SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1156.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0059

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities 

were proposed on November 23, 1982, promulgated on April 5, 1984, and amended on October 

17, 2000 (65 FR 61768). These regulations apply to existing and new synthetic fiber production 

plants with a solvent-spun, synthetic fiber process that produce more than 500 megagrams (Mgs) 

of fiber per year that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. The 

provisions of this subpart do not apply to any facility that uses the reaction spinning process to 

produce spandex fiber, or the viscose process to produce rayon fiber, or to facilities that 

commence modification, but not reconstruction, after November 23, 1982. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH.

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 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.

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

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, an average of 22 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard. 

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

This request is approved. Prior to resubmission of this collection for
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extension, the Agency should reassess estimates of burden taking into

account recent experience with the program, including the number of

reporting entities and estimates of burden for each respondent.

EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC by consulting with industry on the 

respondent universe. All burden estimates have been thoroughly checked and updated. 

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

Burden and Cost – NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

HHH) (Renewal). The burden to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work 

performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities 

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

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 

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

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from 

synthetic fiber production plants either 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 HHH.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure 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. 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 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, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard 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

HHH.

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, 

duplication does not exist.
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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 (77 FR 47631) on August 9, 2012. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register. 

3(c) Consultations

The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal data 

sources and projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. 

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 the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA 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. 

 

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. In developing 

this ICR, we contacted: 1) the American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA), at (703) 

875-0432; and 2) the Fiber Economics Bureau, at (703) 875-0676. 

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.

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, 
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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 source category

description. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents 

affected by the standard and corresponding North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) codes are presented in the following table.

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

Manmade Organic Fibers, Except Cellulosic 2824 325222

Cellulosic Manmade Fibers 2823 3252211

 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification of construction/reconstruction 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of initial startup including compliance method 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of initial performance test 60.8(d), 60.604(a)

Performance test results 60.8(a), 60.604(a)(1)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system 60.7(a)(5)

Physical or operational change 60.7(a)(4)

Quarterly reports of exceedances or semiannual report of no 

exceedances 60.604(a)(2)

Reports within 30 days whenever extruded fiber for the preceding 60.604(b)
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Notifications

twelve calendar months exceeds 551 tons, if exempt from standard 

under Section 60.600

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Record of startup, shutdown, and malfunctions 60.7(b)

Records are required to be retained 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 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 for control device.

Perform initial performance 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 
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Respondent Activities

providing information.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 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

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

years.

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. 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 Synthetic Fiber 

Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (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 1,860 (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: 
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Managerial $121.44 ($57.83 + 110%) 

Technical $100.23 ($47.73 + 110%)

Clerical $50.51 ($24.05 + 110%)

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

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 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 

(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)

Flow

indicator 

for solvent 

feed

$3,300 0 0 $7,500 22 $165,000

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

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $165,000. 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 $165,000. 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 
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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 

$5,701. 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 – NSPS for Synthetic 

Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (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

22 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. 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 22 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 22 0 0 22

2 0 22 0 0 22

3 0 22 0 0 22

Average 0 22 0 0 22

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 22. 
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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 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial 

performance test 0 1 0 0

Report of performance test 0 1 0 0

Report of repeat of 

performance test 0 0.2 0 0

Quarterly report of VOCs 

emission exceedances 22 0.5 0 11

Semiannual report of no 

exceedances 22 2 0 44

Notification of noncompliance 22 0 0 0

Total 55

The number of Total Annual Responses is 55.

The total annual labor costs are $180,060. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 

Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (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 1,860 at a cost of $180,058. Details regarding these 

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

Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 34 hours per response.
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The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $165,000. 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 127

labor hours at a cost of $5,701. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart HHH) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no significant change in the respondent burden hours in this ICR compared to 

the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations: 1) the regulations have not changed over 

the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 2) the growth 

rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the 

overall burden. However, there is a slight increase of one burden hour for both the respondents 

and the Agency due corrections of rounding errors in the previous ICR. 

There is an increase in burden costs for both the respondents and the Agency due to an 

adjustment in labor rates. This ICR uses updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

to calculate burden costs.

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 34 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–2012–0528. 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 
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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, 

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

Number EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0528 and OMB Control Number 2060-0059 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 Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart

HHH) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A) 

Personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C) 

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(AxB)

(D) 

Respondents 

per yeara

(E) 

Technical 

personhours per 

year 

(CxD)

(F) 

Management 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

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

 B. Required activities

 Initial performance test 72 1 72 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Repeat performance test c

72 1 72 0 0 0 0 $0 

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather existing information See 3B

 E. Write report

 New Sources

 Notification of construction/ reconstruction d

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of actual startup d

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of initial performance test d

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of demonstration of CMS d

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Report of initial performance test d See 3B

 Existing Sources

 Quarterly report of VOCs emission exceedances e 8 0.5 4 22 88 4.4 8.8 $9,799.06

 Semiannual report of no exceedances f

2 2 4 22 88 4.4 8.8 $9,799.06
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Burden item

(A) 

Personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C) 

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(AxB)

(D) 

Respondents 

per yeara

(E) 

Technical 

personhours per 

year 

(CxD)

(F) 

Management 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $b

 Notification of noncompliance g

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 202.4 $19,598.12

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 4C

 C. Implement activities See 3B

 D. Develop record system See 4E

 E. Time to enter information

 Records of operating parameters h

0.25 250 62.5 22 1,375 68.75 137.5 $153,110.38

 Records of monthly VOC emission i

0.25 12 3 22 66 3.3 6.6 $7,349.30

 F. Time to train personnel N/A

 G. Time for audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 1,657.15 $160,459.68

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST(rounded) 1,860 $180,058 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 22. There will be no additional new source that will become subject 

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

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $121.44 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $100.23 per hour for Technical labor, and $50.51 per 

hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 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% to account for the benefit packages 

available to those employed by private industry.

c

 We have assumed that 20 percent of initial performance tests will be repeated.

d

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

 We have assumed that each respondent will submit one quarterly report every other year due to excess of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions.

f

 Semiannual reports are required of all respondents.

g We have assumed that there are no existing solvent-spun synthetic fiber producing facility subject to the exemption under section 60,600(a) that has exceeded the 

annual requirement of 500 mg. Therefore, no existing solvent-spun synthetic fiber producing facility will submit a notification of exceeding the limits over the threeyear period of the ICR.

h

 We have assumed that respondents will enter information on records of operating parameters 250 days per year.

i Respondents are required to conduct monthly calculation of the 6 months VOC average emission which is considered a performance test. Respondents will have to 

determine this value by calculating the VOC emissions per unit of mass solvent feed from each affected facility for the current and proceeding five consecutive calendar 

months.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart

HHH) (Renewal)

Activity

(A) 

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C) 

EPA 

person 

hours per 

plant per 

year 

(AxB)

(D) 

Plants 

per 

yeara

(E) 

Technical 

personhours per 

year 

(CxD)

(F) 

Management 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $b

Required Activities

 New Plant

 Initial performance test 24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Repeat performance test c

24 0.2 4.8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Report review

 New Plant

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

 Notification of actual startup 0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of initial test 0.5 1.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Review test results 8 1.2 9.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Notification of demonstration of CMS 0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

 Existing Plant

 Quarterly report of VOCs emission exceedances d

2 0.5 1 22 22 1.1 2.2 $1,140 

Semiannual report of no VOC emission 

exceedances e 2 2 4 22 88 4.4 8.8 $4,561 

 Notification of noncompliance 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 

Subtotals Labor Burden and cost 110 5.5 11 $5,701

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 127 $5,701 

Assumptions:

 a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 22. There will be no additional new source that will become 

subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR. 
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b This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: Managerial 

rate of $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), Technical rate of $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6), and Clerical rate of $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). 

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), “2011 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that 20 percent of initial performance tests will be repeated.

 d

 We have assumed that each respondent will submit one quarterly report every other year due to excess of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions.

 

e

 Semiannual reports are required of all respondents.