SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal),

EPA ICR Number 1071.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0028

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR 

part 60, subpart GG) were proposed on October 3, 1977, promulgated on September 10, 1979 

(44 FR 52798), and was last-amended on February 24, 2006. These regulations apply to

facilities that have stationary gas turbines with a heat input at peak load equal or greater than 

10.7 gigajoules per hour (based on the lower heating value of the fuel fired). New facilities 

include those that commenced either construction, or modification, or reconstruction after the 

date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart GG.

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

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

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

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

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

and are required of all sources subject to NSPS. 

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

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

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

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

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

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

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

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, an average of 535 facilities per year will be subject to these

standards, and it is estimated that no additional sources per year will becoming subject to these

standards in the next three years.

The respondents are all commercial corporations and operated by the stationary gas 

turbines industry. None of the 535 facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, tribal 

or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated solely by privately-owned, for-
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profit businesses. The burden to the “Affected Public” can be found below in Table 1: Annual 

Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) 

(Renewal). The Federal government burden associated with the review of reports submitted by

the respondent is shown below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for 

Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).

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

Collection Request (ICR) without any “Terms of Clearance.”

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

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

establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect: 

. . . application of the best technological system of continuous 

emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 

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

and environmental impact and energy requirements) the 

Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated. 

Section 111(a)(l).

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

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

four years.

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

operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data 

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

compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); 

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

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx)

emissions from stationary gas turbines either cause or contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS 
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was promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with 

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

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

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

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

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

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

determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.

The notifications required in the standard are used to inform the Agency or delegated 

authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing 

authority may then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standard is being 

met. The performance test may also be observed.

The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements 

described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the NESHAP 

continues to operate the control equipment in compliance with the regulation. Specifically, data 

is being collected on performance of the continuous monitoring systems for sulfur dioxide (SO2) 

and nitrogen oxides (NOx), and any excess emissions or operating parameter exceedances. 

Recordkeeping is used to document the sulfur and nitrogen content of the fuel; fuel to water 

ratio; rate of fuel consumption; and ambient conditions. The fuel sulfur content and fuel to water 

ratio measurements are used to monitor SO2 and NOx emissions, respectively. 

The required semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, 

identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance 

determinations.

3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

GG.

3(a) Non-duplication

If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the 

appropriate EPA regional office. Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated 

state or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to 

implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can 
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be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards. Therefore, 

duplication does not exist.

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

An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published 

in the Federal Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register.

3(c) Consultations

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

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

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

provisions in the standard, is the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is operated 

and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, 

maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data. The growth rate for the industry is based on 

our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. Approximately 535 respondents 

will be subject to the standard over the three year period covered by this ICR.

Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to 

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

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

compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Electric Power Research 

Institute, at (650) 855-2121; and 2) the American Petroleum Institute, at (202) 682-8482.

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

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

case, no comments were received. 

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that 

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

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

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

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

possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.

3(e) General Guidelines

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

promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.
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3(f) Confidentiality

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

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

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

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

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

3(g) Sensitive Questions

The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive 

questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are stationary gas 

turbines. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the corresponding 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below for this source 

category.

40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG SIC Codes NAICS 

Codes

Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover 0182 111411

Gas and Petroleum Extraction 1311 211111

Natural Gas Liquids Extractions 1321 211112

Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying 1422 212312

All Other Special Trade Contractors 1799 235990

Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing 2043 311230

Chewing Gum 2067 311340

Soybean Oil Mills 2075 311225

Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine, and other Edible Fats and Oils 2079 311225

Malt Beverages 2082 312120

Narrow Fabric and other Small Ware Mills 2241 313221

Non-woven Fabrics 2297 313230

Pulp Mills 2611 322110

Paper Mills 2621 322121

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes Manufacturing 2653 322211
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40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG SIC Codes NAICS 

Codes

Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing 2812 325181

Inorganic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing 2816 325131

Plastics Material and Synthetic Resins and Non-vulcanizable 

Elastomers

2821 325211

Medical Chemicals and Botanical Products 2833 325411

Pharmaceutical Preparations 2834 325412

Cycle Organic Crude and Intermediates, and Organic Dyes and 

Pigments

2865 325110

Industrial Organic Chemicals 2869 325110

Nitrogenous Fertilizers 2873 325311

Paint and Coating Manufacturing 2899 325510

Petroleum Refineries 2911 324110

Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing 3357 331319

Copper Wire Drawing 3357 331422

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring 3471 332813

Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing 3511 333611

Aircraft Engines and Engine Parts Manufacturing 3724 336412

Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing 3799 336214

All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation 

Manufacturing

3999 325998

Airports, Flying Fields, and Airport Terminal Services 4581 488119

Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products 4613 486910

All Other Pipeline Transportation 4619 486990

Wired Telecommunication Carriers 4813 513310

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 4911 221112

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas 4922 486210

Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution 4923 221210

Natural Gas Distribution 4924 221210

Mixed, Manufactured, or Liquified Petroleum Gas Production 

and/or Distribution

4925 221210

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 4931 221112

Gas and Other Services Combined 4932 221210
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40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG SIC Codes NAICS 

Codes

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 4939 221112

Sewage Treatment Systems 4952 221320

Material Recovery Facilities 4953 562920

Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators 4953 562213

Steam and Air-conditioning Supply 4961 221330

Plumbing and Heating Equipment Supplies (Hydronics)

Wholesalers

5074 421720

Other Groceries and Related Products Wholesalers 5149 422490

Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals 5171 422710

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers 6531 531210

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8062 622110

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 8221 611310

Testing Laboratories 8734 541380

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 8999 541690

Police Protection 9221 922120

Administration of Public Health Programs 9431 923120

National Security 9711 928110

 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification to construct/reconstruct 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the 

emission rate

60.7(a)(4)

Notification of performance test 60.8(a)

Notification of sources with continuous monitoring systems 60.7(a)(5)
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Reports

Report on initial performance test results 60.8(a)

Report of excess emissions and monitoring systems performance 60.7(c), 60.334(c)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where 

the continuous monitoring system is inoperative 60.7(b)

Maintain records of fuel consumption and fuel to water ratio in the 

turbine, for sources using water injection to control NO2 emissions 60.334(a)

Maintain records of sulfur and nitrogen content of fuel used in turbine 60.334(b)

Maintain records of all measurements, including continuous 

monitoring system, monitoring device, performance testing 

measurements; all continuous monitoring system performance 

evaluations; all continuous monitoring system or monitoring device 

calibration checks

60.7(f)

Maintain all records for two years 60.7(f)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal 

automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at 

a plant site. 

Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting 

systems to transmit data electronically. However, electronic reporting systems are still not 

widely used. At this time, it is estimated that approximately 5 percent of the respondents use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for NOx and SO2, or for pressure drop and liquid 

supply pressure for water injection NOx control devices.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 20 test, and repeat performance tests if 
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Respondent Activities

necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

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

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

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

maintaining information.

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

providing information.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently sources are using monitoring and reporting equipment that provide parameter 

data in an automated way (e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system). Although personnel 

at the source still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly 

reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping. 

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

Information Management

5(a) Agency Activities 

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

storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions 

reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS). 
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5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

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

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

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

comply with the emission standard and note the operating conditions under which compliance 

was achieved. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for 

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

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

determinations.

Information contained in the reports is entered into OTIS which is operated and 

maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, 

maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and 

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

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

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

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

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

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

development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations 

and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are 

the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum 

requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small 

entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, 

the overall burden will be reduced.

5(d) Collection Schedule

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

shown in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas 

Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).

6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. The 

individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the 

concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Wherever appropriate, specific tasks and 

major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.
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The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 

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

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 68,447 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1

below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the 

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

the previously-approved ICR, and any comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $123.04 ($58.59+ 110%) 

Technical $101.22 ($48.20 + 110%)

Clerical $51.18 ($24.37 + 110%)

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

2013, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from 

column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for 

the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

The only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standards are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance costs. 

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

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

regulations is labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

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

information. EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes such activities as the 

examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of 

emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information. 

The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be 
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$221,800. 

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

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%) 

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2013 General 

Schedule, which excludes locality, rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to 

account for the benefit packages available to government employees. Details upon which this 

estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for 

Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).

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

Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately

535 existing respondents will be subject to the standards. It is estimated that no additional 

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

respondents, as shown in the table below, is 535 per year. 

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

years covered by this ICR. 

Number of Respondents

Year

(A)

Number of New 

Respondents 1

(B)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing 

Respondents that keep 

records but do not 

submit reports

(D)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1 0 535 0 0 535

2 0 535 0 0 535

3 0 535 0 0 535

Average 0 535 0 0 535

1

New respondent include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities

Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the 

average Number of Respondents over the three year period of this ICR is 535. 

The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table: 
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Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of 

Respondents

(C)

Number 

of 

Responses

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Keep Records But Do 

Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual 

Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification of construction/ reconstruction 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial performance test 0 1.2 0 0

Notification of demonstration of CMS 0 1 0 0

Semiannual report 535 2 0 1,070

Total Number of Annual Responses Total 1,070

The number of Total Annual Responses is 1,070. 

The total annual labor costs are $6,695,243. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas 

Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the 

Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 68,447 hours at a cost of $6,695,243. Details regarding

these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for 

Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).

Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 64 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are zero. 

(ii) The Agency Tally

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

4,922 labor hours at a cost of $221,800. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
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6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in the number of affected facilities or the number of burden hours as 

currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens.

There is, however, an increase in the estimated labor costs for industry and a decrease in 

the estimated labor costs for the Agency compared to the previous ICR. This is not due to any

program changes. They are a result of updated industry labor rates, which resulted in an increase 

in industry labor costs; and a mathematical correction to the Agency cost estimate in the previous 

ICR.

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 64 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 

to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 

verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data 

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

the information.

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

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

Numbers for EPA regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

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

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 

use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0313. An electronic version of the public docket is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov/, which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 

contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 

electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified 

in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 

number for the docket center is (202) 566-1752. Also, you can send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID 

Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0313 and OMB Control Number 2060-0028 in any
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correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

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

information.
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Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person/ 

hours per 

year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions c1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required activities c

 Initial performance test 110 1 110 0 0 0 0 $0

 Repeat performance test d110 0.2 22 0 0 0 0 $0

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather existing information See 3E

 E. Write report 

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

 Notification of actual startup c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial performance test c2 1.2 2.4 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of demonstration of CMS c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Report of performance test See 3B

 Excess emission and exemption reports e10 2 20 535 10,700 535 1,070 $1,203,639.26

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 12,305 $1,203,639.26

4. A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 4C 

 Implement activities See 3

 Develop record system N/A

C. Time to check computer system and calibrate 

f

 continuous monitor

0.25 365 91.25 535 48,819 2,440.95 4,881.9 $5,491,604.10

 D. Train personnel N/A

 E. Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 56,142 $5,491,604.10

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 68,447 $6,695,243
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Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 535 existing sources. There will be no additional sources over the 

three-year period of this ICR.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $123.04 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $101.22 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.18

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2013, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by

Occupational and Industry group”. The rates are from column 1, “Total Compensation”. The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit 

packages available to those employed by private industry.

c

 We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR.

d

 We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will have to repeat initial performance test due to failure.

e

 We have assumed that each respondent will take 10 hours two time per year to write the excess emissions and exemption reports. 

f

 We have assumed that it will take each respondent 25 minutes 365 days per year to check computer system and calibrate continuous monitor.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C)

EPA 

personhours 

per plant 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per 

year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ b

1. Performance test

 New plants c24 1.2 28.8 0 0 0 0 $0

2. Report review

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

 Notification of actual startup c0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial test c0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of CMS demonstration c0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0

3. Semiannual reports

 Excess emissions and exemption reports d4 2 8 535 4,280 214 428 $221,799.87

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 4,922 $221,800

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 535 existing sources. There will be no additional sources over the 

three-year period of this ICR.

b

 This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.27 

Managerial rate (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 Technical rate (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6), and $25.01 Clerical rate (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates 

are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2010 General Schedule”, which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR

d

 We have assumed that each respondent will take 4 hours two times per year to complete the excess emissions and exemption reports.