Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost for NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant Incinerators

(40 CFR part 60, subpart O) (Renewal)

0.869565 $98.20 $114.49 $48.53

(A)

Respondent Hours

per Occurrence

(Technical hours) 

(B)

Number of

Occurences

per Respondent

per Year 

(C)

Hours

per Respondent

per Year

(C=A x B) 

(D)

Number of

Respondents 

per Year 

(E)

Technical Hours

per Year

@ $98.20

(E=C x D) 

(F)

Management 

Hours per Year

@ $114.49

(F= E x 0.05) 

(G)

Clerical Hours 

per Year

@ $48.53

(G= E x 0.1) 

Total

Labor Costs

per Year a 

1. APPLICATIONS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2. SURVEY AND STUDIES N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions b,c 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.40 0.40 0.02 0.04 $43.51

B. Required Activities

New Sources

72.00 1.00 72.00 0.40 28.80 1.44 2.88 $3,132.79

Demonstration of monitoring system

Included in 

performance test

Repeat of performance test d

72.00 1.00 72.00 0.08 5.76 0.29 0.58 $626.56

C. Create Information

D. Gather Existing Information N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

E. Write Report

New Sources

Notification of construction/reconstruction b,c 2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $87.02

Notification of physical and operational changes e

2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $87.02

Notification of demonstration of CMS b,c 40.00 1.00 40.00 0.40 16.00 0.80 1.60 $1,740.44

Notification of actual startup b,c 2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $87.02

Notification of initial performance test b,c 2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $87.02

Performance test report

Semiannual reports of excess emissions f,g 40.00 2.00 80.00 112.00 8960.00 448.00 896.00 $974,646.40

9014.16 450.71 901.42

TOTAL REPORTING BURDEN 10,366.3 Hours $980,538

5. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

A. Read Instructions

B. Plan Activities

C. Implement Activities

D. Develop Record System h N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

E. Time to Enter Information 

8.00 1.00 8.00 112.00 896.00 44.80 89.60 $97,464.64

8.00 1.00 8.00 112.00 896.00 44.80 89.60 $97,464.64

80.00 1.00 80.00 0.40 32.00 1.60 3.20 $3,480.88

1,824 91 182

TOTAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 2,097.6 Hours $198,410

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN 12,464 Hours $1,178,948

Assumptions:

e Assume that 0.4 facility will have a physical or operational change.

f

 Assume that it will take 40 hours to write semiannual reports.

g

 Assume that there are 112 facilities subject to this rule. 

h Assume that it will take eight hours per year to record daily gathering of monitoring data (which have been automatically recorded). 

i Assume that it will take 80 hours per year to record performance test data.

REPORTING/RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT

Initial performance test b,c

------------------------Included in 3B----------------------------

------------------------Included in 4E----------------------------

------------------------Included in 3B----------------------------

------------------------Included in 4E----------------------------

------------------------Included in 4E----------------------------

Total Reporting Hours by Labor Category

Record of daily production rate and hours of operation g,h

c

 Assume that this is a one-time-only cost.

Records of startup, shutdown and malfunction g

a This ICR uses the following labor rates: $114.49 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $98.20 per hour for Technical labor, and $48.53 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are the 

United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rate has 

been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

d

 Assume that 20 percent would have to repeat the performance testing due to failure.

Records of performance test data b,c, i

b

 Assume that there will be 1.2 new, modified, or reconstructed units constructed over the next three years or 0.4 source per year.

Total Reporting Hours by Labor Category
Table 2: Annual Agency Burden and Cost for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant Incinerators

(40 CFR part 60, subpart O) (Renewal)

0.869565 $46.22 $62.27 $25.01

(A)

EPA Hours 

per 

Occurence 

(Technical 

hours) 

(B)

Number of 

Occurences 

per Plant per 

Year 

(C)

EPA Hours 

per Year

(C=A x B) 

(D)

Plants per 

Year 

(E) 

Technical 

Hours per 

Year 

@ $46.22 

(E=C x D) 

(F)

Management 

Hours per Year 

 @ $62.27

(F= E x 0.05) 

(G)

Clerical 

Hours per 

Year

@ $25.01

(G= E x 0.1) 

Costs per 

Year a

Initial Performance Test b,c 24.00 1.00 24.00 0.40 24.00 1.20 2.40 $1,244.00

Repeat initial performance test

Retesting preparation b,c,d 24.00 1.00 24.00 0.08 1.92 0.10 0.19 $99.52

Report Review

Notification of construction/ reconstruction b,c 2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $41.47

Notification of physical and operational changes e

2.00 1.00 2.00 0.40 0.80 0.04 0.08 $41.47

Notification of actual startup b,c 0.50 1.00 0.50 0.40 0.20 0.01 0.02 $10.37

Initial test b,c 0.50 1.00 0.50 0.40 0.20 0.01 0.02 $10.37

Repeat performance test 8.00 1.00 8.00 0.40 3.20 0.16 0.32 $165.87

8.00 2.00 16.00 112.00 1792.00 89.60 179.20 $92,885.63

TOTAL ANNUAL HOURS/DIRECT PERSONNEL COST 1823.1 91.16 182.31 $94,498.69

TRAVEL EXPENSES (1 person x 1 plant/yr x 2 day/plant x $50 per diem) + ($400/round trip x 1 round trip/yr) = $500

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN and COST (rounded) 2,097 Hours $94,999

Assumptions:

b Assume that there will be 0.4 new, modified or reconstructed unit constructed per year over the next three years.

c

 Assume that this is a one-time-only cost.

d

 Assume that 20 percent would have to repeat the performance testing due to failure.

e

 Assume that 0.4 source will have a physical or operational change.

f

 Assume that it will take eight hours to review semiannual reports.

g

 Assume that there are 112 sources subject to this rule.

REPORTING/RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT

Semiannual reports f, g

a

 This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.27 for Managerial (GS-13, 

Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.22 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) "2009 General Schedule" which excludes locality rates of pay.