section 300.915 has been reorganized with data and product i nformation requirements for listing products on the Schedule. I n section (a) , the general requirements are listed for all products. Sub sections ( b ) through (g) contain specific requirements for each product category

. In the existing requirements, general product category information and product specific category

information were both listed for each agent category section. The reorganized section is intended to clarify for product manufacturers the requirements for submission packages and

facilitate listing products on the Schedule

.

R evisions are intended to clarify requirements and to reflect scient i fic advances

available

. The reorganization and clarification of the rule will result in applicants submitting a better package with fewer requests by the agency for additional information

.

The f ollowing list provides brief descriptions of the proposed efficacy and toxicity test s
and criteria requirements . The existing test requirements are contained in the regulations including Appendix C to part 300

. An important proposed requirement is a new, peer reviewed

Baffle d Flask Test (BFT) to conduct efficacy testing for dispersants. The BFT was developed by EPA for testing dispersant efficacy. The BFT replaces the existing Swirling Flask Test (SFT).

The final report “Analysis of Dispersant Effectiveness of Heavy Fuel Oils and Weathered Crude Oils at Two Different Temperatures Using the B affled Flask,” by Percin ( 2005) provides

additional information

. T he proposed rule identifies specific crude oils and temperatures for

each test , identifies species for toxicity tests, and the criteria that each product must meet for

each test

. The Agency considered a set of testing options and thresholds before selecting a set of preferred alternatives

.

Dispersant Testing and Listing Requirements (part 300.915(b))

• Dispersant Efficacy test and listing criteria

. Manufacturers or other submitters of dispersants are required to test the dispersant product for efficacy using the method in Appendix C to part 300

.

• Dispersant Toxicity test and listing criteria

. Manufacturers or other submitters would be required to use the methods specified in Appendix C to p art 300 to test the dispersant alone, the dispersant mixed with Alaska North Slope ( ANS ) and the dispersant mixed with Intermediate Fuel Oil ( IFO )

- 120 for acute toxicity using Amer i camysis b ahia and Menidia beryllina

, for development toxicity using a sea urc h in assay, and for sub

- chronic effects.

• Limitations. Product listing would be for use only in saltwater environments.

Sur face Washing Agent Efficacy t est and l isting r equirements (part 300.915(c))

• Surface Washing Agent Efficacy test and listing criteria

. Using a standard recognized methodology, a surface washing agent must meet an efficacy of 3 0% in either fresh water

or salt water or both depending on the intended product use.

• Surface Washing Agent Toxicity test and listing criteria

. Using the toxicity test methodology in Append ix C to part 300 , test the surface washing agent for acute toxicity against freshwater species Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas , or saltwater

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species Americamysis bahia and Menidia beryllina , or both, depending on the intended product use.

• Limitation s

. Based on testing, product listin g would be for use only in freshwater and/or saltwater environments for which it was tested and for which it met the efficacy and toxicity listing criteria.

Bioremediation Agent Testing and Listing Requirements (part 300.915(d))

• Bioremediation Agent Efficacy test and listing criteria. To be listed on the Schedule, a bioremediation agent must successfully d e grade both al kanes and aromatics as determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in s a lt water or freshwater or both , depending o n the intended product use. Test the bioremediation agent using the method specified in Appendix C to part 300.

• Bioremediation Agent Toxicity test and listing criteria

. The bioremediation agent must be tested for acute toxicity in saltwater, freshwater or both, depending on the intended product use, following the method specified in Appendix C to part 300.

• Limitations. Based on testing, product listing would be for use only in freshwater and/or saltwater environments for which it was tested and for which it met the efficacy and toxicity listing criteria.

• Exceptions

. If the product consists solely of: ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, calcium ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate , potassium nitrate

, synthetically

- derived urea, sodium triphosphate (or tripolyphosphate) , sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate (mono

- or dibasic)

, triple super phosphate, potassium sul phate or any combination thereof, no technical product data are required , are generically listed as

non

- proprietary nutrients on the Schedule, and no further action is necessary.

Solidifier T esting and Listing Requirements (part 300.915(e))

• Solidifiers must be tested for acute toxicity in saltwater, freshwater or both, depending on the intended product use, following the method specified in Appendix C to part 300.

• Limitations. Based on testing, product list i ng would be for use only in fres h water and/or

saltwater environments for which it was tested and f o r which it met the toxicity listing

criteria.

Herding Agent T esting and Listing Requirements (part 300.915(f))

• Herding agents must be tested for acute toxicity in saltwater, freshwater or both, depending on the intended product use, following the method specified in Appe n dix C to

p art 300.

• Limitations. Based on testing, product listing would be for use only in fresh and/or saltwater environments for which it was tested and for which it met the toxicity listing

criteria.

Sorbent Listing Requirements (part 300.915(g))

• For sorbent products that consists solely of the following materials : feathers, cork, peat moss, and cellulose fibers such as bagasse, corncobs, and straw; volcanic ash, perlite,

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vermiculite, zeolite , and clay ; and polypropylene, polyethylene, polyurethane, and polyester, or any co mbination thereof, no technical dat a are required and no further action is necessary for use as a sorbent

.

• If the product consists of one or more natural organic substance s, inorganic/mineral compounds, and/or synthetic compounds not specifically identifi ed in par agraph ( g )(1) of

this section but the manufacturer believes the product meets the definition of a sorbent

then

, as applicable under §300.955(a) and (b), then the manufacturer has to submit

information for listing it as a sorbent on the Sorbent P roduct List

.

In addition to the efficacy and toxicity testing requirements (part 300.915 and Appendix

C to part 300 ) for products to be listed on the S c hedule , EPA is proposing to revise authorization for agent use (part 300.910(a)

– (i)), add subsea and su rface dispersant monitoring requirements (part 300.913) for certain oil discharge situations , and revise submission requirements (part 300.950 Submission of Confidential Business Information (CBI), part 300.955 Addition of a product to the Schedule

. )



## 1. 5 Organization of this Report

This RIA quantifies and monetizes the baseline costs , total compliance costs , and

incremental costs for the propos al

. The report also contains a descri ption of the non

- quantifie d

and non

- monetized benefits such as improved efficiency in processing submission packages

and public health and environmental protection

. In addition, the analysis examines the potential impacts on small businesses. The report is organized as follows:

• Chapter 2 summarizes the economic method s used for the regulatory impact analysis

• Chapter 3 describes the universe of regulated entities

• Chapter 4 estimates the baseline costs for the existing regulations

.

• Chapter 5 discusses the estimated changes in compliance costs for the proposed

revisions

.

• Chapter 6 qualitatively describes the benefits of the proposed rule

.

• Chapter 7 presents a summary of the impacts of the proposed revisions on small

businesses

.

• Chapter 8 discusses key limitations of the analysis.

• Appendix A is the list of products on the June 28, 2011 Schedule.

• Appendix B contains three digit and six digit NAICS for manufacturers.

• Appendix C contains small business sensitivity analyses.

• Appendix D contains cost of response by oil discharge size.

• References contain economic literature, EPA and OMB guidance documents, and oil spill science and technology references.

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## 2.0 Methodology

EPA believes, subject to agreement by OMB, that the propos al i s a significant regulatory

action consistent with provision f(4) of E O 12866 “Regulatory Planning and Review” (58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993) and EO 13563 (January 2011)

. EO 12866 (f) (4) define s a rule as significant if it raises "novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set fo rth in this Executive Order." Given the total costs of the action,

EPA has determined that the proposed rule is not an economically significant regulatory action

consistent with EO 12866 ( f ) (1) ; it is a significant regulatory action , which require s a more

r igorous analysis of the costs and benefits of the rule and of feasible alternatives. Nevertheless, to the extent possible with available data, this regulatory impact analysis is consistent with EO ’ s
12866 and 13563

, EPA's "Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses" ( September 2000

, revised December 2010 ) and the OMB's Circular A

- 4 ("Regulatory Analysis"). The analysis also addresses the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Small Business Regulatory

Enforcement Fairness Act.

The remainder of this chapter presents the overall methodology used to estimate the regulatory impacts of the proposed Subpart J rule. Section 2.1 outlines the major steps of the analysis, and Section 2.2 describes the regulatory baseline for the analysis. Subsequent

s ections provide greater detail on sp ecific steps and calculations.



## 2.1 General Approach to the Economic Analysis

The general approach to th e economic analysis is to c alculate the regulatory compliance

costs for manufacturers or other submitters to comply with the proposed regulatory requirements

. The analysis also contains costs for the RP to monitor subsea and surface dispersant s for certain oil discharge situations. In addition to manufacturers for testing and responsible parties for monitoring , the costs to governmental entities, in this case EPA, are analyzed to implement and manage the program

. The current regulations serve as the baseline

for the economic analysis. The manufacturers with products that are on the current Schedule will be required to retest their products using the new efficacy and toxicity tests. The manufacturers of new products will be required to test their products using the new test methods

and meet the new testing criteria. Attempts to quantify and monetize the benefits of the rule

were limited by the lack of data o n actual oil spill quantities and whether a credible and measurable increase in product performance under the proposed criteria coul d be estimated

. The benefits section therefore attempts to comprehensively describe the potential benefits of

the rule.

The cost analysis contains a series of discrete economic analyses for the proposed rule. The first analysis examines the universe of re gulated facilities and the number of existing businesses that manufacture Subpart J products. Another analysis estimates the unit costs for each efficacy and toxicity test for the proposed rule. The RIA also provides information on the

number of manufactur ers that are projected to submit products for listing on the Schedule over the next 20 years. Information is provided for a 20

- year period, a time horizon that will include

the 24

- month transition period during which the final rule is fully implemented and that estimates

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the time span over which the revised regulations will be relevant. The 20

- year time frame coincides with comprehensive changes in the Subpart J testing requirements. The original rules were written in 1968 and then comprehensive changes to the required tests occurred in 1994. Twenty years beyond 1994 brings us to the present and the current proposed rule, which institutes a major change in the testing requirements. Thus, a 20

- year time frame appears reasonable in the context of the Subpart J program, although a much shorter alternative of 5

years is also used to annualize the efficacy and toxicity testing costs

.

One possible time horizon to consider in the analysis would be the average length of time that a product is listed on the Schedule. This average is difficult to estimate because products can remain on the Schedule for an unlimited length of time. Many products will

continue to be on the S chedule past the current year, yet we can only observe the length of time on the schedule up to th e present. As of December 2010, approximately 9 years w as the average time a product had been on the S chedule. This is a conservative estimate because out of approximately 200 products that had ever appeared on the S chedule (as of December 2010), just under half were still on the S chedule at that time , which was the end point of the data set. Thus, just under half of the products will have lives longer than the number of years they existed

on the Sc hedule when the average was calculated. Since December 2010, and as of March 2014, 28 new products have been accepted to and one product has been voluntarily removed

from the S chedule. Another criteria for the time horizon c ould be the duration for a potential

loan. T his analysis uses a relatively conservative length of only 5 years for the sensitivity analysis to annualize the efficacy and toxicity testing costs

.

Th is part of the analysis assesses the number of existing businesses that must retest their products and the businesses that must test new products u sing the new efficacy and toxicity tests in the proposed rule

. Another analysis project s the number of new products that

manufacturers will submit to EPA over the next twenty years for listing on the Schedule . The number of manufacturers and products proje cted over the 20

- year time horizon was based on background h istorical and existing data available for the Subpart J program and program experience managing the Product Schedule

. The analytical testing costs were obtained from historical program data and limited survey s of laboratories and manufacturers

.

In addition to testing costs, l aboratories and manufacturers also provided information on

the time required to read and understand the rule and prepare the submission packages for

EPA. Labor

- hour figures provided by the laboratories and manufacturers were multiplied by the corresponding fully loaded wage rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to estimate

total labor costs . Non

- labor unit costs or laboratory testing costs were multiplied by the number of products and manufacturers to calculate the compliance costs for the 1994 baseline requirements and for the proposed rule. Total l abor and laboratory testing costs were summed to estimate total compliance costs.

The difference in total re gulatory compliance costs bet ween the baseline and total regulatory compliance costs is the incremental cost of the proposed rule. Total regulatory compliance c osts were estimated over a 20

- year projection period

. As described elsewhere, the

20

- year time horizon is a period of time over which the market effects of the final rule including

the 24

- month transition period should be complete and the market should have returned to long

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term market equilibrium. The total present value of the stream of annual compliance costs was

calculated and discounted at 3% and 7% rate s . In the transition period ( part 300.955(f))

, manufacturers of existing products already on the Schedule will remain conditionally listed until

24 months from the effective date

. A t th e end of the 24

- month period, all products that have not

been tested in accordance with the final rule will be removed from the Schedule

. Products that complete their testing will be transitioned from the current Schedule to the new Schedule after a

new, c omplete application package is submitted and EPA makes a favorable finding to list the product on the new Schedule. New product m anufacturers who apply for placement on the

Schedule during the transition period will also conduct analytical tests using the new test

methods and criteria in the proposed rule and Appendix C to part 300

. After the first 24 months following the effective date of the final rule , only manufacturers of new products that conducted the new efficacy and toxicity tests will be listed on the Schedule

.

All manufacturers incur costs on a one

- time only basis to list products on the Schedule

. For example, manufacturers with products on the Schedule incur costs during the transition period (part 300.955(f)) . Manufacturers of new products i ncur costs for the required efficacy and toxicity tests in the year that they apply to list products on the Schedule. Although the costs for analytical testing are one

- time costs, manufacturers benefit from having products on the

Schedule for long periods. As discussed earlier

, the truncated data on the number of years on

the Schedule indicate that t he average time for a product in December 2010 was roughly 9

years

. T his analysis annualizes the efficacy and toxicity testing costs using a more conservative

a lternative time frame as part of a sensitivity analysis , which should bound most reasonable
scenarios, at a 5 year duration

. The incremental annualized cost for each manufacturer i s used in the small business analysis discussed later in the report. Please see the Small Business Analysis in Chapter 7 for additional information.



## 3.0 Government Entities and the Universe of Regulated Facilities

The universe of affected entities includes, but is not limited to, government entities and manufacturers of bioremediation agents, dispersants, surface

- washing agents, solidifiers, herding agents, and sorbents used as countermeasures against oil spills. Other affected entities are those in the product supply chain such as privately contracted oi l spill response organizations

, vendors, analytical laboratories

, and RP ’s

. The primary focus of this economic analysis is on the manufacturer of oil spill mitigating products. The manufacturer or manufacturer’s representative is often the entity that subm its an application package to EPA to list a product. In some cases, a laboratory may be hired by the manufacturer to complete and submit the application package in addition to laboratory analyt i cal services . EPA is the principal government entity affected by the proposed testing and listing requirements . EPA receives the application package submitted by a manufacturer, reviews these materials and makes the decision to list the product.



## 3.1 Government Entities Impacted by the Proposed Rule

EPA, as a government entity affected by this proposed rule , has the responsibility for managing the NCP Subpart J Product Schedule. In this capacity, EPA review s submission

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packages and makes the listing decision. The labor burden to EPA under the existing regulati ons is reported in the OMB

- approved ICR, EPA #1664.07, OMB 2050

- 0141.

In the OMB

- approved ICR, the analysis of the burden to EPA is to administer the Product Schedule under the existing regulations. Since the proposed regulations are not covered by ICR , EPA #1664.07, OMB 2050

- 0141

, the labor burden to EPA under the proposed regulations is an incremental or additional burden above and beyond the OMB

- approved ICR

. This economic analysis will analyze the incremental burden to EPA to administer the requirem ents of the proposed rule.



## 3. 2 Universe of Product Manufacturers

The analysis of the universe of regulated facilities contains four parts: (1) manufacturers of Subpart J products; (2) offshore oil and platform owners and operators, (3) oil spill response

authori ti es

, and (4) oil spill response companies and laboratories

. The analysis of the universe

of manufacturers uses the June 28, 2011 Schedule. The analysis of NAICS codes requires an

extraction of data from D&B

, a financial information publication company that charges for their

services. EPA pulled data one time only for the June 28, 2011 Schedule at the time of the analysis

. Manufacturers are not required to submit NAIC S codes

, employment and revenue
data to EPA. However, this economic information is important to conduct economic and small business analysis. Therefore

, EPA purchased a one

- time extraction of data that provides important economic and small business information about the regulated industry. Affected Subpart J manufacturers on the June 28, 2011 Schedule reported 12 different three

- digit NAICS

codes and 32 different six

- digit NAICS codes.

For about one

- half of the six digit NAICS codes, only one or two businesses reported the

code. The predominant three digit NAICS codes, indicated by the number of manufacturers reporting the codes, are :

• Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213 );

• Chemical Manufacturing ( 325);

• Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424 );

• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAI CS 5 41 );

• Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561); and

• Waste Management and Remediation Services (562 )

.

The three

- digit code reported by most manufacturers is NAICS 325 Chemical Manufacturing ; 26 of the 65 manufacturers report ing their NAICS code to D &B reported NAICS

325

. Exhibit 3

- 1 contains the NAICS codes for 65 of the 86 manufacturers in the universe of
facilities. Twenty

- one of the manufacturers that did not report their NAICS codes are assumed
to follow a similar distribution. The list of three digit and six digit NAICS codes reported by companies on the June 28, 2011 Schedule are contained in Appendix B of this report.

In addition to regulated manufacturers impacted by the proposed rule, offshore oil and gas facilit y responsible parties are potentially impacted by the proposal if they have an oil spill by part 300.913 Monitoring the Use of Dispersants . Section 3.3 Universe of Off s hore Platforms,

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Authorities and Responders provide more information on these entities

, the NAICS codes , and
the un iverse of offshore platforms and waterborne petroleum and petroleum products

. Waterborne petroleum and petroleum products provides information that indicates the waterborne traffic by self

- propelled vessels and barges.

Exhibit 3

- 1 Subpart J Three Digit NAICS Codes and Descriptions June 28, 2011 Schedule (65 of 86 manufacturing reporting facilities)
NAICS (Three Digit Codes) Number of

Manufacturers NAICS Descriptions

213 2 Support Activities for Mining

237 1 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

325 2 6 Chemical Manufacturing

333 2 Machinery Manufacturing

336 1 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

423 3 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

424 9 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

453 1 Miscellaneous Store Retailers

541 9 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

561 2 Administrative and Support Services

562 7 Waste Management and Remediation Services

Other 2 Incorrect codes

Total 65 Manufacturers with NAICs codes

Additional 21 Manufacturers without NAICS codes

Grand Total 86 Total manufacturers

Sources: Dun and Bradstreet (D&B), SRA International , Inc.

, and EPA. D&B had NAICS codes for 65 of 86

manufacturers on the June 28 , 2011 Schedule. Two of the 65 manufacturers reported in correct NAICS codes.

The analysis of manufacturers on the Schedule provides the basis for estimating the economic impact of the proposed rule. The proposed testing and listing requirements apply primarily to manufacturers. Certain requirements also apply to the owners and operators of

offshor e oil platforms and vessels , responsible parties, and authorities that decide which products should be used on a particular oil spill. Most of the compliance costs apply to

manufacturers that must test or retest their products for efficacy and toxicity.

This report contains data on the products listed on the Schedule each year over the past fifteen years and on the current Schedule. Past data o n products on the S chedule provides background for describing the progression of products and projecting the nu mber of products that may be added to the Schedule in the next 20 years

. This background data shows that 3.3 products on average were listed each year between 1996 and 2009. If 2010 and 2011 product submissions are included, the average number is 5.2 products listed each year. This comparison appears to show that the Deepwater Horizon spill had an effect on product submissions and listings in 2010 and 2011. This was a market shock that ha d a temporary

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effect on submissions. After the market stabilize d

, the submissions return ed to a new equilibrium.

For the June 28, 2011 Schedule used for the economic analysis , there were 86

manufacturers and 99 products ( 2 2 bioremediation agents, 1 5 dispersants, 13 MOSCAs, and 4 9

surface washing agents) listed on the Schedule. In a comparison snapshot from the later May

10 , 2012 Schedule , there were 108 products (25 bioremediation agents, 18 dispersants, 14 MOSCAs, and 51 surface washing agents) submitted by 9 4 manufacturers. This comparison

shows an increase of 10 products and 8 manufacturers

, and includes one voluntary product
removal, in less than one year

. A detailed list of manufacturers and products on the June 28,

2011 Product Schedule is included in Appe ndix A of this document.

The Subpart J total compliance baseline and proposal cost s fo r each efficacy and toxicity test depend on the number and types of products manufacturers submit for listing on the

Schedule. The costs for efficacy and toxicity tests are different and vary by product and the number of products

. Exhibit 3

- 2 presents the number of listed products for selected years

between 1996 and 2011.

Between 1996 and 2011

, 72 products were listed on the Schedule. Also during this time,
27 pr oducts that were on the Schedule prior to the 1994 amendments were relisted on the

Schedule. During 2010, there were 25 new products submitted and listed on the Schedule. Given the profit motive , s uppliers wanted to market products for the Deepwater Horizo n oil spill.

M anufacturers capitalizing on these types of opportunit ies may do so again if there is another

SONS.

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Exhibit 3

- 2 Past Trends for New Listings on the NCP Product Schedule (1996

– 2011 Selected Years)

Year Dispersants Surface Washing

Agents Bioremediation Agents Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agents (MOSCA) Total

1996 1 1

1998 1 2 3

1999 1 1 2 4

2000 1 1 1 1 4

2001 1 3 1 5

2002 3 1 1 5

2003 1 1 2

2005 2 1 3

2006 2 1 3

2007 2 2

2008 1 1 1 1 4

2009 1 1

2010 18 4 3 25

2011 1 7 3 11

Total 11 38 16 8 73

Relisted 4 11 7 5 27

Grand

Total 15 49 23 13 100

Note: This assumes that 27 products on the list before 1994 were relisted following the 1994 rule amendments.

Source : NCP Product Schedule database. The database is an informal data collection for the Subpart J program.

Based on past and current Schedule activity and program experience

, EPA estimates

that manufacturers on average will submit 10 new products to be listed on the Schedule each

year . The estimate contains a n assumption for a specific mix of products f or list ing on the Schedule each year

. It is assumed that t he re will be 2 bioremediation agents, 2 dispersants, 3

solidifiers , and 3 surface washing agents listed yearly ( Exhibit 3

- 3 )

. Solidifiers are currently

listed under MOSCA. As noted, t he definition s for MOSCA and surface collecting agents will be

removed and product specific categories will be substituted ( e.g., solidifier , herding agent)

. The mix of products and projections are based upon past trends during years after the Exxon Valdez oil spills, but before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

. The Deepwater Horizon spill created a market shock with a spike in submissions for several years and the market is return ing to market equili brium. The projection assumes that each product is submitted by a discrete

manufacturer and that each manufacturer is required to comply with the amended requirements. The mix of products and the total number of products projected over the next twenty year s may be the high end of the range for submission of products to be listed on the Schedule during a period of market stability and equilibrium ( i.e., without a SONS )

.

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Exhibit 3

- 3 Assumptions Used for the Listing of Products

on the N C P Subpart J Schedule (201 2

– 203 1 )

Year (201 5

- 2031) Dispersants Bioremediation Agents Solidifiers Surface Washing

Agents

2012 2 2 3 3

2013 2 2 3 3

2014 2 2 3 3

201 5 2 2 3 3

201 6 2 2 3 3

201 7 2 2 3 3

201 8 2 2 3 3

201 9 2 2 3 3

20 20 2 2 3 3

20 2 1 2 2 3 3

20 22 2 2 3 3

202 3 2 2 3 3

202 4 2 2 3 3

202 5 2 2 3 3

202 6 2 2 3 3

202 7 2 2 3 3

202 8 2 2 3 3

202 9 2 2 3 3

20 30 2 2 3 3

20 31 2 2 3 3

Note: This is a n EPA projection based upon historical trends and program experience for listings on the Subpart J

NCP Product Schedule

. T he market shock caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected

the number of actual submissions and listings for several years

.

The efficacy and toxicity testing cost and the costs to prepar e and submit a product for listing on the Schedule remain the same whether or not EPA lists the product. Therefore, compliance costs are determined for all manufacturers that submit an application package to list a product on the Schedule, rather than just for those th at are listed by EPA. Products that meet the data requirements in the Subpart J rule are listed on the Schedule.



## 3. 3 Universe of Off s hore Platforms, Authorities, and Responders

Exhibit 3

- 4 contains the description and lists the NAICS codes for offshore oil production platforms owners and operators and oil spill authorities and responders regulated by the proposed rule. Exhibit 3

- 5 lists the number of offshore oil platforms and the volume of petroleum and petroleum waterborne commerce in the Unit ed States.

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Monitoring the Use of Dispersants

40 CFR Part 300.913 contains proposed monitoring requirements i ncluding a description of potential ecological and wildlife impacts. The U.S. Geological Survey incident data indicate

that there were 21 spills greater than 100,000 gallons between 1990 and 2011 , or approximately

one per year

, some of which would have used dispersants, and some of which might also have

been monitored . The trend of the frequency and volume of oil spills in the past, along with other appropriate information, informs forecasts of oil spills in the future.

T he proposed rule contains the following new monitoring requirements:

As directed by the OSC, the responsible party must monitor any subsurface use of dispersant in response to an oil discharge, surface use of dispersant in response to oil discharges of more than 100,000 U.S. gallons occurring within 24 hours, and continuous surface use of dispersant for more than 96 hours in response to an oil discharge. Upon initiation and for the duration of dispersant use under these conditions, the responsible party
shall: (a ) Document the characteristics of the source oil; best estima te of the oil discharge flow rate, periodically reevaluated as conditions dictate, including a description of the method, associated uncertainties, and materials; dispersant(s) product used, rationale for dispersant product choice(s) including the results of any efficacy and toxicity tests specific to area or site conditions, reco mmended dispersant

- to

- oil ratio ; and the application method and procedures, including a description of the equipment to be used, hourly application rates, capacities, and total amo unt of dispersant needed. For subsurface discharges also document the best estimate of the discharge flow rate of any associated volatile petroleum hydrocarbons, periodically reevaluated as conditions dictate, including a description of the method, associa ted uncertainties, and materials.

(b) Collect a representative set of background water column samples , following standard operating and quality assurance procedures, at the closest safe distance as determined by the OSC from the discharge and in any dir ection of likely transport considering surface and subsurface currents and oil properties for the parameters listed
below. Collect daily water column samples daily in the dispersed oil plume , following standard operating and quality assurance procedures, at such depths and locations where dispersed oil may be present and test for:

(1) In

- situ oil droplet size distribution, including mass or volume mean diameter for particle sizes ranging from 2.5 to 2,000 micrometers, with the majority of data
collected between the 2.5 and 100 micrometer size; (2) In

- situ fluorometry and fluorescence signatures targeted to the type of oil discharged and referenced against the source oil; (3) Dissolved oxygen; (4) Total petroleum hydrocarbons, individual resolvable consti tuents including volatile organic compounds, aliphatic hydrocarbons, mono

- cyclic, polycyclic, and other aromatic hydrocarbons including alkyl ated homologs, and hopane and sterane biomarker compounds; (5) Carbon Dioxide (subsurface only) ; (6) Methane, if pr esent (subsurface only) ;

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( 7 ) Heavy metals, including nickel and vanadium; ( 8 ) Turbidity; ( 9 ) Water temperature; ( 10 ) pH; and ( 11 ) Conductivity.

(c) In consultation with the OSC, characterize the dispersant effectiveness and oil distribution, considering the condition of oil, dispersant, and dispersed oil compone nts from the discharge location.

(d) In consultation with the OSC, characterize the ecological receptors (e.g. aquatic species, wildlife, and/or other biological resources) and their habitats that may be present in the discharge area and their exposure pathways. Include those species that may be in sensitive life stages, transient or migratory species, breeding or breeding

related activities (e.g., embryo and larvae development), and threatened and/or endangered species that may be exposed to the oil that is not dispersed, the dispersed oil, and the dispersant alone. Estimate an acute toxicity level of concern for the dispersed oil using available dose/response information relevant to potentiall y exposed species.

(e) Immediately r eport to the OSC any: (1) Deviation of more than 10 percent from the mean hourly dispersant use rate for subsurface application, based on the dispersant volume authorized for 24 hours use, and the reason for the deviation; and (2) Ecological receptors, including any threatened or endangered species that may be exposed based on dispersed plume trajectory modeling and level of concern
information.

(f) Report daily to the OSC water sampling and data analyses collected in ( b ) and

i nclude: (1) Specific hourly dispersant application rate and the total amount of dispersant used for the previous reporting period established by the OSC with concurrence from the EPA representative to the RRT; (2) All collected data and analysis of that data within a time frame necessary to make operational decisions (e.g., within 24 hours of collection), including documented observations, photographs, video, and any other information related to dispersant use, unless an alternate time frame is authorized by t he OSC; (3) For analyses that take more than 24 hours due to analytical methods, provide such data and results within 5 days, unless an alternate time frame is authorized by the OSC; and (4) Estimates of the daily transport of dispersed and non

- dispersed oil and

a ssociated volatile petroleum hydrocarbons, and dispersants, using the best available trajectory modeling.

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Exhibit 3

- 4

Off s hore Oil Platforms, Authorities , and Service Providers

Description NAICS Codes Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction 211111

Petroleum refineries 324110 Petroleum and petroleum products merchants

wholesalers 424720

Environmental consulting services 541620

Remediation services 562910

Note: Offshore oil platforms are located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The OCS is all submerged lands lying seaward of state coastal waters

, which are under U.S. jurisdiction. (Source: DOI / BOEM)

O il spills and oil discharges can occur at any point in the “life cycle” of petroleum

– during exploration and production; transport by vessel, pipeline, railroad, or tanker truck, refining; storage, consumption or usage as fuel or raw material for manufacturing; or waste disposal (Fingas 2011)

. P roducts on the Schedule would likely be used on the largest spills. The largest worldwide oil spills that would likely use these products would occur in offshore waters, such as offshore oil platforms or vessels that have a significant discharge in open waters. In the

U nited States, there have been t wo: T/V Mandoil (42, 8 57 tons

– 1968), T/V Exxon Valdez (37,415 tons

– 1989) 2 . The Deepwater Horizon (2010

– 200 million gallons) in the Gulf of

Mexico is a recent large worldwide oil spill . Thus, a large vessel or oil platfo rm could be the

source of an oil discharge that requires the use of a product on the Schedule or monitoring by

the RP

.

EPA consulted a number of sources to provide information on the number of platforms

and vessels that could discharge oil and where the use of products listed on the Schedule could

be authorized. The U.S

. Department of Transportation (2001) grouped oil spill sources into five categories: oil

- laden tankers underway, oil

- laden

- barges underway, tanker lighter ing operations, all offshore facilities and onshore marine transportation

- related facilities, and bunker fuel tanks

. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( US ACE) Waterborne Commerce of the United States (WCUS) Part 5 National Summaries provides statistics on w aterborne commerce by commodity groups through their National Data Center. The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) issues permits for offshore oil platforms and maintains the database for the facilities. Information on the number of platforms and vessels tha t could discharge oil can be found in these sources.

Certain discharges originating from offshore oil platforms or vessels, including barges

, self

- propelled vessels and oil transport tankers meet the criteria proposed at part 300.913 for subsurface and surface dispersant monitoring

. Exhibit 3

- 5 shows the number of oil platforms o n the Gulf and Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from 2001 to 2010 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). BOEM ( http://www.boem.gov )
reports in “Offshore Stats and Facts” that no production facilities have been installed on the

Atlantic or Alaska OCS. The exhibit also contains the amount of petroleum and petroleum products in waterb orne commerce each year from the USACE database and report “Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2010.”

2 Fingas, Mervin (2011). Oil Spill Science and Technology, Chapter 2, p 15

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Exhibit 3

- 5

Offshore Oil Platforms and Petroleum and Petroleum Products in Waterborne

Commerce (2001

- 2010)

Year Offshore Oil Platforms 1 ( c ount) Petroleum and Petroleum Products 2 (million short tons)

2001 4,045 1,055.3

2002 4,025 1,017.9

2003 3,977 1,080.5

2004 3,909 1,127.1

2005 3,886 1,111.4

2006 3,887 1,122.2

2007 3,815 1,133.0

2008 3,739 1,086.3

2009 3,547 1,016.4

2010 3,409 1,018.8

Note s :
1. U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

, “Offshore Stats and Facts,” accessed August 3, 2012, http://www.boemre.gov

. 2

. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Institute for Water Resources “Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2012 Part 5

– National Summaries.”

Chapter 6 provides additional information on the volume of oil spills reported to the National Response Center (NRC), maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard ( USCG) . EPA has conducted an analysis of the oil spills reported to the National Response Center (NRC). The

data compiled and maintained by the USCG, DOI /BOEM, and USAC E can help inform the population of platforms and vessels with wate rborne petroleum and petroleum products and the possible frequency and volume of future oil spills

, based upon past oil spill s where the use of products listed on the Schedule could be authorized

.



## 4.0 Regulatory Baseline for the Economic Analysis

OMB Circular A

- 4 (OMB, September 17, 2003) states that the benefits and costs are defined in comparison with a clearly stated alternative. This will normally be a “no action”

b aseline : what the world will be like if the proposed rule is not adopted . The ba seline assumes no change in the regulatory program under consideration. The baseline serves as the primary point of comparison for an analysis of a proposed regulatory or policy action. In this analysis,

the baseline for proposed requirements includes the existing requirements, which were last

amended on September 15, 1994 ( 59 FR 47453 ) and codified at 40 CFR Part 300 Subpart J

– Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals

.

There are several key areas in the proposed rule for economic analysis. The first is the

revisions to p art 300.910 (a)

- (i) Authorization for Agent use requirements. The second is a new section on Monitoring the Use of Dispersants, p art 300.913. The third is part 300.915 Data and Information Requirements for Product Schedule Listing. The second and third areas impose

costs and all three areas generate benefits under the proposed rule.

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Baseline for Government Entities

EPA is the government entity impacted by the proposed rule. The existing OMB

approved ICR for the NCP Subpart J Product Schedule (EPA #1664.07, OMB 2050

- 0141) is the baseline for impacts on EPA. The ICR shows that the labor burden is 280 hours under the assumption that EPA will receive 14 prod ucts each year. Under the assumptions of this RIA, there will be 10 new products per year, resulting in a baseline of 200 hours of labor.

Baseline for Proposed Monitoring Requirements

The proposed rule requires the RP to monitor the use of dispersants, a completely new requirement under Subpart J (section 300.913). At present, monitoring is sometimes carried out jointly by USCG and other government entities . The rule will shift the burden of these costs to

RPs

, thereby internalizing them. While some mon itoring of dispersant use has occurred in past spills without being required by Subpart J, we have no estimates of the frequency of monitoring or associated expenditures. Therefore, we do not estimate baseline monitoring costs and essentially assume they a re zero which is likely a significant underestimate.

Baseline for Proposed Revision of Authorization of Agent Use

The proposal also contains revisions to part 300.910 Authorization for agent use requirements. These revisions impose no additional costs on Regional Response Teams and
Area Committees. Part 300.910(h) Recovery of Oil and Agents from the Environment impose s
costs , if any, on RP s :

(h) Recovery of Agents from the Environment. Depending on factors such as the safety of response personnel and harm to the environment, and as directed by the OSC , the responsible party shall ensure that any removal action adequately contains, collects, stores and disposes of agents that are intende d to be recovered from the environment.

The recovery of Subpart J products would likely include sorbents

, solidifiers, and surface washing agents

. Recovery of such agents used on an oil spill is a cost associated with the response to the spill, not a n incremental cost imposed by th e Subpart J proposed rule. Thus, there are no incremental costs to RPs for part 300.910(h) requirements.

Baseline for Product Manufacturers

The proposal contains new requirements for efficacy and toxicity testing for existing and new product s

. Under the new rule, t he full costs of re

- testing are incurred by product

manufacturers with existing products on the Schedule

. T he re

- testing costs are incremental to the proposed rule. For n ew products

, their incremental cost is only the difference between the existing testing cost s and the new testing costs. Thu s for product manufacturers, the

incremental costs of the proposed rule are the su m of re

- testing costs for existing products on

the Schedule and the incremental costs of testing new products submitted by manufacturers in

the future.

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To determine the regulatory baseline for manufacturers , EPA estimated the administrative and paperwork costs and the efficacy and toxicity testing costs for each product

under the existing ru le

. The costs for efficacy and toxicity test s in the baseline were compiled from data submitted to EPA as part of Schedule submissions

, from a limited sample survey of

nine manufacturers and nine laboratories , and past Agency experience.

Exhibit 4

- 1 A summarizes the baseline labor costs to manufacturers of preparing and submitting documentation for bioremediation agents, dispersants, MOSCAs

, and surface washing, collecting agents. Estimates of labor hours needed vary from low to high. Three labor
categ ories are included: technical, managerial, and clerical. The final column illustrates the

estimated average total labor cost per manufacturer per product is $1,100 for all products except surface washing, collecting agents for which the average total labor cost is $1,047.

Exhibit 4

- 1 A also reports the estimated baseline labor costs to manufacturers of infrequent burden items such as sorbent documentation

, and reformulation of product and

resubmission of data. The estimated average total labor cost per manufacturer per item varies between $129 and $1,877.

Exhibit 4

- 1 B summarizes the baseline cost analysis of the existing S ubpart J rule requirements for product manufacturers

. In addition to the costs of preparing and submitting documentation and infrequent burden items, Exhibit 4

- 1 B shows the costs of efficacy and saltwater toxicity tests. The annual number of manufacturers facing each of these cost categories varies between 1 and 10. The bottom row of Exhibit 4

- 1 B shows estimates of t he total regulatory baseline compliance cost

, projected over the 20

- year time horizon

, of $ 1.4

million discounted at 3% and $ 1.0 million discounted at 7%

. T he total baseline annual cost for

manufacturers is estimated a s $ 91,000

. The total and annual baseline costs also appear in Exhibit 1 in the Executive Summary. ( Refer to Exhibit 1 for a summary of the economic analysis. )

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Exhibit 4

- 1A

Baseline Labor Costs Hours Per Respondent Per Product Total Hours Per Respondent Per Product Total Labor Cost Per Respondent

Per Product Technical Managerial Clerical

Low High Avg. Low High Avg. Low High Avg. Low High Avg. Low High Avg. Prepare and Submit Documentation

Bioremediation Agents 7 18 12.5 1.4 3.6 2.5 5 10 7.5 13.4 31.6 22.5 $639 $1,561 $1,100

Dispersants 7 18 12.5 1.4 3.6 2.5 5 10 7.5 13.4 31.6 22.5 $639 $1,561 $1,100

MOSCA 7 18 12.5 1.4 3.6 2.5 5 10 7.5 13.4 31.6 22.5 $639 $1,561 $1,100
Surface Washing, Collecting Agents 6.5 17 11.75 1.3 3.4 2.35 5 10 7.5 12.8 30.4 21.6 $604 $1,491 $1,047

Infrequent Burden Items

Sorbent

Documentation 2 2 2 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.75 0.75 0.75 3 3 3 $153 $153 $153

Re

- test 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 $129 $129 $129 Request for

review of EPA

Decision 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 10 10 $624 $624 $624

Reformulate

Product and

Re

- Submit Data 11.63 32.5 22.06 2.33 6.5 4.41 7 15 11 20.95 54 37.48 $1,024 $2,731 $1,877

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Exhibit 4

- 1 B

Baseline Testing, Labor, Annual and Total Costs

Cost Number of

Annual Respondents Annual Cost Total Costs

- 20 Years

(3%) Total Costs

- 20 Years

(7%) Prepare and Submit Documentation Bioremediation Agents $1,100 2 $2,200 $33,719 $24,943 Dispersants $1,100 2 $2,200 $33,719 $24,943

MOSCA $1,100 3 $3,301 $50,578 $37,415 Surface Washing , Collecting Agents $1,047 3 $3,141 $48,139 $35,610 Efficacy Tests Bioremediation Agents $15,000 2 $30,000 $459,714 $340,068 Dispersants $1,850 2 $3,700 $56,698 $41,942

Saltwater Toxicity Tests Dispersants $5,150 2 $10,300 $157,835 $116,757

MOSCA $5,150 3 $15,450 $236,753 $175,135 Surface Washing , Collecting Agents $5,150 3 $15,450 $236,753 $175,135 Infrequent Burden Items

Sorbent Documentation $153 10 $1,529 $23,435 $17,336

Re

- test $129 2 $258 $3,948 $2,920 Request for Review of EPA Decision $624 2 $1,249 $19,137 $14,157

Reformulate Product and Re

- Submit Required Data $1,877 1 $1,877 $28,770 $21,282

TOTAL BASELINE COSTS OF

TESTING AND LABOR $90,656 $1,389,197 $1,027,642

The economic analysis estimates the incremental impacts of the changes to the existing requirements by the proposed rule. The proposal contains changes and revisions to the existing regulatory requirements. Changes in efficacy and toxicity testing requirements are contained in the Subpart J proposed rul e and specified in Appendix C to part 300. Manufacturers will also need additional time to read and understand changes to the Subpart J rule and complete the submission package. All of these costs are calculated relative to the baseline and are the

increme ntal costs of the rule , as discussed in the next chapter

.

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## 5.0 Government and Private Sector T otal Cost of Compliance

There are impacts and incremental compliance costs under the proposed rule that may be incurred by government entities and different regulated facilities. Chapter 3 describes the government entities and universe of regulated facilities that may be impacted by the proposed

rule. The government entity affected by the action is EPA. The universe of regulated facilities

contains d omestically and internationally located product manufacturers and offshore platform owners and operators, authorities, and oil spill responders. Indirectly, analytical laboratories, vendors, wholesalers and manufacturing representatives may be impacted by the proposed regulations. Please see Chapter 3 for additional information on the universe of Subpart J regulated facilities.

In discussing the costs of the proposed rule updates, it is important to distinguish between new and existing product manufacturers. For the existing manufacturers, to keep existing products on the list in the baseline , no action ( or costs) would be required with respect

to the S ubpart J rule. So all of their testing and labor costs are incremental to the proposed update to the Subpart J rule. On the other hand, new manufacturers would still be required to do tests and other requirements to b e listed on the Subpart

- J list in the baseline. For them, the incremental costs are due to the differences between the baseline listing requirements and the proposed listing requirements (which now require more actions and costs).



## 5.1 Labor Hours and Cost s

Government Costs

EPA is the government entity that is impacted by the proposed rule. The OMB

- approved ICR (EPA#1664.07, OMB 2050

- 0141) shows that the EPA burden under the existing regulations is 280 hours each year , with approximately 20 hours per pro duct . At the estimated f ederal employee hourly rate to manage the Subpart J Product Schedule , this is about $18,909 each year. The proposed rule will increase the labor burden and costs to EPA, because the Agency

will have to review more material in each s ubmission package. In addition, the Agency will have to review more packages in the 24

- month transition period, because manufacturers must re

- test each product on the Schedule.

The ICR indicates that the average EPA burden to implement a product listing on the Subpart J list is, on average 7 hours to process submitted data, 6 hours to review data to make a listing determination , 4 hours to notify a respondent of decision and 3 ho urs to store data (yielding an average of 20 hours). The latter two categories should not be affected by the new requirements. However, we assume that the new rule requirements will increase the first two categories by 50%, increasing the total EPA burden to 26.5 hours per product . The following table illustrates the incremental EPA labor burden. Since all existing product resubmission costs are incremental, the full cost of $84,953 for existing products is added to the incremental cost of new products. The incremental cost of new products is a result of the additional 6.5 hours per product. After year 2 there are no longer any existing products listing, so the incremental costs are solely the result of new products. Consequently, the annualized costs of EPA ’s burden over 20 years is $13,202 (at 3%) or $17,098 (at 7%).

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Exhibit 5

- 1 EPA Burden

Year 1 Year 2 Years 3

- 20 Existing Product Applicants 59 40 0 Existing Products Baseline Cost 0 0 0 Existing Products Proposed cost $84,953 $57,595 $0

New Product Applicants 10 10 10

New Products Baseline Cost $10,867 $10,867 $10,867 New Products Proposed C ost $14,399 $14,399 $14,399

Total Incremental Cost $88,485 $61,127 $3,532

Authorization of Agent Use (part 300.910)

40 CFR Part 300.910 (a)

- (i) clarifies the existing requirements. The RRTs and Area

Committees are required to address in a preauthorization plan whether the use of chemical and biological agents listed on the Schedule on certain oil discharges is appropriate (part 300.910(a)) . They a re also required

, as appropriate , to include the preauthorization plans in RCPs and ACPs. The OSC may use the agents for their intended purpose when they are included in the preauthorization plan without obtaining specific concurrences.

40 CFR Parts 300 .910 (a)(1), (2), and (3) provide for preauthorization plan

, approval and

reviews

. 40 CFR Part 300.910(b) provides for agent use on oil discharges not addressed by a preauthorization plan. Part 300.910(c) provides for the authorization of burning agents and 300.910(d) provides exceptions for agent use to substantially reduce threats to human life, (e) prohibited agents, (f) storage and use of agents, (g) supplementary testing, monitoring and information, (h) recovery of agents from the environment, and (i) r eporting of agent use.

The incremental burden for members of the RRTs and Area Committees requires labor

hours to participate in the development of preauthorization plans and to add them to RCPs and

ACPs. The incremental estimate for these activities is 2 hours

.

Monitoring Costs (part 300.913)

The total cost of the monitoring requirements by the responsible party, described in Section 3.2, is incremental to the proposed rule. There are no monitoring requirements in the existing regulations. While monitoring of dispersant use has probably occurred in past spills and

t h us in the baseline, we have no information on frequency or costs of baseline monitoring. Thus

, we assume it is $0

, which causes our monitoring cost estimates to be conservative.

Two methods were used to analyze the monitoring costs: (a) identify prices for equipment and processes for monitoring dispersants , and (b) identify literature t h a t can inform the costs of dispersant monitoring program s

. In the first approach, websites for manufacturers of monitoring equipment were accessed to identify prices for different types of equipment to monitor dispersants ( e.g., fluorometer ) . Other equipment and prices were identified that established a range of costs to monitor dispersants. For th e literature, two books contained

method s monitoring

, equipment and equipment prices for monitoring : (1) NRC ( 2005 ) ; and (2)

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Fingas ( 2011 )

. Both books contain information on monitoring for dispersants and the prices of equipment.

The monitoring provisions include, among other requirements, in

- situ oil droplet size

distribution and in

- situ fluorometry and fluorescence signatures targeted to the type of oil discharged and referenced against the source oil. The N ational R esearch C ouncil (NRC) report on oil spill dispersants estimates that a monitoring program costs for a field trial of dispersant

effectiveness is about $500,000

. Prices and detailed information in Fingas (2011) appear to support this estimate. 40 CFR Part 300.913 is limited to in

- situ monitoring (part 300.913(b)(2) and Fingas (2011) and NRC (2005) costs are higher than the expected incremental costs for the proposed rule requirements

. Moreover, the research of equipment prices on fluoro

- sensor supplier websites estimate costs, subject to price quotes, that range from $5,000 to $10,000

each

. A large oil spill, such as Deepwater Horizon, would require multiple fluoro

- sensors and other monitoring and laboratory equipment (GC/MS) to provide adequate and timely data. This equipment may be av ailable after a spill or the life cycle may be exhausted during a specific spill. The exact cost depends upon the size and location of an oil spill and the life of the equipment. ( For additional information on in

- situ fluorometry

, please see paper #246, 19 99 International Oil Spill Conference, “A Primer on In S itu Fluorometry to Monitor Disperse Oil.” )

For this analysis, we have estimate d that monitoring an oil discharge for dispersants is about $500,000 annually

, the estimated costs for fi e ld trial monitoring in NRC

, to be

conservative

. These costs can vary significantly depending upon the frequency, volume and

location of oil discharge s

. The incremental costs of monitoring for a dispersant by a responsible party depends upon the frequency and volume of oil spills that would meet the criteria in part 300.913: (1) any subsurface use of dispersant to an oil discharge, (2) surface use of dispersant in response to an oil discharge of more than 100,000 gallons occurring within 24 hours, and (3)

surface use of dispersant for more than 96 hours in response to an oil discharge. The U.S. Coast Guard ( USCG ) i ncident data contain 21 spills (approximately one per year over the 1990 to 2010 period ) above 100,000 gallons that would be required to m onitor for dispers ants

. Th e s e oil spills would result in a cost of monitoring of approximately $500,000 each year. Assuming baseline costs are $0 and thus being conservative, t h e total incremental compliance cost would

be approximately $ 7,700,000 ( $5, 7 00,000 ) discounted at 3% (7%) , respectively

. These cost estimates appear in Exhibit 1. Please see Chapter 6 for additional information on the frequency and size of oil spills reported to the NRC

.

Product Testing Costs (part 300.915)

There are two types of costs that product manufacturers may incur to comply with the proposed rule : (1) administrative and paperwork costs; and (2) efficacy and toxicity test cost s

. Existing m anufacturers will incur c osts for the additional paperwork requirements to review the rule changes

, to understand the new listing requirements

, and prepare product application packages consistent with the amended requirements

. New manufacturers require time to

understand the rule and prepare packages bas ed upon the entire rule requirements.

Exhibit 5

- 2 list s the required administrative and paperwork data element s and labor

hours for each data element by product category. The required data elements and labor hours

are used in combination with labor costs from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to
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analyze the administrative and paperwork costs of the proposed rule

. The largest incremental

costs for complianc e with the proposed rule are the efficacy and toxicity re

- testing costs for existing products on the Schedule and testing new products with the revised analytical laboratory protocols in part 300.915 and Appendix C to part 300

.



## 5. 2 Data and Test Requirements

Under the proposed revisions to Subpart J

, manufacturers who wish to list a product on the Schedule need to report data items listed in Exhibit 5

- 2 . Exhibit 5

- 2 presents requirements under the existing Subpart J rule (baseline scenario) and additional requirements under the proposed rule. General product information is required for all product types (part 300.915(a))

. Requirements that differ across product types are reflected

.

G eneral product information is currently required to be submit ted under Subpart J . T he Agency is proposing revisions to several of the existing general requirements

. These revisions

propose new data and information requirements to better characterize the nature of the product

. To assist EPA in product listing decisio ns the list of proposed changes to the list of general product information requirements includes:

• Identification and documentation by the submitter of its status in relationship to the product as the manufacturer, vendor, importer, distributor, or other designated agent of

the manufacturer.

• Chemical or biological agent categories under which the product is submitted for listing, including information on the specific process(es) through which the product affects the oil, and the specific environment(s) (w ater and/or adjoining shorelines) on which it is intended

to be used.

• Copy of the Safety Data Sheet ( SDS ) required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under their Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM) for the product.

• Sample prod uct label for all names, brands, or trademarked versions of the product that include the manufacture and expiration dates of the product, as well as the conditions for
storage.

• Environmental fate information on any known and available measured data and

su pporting documentation on the persistence, bioconcentration factor, bioaccumulation factor, and biodegradability of the product and/or all of its components.

• New physical/chemical properties and removal of the incorporation by reference of the

measurement standards.

• Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Numbers for each component in a product.

• Certification that bioremediation agents do not contain, at levels that exceed the National Ambient Water Quality Criteria lowest density value, bacterial, fungal, viral or opportunistic pathogens.

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• Certification that the product does not contain levels t hat exceed the National Water Quality Standards lowest acute value for aquatic life of the following contaminants: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc, or any other heavy metal reasonably expected to be in the product; cyanide; chlorinated hydrocarbons; pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

• Removal of the requirement for laboratories performing the efficacy and toxicity testing for products to have prior experience specific to the required methodology in lieu of recognized national or international accreditations.

• Estimated annual product production volume, average and maximum amounts that could be produced per day, and time frame needed to reach maximum production rate (da ys).

• Recognition received from EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE). I nternational product certification, testing or use data informing the performance capabilities or environmental benefits of the product.

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EXHIBIT 5

- 2 Data Items Required Under NCP Subpart J

Response Form Items Respondent Activity Oil Spill Mitigating Agent

BA D MA * SCA * SWA

Existing Data Requirements

Name, brand, or trademark, if any, under which the product is sold

Simple Information X X X X X

Name, address, and telephone number of the manufacturer, importer or vendor X X X X X

Name, address and telephone number of primary distributors or sales outlets X X X X X

Special handling information and worker precautions for storage and field application, including maximum and minimum storage temperatures Short Answer X X X X X

Shelf life information Simple Information X X X X X

Recommended application procedures, concentrations, and conditions for use Short Answer X X X X X

Results of the effectiveness test set forth in Appendix C of the NCP Narrative Answer X X

Result of the toxicity test set forth in Appendix C of the NCP Narrative Answer X X X X

Physical properties covered by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

reference standards Short Answer X X X X

Test results for distinguishing surface collecting agents from other chemical agents Short Answer X

List of product components Narrative Answer X X X X

The concentrations or upper limits of any heavy metals, cyanide, and chlorinated hydrocarbons Short Answer X X X X

Information on microbiological cultures, enzyme additives, and nutrient additives Narrative Answer X X

Identity of laboratory performing tests, the qualifications of the laboratory staff, and laboratory experience with similar tests Narrative Answer X X X X X

Proposed Data Requirements

SDS form review and submission Simple Information X X X X X

Sample product label Simple Information X X X X X

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Chemical and biological agent category Short Answer X X X X X

Product use Narrative Answer X X X X X

Information on persistence, bioconcentration, bioaccumulation, and biodegradability Narrative Answer X X X X X

Certification that the product meets the National Ambient Water Quality Criteria and does

not contain prohibited agents Narrative Answer X X X X X

Product volume capacity Simple Information X X X X X

Recognition under EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) Simple Information X X X X X

International product testing, use data or certifications Short Answer X X X X X

Results of new and revised efficacy tests set forth in Appendix C of the NCP: dispersants, surface washing agents, bioremediation agents Narrative Answer X X X X X

Results of revised toxicity tests set forth in Appendix C of the NCP: dispersants, surface washing agents, bioremediation agents, solidifiers, herding agents Narrative Answer X X X X X

Key: BA = Bioremediation Agent, D = Dispersant, MA = Miscellaneous Agent, SCA = Surface Collecting Agent and SWA = Surface washing Agent

* The definitions for MOSCA and SCA would be removed under the proposed rule. Herders and Solidifiers would be added ; the proposed data requirements are the same.

Note: Manufacturers of s orbents with one or more substances not identified in 300.915(g)(1) would submit information.

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In addition to the data requirements listed in Exhibit 5

- 2 , the proposed Subpart J rule would also require manufacturers to read and understand the proposed Subpart J rule. While manufacturers that are new to the Schedule may incur more burden than existing manufacturers

in order to orient and familiarize themsel ves with NCP Subpart J as a whole, for this analysis EPA assumes that on average manufacturers of existing and new products would spend 2 .5 hours ( 1 .0 hour of technical time

, 0.5 hours of managerial time and 1.0 hour of clerical time ) to

read and understan d the relevant sections of the Subpart J requirements. M anufacturers of products already on the Schedule would also incur the burden of submitting data to EPA associated with the additional proposed general and agent

- specific revision s, as detailed in

Exhi bit 5

- 2

.

Manufacturers that apply to list a new product on the Schedule would incur the 2 .5

- hour burden to familiarize themselves with the Subpart J requirements and would also incur the burden of preparing and submitting all existing and additional proposed data requirements

detailed in Exhibit 5

- 2

. Exhibit 5

- 3 presents the labor hour estimat es to read and understand the Subpart J rule and to submit required data listed in Exhibit 5

- 2 by labor type (managerial, technical, clerical) for each product type . In addition, Exhibit 5

- 3 distinguishes between existing products already on the Schedule w ith the option to submit a new package for transitioning into

the new Schedule based on the proposed classification categories

, and for new products applying for listing

.

Exhibit 5

- 3

Respondent Burden to Prepare and Submit Information to EPA Under Proposed NCP Subpart J

Subpart J Rule

Requirement Oil Spill Mitigating Agent Unit Burden (hours)

Managerial Technical Clerical Total

Low High Low High Low High Low High

Existing Products

– Required Product Data

Read and understand Subpart J Rule All 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5

Prepare and submit

documentation to EPA ( Requirements Listed in

Exhibit 5

- 2 ) Bioremediation Agents 1.00 3.00 5.00 15.00 2 5 8 23

Dispersants 1.40 4.00 7.00 20.00 2 5 10.4 29

MOSCA 1 0.80 2.60 4.00 13.00 2 5 6.8 20.6
Surface Washing / Collecting Agents 0.60 2.20 3.00 11.00 2 5 5.6 18.2

Average 0.95 2.95 4.75 14.75 2.00 5.00 7.70 22.70

New Products

- Required Product Data

Read and understand Subpart J Rule All 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5

Prepare and submit

documentation to EPA (Requirements Listed in

Exhibit 5

- 2 ) Bioremediation Agents 2.4 6.6 12.00 33.00 7.00 15.00 21.4 54.6

Dispersants 2.8 7.6 14.00 38.00 7.00 15.00 23.8 60.6

MOSCA 1 2.2 6.2 11.00 31.00 7.00 15.00 20.2 52.2

Surface Washing / Collecting Agents 1.9 5.6 9.50 28.00 7.00 15.00 18.4 48.6

Average 2.3 6.5 11.6 32.5 7 15 21 54

1

– MOSCA is proposed to be deleted; these are typically Herders and Solidifiers in the proposed rule.

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Infrequent Respondent Burden Items

In addition to the data requirements listed in Exhibits 5

- 2 an d 5

- 3 , there are a number of infrequent respondent burden items in the existing Subpart J rule that would continue under the proposed rule. The infrequent items are sorbent s (part 300.915(g)(2)) , review of EPA’s decision, and retesting for changes to a listed product. Exhibit 5

- 4 presents the burden hours for these infrequent items.

The proposal changes the requirement for sorbents. Under the existing rule, sorbents

were not listed on the Schedu le

. That remains unchanged in the proposal, however it does establish a publicly available Sorbent Product List in which known sorbent materials and products will be identified for their use when responding to an oil discharge. For sorbent products that co nsist solely of the following materials, or any combination thereof, no technical data will be required and no further action will be necessary for use as a sorbent:

• Feathers, cork, peat moss, and cellulose fibers such as bagasse, corncobs, and straw;

• Vol c anic ash, perlite, vermiculite, zeolite, and clay; and

• Polypropylene, polyethylene, polyurethane, and polyester.

If the product consists of one or more natural organic substances, inorganic/mineral compounds , and/or synthetic compounds not specifically i dentified in the regulation, but the manufacturer believes the product meets the definition of a sorbent, then the manufacturer must submit the following information for consideration for list i ng it on the Sorbent Product List. T he

labor hours for submission of sorbents and other infrequent items are summarized in Exhibit 5

- 4

and described in the paragraphs that follow.

For products consisting of one or more substances not specifically identified in the proposed listing, the Agency proposes submi ssion requirements that include general and product characterization information required under paragraphs (a)(1) through (8), and

par a graph (a)(13) of proposed § 300.915. The submitter would also be required to include information to support the claim that the product meets the sorbent definition. The Agency will review the submission and make a determination to include the product as a sorbent on the

Sorbent Product list. The unit burden for sorbent submission is estimated at 3 hours (0.25 hours of manager ial time, 2 hours of technical time, and 0.75 hours of clerical time). EPA assumes that manufacturers of approximately 10 sorbents per year would submit data specified in part

300.915 (g) (2)

.

EPA w ill continue to allow manufacturers to request a review of EPA’s decision not to list

or re

- list a product on the Schedule (part 300.955(d)) and to reformulate their product and resubmit information to EPA if a product fails to be listed (part 300.955(c)(4)) . EPA will also continue to require manufacturers to re

- t est and resubmit supporting documentation if information is missing or contains errors.

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Manufacturers of products on the current Schedule 3 who would be required to prepare

and submit additional documentation for re

- testing are estimated to require 2.5 h ours of labor

burden. The re

- testing burden for changes to a listed product is estimated to require 2 hours of

technical time and 0.5 hours of clerical time . The appeal process to request a review of EPA’s decision not to list a product on the Schedule is expected to require approximately 5 hours of managerial and 5 hours of technical time. Preparing and submitting documentation for a reformulated product is assumed to require on average the same burden as for an original application. For this reason, the t echnical, managerial, and clerical burden for reformulated products are assumed to be equivalent to the average hours for data submission for all product types. Based on historical experience, EPA anticipates that there would be two re

- test s each

year ; appealing EPA’s non

- listing decision to occur twice annually; and submitting data for reformulated products to occur once annually.

Exhibit 5

- 4 Unit Burden Associated with Infrequent Items

Infrequent Burden Item Agent Unit Burden (Hours)

Managerial Technical Clerical Total

Low High Low High Low High Low High
Existing products

Sorbent Manufacturer Submission /

Information Sorbents 0.25 0.25 2 2 0.75 0.75 3 3

Re

- Test 1

All 0 0 2 2 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5

Request for Review of EPA Decision 2 5 5 5 5 0 0 10 10

Reformulate Product and Re

- Submit Required Data 3 2.3 6.5 11.6 32.5 7.0 15.0 21.0 54.0

Notes:

1 Re

- testing burden for new products may be necessary i f EPA determines there is missing information or errors in the supporting materials for the required effectiveness and/or toxicity tests (See section 300.920(a)(2)).

2 Manufacturers may request a review of EPA’s decision to not list a product on the Schedule (See section

300.9 55 ( d )).

3 If necessary, reformulating a product and re

- submitting the required data is assumed to require the same burden as preparing and submitting documentation for an ori ginal application (See section 300.9 55 ( e )); the burden presented represents the average of all oil spill mitigating agents.

In addition to the data requirements listed in Exhibit s 5

- 3 and 5

- 4 , the proposed revisions to Subpart J also involve changes to the effectiveness and toxicity tests currently required in part 300.915 and Appendix C to part 300 of the NCP. Exhibit 5

- 5 summarizes the existing and

new tests would need to be performed for e xisting and new chemical and biological agents

, by
type

, under the proposed revisions to Subpart J.

3 Analyses based on the June 28, 2011 Schedule, when 86 manufacturers had 99 products listed on the NCP

Schedule. The June 28, 2011 Schedule included: 22 bioremediation agents, 1 5 dispersants, 13 MOSCAs, and 49 surface washing agents.
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Exhibit 5

- 5 Proposed Subpart J Rule Revisions: Existing and Proposed Testing Requirements

Product Type Existing Rule Testing Requirement Proposed Requirement s for all products 1

Bioremediation Agents Current product Efficacy test; Appendix C

Toxicity test:

Reserved Effi c acy Testing : Degrade both alkanes and aromatics as determined by GC/MS in salt water

, freshwater or both depending on use. The percentage reduction of total alkanes must be greater than or equal to 9 5 % at day 28 and the percentage reduction of total aromatics must be greater than or equal to 7 0% at day 28 for salt water and greater than or equal

to 40% for freshwater based UCL 9 5

. Toxicity Testing : The bioremediation agent must be tested for acute toxicity in saltwater, freshwater or both , depending upon intended product use

. To be listed on the Schedule, th e bioremediation agent must demonstrate an LC 50 at the lower 95% confidence interval of greater than 1 0 ppm in either fresh or salt water for all tested species.

Dispersants Current product Eff i c acy test:

SWT>45%

T oxicity test : Certification of results Efficacy Testing :
Baffle d Flask Test. Dispersant Eff icacy at the lower 95% confidence level ( LCL 95 ) greater than: i) 55% for IFO

- 120 at

5 ° C, ii) 65% for IFO

- 120 at 25 ° C, iii) 70% for ANS crude oil at 5 ° C, and iv) 75% for ANS at 25 ° C.

T oxicity testing : Test dispersant alone, dispersant mixed with ANS and mixed with IFO

- 120 for acute toxicity, for development toxicity, and for sub

- chronic effects. Acute LC 50 >10 ppm, developmental toxicity IC 50 >10 ppm and sub

- chronic NOEC=>1 ppm.

Solidifiers Current product Efficacy test:

NA

Toxicity test: Appendix C Efficacy Testing:

NA Toxicity Testing:
To be listed on the Schedule, the solidifier must demonstrate an LC 50 at the lower 95% confidence interval greater than 10 ppm in either freshwater, saltwater or bo th, depending upon the intended use, for all tested species.

H erding

A gents Current product Efficacy test:

NA

Toxicity test: Appendix C Effectiveness Testing:

NA Toxicity Testing:
To be listed on the Schedule, the herding agent must demonstrate an LC 50 at the lower 95% confidence interval greater than 10 ppm in either fresh water, saltwater or both , depending upon intended use, for all tested species.

Surface Washing Agents Current product Efficacy test:

NA

Toxicity test: Appendix C Efficacy test : Using a standard recognized methodology, product must meet efficacy of 3 0% in fresh or saltwater or both depending on intended use.

T oxicity test : Acute toxicity using fresh water, saltwater species depending upon use. LC 50 at the lower 95% confidence interval of equal to or greater than 1 0 ppm in either fresh water, saltwater or both , depending upon intended use, for all

test ed species.

1 The propos al requires tests in addition to the existing 1994 rule requirements . These tests are incremental additions to the existing rule. EPA is not removing any existing requirements for product testing under the Subpart J rule ; the Agency is also revising certain tests

.

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## 5. 3 Total Estimated Compliance Costs for Manufacturers

This section presents both the estimated administrative and paperwork and the efficacy and toxicity tests compliance costs for product manufacturers. The administrative and paperwork costs reflect the labor hours for company personnel to read the regulations and to complet e the application packages to submit to EPA . The laboratory testing costs are based upon the prices charged to manufacturers by analytical laboratories for efficacy and toxicity testing costs services

. The prices charged by laboratories were compiled from submission packages, limited survey data from laboratories and manufacturers, and anecdotal information. There is no complete set of data on the costs to prepar e and submit an application package for

l isting a product on the Schedule.



## 5. 3 .1 Derivation of Wage Rates

To estimate hourly labor costs, EPA used March 2011 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) data in Table 11 reported by the BLS of the U.S. Department of Labor. 4

ECEC measures t he average cost per employee hour worked that a manufacturer pay s for

wages

, salaries and benefits. Hourly ECEC include wages

, salaries, and benefit costs, including paid leave, supplemental pay, insurance, retirement and savings, and legally required bene fits. These compensation costs reflect private industry averages, which were estimated by the BLS based on a sample survey of 58,700 occupations within 12,400 establishments in the private sector. To derive the hourly labor costs used in this analysis, EPA applied an overhead rate of 17 percent to hourly ECEC for management, technical, and clerical employees as summarized

in Exhibit 5

- 6

. 5

4 United States Depa rtment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Employment Cost Trends, Table 11

-- Private industry, by occupational group and full

- time and part

- time status, March

2011 , accessed at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf July 21, 2011

. 5 Overhead costs were computed separately from BLS data and were assumed to be an additional 17 percent of the total wage rate, which is comprised of direct wages and salaries and employee benefits, as reported by BLS. Adjustments to wage rates for overhea d costs are based on the results of several earlier Information Collection Requests that adjusted wage rates by an additional 17 percent based on the results of a survey of chemical industries and trade associations. (See, for example, Information Collect ion Request for the Toxic Chemical Release Report for the Proposed Lead Rule, EPA ICR #1363.08.)
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Exhibit 5

- 6 Derivation of Hourly Labor Cost Used in the Analysis

Occupational Category Ma rch 201 1 Hourly ECEC 1 Overhead

Cost 2 Hourly Labor Cost Used in the Analysis 3

Managerial $ 57.84 $ 9.83 $ 67.67

Technical $ 48.90 $ 8.31 $57. 21

Clerical $ 24.60 $ 4.18 $ 28.78

Notes:

1 Hourly Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) for March 201 1 include wages and salaries, benefit costs, including paid leave, supplemental pay, insurance, retirement and savings, and legally required benefits.

2 An overhead rate of 17 percent is applied to the March 201 1 hourly ECEC costs to derive the overhead costs. Overhead costs were computed separately from BLS data and were assumed to be an additional 17 percent of the total wage rate, which is comprised of direct wages and salaries and employee benefits, as reported by BLS. Adjustments to wage rates for overhead costs are based on the results of several earlier Information Collection Requests that adjusted wage rates by an additional 17 percent based on the results of a survey of chemical industries

and trade associ ations. (See, for example, Information Collection Request for the Toxic Chemical Release Report for the Proposed Lead Rule, EPA ICR #1363.08.)

3 The hourly labor cost used in the analysis represents the sum of the March 201 1 hourly ECEC costs and derived

overhead costs. Source: United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Employment Cost Trends, Table 11

-- Private industry, by occupational group and full

- time and part

- time status,

March 201 1 , ac cessed at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf July 21 , 2011

.

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## 5. 3

. 2 Estimated Testing Costs for Product Manufacturers

Laboratory incremental costs are incurred when a manufacturer must test or re

- test a product for efficacy and toxicity consistent with the proposed rules and Appendix C to part 300

. Based upon information from manufacturers and laboratories, EPA anticipates that

manufacturers wi ll purchase these services (laboratory testing) for a price , rather than invest in physical capital (e.g., computers, machinery, or laboratory equipment) to conduct the tests

themselves

. Several companies have invested in laboratory capital to conduct thei r own tests; most companies purchase these services at the price set in the marketplace. Therefore, testing

costs are incurred through purchased services

. In order to provide the necessary test result information to EPA, manufacturers typically have their product tested at a laboratory but

, at their option, they could conduct tests in a company owned laboratory if the laboratory is certified under existing standards

.

• Dispersant Efficacy Test : The Swirling Flask Test ( SFT ) required by the existing Subpart J regulations is priced in the market at about $1, 850 for each test

. We assume that the new, proposed BFT would require additional equipment (e.g., flasks, stopcocks for the first such test) ) and new l aboratory procedures. L ab oratories would recover the cost of new equipment and laboratory procedures by increasing their prices and passing these through to the manufacturers for these analytical laboratory services

. In addition, the

market for the analytical laboratory industry appears to have changed with a shift (increase) in demand for laboratory services after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the

Gulf of Mexico

. Market forces also influence analytical testing prices in addition to the

costs for additional procedures and equipment. T he total price for the dispersant efficacy

test is about $ 2

, 2 00 for each BFT , reflecting the change in the test and the change in the

market

. Manufacturers may be able to recover some of these costs by increasing prices and passing these through to the mar ket

. Th e pressure on prices is more likely to be
greater during a SONS event.

To estimate the total present value costs and the annualized total costs for all dispersant products for the BFT

, the economic analysis a ssumes that all manufacturers with dispersants on the Schedule will retest their product s and dispersant manufacturers will require their analytical laboratories to us e the BFT (part 300.9 15 ( b ))

. The economic analysis also assumes that m anufacturers that apply to list new dispersants will a lso require their laboratories to use the BFT

.

• Bioremediation Saltwater Efficacy Test : EPA estimates that the bioremediation saltwater efficacy test for new bioremediation agents would cost $10,750 per product. This cost reflects the following savings and increases over the previous estimate of $15,000 for

each test under the existing requirements that is associated with the following proposed changes to the efficacy testing requirements:

Savings

o Elimination of the microbiological test ($650);

o Elimination of the GC/MS test with nutrient control (nine samples at $400 per sample, or $3,600); and

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o Elimination of intermediate/day

- 7 sampling (six samples at $400 per sample, or $2,400).

Increases

o Addition of positive controls (flasks containing seawater, oil, nutrients, and a culture of oil degrading bacteria) at days 0 and 28 (six samples at $400 per sample, or $2,400).

o One potentially minor cost increase associated with the bioremediation agent efficacy test is not considered because EPA assume s this would result in insignificant change to the cost estimate. This cost increase is the proposal to require manufacturers that may need to provide a nutrient solution in the correct ratio to the laboratory performing the efficacy test, which would incr ease the testing costs slightly

for certain manufacturers.

EPA will require the revised saltwater efficacy testing costs for manufacturers with bioremediation products currently on the Schedule. Because manufacturers applying to place new products on the Schedule would be required to test their product for efficacy in

the waters that the product will be used , EPA assumes that half of these manufacturers would test their product with the revised saltwater efficacy test for use in saltwater, while

the other half would test their product using the freshwater efficacy test (described below)

for use in freshwater.

• Bioremediation Freshwater Efficacy Test : EPA estimates that the cost of the

bioremediation freshwater efficacy test will be roughly equivalent to the revised saltwater efficacy test. Therefore, EPA estimates that the freshwater efficacy test will cost $10,750.

EPA assumes that half of the manufacturers with bioremediation agents currently on the Schedule will test their product with the freshwater efficacy test for use in freshwater. Similarly, EPA assumes that half of the manufacturers applying to have a new

bi oremediation agent placed on the Schedule will test their product with the freshwater efficacy test for use in freshwater.

• Freshwater and Saltwater Toxicity Test : EPA estimates that the freshwater and saltwater toxicity tests required for solidifiers

, her ding agents, surface

- washing agents, and certain bioremediation agents would cost $ 5,15 0 each per product.

EPA assumes half of the manufacturers with bioremediation agents listed on the Schedule

would conduct both salt water and freshwater toxicity test ing, and the other half would only conduct one of the tests. EPA uses this same assumption for manufacturers applying to have new bioremediation agents listed on the Schedule.

EPA assumes that manufacturers of solidifiers and surface

- washing agents on th e Schedule would all conduct freshwater toxicity testing in addition to the existing saltwater toxicity test requirement. EPA uses this same assumption for manufacturers applying to

have new solidifiers and surface

- washing agents listed on the Schedule.

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Manufacturers of bioremediation agents, dispersants, herding agents, solidifiers or surface washing agents listed on the Schedule are required to notify the EPA if their product changes in composition, formulation, or application (part 300.955(e)) . EP A assumes that such notifications would be rare after the first year of the revised NCP Subpart J regulations, since most products would be re

- tested in the initial two year s to comply with the proposed new requirements. In addition, most manufacturers are not expected to incur any capital/start

- up costs as a result of the proposed revisions to NCP Subpart J , because manufacturers are likely to purchase these services from existing analytical laboratories

. There are several companies

th at may have their own in

- house analytical laboratories. These in

- house laboratories would have to be certified ju st as a commercial laboratory. I n those cases, the fully loaded capital

, and operation and maintenance ( O&M ) costs for each test should be similar to the prices charged by analytical laboratories in the marketplace.



## 5. 4 Estimated Total Annual Burden and Costs

The average annual costs and total costs for the 20

- year projection period are illustrated

in Exhibit s 5

- 7 A

- D

. The labor cost s represent the average hourly labor burden for

administrative and paperwork requirements. In addition, the labor costs also contain the costs for reading and understanding the regulations. Manufac t urers with products on the Schedule are

familiar with the e xisting regulations and will have to invest less time reading and understanding the proposed regulations than new manufacturers submitting products for listing. New manufacturers will have to become familiar with the revised regulations without the advanta ge of familiarity with the existing requirements. New manufacturers will have to spend more time reading and understanding the requirements than manufacturers with products on the Schedule. These differential labor requirements are reflected in the analysi s.

The labor hours are multiplied by the wage category (management, technical, or clerical)

labor rates to estimate the total labor costs

. Efficacy and toxicity testing costs vary by product type and the test(s) required. Testing assumptions used for costs are detailed in Section 5. 3 .3 of this report.

Exhibit 5

- 7 A contains labor costs for the existing product category, while 5

- 7 B has similar figures for new products, as well as some infrequent burden items. The average total labor cost per responde nt per product is used in the next tables to calculate aggregate costs over the 20 year period of analysis for all manufacturers . Exhibit 5

- 7 C contains estimates of the aggregate costs for existing products, which are required to perform all actions withi n the first two years of the rule, as discussed above. Since none of these costs are required in the baseline, all of them are incremental to this proposed update to the Subpart

- J rule. These labor, testing, and other costs for existing products are aggreg ated in the last two columns of the table, resulting in total cost estimate s of $878,002 (3% discount rate) and $864,960 (7%). Exhibit 5

- 7 D illustrates the aggregate costs for new producers resulting from the proposed updates to the Subpart

- J rule. These costs do not represent the incremental costs of the rule for new producers, however, since the costs that would have been faced in the baseline (from Exhibit 4

- 1) need to be sub tracted. The final two columns of Exhibit 5

- 7 D indicate the estimated
aggregat e costs to new manufacturers, including both incremental and baseline costs, as $2,669,250 (3% discount rate) or $1,974,545 (7%).

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Exhibit 5

- 7 A Labor Costs for Existing Products

Technical Managerial Clerical Total Hours per Respondent Total Labor Cost per Respondent per Product

Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Read and understand Subpart Rule Bioremediation Agents 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 $134 $134 $134 Dispersants 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 $134 $134 $134
Solidifiers, MOSCAs 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 $134 $134 $134 Surface Washing, Collecting Agents 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 $134 $134 $134

Prepare and Submit Documentation Bioremediation Agents 5 15 10 1 3 2 2 5 3.5 8 23 15.5 $411 $1,205 $808 Dispersants 7 20 13.5 1.4 4 2.7 2 5 3.5 10.4 29 19.7 $553 $1,559 $1,056

Solidifiers

, MOSCAs 4 13 8.5 0.8 2.6 1.7 2 5 3.5 6.8 20.6 13.7 $341 $1,064 $702

Surface Washing, Collecting Agents 3 11 7 0.6 2.2 1.4 2 5 3.5 5.6 18.2 11.9 $270 $922 $596

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Exhibit 5

- 7 B

Labor Costs for New Products

Technical Managerial Clerical Total Hours per Respondent per Product Total Labor Cost Per Respondent Per Product

Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Low High Avg Read and Understand Subpart Rule Bioremediation Agents 2 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 2.5 $148 $148 $148 Dispersants 2 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 2.5 $148 $148 $148

Solidifiers , etc. 2 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 2.5 $148 $148 $148 Surface Washing, Herding Agents 2 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 2.5 $148 $148 $148

Prepare and Submit Documentation Bioremediation Agents 12 33 22.5 2.4 6.6 4.5 7 15 11 21.4 54.6 38 $1,050 $2,766 $1,908 Dispersants 14 38 26 2.8 7.6 5.2 7 15 11 23.8 60.6 42.2 $1,192 $3,120 $2,156

Solidifiers , etc. 11 31 21 2.2 6.2 4.2 7 15 11 20.2 52.2 36.2 $980 $2,625 $1,802 Surface Washing, Herding Agents 9.5 28 18.75 1.9 5.6 3.75 7 15 11 18.4 48.6 33.5 $874 $2,413 $1,643

Infrequent Burden Items

Sorbent Review 2 2 2 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.75 0.75 0.75 3 3 3 $140 $140 $140

Re

- test 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.50 $53 $53 $53 Request for Review of

EPA Decision 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 10 10 $436 $436 $436

Reformulate Product and

Re

- Submit Required

Data 11.63 32.5 22.06 2.33 6.5 4.41 7 15 11 20.95 54 37.48 $924 $2,197 $1,561

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Exhibit 5

- 7 C Aggregate Costs for Existing Products

Unit Cost* Year 1 Respondents Year 2 Respondents Year 1

Costs Year 2

Costs Total Cost (3%) Total Cost (7%) Read and understand Subpart Rule Bioremediation Agents $134 13 9 $1,743 $1,206 $2,914 $2,870 Dispersants $134 9 6 $1,206 $804 $1,987 $1,958
Solidifiers, MOSCAs $134 8 5 $1,072 $670 $1,723 $1,699 Surface Washing, Collecting Agents $134 29 20 $3,887 $2,681 $6,490 $6,393 Prepare and Submit Documentation Bioremediation Agents $808 13 9 $10,507 $7,274 $17,569 $17,305 Dispersants $1,056 9 6 $9,502 $6,335 $15,653 $15,423
Solidifiers, MOSCAs $702 8 5 $5,617 $3,510 $9,025 $8,898 Surface Washing, Collecting Agents $596 29 20 $17,283 $11,919 $28,855 $28,423 Efficacy Tests

Bioremediation Salt/ Freshwater Efficacy $10,750 13* 9* $69,875 * $48,375 * $116,841 $115,085 Revised Dispersant Efficacy $2,200 9 6 $19,800 $13,200 $32,616 $32,136 Toxicity Tests Bioremediation Agents Salt/Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 13* 9* $100,425 * $69,525 * $167,925 $165,402 Dispersant Developmental Sea Urchin Test $3,000 9 6 $27,000 $18,000 $44,476 $43,822 Dispersant Sub

- chronic Test $3,350 9 6 $30,150 $20,100 $49,665 $48,935 Dispersant to Oil Mixture Test $4,500 9 6 $40,500 $27,000 $66,714 $65,734
Solidifiers, MOSCAs Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 8 5 $41,200 $25,750 $66,200 $65,265 Surface Washing Agents Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 29 20 $149,350 $103,000 $249,350 $245,612

Total Cost $529,118 $359,351 $878,002 $864,960

* As explained above, f or some tests, some respondents are assumed to have to do multiple tests, so the annual cost is not simply equal to the unit cost tim es the no. of respondents

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Exhibit 5

- 7 D Aggregate Costs for New Products

Unit Cost* No. of Annual Respondents Annual

Cost Total Cost (3%) Total Cost (7%)
Read and understand Subpart Rule
Bioremediation Agents $148 2 $297 $4,544 $3,361
Dispersants $148 2 $297 $4,544 $3,361

Solidifiers, etc. $148 3 $445 $6,816 $5,042
Surface Washing , Herding Agents $148 3 $445 $6,816 $5,042

Prepare and Submit Documentation
Bioremediation Agents $1,908 2 $3,817 $58,489 $43,266
Dispersants $2,156 2 $4,312 $66,077 $48,880

Solidifiers, etc. $1,802 3 $5,407 $82,854 $61,290
Surface Washing , Herding Agents $1,643 3 $4,929 $75,536 $55,877

Infrequent Burden Items

Sorbent Review $140 10 $1,403 $21,499 $15,904

Re

- test $53 2 $106 $1,623 $1,201
Request for Review of EPA Decision $436 2 $872 $13,368 $9,889

Reformulate Product and Re

- Submit Required Data $1,561 1 $1,561 $23,917 $17,692

Efficacy Tests
Bioremediation Agents Salt/Freshwater Efficacy $10,750 2* $32,250 $494,193 $365,573

Revised Dispersant Efficacy $2,200 2* $8,800 $134,849 $99,753

Toxicity Tests
Bioremediation Agents Salt/Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 2* $15,450 $236,753 $175,135
Dispersant Saltwater Toxicity $5,150 2* $10,300 $157,835 $116,757
Dispersant Developmental Sea Urchin Test $3,000 2* $6,000 $91,943 $68,014
Dispersant Sub

- chronic Test $3,350 2* $6,700 $102,669 $75,948
Dispersant to Oil Mixture Test $4,500 2* $9,000 $137,914 $102,020

Solidifiers, etc. Saltwater & Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 3* $30,900 $473,505 $350,270

Surface Washing Agents, Herding Agents Saltwater &

Freshwater Toxicity $5,150 3* $30,900 $473,505 $350,270

Total Cost $174,190 $2,669,250 $1,974,545

* As explained above, f or some tests, some respondents are assumed to have to do multiple tests, so the annual cost is not simply equal to the unit cost tim es the no. of respondents

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## 5. 5 T otal Incremental Costs for Product Manufacturers

Exhibit 5

- 8 presents the total incremental costs of the proposed rule for manufacturers

. The proposed rule also contains government costs and monitoring costs ( Section 5.1) that are added to the total manufacturer’s costs and appear in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 5

- 8 contains the
estimated total annual incremental labor and testing costs for manufacturers for the 24

- month transition period as well as for the 20

- year projection period

.

The incremental cost of the proposed rule is the total cost of all requirements minus the
b aseline or existing costs. The baseline annual costs for manufacturers are approximately $91,000 (from Exhibit 4

- 1) and the pr o posed rule adds combined costs to existing and new products of approximately $ 154,000 or $1 77,000 , annualized at 3% and 7%, respectively. Existing producers face annual costs of approximately $ 60 ,000 (3%) or $ 82 ,000 (7%) , while new producers face annual costs of approximately $ 95 ,000

. The proposed rule also adds costs for governmental entities ( i.e., EPA ) to implement the new requirements. The incremental government costs (EPA) to manage the program is about $ 13 ,000 (3%) or $17,000 (7%) each year for the proposed rule. In addition, the proposed rule requires the responsible party to monitor for dispers ants ( p art 300.913) with monitoring costs of roughly $500,000 each year, assuming one oil spill each year. ( Refer to Chapter 6 for more information on the frequency of oil spills that may require monitoring by the RP

. ) The estimated annual incremental cost s of the current proposal to the Subpart J rule are approximately $ 667,610 or $ 694,343 annualized at 3% and 7%, respectively, for all affected entities. These values appear in Exhibit 1.

The total present value of incremental cost s of the propos al for all existing and new product manufacturers on the S chedule is estimated at $ 2,339,511 or $ 1,948,041, discounted at 3% and 7%, respectively . The total present value of monitoring cost s for the Subpart J proposed rule (of $500,000 per year) is approximat ely $7,661,900 (3%) or $5,667,798 (7%)

. T he total incremental costs for government are $ 196,406 (3%) or $ 181,140 ( 7% )

. Thus, the total national incremental costs of the proposed rule are estimated as $10, 197,817 (3%) or $ 7,796,979 (7%). Exhibit 1 presents a summary of these values.

The annualized costs for each manufacturer can provide additional information about the impacts of a regulation. As presented in Section 3.0 Universe of Facilities, the June 28, 2011 Schedule contained 99 different products manu factured by 86 different manufacturers. The Small Business Analysis in Section 7.0 will show slightly different annualized compliance costs per manufacturer, because that analysis focuses on the smallest subset , indicated by the number of employees and annual sales, of manufacturers from D&B data

. Refer to Chapter 7.0 Small Business Analysis for additional information. The impact of the monitoring requirements will be incurred by large oil production companies a nd are unlikely to adversely impact these
firms.

A different time horizon may also be considered appropriate, one that is more closely associated with the length of life of a product on the schedule (approximately 9 years if we truncate the length of li fe at the year 2010) , or the duration of a loan (expected to be longer than 10 years) . To conduct a sensitivity analysis of annualized costs of efficacy and toxicity testing , EPA adopts the very conservative 5 year horizon. The model run results for 5 year s

appear s in Appendix C.

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The total compliance costs of the proposed rule may appear small in comparison to the total compliance costs or cost savings f or other EPA federal rules and regulations. Part of the
difference is that the universe of businesses regulated by the Subpart J proposed rule total to
less than 100 manufacturing firms and the number of products on the Schedule is about 100

. Based upon the D&B data described in Chapter 3 and analyzed in Chapter 7, approximately 94 percent of product manufacturers are small businesses. Please see Chapters 3 and 7 for
additional information on the small business analysis

.

Exhibit 5

- 8 Incremental Costs of the Proposed Rule for Existing and New

Product Manufacturers Existing Prod ucts New Products

Year 1

Labor 981 172.2

Labor Costs $50,818 $9,105 Testing and other costs $478,300 $85,700

Year 1 Costs $529,118 $94,805

Year 2

Labor 664 172.2

Labor Costs $34,401 $9,105 Testing and other costs $333,950 $85,700

Year 2 Costs $368,351 $94,805

Years 3

- 20 (annual)

Labor 0 172.2

Labor Costs 0 $9,105 Testing and other costs 0 $85,700

Annual Costs Years 3

- 20 0 $94,805

All Years Average Annual Costs (3%) $59,603 $94,805* Average Annual Costs (7%) $82,440 $94,805* Total 20 Year Costs (3%) $886,740 $1,452,771 Total 20 Year Costs (7%) $873,371 $1,074,670

* Since annual costs for new products are constant across years 1

- 20, they are not annualized like the existing products.

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## 6.0 Benefits of the Proposed Rule

Due to it s targeting of multiple substances, as well as its use of a range of testing improvements, the pr o posed rule has a variety of benefits. Stricter testing requirements will result in less toxic and more effective products on the Sch edule. With dispersants, for example,

this will result in less oil reaching shorelines and the shoreline ecosystems. Fu r thermore, OSC s

, RRTs, A rea C ommittee s, and the oil spill response community use the Schedule to determine the most appropriate oil spill mitigating products to use in various oil spill scenarios. The information provided by manufacturers enables OSCs, RRTs, and Area Committees to make

informed decision s about the most appropriate products to use in oil spill situations. The

pr o posed rule is intended to provide better information on the efficacy, toxicity and application of oil spill mitigation products. Responders can make more appropriate choices on th e best product to use in a given situation. Increased monitoring requirements will also improve

response capabilities and provide valuable information and dat a for future efforts.

The proposed requirements to improve the efficacy and reduce the toxicit y of oil spill
response agents w ould provide a range of benefits. With improved efficacy , the probability of oil reaching shorelines would decrease , reducing the potential for ecological and h uman health impacts. For example, r ecent oil spills highlight th e breadth of occupations and activities potential ly impact ed by a spill

, such as recreational and commercial boaters, swimmers, and

recreational and commercial fishers. 6 Further , local environmental and ecosystem impacts

w ould be reduced if less oil and less toxic spill agents and oil/agent mixtures reach animal s

, plant s , and other living organisms along shorelines

.

Exhibit 6

- 1 highlights benefits from improvements in efficacy and toxicity testing for Subpart J products. The sources cited in the Ta ble illustrate examples of the described benefits.

Due to a lack of high quality data and other concerns, the se benefits are not quantif ied . Data on oil spill s are difficult to obtain and spill reports are not easily verified. Monetizing oil spill damages is al s o quite difficult. Although the Exxon Valdez spill in the late 1980’s resulted in several estimates of the public’s willingness to pay to avoid oil spill damages, these estimates

are somewhat dated now and o nly focus on a remote area in Alaska. Furth ermore, since accurate data on the size of past oil spills is quite limited, only rudimentary forecasts of the distribution of future oil spills can be made. This severely limits the ability to quantify the benefits

of the rule.

EPA believes the benefit s discussed in this chapter illustrate the scope of the potential benefits of the proposed rule.

6 For instance, the Smithsonian Institution describes a range of impacts and related research at http://ocean.si.edu/gulf

- oil

- spill

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Exhibit 6

- 1 Overview Of Subpart J Benefits Due to Stricter

Efficacy and Toxicity Testing R e quirements

Benefits More Information Sources Improved Product Performance

Improved product

effectiveness

. Testing requirements w ould improve product efficacy result ing in oil spills being more effectively remediated

. Th ere are also benefits of using more effective products on oil spills on

land and in other applications

. Percin, et al

. ( 2005 )

Reduced Impacts on the Environment and Ecosystem

Reduced adverse

effects to fish, shellfish,

and other marine

animals and wildlife

. A range of water, coastal, migratory, and other

wildlife are potentially impacted by oil spills. Improvements in product efficacy and toxicity, as well as monitoring requirements for more effective responses , can reduce the potential impacts to these populations. Gunkel and Gassmann, ( 1980 ), Carson et al., ( 2003 )

Reduced impac ts on water quality

. Decreased water quality resulting from oil spills

has the potential for a range of ecosystem impacts, especially on local plant and animal populations. Water quality is essential to key ecosystem functions. Improvements in efficacy

an d reduced toxicity of oil spill mitigation products w ould reduce the potential impacts to water quality. Van Houtven et al., ( 2007 )

Reduced impact on

tourism

. Oil spills can impact tourism; effective spill remediation would reduce this impact. Garza

- Gil et al., ( 2006 ) Other Benefit Categories Reduced impact on

m arket products

. Reduced potential damages from oil spills that

reach shorelines that could impact h arvest or production of: f ood, fuel, fiber, timber, fur and

leather. US EPA ( December 2010 )

Reduced impact on

r ecreation al activities

and aesthetics

. More effective oil spill remediation would reduce impact on w ildlife observation, hunting, fish i ng, boating, swimming, hiking, scenic views

, reduced odors. US EPA ( December 2010 ),

Freeman ( 1993 )

.

Non

- use values

. Enhanced non

- use values of r elevant species

, populations, communities, or ecosystems US EPA ( December 2010 ),

Freeman ( 1993 )

. C ommercial harvesting

. Less impact on commercial harvesting, including smaller areas designated restricted consumption

zones. Goodlad, ( 1996 ),
Law and Hellou, ( 1999 )

Reduced materials damage

. Reduced soiling, reduced corrosion US EPA ( December 2010 )

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## 7.0 Small Business Analysis

This section estimates the impact of the proposed rule on small entities using EPA’s Regulatory Flexibility Guidance (November 2006) . To estimate the impacts of the proposed rule

on entities that apply to list products on the Schedule, we started with employment and revenue

information for manufa cturers with products listed on the June 28, 2011 Schedule. This information was queried from the D&B Market Spectrum database, a proprietary data source for financial company information. Total annual sales (revenue) data were available for 6 0 out of 86

m anufacturers; the total number of employees w as available from D&B for 62 out of 86

manufacturers. NAICS codes were available for 65 out of the 86 manufacturers on the June 28,

2011 Schedule. We used these data to model the number of employees for the 86

m anufacturers.

Manufacturers were classified as small or large businesses consistent with SBA criteria,

which a re organized by NAICS code s and based on the number of employees or annual sales revenue for each NAICS industry sector of interest. Product manufacturers and corresponding NAICS codes were mapped into the SBA small business definitions. As a result, each

manufacturer was matched with the appropriate NAICS code and SBA criteri a to dete rmine if it

was a small business

. The small business category was then sub

- divided into four sizes based on the number of employees, 1 to 9, 10 to 19, 20 to 99, and 100 to 499. About 9 4 percent of the

65 manufacturers with listed products on the June 28, 2 011 Schedule and with adequate D&B

data are small businesses.

For the purposes of this analysis, the manufacturers with products listed on the June 28,

2011 Schedule without D&B data were modeled using the distribution of data f or the 65

manufacturers with data in D&B. EPA also modeled the size distribution for manufacturers of new products over the 20

- year projection period

. Exhibits 7

- 1 (A and B) and 7

- 2 present the results of the small business analysis. Exhibit 7

- 1 A contains the incremental costs for each product from the proposed updates to the Subpart

- J rule, as well as the two alternate scenarios

for annual costs , based on either 20 or 5 year periods

. Exhibit 7

- 1 A indicates (and highlights in yellow ) that the most expensive product to list is a dispersant, with $1,841 in annual costs per new product and $1,3 44 for existing products over a 20 year horizon ; or $4,757 in annual costs per new product and $3,473 for existing products over a 5 year horizon

.

Exhibit 7

- 1 B uses the costs of listing a dispersant to illustrate the costs to existing and new manufacturers and analyzes the impacts on an aggregate basis for five different

manufacturer size categories. EPA’s Regulatory Flexibility Guidance sugges ts using annualized compliance costs as a percentage of annual sales to determine the impacts on small businesses. In analyzing previous rules, EPA has often defined the lower threshold as incremental compliance costs of 1% of sales and the higher threshol d as compliance costs of

3% of sales. The costs presented in the table are from the most expensive product (dispersants). Other products would therefore be expected to have less impact , so this is therefore a conservative figure for most products

. Finally, Exhibit 7

- 2 presents the impacts on a

business

- by

- business basis for 30 of the smallest existing businesses.

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The result of the small business analysis, with the 1% and 3% sales tests, is less than one percent of the annual sales for each product ma nufacturer size category in Exhibit 7

- 1 B

. EPA expects that the proposed regulation will not impose a significant adverse impact on a
substantial number of small entities (SISNOSE).

Exhibit 7

- 1 A

Per

- Product Costs of the Proposed Revisions to the NCP Subpart J Rule

Per

Product Testing

C osts Per

Product

Labor

Costs Per

Product

Costs Annualized (7%) 20

Years Annualized (7%) 5

years

New Producers Dispersants $18,550 $956 $19,506 $1,841 $4,757 Bioremediation Agents $8,850 $1,204 $10,054 $949 $2,452
Solidifiers, etc. $5,150 $850 $6,000 $566 $1,463 Surface Washing , Herding Agents $5,150 $744 $5,894 $556 $1,437
Existing Producers Dispersants $13,050 $1,190 $14,240 $1,344 $3,473 Bioremediation Agents $13,100 $942 $14,042 $1,325 $3,425
Solidifiers, MOSCAs $5,150 $836 $5,986 $565 $1,460 Surface Washing, Collecting Agents $5,150 $730 $5,880 $555 $1,434

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Exhibit 7

- 1 B NCP Product Schedule Manufacturer Profile and Expected Impacts Associated with the Proposed Revisions to the NCP Subpart J Rule for the Most Expensive Product to List (Dispersants)
Company

Size Manufacturer Profile Using

Dun & Bradstreet Data a Impact on Existing Manufacturers b Impact on New Manufacturers c

Number of Employees Number of Companies Annual Revenue per Company d Number Average

Annual

Incremental Change in

Cost of Listing

a Dispersant per Company e Impact (Cost to Revenue) Number Average Annual Incremental Change in Cost of Listing a Dispersant per Company e Impact (Cost to Revenue)

Small Businesses

1 to 9 35 $1,953,786 46 $1,344 0.07% 5 $1,841 0.09%

10 to 19 11 $1,699,803 15 $1,344 0.08% 2 $1,841 0.11%

20 to 99 11 $9,879,764 15 $1,344 0.01% 2 $1,841 0.02%

100 to 499 4 $50,624,645 5 $1,344 0.00% 1 $1,841 0.00%

Total 61 81 9 Large Businesses

500+ 4 $4,560,366,000 5 $1,344 0.00% 1 $1,841 0.00%

a. Manufacturers of products currently on the Product Schedule were categorized according to size based on availability of D&B data (i.e., annual revenue and number of employees) and SBA company size definitions.

b

. Manufacturers of existing products on the Schedule total 86, based on the June 2011 NC P Product Schedule. The 21 manufacturers with products currently on the Schedule that were not classified according to company size due to insufficient D&B information were allocat ed across the five company size categories in proportion to the distributio n of manufacturers with sufficient D&B company size information. (Note: 65 companies have reportabl e data, 21 companies did not)

c. EPA assumes the size distribution for the estimated 10 manufacturers of new products to be considered for listing on the Pr oduct Schedule will be similar to the size and revenue distribution of existing product manufacturers.

d

. Five companies were missing revenue information in the 1 to 9 number of employees size category, and one company was missing revenue
information in th e 100 to 499 number of employees size category.

e

. These estimates are based on average incremental cost estimates per manufacturer for existing and new manufacturers presented in Exhibit 7

- 1 A

.

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EPA conducted a more detai led analys i s in which current manufacturers in t he smallest company size category (1 to 9 employees) were classified by their product types and their

annual sales revenue . The incremental annualized compliance cost s (from Exhibit 7

- 1 A) were compared to the annual sales revenue for each manufacturer . This analysis in Exhibit 7

- 2

revealed that 3 manufacturers out of 30 in the smallest size category could have incremental compliance costs greater than one percent of their annual sales

. No manufacturers could have incremental costs that exceed three percent of annual sales

. Given that the remaining 2 7

small est businesses would fall under the one

- percent threshold, EPA believes that the proposed revisions to Subpart J regulations will not cau se a significant economic impact on a substantial

number of small manufacturers (SISNOSE)

, that manufacture products on the June 28, 201 1

Schedule.

In addition to the analysis in Exhibit 7

- 2, EPA also conducted a sensitivity analysis using

5 years as a substitute for 20 years

, as discussed in Section s 2.1 and 5.4. The sensitivity analysis is in Appendix C of this report and replicates Exhibit 7

- 1 B with 5 years for the time

horizon. The substitution of 5 years for 20 years increases the annualized costs and the annualized cost to annual sales revenue ratio. For example, the incremental annualized costs for dispersants

— the most expensive product

— in crease from $1, 344 to $ 3,473 for existing facilities. For new facilities, the annualized costs increase from $ 1,841 to $4, 757 . The annualized costs to annual sales revenue ratio increases for each small business category.
However, Appendix C indicates that these ratios do not , on average, approach the 1% and 3%

thresholds in EPA’s small business guidance (EPA 2006)

.

There are further considerations that would suggest that manufacturers of Subpart J products would not incur and absorb the full costs of additional requirements. Subpart J products may be in demand to respond to oil spills, often o n an eme rgency basis . In those cases, manufacturers may be asked to provide products manufactured on a short turn around basis. For these conditions, the manufacturer may charge a higher price thus passing through

the costs for additional testing and for additiona l information about the product. The ability to pass costs through depends on the elasticity of demand for the specific product.

In the case of a SONS for example , an inelastic demand could be imposed on the

market for dispersants because of increased dem and for the product . In th e s e situation s , to respond to the demand the product manufacturer may face the potential market condition s that

would allow them to impose a higher price for the product. This may be necessary to change the production and supply f unction in order to produce a product and make it available when and

where it is needed. The higher price could increase the manufacturer’s annual sales revenues, reducing the impacts of the costs of efficacy and t oxicity test requirements. Th e s e change s i n market and price equilibrium ensure that products are made available where they are needed

most.

All Subpart J products may not be used in emergency responses . These products are sold for general oil spill cleanups such as small local spills . For these products, the capability to pass through prices to their customers is not so clear. Generally, we would conclude that cost pass through may be more likely for products used in oil spill cleanup in emergency responses.

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Exhibit 7

- 2
Potential Impacts Associated with the Proposed Revisions to NCP Subpart J for Existing Very Small NCP Product June 2011 Schedule Manufacturers (1 to 9 Employees)

Company 1 Number of Employees Annual
Revenue (2011$) Product Type Annualized Cost
of Revisions 2 Impact ( Annualized

Cost to Revenue)

1 1 62,000.00 Solidifiers, etc. (2) $1,130 1.8227%

2 1 1,000,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0555%

3 1 160,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.35%

4 2 2,500,000.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 0.0530%

5 2 120,000.00 Solidifier, etc. $565 0.4709%

6 2 200,000.00 Solidifier, etc. $565 0.2825%

7 2 30,000.00 Solidifier, etc. $565 1.8835%

8 2 10,000,000.00 Solidifier, etc. $565 0.0057%

9 2 120,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.4625%

10 3 280,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.1982%

11 3 1,300,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0427%

12 3 150,000.00 Surface Washing Agent (2) $1,110 0.7400%

13 3 5,000,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0111%

14 4 559,000.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 0.2371%

15 4 1,000,000.00 Dispersant (2) & Surface Washing Agent (1) $3,243 0.3243%

16 4 730,000.00 Solidifier, etc. $565 0.0774%

17 4 500,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.1110%

18 4 187,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.2968%

19 4 350,000.00 Surface Washing Agent (2) $1,110 0.3172%

20 5 5,000,000.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 0.0265%

21 5 290,000.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 0.4571%

22 6 120,000.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 1.1046%

23 6 15,000,000.00 Dispersant (1) & Surface Washing Agent $1,899 0.0127%

24 6 500,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.1110%

25 6 5,000,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0111%

26 7 660,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0841%

27 8 3,054,214.00 Bioremediation Agent $1,325 0.0434%

28 8 2,500,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0222%

29 8 1,500,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0370%

30 9 2,500,000.00 Surface Washing Agent $555 0.0222%

Notes : a Company names withheld to avoid disclosure of sensitive business inform a tion

. Thirty manufacturers of products currently on the June 28,

2011 Schedule were categorized as very small businesses (1 to 9 employees) and are considered based on the availability of sufficient D&B data (i.e., annual revenue and number of employees) and SBA company size definitions.

b These estimates are b ased on average incremental cost estimates per manufacturer for existing manufacturers presented in Exhibit 7

- 1

. Accordingly, the estimate for the average cost of revisions for a company producing one product is $ 1,325 . Two of the very small companies

each currently produce two products that are on the Schedule; for these companies, the estimate of $1,325 is multiplied by two.

Note: Products in red have incremental costs to annual sales revenue over 1 %

.

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## 8.0 Key Limitations of the Analysis

This RIA involves several sources of uncertainty that may lead analyses to differ from actual compliance costs. The A gency is projecting the impacts of the propos ed rule. The values of variables that support the analysis may be different in the future than are at the time of analysis. For example, compliance costs will depend on the types of oil spill mitigating agents

manufacturers seek to add to the NCP Product Schedule. EPA has based its assumptions on

historical Subpart J product submissions to the Schedule, but future trends might be affected by market conditions, field experience, and testing costs. For example

, for bioremediation agents,

EPA does not know the extent to which manufacturers would conduct freshwater and/or

saltwater eff i c acy testing; for this reason, the analysis presents a range of potential costs

associated with bioremediation eff icacy testing.

M any of the cost estimates used in the regulatory analysis are based on a limited
number of consultations with commercial laboratories and manufact urers . The data provided by these consultations represent , in most cases, anecdotal information and may not capture the full range of costs faced by manufacturers and laboratories . In addition, labor hours and wage rates
estimated for each information coll ection activity may vary across manufacturers. Nevertheless, they represent a reasonable average for the purposes of the analysis.

This RIA estimates the addition of labor hours ( 6,369 over 20 years) and labor costs faced by the regulated sector to comply with this rule, but does not include a complete analysis
of labor market effects. Neither the data nor methods were available to conduct such an analysis. In general, an environmental r egulation can be understood as an increase in demand
for a particular out put: environmental quality. Meeting this new demand can result in increased
demand fo r the various factors of production (including labor). However, the regulated sector generally ha s to rely on revenues generated by their market outputs (e.g., dispersants) to cover the costs of satisfying society’s demand for environmental quality (e.g., cleaner water) . This can
lead to reduced demand for labor and other factors of production. In gene ral, the net effect of an environmental regulation on employment in regulated sectors and the overall economy is
indeterminate. See Berman and Bui (2001) for a theoretical model of employment effects of environmental regulation.

Finally, t here are uncertainties in the small business analysis conduct ed in this regulatory impact analysis. For example, D&B data w ere not available for 21 of the 86 manufacturers that currently have products on the June 2011 Schedule. These manufacturers

may or m ay not follow the size distribution of manufacturers that reported data to D&B. In addition, the analysis assumes that manufacturers will submit 10 new product s for listing each year for the next twenty years . To the extent that there are more or less than 10 new product s each year and that the manufacturers of these products will follow the size distribution of existing manufacturers, small business impacts will be similar to those estimated in the analysis

. If the size distribution is different from histo rical trends, the impacts may be different.

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## Appen dix A : NCP Subpart J Schedule June 28, 2011

Exhibit A

- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State

B61 BA/MC/NA SOIL RX (aka BIO

- REGEN HYDROCARBON) 3 Tier Technologies LLC Orlando FL

M26 M ELASTOL (aka SEPARATE, LIQUID ELASTOL) Action Additives, Inc. Ducktown NJ

SW42 SWA MARINE GREEN CLEANTM AGS Solutions, Inc. Houston TX

SW43 SWA MARINE GREEN CLEAN PLUSTM AGS Solutions, Inc. Houston TX

D10 Dispersant SEA BRAT #4 Alabaster Corp. Pasadena TX

SW23 SWA PETRO

- CLEAN Alabaster Corporation Pasadena TX

SW54 SWA SAFE

- KLEEN Anti Slip Solution Ltd Worcestershire UK

B43 BA/MC STEP ONE (aka B&S INDUSTRIAL) B & S Research, Inc. Embarrass MN

D15 Dispersant SUPERSPERSE TM WAO2500 Baker Petrolite Corporation Sugar Land TX

B48 BA/MC BET BIOPETRO (formerly BET BIOPETRO HEAVY) BioEnviroTech Tomball TX

SW32 SWA BG

- CLEANTM 401 BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc Oak Creek WI

B42 BA/NA VB591 TM, VB997 TM, BINUTRIX® (formerly MYCOBAC

TX

- 20) BioNutraTech Inc. Branson MO

B59 BA/MC BIOWORLD BIOREMEDIATION HYDROCARBON TREATMENT PRODUCTS (BioWorld BHTP) BioWorld Products Visalia CA

M28 M OPFLEX® THE GREEN STUFFTM Cellect Plastics, LLC West Hyannisport MA

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- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State

SW9 SWA CN

- 110 (formerly D

- 37) Chemex, Inc. Broussard LA

M17 M

- Solidifier CIAGENT (formerly CHEAP INSURANCE and PETRO

CAPTURE CIAGENT Solutions, LLC Louisville KY

B63 BA/MC BIOREM

- 2000 OIL DIGESTERTM (aka BIOREM

- 2000 SC) Clift Industries, Inc. Charlotte NC

SW55 SWA CORIBA 700 SR (aka, CORIBA 700ER, CORIBA 700OS) Coriba Technologies, LLC North Little Rock AR

SW56 SWA CORIBA 713 SR (aka, CORIBA 713ER, CORIBA 713OS) Coriba Technologies, LLC North Little Rock AR

SW19 SWA CYTOSOL CytoCulture International, Inc. Point Richmond CA

B64 MC DRYLET TM MB BIOREMEDIATION DryLet Technologies, Inc. Prosper TX

SW31 SWA EnviroClean (formerly Enviro Clean 165) Enviro Clean Products, LLC Oklahoma City OK

M19 M

- Solidifier WASTE

- SET 3200 ® Environmental & Fire Technology, LLC Grand Rapids MI

M20 M

- Solidifier WASTE

- SET 3400 ® Environmental & Fire Technology, LLC Grand Rapids MI

B45 BA/MC SYSTEM E.T. 20 (formerly MCW.B 20) Environmental Restoration Services Windsor CA

M22 M PX700TM Enviro

- Tech Cape Coral FL

SW50 SWA EO ALL PURPOSE SOAP

- LAVENDER EO Product/Small World Trading Company Corte Madera CA

SW35 SWA PROCLEANS Eximco International, Inc. Houston TX

B54 BA/MC PRISTINE SEA II (formerly MicroPro D) No longer manufactured Fluid Tech, Inc. Las Vegas NV

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- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State

SW25 SWA SC

- 1000 TM GEMTEK® Products Pheonix AZ

D6 Dispersant JD

- 109 GlobeMark Resources Ltd Atlanta GA

D7 Dispersant JD

- 2000 TM GlobeMark Resources Ltd Atlanta GA

M24 M

- Solidifier RAPIDGRAB 2000TM GlobeMark Resources Ltd Atlanta GA

SW12 SWA PREMIER 99 (formerly D

- 41) Gold Coast Chemical Products Pembroke Park FL

SW26 SWA GOLD CREW SW (AKA ECP RESPONDER

- SW) Gold Crew Products & Services, LLC Environmental Chemical Solutions (ECS) Orange Gig Harbor CA

WA

SW40 SWA GREEN BEASTTM OIL SPILL & ODOR REMEDIATOR (aka GREEN BEAST WASHING AGENT) Green Bridge Industries, Inc. Ridgewood NJ

SW39 SWA G

- MARINE OSC

- 1809 (aka OIL SPILL CLEANUP) Green Earth Technologies Celebration FL

SW41 SWA TULXA Grupo Arthuriana S.A. de C.V. Delegación

Cuauhtémec Mexico

SW30 SWA F

- 500 Hazard Control Technologies, Inc Fayetteville GA

SW18

B56 SWA

BA/NA NATURE'S WAY HS (aka NATURE'S WAY PC; POWERCLEAN, MICRO CLEAN)

S

- 200 (aka S

- 200C, SHEENCLEAN, BILGE CLEAR) Integra Environmental, Ltd. Houston TX

International Environmental Products, LLC RBI Environmental, LLC Villanova PA

SW47 SWA ENVIRONMENTAL 1 CRUDE OIL CLEANER (aka ENVIRONMENTAL 1 WASHING AGENT) J and J Technology, LLC Nashville TN

B58 BA/NA JE1058BS Japan Energy Corporation Saitama Japan

B66 NA REMEDIADE TM (aka, SP 7010) JDMV Holdings, LP Houston TX

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- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State

B55 BA/NA LAND AND SEA RESTORATION PRODUCT 001 (VELITE) Land and Sea Restoration LLC San Antonio TX

B65 MC DUALZORB ® (aka, WHITZORB, TRAILZORB) LBI Renewable Buffalo WY

SW16 SWA AQUACLEAN (formerly D

- 52) Madison Chemical Company, Inc. Madison IN

SW58 SWA ETHOS CLEAN MAG7 Venture Group, LLC Rochester NY

SW59 SWA OSR

- 10 MAG7 Venture Group, LLC Rochester NY

SW22 SWA SPLIT DECISION SC (aka DUO

- SPLIT; CLEAN SPLIT; formerly SPLIT DECISION) Mantek Division of NCH Corporation Dallas TX

D14 Dispersant NOKOMIS 3

- AA Mar

- Len Supply Inc Hayward CA

D8 Dispersant NOKOMIS 3

- F4 Mar

- Len Supply Inc Hayward CA

SW38 SWA NOKOMIS 5

- W Mar

- Len Supply Inc Hayward CA

SW48 SWA SANDKLENE 950 MDEChem, Inc. Floresville TX

SW53 SWA NATURAMA G3 A

- 5 Merlin

- Tao, Ltd Tel Aviv Israel

D1 Dispersant COREXIT EC9527A (formerly COREXIT 9527) Nalco Energy Services, LP Sugar Land TX

D4 Dispersant COREXIT EC9500A (formerly COREXIT 9500) Nalco Energy Services, LP Sugar Land TX

SW1 SWA COREXIT EC7664A (formerly COREXIT 7664, formerly D

- 4) Nalco Energy Services, LP Sugar Land TX

SW10 SWA COREXIT EC9580A (formerly COREXIT 9580 SHORELINE CLEANER, formerly D

- 38) Nalco Energy Services, LP Sugar Land TX

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- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State

D2 Dispersant NEOS AB 3000 NEOS Company Limited Chuo

- ku, Kobe JAPAN

SW57 SWA JEP

- MARINE CLEAN (aka, ECOVOOM

- MARINE) Nuance Solutions Chicago IL

SW45 SWA SOC 10 (SURFACE OIL CLEANER) Oil Treatment International AG Zug Switzerland

B36 BA/MC OPPENHEIMER FORMULA (aka THE OPPENHEIMER FORMULA 1, NATURAL ENVIRO 8000, MIGHTY MIKE BPT) Oppenheimer Biotechnology, Inc. Austin TX

SW11 SWA DE

- SOLV

- IT INDUSTRIAL CLEANER Orange

- Sol Packaging and Blending Gilbert AZ

SW49 SWA DE

- SOLV

- IT CLEAN AWAY APC SUPER

CONCENTRATE Orange

- Sol Packaging and Blending Gilbert AZ

B53 BA/EA OIL SPILL EATER II (OSEI II) OSEI Corporation (Formerly Sky Blue Chems) Dallas TX

B60 BA/MC MUNOX SR® Osprey Biotechnics Sarasota FL

D9 Dispersant BIODISPERS (Formerly PETROBIODISPERS) Petrobiotech LLC Newport NH

SW17 SWA PETRO

- GREEN ADP

- 7 (formerly D

- 14) Petro

- Green, Inc. Dallas TX

SW21 SWA PETROTECH 25 Petrotech America Corporation Newport NH

SW33 SWA E

- SAFE© PLUTUS Environmental Technologies,

Inc. Sevierville TN

SW34 SWA SHEEN

- MAGIC© PLUTUS Environmental Technologies,

Inc. Sevierville TN

M12 M PES

- 51 Practical Environmental Solutions (formerly Petroleum Environmental San Antonio TX

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- 1

NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State
B62 BA/MC/NA PRO

- ACT (aka OILCLEAN w/ACTIVATOR) Pro

- Act Microbial, Inc. Warren RI

SW46 SWA BIOGRASS® EXTRA Química del Desierto S. de R.L. de C.V. Chihuahua City,

Chihuahua Mexico

SW24 SWA DO

- ALL #18 Radcob Solutions, Inc. Lauderdale Lakes FL

M23 M

- Solidifier ALSOCUP REVCOM Associates Corona CA

M25 M

- Solidifier AQUA N

- CAPTM POLYMER (aka OIL SOLUTIONS POWDER, SPILL GREEN LS) RTA Systems, Inc. Oklahoma City OK

B57 BA/MC SPILLREMED (MARINE)® Sarva Bio Remed, LLC Trenton NJ

B10 BA/NA INIPOL EAP 22 No longer manufactured Société CECA S.A. 92062 Paris

- la

Défense France

M27 M

- Solidifier OIL BOND® Solidification Products International, Inc. Northford CT

SW28 SWA NALE

- IT SPL Control LLC Elemore City OK

SW2 SWA TOPSALL #30 (formerly D

- 20; AKA SUPERALL #38) Stutton North Corporation Superall Products LLP Mandeville

Tomball LA

TX

SW15 SWA SIMPLE GREEN® (formerly D

- 46) Sunshine Makers, Inc Huntington Harbor CA

SW36 SWA SPILLCLEAN OR SPILLCLEAN ["CONCENTRATE"] (aka FIREMAN'S BRAND SPILLCLEAN) Super Sat Ventures, Inc. Thiensville WI

D12 Dispersant Saf

- Ron Gold (aka SF

- GOLD DISPERSANT) Sustainable Environmental Technologies,

Inc. Mesa AZ

D3 Dispersant MARE CLEAN 200 (formerly MARE CLEAN 505) Taiho Industries Co. Ltd. Minatoku, Tokyo JAPAN

SW37 SWA TXCHEM HE

- 1000TM Texas EnviroChem, Inc. Houston TX

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NCP Subpart J Product Schedule, June 28, 2011

Product
Number Product Type Product Name Name of Manufacturer City State
SW20 SWA BIOSOLVE ® HYDROCARBON MITIGATION

TECHNOLOGY TM The BioSolve® Company Lexington MA

D11 Dispersant FINASOL® OSR 52 (aka SEACARE ECOSPERSE 52) TOTAL FLUIDES Paris

- La

- De f ense FRANCE

SW44 SWA CLEAN GREEN (aka CLEANGREEN® PLANET WASH) U.S. AG, LLC Luthersville GA

D5 Dispersant DISPERSIT SPC 1000 TM (aka SEACARE E.P.A. ( ECOSPERSE TM Pollution Abatement)) U.S. Polychemical Corp. Chestnut Ridge NY

M29 M

- Solidifier GELCO 200 UESS, Ltd Drayton Valley, AB Canada

M18 M ZYME

- FLOW (aka ZYME

- TREAT; MARI

- ZYME; UNITED

658 PETRO

- ZYME) United Laboratories, Inc. St. Charles IL

B41 BA/MC MICRO

- BLAZE® Verde Environmental, Inc. Houston TX

SW52 SWA VERU

- SOLVETM 200 HP VeruTEK® Technologies Bloomfield CT

SW51 SWA DYNAMIC GREENTM Wechem, Inc. Harahan LA

B19 BA/MC WMI

- 2000 WMI International, Inc. Houston TX

D13 Dispersant ZI

- 400 (aka ZI

- 400 OIL SPILL DISPERSANT) ZI Chemicals Los Angeles CA

Note : Exhibit A

- 1 is organized alphabetically by product manufacturer.

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## Appendix B : North American Industrial Classification System

Exhibit B

- 1 Subpart J NAICS Codes and Descriptions
NAICS (Three Digit Codes) Number of

Manufacturers NAICS Descriptions

213 2 Support Activities for Mining

237 1 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

325 2 6 Chemical Manufacturing

333 2 Machinery Manufacturing

336 1 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

423 3 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

424 9 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

453 1 Miscellaneous Store Retailers

541 9 Professional, Scientific and Technical

Services

561 2 Administrative and Support Services

562 7 Waste Management and Remediation

Services

Other 2 In valid codes

Sources: Dun and Bradstreet (D&B), SRA International and EPA. D&B ha d NA I CS

codes for 65 of 86 manufacturers on the June 28 , 2011 Schedule. Two of the 65

manufacturers reported in valid NAICS codes

.

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Exhibit B

- 2 Subpart J NAICS Codes, Descriptions and Small Business Criteria

NAICS Codes (Six Digit

Level) Number of

Manufacturers Small Business Criteria ($ millions

or e mployees) NAICS Descriptions

213112 2 $7.0 Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations

237990 1 $33.5 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

325188 5 1,000 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

325199 2 1,000 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing

325320 1 500 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

325412 1 750 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

325414 4 500 Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing

325611 2 750 Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing

325612 5 500 Polish and Other Sanitation Goods Manufacturing

325620 1 500 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing

325998 5 500 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing

333131 1 500 Mining, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

333319 1 500 Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

336399 1 750 All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing

423830 1 100 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant

Wholesalers

423840 1 100 Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

423850 1 100 Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies

Merchant Wholesalers

424610 2 100 Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes

Merchant Wholesalers

424690 5 100 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant

Wholesalers

424990 2 100 Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant

Wholesalers

453998 1 $7.0 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)

541330 1 $4.5 Engineering Services

541611 1 $7.0 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Service

541620 2 $7.0 Environmental Consulting Services

541711 1 500 Research and Development in Biotechnology

541712 3 500 Research and development in Physical Engineering and Life Science (except Biotechnology)

541990 1 $7.0 All Other professional, Scientific and Technical

Services

561720 1 $16.5 Janitorial Services

561990 1 $7.0 All Other Support Services

562211 1 $12.5 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

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562219 1 $12.5 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

562910 5 $14.0 Bioremediation Services

Other 2 Incorrect codes

Sources: Dun and Bradstreet (D&B), SRA International , Inc.

, and EPA. D& B had NAICS codes for 65 of 86
manufacturers on the June 28, 2011 Schedule. The codes for two of the 65 manufacturers were in valid

.

Exhibit B

- 3

Off s hore Oil Platforms, Responders , and Service Providers

Description NAICS Codes Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction 211111

Petroleum refineries 324110 Petroleum and petroleum products merchants

wholesalers 424720

Environmental consulting services 541620

Remediation services 562910

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Table C

- 1 NCP Product Schedule Manufacturer Profile and Expected Impacts Associated with the Proposed Revisions to NCP Subpart J (40 CFR 300.900)

5 Year Annualization
Company

Size Manufacturer Profile Using Dun &

Bradstreet Data a Impact on Existing Manufacturers b Impact on New Manufacturers c

Number of Employees Number of Companies Annual Revenue per Company d Number Average Annual Incremental Change in

Cost per Company e Impact (Cost to Revenue) Number Average Annual Incremental Change in

Cost per Company e Impact (Cost to Revenue)

Small Businesses

1 to 9 35 $1,953,786 46 $3,473 0.18% 5 $4,757 0.24%

10 to 19 11 $1,699,803 15 $3,473 0.20% 2 $4,757 0.28%

20 to 99 11 $9,879,764 15 $3,473 0.04% 2 $4,757 0.05%

100 to 499 4 $50,624,645 5 $3,473 0.01% 1 $4,757 0.01%

Total 61 81 9 Large Businesses

500+ 4 $4,560,366,000 5 $3,473 0.00% 1 $4,757 0.00%

a

. Manufacturers of products currently on the Product Schedule were categorized according to size based on availability of D&B d ata (i.e., annual revenue and number of employees) and SBA company size definitions.

b

. Manufacturers of existing products on the Schedule total 86, based on the June 2011 NCP Product Schedule. The 21 manufacturers with products currently on the Schedule that were not classified according to company size due to insufficient D&B information were allocat ed across the five company size categories in proportion to the distribution of manufacturers with sufficient D&B company size information. (Note: 65 compan ies have reportable data, 21 companies did not)

c

. EPA assumes the size distribution for the estimated 10 manufacturers of new pro ducts to be considered for listing on the Product Schedule will be similar to the size and revenue distribution of existing product manufacturers.

d

. Five companies were missing revenue information in the 1 to 9 number of employees size category, and one c ompany was missing revenue information in the 100 to 499 number of employees size category.

e

. These estimates are based on average incremental cost estimates per manufacturer for existing and new manufacturers presented in Exhibit 7

- 1 A

.

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