SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart ZZZZ) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

ZZZZ) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1975.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0548.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Stationary

Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) was proposed on December 19, 2002, 

promulgated on June 15, 2004 (69 FR 33474), and revised on June 26, 2006. The original 

NESHAP applied only to stationary RICE having a rating of greater than 500 horsepower (HP) 

and that are located at major sources. The NESHAP was amended on January 18, 2008 (73 FR

3568) to include new or reconstructed stationary RICE having a rating of less than or equal to 

500 HP and that are located at major sources, and new or reconstructed stationary RICE located 

at area sources. The revised NESHAP also addressed other types of stationary RICE having a 

rating of less than 500 HP and that are located at major sources, as well as stationary RICE 

located at area sources, but these requirements were identical to and are covered under the new 

source performance standards (NSPS) subparts IIII and JJJJ.

At the time that EPA promulgated the January 18, 2008 standards, EPA did not 

promulgate a final decision for existing stationary RICE located at area sources, or for existing 

stationary RICE having a rating of less than or equal to 500 HP and that are located at major 

sources. EPA issued subsequent standards addressing existing compression ignition (CI) RICE 

and existing spark ignition (SI) RICE sources on March 3, 2010 (75 FR 9648) and August 20, 

2010 (75 FR 51570), respectively.

On January 30, 2013 (78 FR 6674), EPA finalized amendments to the NESHAP that 

included new reporting requirements for stationary emergency RICE having a rating of greater 

than 100 HP, and that operate or are contractually obligated to be available for more than 15 

hours per year (up to a maximum of 100 hours per year) for emergency demand response.

This supporting statement addresses the burden associated with the original NESHAP and each 

of the amendments described above. This information is being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZ.

In general, all NESHAP 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, 
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and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.

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

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

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

the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Over the next three years, an average of 146,077 existing respondents per year will be 

subject to the standard, and 1,284 additional respondents per year will become subject to the 

standard. In addition, there are 755,430 existing respondents that are subject but only have 

recordkeeping requirements. 

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

without any “Terms of Clearance.”

The “Affected Public” are owners or operators of new, reconstructed, or existing 

stationary RICE. The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found below in Table 1: Annual 

Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion 

Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) (Renewal). The burden to the “Federal Government” 

is attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or government contractors. This 

burden may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for 

Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ).

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish 

standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of 

hazardous air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous 

air pollutants and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. In addition, section 

114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement 

of this Act to: 

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

(C) install, use, and maintain such 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
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reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, HAP emissions from RICE cause or contribute to air 

pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the

NESHAP were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZ.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensures compliance with 

the applicable regulations which where 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. 

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 check if the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated and the standard is being met. The performance test may also be 

observed.

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

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

determinations.

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

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

ZZZZ.

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 

be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards. Therefore, no 

duplication exists.

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.
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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 consultation with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

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

comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed and the standard 

has been previously reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance 

purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Engine Manufacturers Association 

(EMA), at (312) 929-1970; and 2) the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA),

at (202) 216-5900.

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments 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.

These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and 

notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to 

the standards. EPA believes that the five year records retention requirement is consistent with 

the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program 

is based. The retention of records for five-years allows EPA to establish the compliance history

of a source, any pattern of non-compliance and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement 

action. EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five 

years. In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the destruction or 

nonexistence of essential records.
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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 owners or operators 

of new, reconstructed, or existing stationary RICE. The United States Standard Industrial 

Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by the standards, and the corresponding 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, are provided in the following 

table.

Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, or Distribution 4910 2211

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production 1311 211111

Natural Gas Liquids Producers 1321 211112

Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8062 622110

Natural Gas Transmission 4922 486210

National Security 9711 928110

 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data that is recorded or reported is required by the NESHAP for 

Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ).
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A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Initial notifications (e.g., construction/reconstruction, anticipated 

startup, actual startup) 

63.6645, 63.9(b)

Notification of compliance status 63.6645, 63.9(h)

Notification of performance test 63.6645(g), 

63.7(b)(1), 63.9(e)

Reports

Semiannual and annual compliance reports 63.6650

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Five-year retention of records 63.6660(b)

Records of all notifications and reports 63.6655(a)(1)

Records of the occurrence and duration of each malfunction of the 

stationary RICE and each malfunction of the air pollution control 

equipment

63.6655(a)(2)

Records of performance tests and performance evaluations 63.6655(a)(3)

Records of all required maintenance performed on the air pollution 

control and monitoring equipment

63.6655(a)(4)

Records of actions taken during periods of malfunction to minimize 

emissions, including corrective actions to restore malfunctioning 

process and air pollution control and monitoring equipment to its 

normal or usual manner of operation

63.6655(a)(5)

Records of each startup, shutdown, malfunction, maintenance, or 

repair, as well as previous (i.e., superseded) versions of the 

performance evaluation plan

63.6655(b), 

63.10(b), 63.8(d)(3)

Records of daily fuel usage for landfill and digester gas-fired units 63.6655(c)

Records of the catalyst pressure drop (measured monthly), catalyst 

inlet temperature (4-hour average), and average reduction of CO 

emissions determined from CEMS measurements before and after the 

emission control device (using a 4-hour average, averaged every hour)

63.6655(d)

Records of maintenance conducted on the stationary RICE 63.6655(e)
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Recordkeeping

Records of the number of hours of operation recorded through a nonresettable hour meter63.6655(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 10 percent of the respondents use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

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

supply pressure.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods 1, 1A, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 10, 25A, 320, or 323

test, and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

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

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

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

maintaining information.

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

providing information.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.
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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

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). 

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 to 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 five 

years.
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5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the 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. 

Minimizing the information collection burden for all sizes of organizations is a 

continuing effort for the EPA. To reduce the impact on small entities, only engines greater than 

500 HP are subject to continuous monitoring and additional performance testing. Small entities 

will be required to conduct fewer performance tests than large sources, reducing the impact on 

small sources. Furthermore, EPA is requiring less reporting requirements on smaller sources. 

Thus, we do not believe that the NESHAP will have a significant impact on a substantial number 

of small entities. 

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 – NESHAP for Stationary

Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) (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.

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 3,427,264 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 NESHAP 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: 
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Managerial $122.49 ($58.33+ 110%) 

Technical $101.28 ($48.23 + 110%)

Clerical $50.80 ($24.19 + 110%)

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

September 2012, “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 type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the 

subject standard are both labor costs, which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR, and the costs 

associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one time costs when a 

facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the 

ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) and other costs such as photocopying and postage.

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

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

(A)

Continuous 

Monitoring 

Device

(B)

Capital/Startup 

Cost for One 

Respondent

(C)

Number of 

New

Respondents a

(D)

Total 

Capital/Startup 

Cost, (B X C)

(E)

Annual O&M 

Costs for One 

Respondent

(F)

Number of 

Respondents 

with O&M b

(G)

Total O&M,

(E X F)

CO monitors c$583 1,179 $687,357 $1,873 13,346 $24,997,058

CPMS – small $1,708 1,179 $2,013,732 N/A N/A

CPMS – large d$427 366 $156,282 N/A N/A

Total $2,857,371 $24,997,058

CPMS – continuous parameter monitoring system for temperature monitoring and monthly pressure drop 

measurement

Note: Existing CI and SI engines subject to the 2010 amendments and covered under EPA ICR Number 1975.07 and 

1975.08 will not incur capital/startup and O&M costs beyond the initial year of compliance. Therefore, no capital 

and O&M costs are estimated for these sources in this ICR. 

a – We estimate there 769 (non-exempt) new major source stationary RICE greater than 500 hp and 410 new area 

source stationary RICE per year. We assume all non-exempt new sources will incur capital costs. (769 + 410 = 

1,179 sources) There are an additional 105 exempt new major stationary RICE sources. 

b – We estimate an average of 11,096 existing major source stationary RICE greater than 500 hp and 2,250 existing 

area source stationary RICE per year will have O&M costs over the three-year period of this ICR. (11,096 + 

2,250 = 13,346 sources)

c – Each facility can purchase one portable CO monitor and use it for several stationary RICE.

d – We assume that only 366 of the 769 new (non-exempt) major source stationary RICE (>500 hp) have to purchase 

large CPMS. 

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $2,857,371. This is the total of column D 

in the above table. 
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The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $24,997,058. This is 

the total of column G. 

The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to 

industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $27,854,429. These are 

recordkeeping costs. The continuous monitoring costs that are included in this section consist 

only of those capital/start-up and O&M costs that a source incurs as a result of the standard. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 activities such 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 

$31,405,802. 

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), 2012 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 – NESHAP for 

Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) 

(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

146,077 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that an additional 

1,284 respondents per year will become subject. Further, there are an additional 755,430 

respondents that maintain records but do not submit reports. The overall average number of 

respondents, as shown in the table below, is 902,791 per year.
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The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three 

years covered by this ICR. 

Number of Respondents

Respondents That Submit Reports Respondents That Do 

Not Submit Any Reports

Year

(A)

Number of New 

Respondents 1

(B)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing 

Respondents that keep 

records but do not 

submit reports

(D)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1 1,274 144,800 755,430 0 901,504

2 1,284 146,074 755,430 0 902,788

3 1,294 147,358 755,430 0 904,082

Average 1,284 146,077 755,430 0 902,791

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New respondents include 769 major source non-exempt stationary RICE (>500 hp), 105 major source exempt 

stationary RICE (>500 hp), and 410 area source stationary RICE.

2

Existing respondents include 11,096 major source stationary RICE (>500 hp), 2,250 area source stationary RICE, 

86,649 CI engines, 45,633 SI engines, and 446 utilities. 

3

Existing respondents that do not submit reports include 738,896 CI engines and 16,534 SI engines. 

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 902,791. 

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

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

1,179 1 0 1,179

Notification of anticipated startup 1,179 1 0 1,179

Notification of actual startup 1,179 1 0 1,179

Notification of performance test

 Quarterly 1,605 4 0 6,420
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Total Annual Responses

 Semiannually 4,460 2 0 8,920

 Annually 87 1 0 87

Initial notification of exempt 

RICE

105 1 0 105

Initial notification of compliance 1,179 1 0 1,179

Semiannual compliance report 119,633 2 755,430 994,696

Annual compliance report 26,511 1 0 26,511

Total 1,041,455

The number of Total Annual Responses is 1,041,455.

The total annual labor costs are $397,023,127. Details regarding these estimates may be 

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

Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) (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 below, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 3,427,264 at a cost of $397,023,127. Details regarding 

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

NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

ZZZZ) (Renewal).

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

information is estimated to average 3 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $27,854,429. 

The cost calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and 

Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

(ii) The Agency Tally

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

696,903 labor hours at a cost of $31,405,802. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden 

and Cost – NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 
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63, Subpart ZZZZ) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is a decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. The decrease is a result of merging the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements for the initial and amendment NESHAP and removing any 

duplicative burden items. This ICR combines the original final rule and the 2006, 2008, and 

2010 amendments, which were previously covered under EPA ICR Number 1975.04, 1975.05, 

1975.06, 1975.07, and 1975.08. In addition, this ICR incorporates the requirements for 

emergencies engines as set forth in the January 2013 Final Rule amendment. This resulted in 

several changes in the total estimated burden and costs. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 3 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-2013-0340. 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), EPA 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, 
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Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID 

Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0340 and OMB Control Number 2060-0548 in any

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 – NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR

Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) (Renewal)

Burden Item

A B C D E F G H

Technical 

person-hours 

per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

Technical 

person-hours 

per respondent 

per year 

(AxB)

Respondents 

per year

Technical 

hours per 

year 

(CxD)

Management 

hours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours 

per year 

(Ex0.10)

Total cost per 

year a($)

1. Applications N/A

2. Surveys and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

 A. Read Instructions a

4 1 4 1,284 5,136 256.8 513.6 $684,212.78

 B. Required Activities b

 4-SRB >5,000 HP (once per year) 24 1 24 86 2,064 103.2 206.4 $274,964.02

 4-SRB ≥5,000 HP (once per year) 8 1 8 1 8 0.4 0.8 $1,065.75

 Quarterly performance test (Facilities with Multiple RICE) 24 4 96 1,605 154,080 7,704 15,408 $20,526,383.52

 Quarterly performance test (Facilities with One RICE) 6 1 6 5 30 1.5 3 $3,996.57

 Semiannual performance test 24 2 48 4,869 233,712 11,685.6 23,371.2 $31,134,878.93

 C. Gather Existing Information Included in 3D

 D. Write Report

 Notification of construction/reconstruction c

2 1 2 1,179 2,358 117.9 235.8 $314,130.40

 Notification of anticipated startup c

2 1 2 1,179 2,358 117.9 235.8 $314,130.40

 Notification of actual startup c

2 1 2 1,179 2,358 117.9 235.8 $314,130.40

 Notification of performance test b

 Quarterly 2 4 8 1,605 12,840 642 1,284 $1,710,531.96

 Semiannually 2 2 4 4,460 17,840 892 1,784 $2,376,626.96

 Annually 2 1 2 87 174 8.7 17.4 $23,180.11

 Initial notification for exempt RICE a

2 1 2 105 210 10.5 21 $27,975.99

 Initial notification of compliance c

2 1 2 1,179 2,358 117.9 235.8 $314,130.4

 Semiannual compliance report d

1 2 2 119,633 239,266 11,963.3 23,926.6 $31,874,777.25

 Annual compliance report e

1 1 1 25,995 25,995 1,299.75 2,599.5 $3,463,027.91

 Annual compliance report (Emergency RICE) f
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 Utilities 16 0.33 5.33 446 2,378.67 118.93 237.87 $316,883.59

 Curtailment Service Providers 1000 0.33 333.33 70 23,333.33 1,166.67 2,333.33 $3,108,443.33

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 835,474 $96,783,470

4. Recordkeeping Requirements

 A. Read Instructions Included in 3A

 B. Train Personnel c

16 1 16 1,179 18,864 943.2 1,886.4 $2,513,043.22

 C. Continuous Monitoring g

 Portable CO Monitor 40 1 40 410 16,400 820 1,640 $2,184,791.6

 Press. and Temp. 30 1 30 48,323 1,449,690 72,484.5 144,969 $193,126,252.11

 Record Information 1 1 1 768,776 768,776 38,438.8 76,878 $102,415,569.94

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 2,591,790 $300,239,657

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (ROUNDED) 3,427,264 $397,023,127

Assumptions:

a – We estimate an average of 1,284 new sources per year over the three-year period of this ICR. This includes 769 non-exempt major stationary RICE (>500 hp), 

105 exempt major stationary RICE (>500 hp), and 410 area sources. 

b – The estimated number of sources for these activities was obtained from EPA ICR Number 1975.04. 

c – We assume all non-exempt new sources have to complete these activities (1,284 - 105 = 1,179 sources). 

d – We assume a 119,633 existing sources have to write semiannual reports. This estimate includes 11,096 existing major source stationary RICE (>500 hp), 2,250 

existing area sources, 60,654 existing CI engines, and 45,633 existing SI engines. 

e – We assume 25,995 existing CI engines have to complete annual reports. This estimate is based on EPA ICR Number 1975.07. 

f – We assume 446 local utilities and 16 hours per annual report, and 70 curtailment service providers with 1,000 hours per report. This estimate is based on the 

January 2013 Final Rule amendment. Reporting requirements for emergencies RICE will begin in 2016 which is the final year covered in this ICR. Therefore, 

we assume an average annual occurrence of 0.33 (once every three years) for this ICR. 

g – These estimates were obtained from EPA ICR Number 1975.04, 1975.05, 1975.07 and 1975.08. 
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (40

 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ) (Renewal)

Burden Item

A B C D E F G H

Technical 

personhours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

Technical 

person-hours 

per 

respondent 

per year 

(AxB)

Respondents 

per year a

Technical 

hours per 

year 

(CxD)

Management

hours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

hours 

per year 

(Ex0.10)

Total cost per 

year ($)b

Report review 

Notification of construction/reconstruction 1 1 1 1,179 1,179 58.95 117.9 $61,101.09

Notification of anticipated startup 1 1 1 1,179 1,179 58.95 117.9 $61,101.09

Notification of actual startup 1 1 1 1,179 1,179 58.95 117.9 $61,101.09

Notification of performance test

 Quarterly 1 4 4 1,605 6,420 321.00 642 $332,713.29

 Semiannually 1 2 2 4,460 8,920 446.00 892 $462,274.54

 Annually 1 1 1 87 87 4.35 8.7 $4,508.73

Initial notification for exempt RICE 1 1 1 105 105 5.25 10.5 $5,441.57

Initial notification of compliance 2 1 2 1,179 2,358 117.9 235.8 $122,202.17

Semiannual compliance report b2 2 4 119,633 478,532 23,926.6 47,853.2 $24,799,681.63

Annual compliance report c2 2 4 26,511 106,044 5,302.2 10,604.4 $5,495,677.28

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 696,903 $31,405,802

Assumptions:

a – We estimate an average of 1,284 new sources per year over the three-year period of this ICR. This includes 769 non-exempt major stationary RICE (>500 hp), 

105 exempt major stationary RICE (>500 hp), and 410 area sources. 

b – We assume a 119,633 existing sources have to write semiannual reports. This estimate includes 11,096 existing major source stationary RICE (>500 hp), 2,250

existing area sources, 60,654 existing CI engines, and 45,633 existing SI engines. 

c – We assume 25,995 existing CI engines, 446 local utilizes, and 70 curtailment service providers have to complete annual reports. This estimate is based on EPA 

ICR Number 1975.07 and the January 2013 Final Rule amendment.