SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1062.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0122. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Coal Preparation and Processing 

Plants were proposed on October 24, 1974, promulgated on January 15, 1976, and amended on 

October 8, 2009. These regulations apply to existing and new facilities that perform coal 

preparation and processing activities. New facilities include those that commenced construction, 

modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y.

In general, all NSPS standards require initial notification reports, 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 affected facilities 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.

The “Affected Public” is owners or operators of coal preparation and processing plants. 

All of the coal preparation and processing plants are owned and operated by the coal preparation 

and processing industry. None of the facilities in the United States are owned by either state, 

local, tribal, or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-owned, 

for-profit businesses. We assume that they will all respond. The “burden” to the Affected Public 

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

Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (Renewal). The Federal 

Government’s burden is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or 

government contractors. The “burden” to the Federal Government may be found below in Table 

2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants 

(40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (Renewal).

Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of one
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affected facilities at each plant site and that each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the 

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, approximately 1,037 respondents per year will be subject to 

these standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same

standards.

The active (previous) ICR had the following Terms of Clearance (TOC): 

Before this ICR is renewed, the agency should check the burden universe 

and hours estimates. 

The EPA has addressed the TOC by consulting with the Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards (OAQPS) rule lead. We believe the number of affected facilities may have 

decreased since the last ICR renewal due to reports of coal plants being shut down or converted 

to natural gas, and expect a net zero growth in this industry sector over the next three years. All 

burden estimates were thoroughly reviewed and updated accordingly. 

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/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 
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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, PM, SO2, NOx, and CO emissions from coal preparation 

and processing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 

endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source 

category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y.

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 standards at all times. During the performance test 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 these standards 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/or leaks are being detected and repaired and the standards are 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 60, Subpart

Y.

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 
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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 (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015. 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 Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is 

EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial 

and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations 

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 American Public Power Association 

(APPA), at (202) 467-2900; and 2) the National Mining Association (NMA), at (202) 463-2600.

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 these 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.

3(f) Confidentiality

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

operators of coal preparation and processing plants. 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 listed below for this source 

category.

Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining 1221 212111

Bituminous Coal Underground Mining 1222 212112

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation 4911, 4931, 4939 221112

American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments 8641 921150

Anthracite Mining 1231 212113

Support Activities for Coal Mining 1241 213113

Paper (except Newsprint) Mills 2611, 2621 322121

Petrochemical Manufacturing 2865, 2869 325110

All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing 2999, 3312 324199

Cement Manufacturing 3241 327310

Iron and Steel Mills 3312 331110

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y).

A source must make the following reports:
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Notifications

Notification and application of construction or modification. 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of anticipated date of initial startup. 60.7(a)

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

Reports

Initial performance test results 60.258(c)

Repeat performance test results 60.258(d)

Semiannual excess emission reports 60.7(c), 60.258(b)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous 

monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Maintain a written or electronic logbook 60.258(a)

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

Records of ongoing monitoring 60.7(f)

Fugitive Coal Dust Emissions Control Plan 60.254(c)

Bag Leak Detection System Site-Specific Plan 60.256(c)

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.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities
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Respondent Activities

Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.

Perform initial performance test using EPA Method 5, 9, and 22, 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.

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.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

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 Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) 

and ICIS.

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to 
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determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated. Performance 

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

emission standard. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published 

for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The 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 reported by state and local governments in the 

ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ICIS is 

EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial 

and government-owned facilities. EPA uses ICIS 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

There are no small entities (i.e., small businesses) affected by this regulation. However, it 

is not clear if any future facilities subject to the NSPS would be owned by small entities. 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 below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Coal Preparation and 

Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (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. Where appropriate, specific tasks and 

major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.

The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 

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

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden
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The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 42,300 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 $129.93 ($61.87+ 110%)

Technical $103.97 ($49.51 + 110%)

Clerical $51.79 ($24.66 + 110%)

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

2014, “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
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Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

(A)

Continuous 

Monitoring 

Device

(B)

Capital/Startup 

Cost for One 

Respondent

(C)

Number of 

New

Respondents1

(D)

Total 

Capital/Startup 

Cost, (B X C)

(E)

Annual O&M 

Costs for One 

Respondent

(F)

Number of 

Respondents

with O&M

(G)

Total O&M,

(E X F)

Bag leak 

detection 

systems 2

$48,180 0 $0 NA NA NA

Method 5 test 3$7,000 0 $0 NA NA NA

Method 9 test 3$1,300 0 $0 NA NA NA

Purchase 

supplies 4 NA NA NA $2,735 24 $65,640

TOTAL

5

$0 $65,600

1 EPA assumes that all new coal preparation and process plants consist of coal processing and conveying equipment, coal storage

systems, coal transfer and loading systems, and open storage piles. The estimates are based on conservative control 

implementation assumption that all affected respondents will choose to use enclosures vented to fabric filters to comply with the 

rule. In actuality many respondents are expected to choose alternative controls allowed under the rule, such as fogging systems, 

wet suppression, and passive enclosure containment system (PECS) that do not require Method 5 performance testing. 

2 The capital cost associated with procurement and installation of bag leak detection systems for the fabric filters was annualized 

assuming a 7 percent interest rate and 10-year life (i.e., capital recovery factor of 0.1424).

3 Both Method 5 and Method 9 testing are usually conducted by a contractor.

4 The annual costs associated with the purchase of monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting supplies is estimated to be $2,735 

per facility. These costs are assumed to only apply to facilities subject to the final rule amendment (i.e. facilities constructed, 

reconstructed, or modified after April 28, 2008).

5 Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the 

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $65,600. 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 $65,600. These are recordkeeping 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 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 

$438,000.

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
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Managerial $62.90 (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%) 

Technical $46.67 (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%)

Clerical $25.25 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2014 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 Coal 

Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (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

1,037 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that no additional 

respondents per year will become subject. The overall average number of respondents, as shown 

in the table below, is 1,037 per year. The estimated growth rate is based on our consultation with 

OAQPS. 

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 0 1,037 0 0 1,037

2 0 1,037 0 0 1,037

3 0 1,037 0 0 1,037

Average 0 1,037 0 0 1,037

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New respondents 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 1,037.

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

Total Annual Responses
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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 

commencement 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial performance tests except 

coal dump trucks 0 8 0 0

Notification of initial performance test for coal 

truck dumps 0 1 0 0

Notification of repeat performance test except 

coal truck dumps 0 0.5 0 0

Notification of repeat performance test for 

coal truck dumps 0 3 0 0

Notification of physical or operational change 0 1 0 0

Performance test reports except coal truck 

dumps 0 8.5 0 0

Performance test reports for coal truck dumps 0 4 0 0

Semiannual Excess Emissions Report 1,037 2 0 2,074

Total 2,074

The number of Total Annual Responses is 2,074 (rounded). 

The total annual labor costs are $4,250,000 (rounded). Details regarding these estimates 

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

Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (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 42,300 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Coal Preparation and 

Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) (Renewal).

We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical 

tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens 

are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of 
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clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.

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

information is estimated to average 20 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $65,600. 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 

9,600 labor hours at a cost of $438,000. See (below) Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Y) 

(Renewal).

We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical 

tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens 

are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of 

clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an adjustment increase in the respondent labor hours due to a change in 

assumption. In this ICR, we assume all existing sources will take some time each year to 

re-familiarize themselves with the regulatory requirements. 

In addition, there is a decrease in cost and number of responses due to a reduction in the 

estimated number of sources subject to the regulation. The previous ICR estimated that five new 

sources per year will be constructed such that they will become subject to the regulations. In 

consultation with OAQPS for the renewal of this ICR, we believe there will not be any net 

growth over the next three years. As such, no sources will incur burden associated with initial 

notifications and performance testing. This results in a decrease in capital cost and number of 

responses. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 20 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 
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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-2012-0498. 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-2012-0498 and OMB Control Number 2060-0122 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 – NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

Y) (Renewal)

Burden Item

(A)

Hours per 

Occurrence

(B)

Occurrence 

per 

Respondent 

per Year

(C)

Hours per 

Respondent

per Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per Year a

(E)

Technical 

Hours per 

Year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Managerial 

Hours per 

Year

(F=Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

Hours per 

Year

(G=Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, ($) b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and studies N/A

3. Report Requirements

A. Familiarize with Regulatory Requirements c2 1 2 1,037 2,074 103.7 207.4 $239,848.77 

B. Required Activities

a. Initial Performance Tests 

Supervise Method 5 stack test performed by 

contractor service 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Supervise Method 9 opacity test performed by 

contractor service (except coal truck dumps) 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Supervise quarterly Method 9 opacity test 

performed by contractor service 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0 

b. Repeat Performance Tests

Supervise Method 5 stack test performed by 

contractor service 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

Supervise Method 9 opacity test performed by 

contractor service (except coal truck dumps) 2 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 $0 

Supervise quarterly Method 9 opacity test 

performed by contractor service 4 3 12 0 0 0 0 $0 

c. Compliance Monitoring and Inspection 

Daily plant walkthrough visual observation of 

affected facilities for visible emissions 1 350 350 12 4,200 210 420 $485,711.10 

 Monthly visual inspection of control 

 equipment used for affected facilities subject to 

 opacity standards

1 36 36 12 432 21.6 43.2 $49,958.86 
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Coal handling affected facilities using fabric 

filter - inspect bag leak detectors (BLD) 

d 0.25 175 43.75 24 1,050 52.5 105 $121,427.78 

d. Site-specific Emission Control Plans

Prepare "Fugitive Emission Control Plan" 401 400000 $0 

Prepare "BLD Monitoring Plan" 401 400000 $0 

e. Site-specific Emission Controls Operation 

Logbook

Prepare logbook8180000 $0 

Record required emission control equipment 

operating and maintenance data 0.5 350 175

0000 $0 

C. Create Information See 3B

D. Gather Existing Information See 3E

E. Write Report

a. Notifications 

Notification of construction/reconstruction 

commencement

2120000 $0 

Notification of actual startup2120000 $0 

Notification of initial performance tests 

except coal dump trucks

28 160000 $0 

Notification of initial performance test for 

coal truck dumps

2120000 $0 

Notification of repeat performance test except 

coal truck dumps

1 0.5 0.50000 $0 

Notification of repeat performance test for 

coal truck dumps

1330000 $0 

Notification of physical or operational change2120000 $0 

b. Reports

 Performance test reports except coal truck 

dumps (review and transmit report prepared by test 

contractor)

4 8.5 340000 $0 

Performance test reports for coal truck dumps 

(review and transmit report prepared by test 

contractor)

2480000 $0 

Semiannual excess emissions report 

e

82 16 1,037 16,592 829.6 1,659.2 $1,918,790.14
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Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 28,000 $2,815,737 

4. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

A. Familiarize with Regulatory Requirements See 3A

B. Plan Activities See 3B

C. Implement Activities See 3B

D. Record Data See 3B

E. Time to Transmit or Disclose Information

Electronically transmit data f1 12 12 1,037 12,444 622.2 1,244.4 $1,439,092.60

F. Time to Train Personnel

Plant personnel walkthrough observation 

procedure g 8 3 24 0 0 0 0 $0 

G. Time for Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 14,311 $1,439,093 

TOTAL Annual Labor Burden and Costs (rounded) h42,300 $4,250,000 

Capital and O&M Costs $65,600 

Grand TOTAL $4,320,000 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of sources that will be subject to the standard will be 1,37. There will be no additional new source per year that will become subject to 

the rule over the three-year period of this ICR

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $123.93 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $103.97 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.79 per hour for 

Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2014 ”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 assume all respondents will take 2 hours to familiarize with the regulatory requirements.

d

 These requirements only apply to sources subject to the 2009 final rule amendment, i.e. sources constructed, reconstructed, or modified after April 28, 2008. EPA assumes that on 

average over the period covered under this ICR, there are 24 sources subject to the final rule amendment. EPA also assumes that 50 percent of sources elect to perform daily 

walkthrough visual emission observations for compliance monitoring, and 50 percent of sources elect to perform repeat Method 9 opacity testing for compliance monitoring. 

e All new and existing sources are subject to semiannual reporting.

f We have assumed that each respondent will take one hour once per month to transmit electronic data. 

g

 We have assumed that each new respondent will take eight hours three time per year to observe procedures.

h

 Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

Y) (Renewal)

Burden Item

(A)

EPA Hours 

per 

Occurrence

(B)

Occurrence 

per Plant 

per Year

(C)

EPA 

Hours 

per Plant 

per Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per Year 

a

(E)

Technical 

Hours 

per Year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Managerial 

Hours per 

Year

(F=Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

Hours per 

Year

(G=Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, ($) b

Notification Review 

Construction/reconstruction 

commencement notifications 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0 

Actual startup notifications 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0 

Performance test notifications 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 $0 

Physical or Operational Change 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0 

Site-Specific Emission Control Plan Review 

Review site-specific "Fugitive 

Emission Control Plan" 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review site-specific "Bag Leak 

Detection Monitoring Plan" 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Compliance Demonstration Reports Review

Review performance test reports 4 9 36 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review semi-annual excess emissions 

reports c 4 2 8 1,037 8,296 414.8 829.6 $434,212.64

Coal Preparation Plant Site Visits

Observe Method 5 Performance Test 24 1 24 1 24 1.2 2.4 $1,256.16 

Observe Method 9 Performance Test 24 1 24 2 48 2.4 4.8 $2,512.32 

Total Annual Labor Burden and Costs 

(rounded) d 9,600 $438,000 

Assumptions: 

a We have assumed that the average number of sources that will be subject to the standard will be 1,037. There will be no additional new source per year that will become subject to 

the rule over the three-year period of this ICR.

b This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $62.90 (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%); Technical $46.67 (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%); and Clerical $25.25 (GS-6, Step 3, 

$15.78 + 60%). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2014 General Schedule, which excludes locality, rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 
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60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees.

c We have assumed that all sources are subject to semiannual excess emissions reporting.

d Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.