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- 1 CHAPTER 10 : QUALITATIVE DISCUS SION OF EMPLOYMENT I MPACTS OF AIR QUALITY

Overview Executive Order 13563 directs federal agencies to consider regulatory impacts on job
creation and employment: “our regulatory system must protect public health, welfare, safety, and our environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation. It must be based on the best available science”. Although benefit

- cost analy ses do not typically include a separate analysis of regulation

- induced employment impacts, 1 during periods of sustained high unemployment, such impacts are of particular concern and questions may arise about their existence and magnitude. This chapter disc usses some, but not all, possible types of labor impacts that may result from measures to decrease NOx emissions.

Section 10 .1 describes the theoretical framework used to analyze regulation

- induced employment impacts, discussing how economic theory alone cannot predict whether such impacts are positive or negative. Section 10 .2 presents an overview of the peer

- reviewed literature relevant to evaluating the effect of environmental regulation on employment. Section
10 .3 discusses employment related to instal lation of NOx controls on coal and gas

- fired electric generating units, industrial boilers, and cement kilns.

10 .1 Economic Theory and Employment Regulatory employment impacts are difficult to disentangle from other economic changes affecting employment d ecisions over time and across regions and industries. Labor market responses to regulation are complex. They depend on labor demand and supply elasticities and possible labor market imperfections (e.g., wage stickiness, long

- term unemployment, etc). The

un it of measurement (e.g., number of jobs, types of job hours worked, and earnings) may affect observability of that response. Net employment impacts are composed of a mix of potential declines and gains in different areas of the economy (the directly regula ted sector, upstream and downstream sectors, etc.) over time. In light of these difficulties, economic theory provides a constructive framework for analysis.

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- 2 Microeconomic theory describes how firms adjust input use in response to changes in
economic condi tions. 2 

### Labor is one of many inputs to production, along with capital, energy, and materials. In competitive markets, firms choose inputs and outputs to maximize profit as a function of market prices and technological constraints. 3 , 4


### Berman and Bui (2001) and Morgenstern, Pizer, and Shih (2002), adapt this model to analyze how environmental regulations affect labor demand. 5 

### They model environmental regulation as effectively requiring certain factors of production, such as pollution abatement capital, at lev els that firms would not otherwise choose.
Berman and Bui (2001, pp. 274

- 75) model two components that drive changes in firm

level labor demand: output effects and substitution effects. 6 

### Regulation affects the profit

maximizing quantity of output by changi ng the marginal cost of production. If regulation causes marginal cost to increase, it will place upward pressure on output prices, leading to a decrease in demand, and resulting in a decrease in production. The output effect describes how, holding
labor i ntensity constant, a decrease in production causes a decrease in labor demand. As noted by Berman and Bui, although many assume that regulation increases marginal cost, it need not be the case. A regulation could induce a firm to upgrade to less polluting
, and more efficient equipment that lowers marginal production costs. In such a case, output could increase for facilities that do not exit the industry. For example, improving the heat rate of a utility boiler increases fuel efficiency, lowering marginal p roduction costs, and thereby potentially increasing the boiler’s generation. An unregulated profit

- maximizing firm may not have chosen to install such an efficiency

- improving technology if the investment cost were too high.

The substitution effect describe s how, holding output constant, regulation affects labor

intensity of production. Although stricter environmental regulation may increase use of pollution

2 See Layard and Walters (1978), a standard microeconomic theory textbook, for a discussion , in Chapter 9

. 3 See Hamermesh (1993), Ch. 2, for a derivat ion of the firm’s labor demand function from cost

- minimization.

4 In this framework, labor demand is a function of quantity of output and prices (of both outputs and inputs )

. 5 Berman and Bui (2001) and Morgenstern, Pizer, and Shih (2002) use a cost

- mini mization framework, which is a special case of profit

- maximization with fixed output quantities.

6 The authors also discuss a third component, the impact of regulation on factor prices, but conclude that this effect is unlikely to be important for large co mpetitive factor markets, such as labor and capital. Morgenstern, Pizer and Shih (2002) use a very similar model, but they break the employment effect into three parts: 1) a demand effect; 2) a cost effect; and 3) a factor

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- 3 control equipment and energy to operate that equipment, the impact on labor demand is ambiguous. Equi pment inspection requirements, specialized waste handling, or pollution technologies that alter the production process may affect the number of workers necessary to produce a unit of output. Berman and Bui (2001) model the substitution effect as the effect of regulation on pollution control equipment and expenditures required by the regulation and the corresponding change in labor

- intensity of production.
In summary, as output and substitution effects may be positive or negative, theory cannot predict the direction of the net effect of regulation on labor demand at the level of the regulated firm. Operating within the bounds of standard economic theory, however, empirical estimation of net employment effects on regulated firms is possible when data and meth ods of sufficient detail and quality are available. The literature, however, illustrates difficulties with empirical estimation. For example, studies sometimes rely on confidential plant

- level employment data from the U.S. Census Bureau, possibly combined with pollution abatement expenditure data that are too dated to be reliably informative. In addition, the most commonly used empirical methods do not permit estimation of net national effects.
The conceptual framework described thus far focused on regulato ry effects on plant

- level decisions within a regulated industry. Employment impacts at an individual plant do not necessarily represent impacts for the sector as a whole. The approach must be modified when applied at the industry level.
At the industry

- lev el, labor demand is more responsive if: (1) the price elasticity of demand for the product is high, (2) other factors of production can be easily substituted for labor, (3) the supply of other factors is highly elastic, or (4) labor costs are a large share of total production costs. 7 

### For example, if all firms in an industry are faced with the same regulatory compliance costs and product demand is inelastic, then industry output may not change much, and output of individual firms may change slightly. 8 

### In thi s case the output effect may be small, while the substitution effect depends on input substitutability. Suppose, for example, that new equipment for heat rate improvements requires labor to install and operate. In this case the substitution effect may be p ositive, and with a small output effect, the total effect may be

7 See Ehrenberg & S mith, p. 108.

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- 4 positive. As with potential effects for an individual firm, theory cannot determine the sign or magnitude of industry

- level regulatory effects on labor demand. Determining these signs and

mag nitudes requires additional sector

- specific empirical study. For environmental rules, much of the data needed for these empirical studies are not publicly available, would require significant
time and resources in order to access confidential U.S. Census d ata for research, and also would not be necessary for other components of a typical RIA.
In addition to changes to labor demand in the regulated industry, net employment impacts encompass changes in other related sectors. For example, the proposed guideli nes may increase demand for pollution control equipment and services. This increased demand may increase revenue and employment in the firms supporting this technology. At the same time, the regulated industry is purchasing the equipment and these costs ma y impact labor demand at regulated firms. Therefore, it is important to consider the net effect of compliance actions on employment across multiple sectors or industries.
If the U.S. economy is at full employment, even a large

- scale environmental regulatio n is unlikely to have a noticeable impact on aggregate net national employment. 9 

### Instead, labor would primarily be reallocated from one productive use to another (e.g., from producing electricity or steel to producing high efficiency equipment), and net na tional employment effects from environmental regulation would be small and transitory (e.g., as workers move from one job to another). 10


### Affected sectors may experience transitory effects as workers change jobs. Some workers may retrain or relocate in anti cipation of new requirements or require time to search for new jobs, while shortages in some sectors or regions could bid up wages to attract workers. These adjustment costs can lead to local labor disruptions. Although the net change in the national
workf orce is expected to be small, localized reductions in employment may adversely impact individuals and communities just as localized increases may have positive impacts.

9 Full employment is a conceptual target for the economy where everyone who wants to work and is available to do so at prevailing wages is actively employed. The unemployment rate at full employment is not zero

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- 5 If the economy is operating at less than full employment, economic theory does not
clea rly indicate the direction or magnitude of the net impact of environmental regulation on employment; it could cause either a short

- run net increase or short

- run net decrease (Schmalansee and Stavins, 2011). An important research question is how to accommod ate unemployment as a structural feature in economic models. This feature may be important in assessing large

- scale regulatory impacts on employment (Smith 2012).
Environmental regulation may also affect labor supply. In particular, pollution and other

env ironmental risks may impact labor productivity or employees’ ability to work. 11 

### While the theoretical framework for analyzing labor supply effects is analogous to that for labor demand, it is more difficult to study empirically. There is a small emerging li terature, described in the next section that uses detailed labor and environmental data to assess these impacts.
To summarize, economic theory provides a framework for analyzing the impacts of environmental regulation on employment. The net employment effect incorporates expected employment changes (both positive and negative) in the regulated sector and elsewhere. Labor demand impacts for regulated firms, and also for the regulated industry, can be decomposed into output and substitution effects which may be either negative or positive. Estimation of net employment effects for regulated sectors is possible when data of sufficient detail and quality are available. Finally, economic theory suggests that labor supply effects are also possible. In the

next section, we discuss the empirical literature.

10 .2 Current State of Knowledge Based on the Peer

- Reviewed Literature The labor economics literature contains an extensive body of peer

- reviewed empirical work analyzing various aspects of labor demand, relying on the theoretical framework discussed in the preceding section. 12 

### This work focuses primarily on effects of employment policies such as labor taxes and minimum wages. 13 

### In contrast, the peer

- reviewed empirical literature specifically estimating employment effects of environmental regulations is more limited.

11 E.g. Graff Zivin and Neidell (2012).

12 Again, see Hamermesh (1993) for a detailed treatment.

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- 6 Empirical studies, such as Berman and Bui (2001), suggest that net employment impacts were not statistically diff

erent from zero in the regulated sector. Other research suggests that more highly regulated counties may generate fewer jobs than less regulated ones (Greenstone 2002). Environmental regulations may affect sectors that support pollution reduction earlier t han the regulated industry. Rules are usually announced well in advance of their effective dates and then typically provide a period of time for firms to invest in technologies and process changes to meet the new requirements. When a regulation is promulga ted, the initial response of firms is often to order pollution control equipment and services to enable compliance when the regulation
becomes effective. Estimates of short

- term increases in demand for specialized labor within the environmental protection sector have been prepared for several EPA regulations in the past, including the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). 14 

### Overall, the peer

- reviewed literature does not contain evidence that environmental regulation has a large impact on net employment (e ither negative or positive) in the long run across the whole economy.

10 .2.1 Regulated Sectors
Berman and Bui (2001) examine how an increase in local air quality regulation affects manufacturing employment in the South Coast Air Quality Management Distri ct (SCAQMD), which includes Los Angeles and its suburbs. From 1979 to 1992 the SCAQMD enacted some of the country’s most stringent air quality regulations. Using SCAQMD’s local air quality regulations, Berman and Bui identify the effect of environmental re gulations on net employment in regulated manufacturing industries relative to other plants in the same 4

- digit SIC industries but in regions not subject to local regulations. 15 

### The authors find that “while regulations do impose large costs, they have a limi ted effect on employment” (Berman and Bui, 2001, p. 269). Their conclusion is that local air quality regulation “probably increased labor demand slightly” but that “the employment effects of both compliance and increased stringency are fairly precisely

14 U.S. EPA (2011b)

. 15 Berman and Bui include over 40 4

- digit SIC industries in their sampl e. They do not estimate the number of jobs created in the environmental protection sector

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- 7 est imated zeros , even when exit and dissuaded entry effects are included” (Berman and Bui, 2001, p. 269). 16


### A small literature examines impacts of environmental regulations on manufacturing employment. Kahn and Mansur (2013) study environmental regulatory im pacts on geographic distribution of manufacturing employment, controlling for electricity prices and labor regulation (right to work laws). Their methodology identifies employment impacts by focusing on neighboring counties with different ozone regulations . They find limited evidence that environmental regulations may cause employment to be lower within “county

- border

- pairs.” This result suggests that regulation may cause an effective relocation of labor across a county border, but since one county’s loss m ay be another’s gain
, such shifts cannot be transformed into an estimate of a national net effect on employment. Moreover this result is sensitive to model specification choices.

10 .2.2 Labor Supply Impacts
The empirical literature on environmental regulat ory employment impacts focuses primarily on labor demand. However, there is a nascent literature focusing on regulation

- induced effects on labor supply. 17 

### Although this literature is limited by empirical challenges, researchers have found that air quality i mprovements lead to reductions in lost work days (e.g., Ostro 1987). Limited evidence suggests worker productivity may also improve when pollution is reduced. Graff Zivin and Neidell (2012) used detailed worker

- level productivity data from 2009 and 2010,

p aired with local ozone air quality monitoring data for one large California farm growing multiple crops, with a piece

- rate payment structure. Their quasi

- experimental structure identifies an effect of daily variation in monitored ozone levels on productivi ty. They find “ozone levels well below federal air quality standards have a significant impact on productivity: a 10 parts per billion (ppb) decreases in ozone concentrations increases worker productivity by 5.5 percent.” (Graff Zivin and Neidell, 2012, p. 3654). 18

16 Including the employment effect of exi s ting plants and plants dissuaded from opening will increase the estimated impact of regulation on employment.

17 For a recent review see Graff

- Zivin and Neidell (2013).

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- 8 This section has outlined the challenges associated with estimating regulatory effects on both labor demand and supply for specific sectors. These challenges make it difficult to estimate net national employment estimates that would appropriately capture the way in which costs, compliance spending, and environmental benefits propagate through the economy. Quantitative estimates are further complicated by the fact that macroeconomic models often have little sectoral detail and usually assume that th e economy is at full employment. The EPA is currently seeking input from an independent expert panel on modeling economy

- wide regulatory impacts, including employment effects. 19



### 10.3 Employment Related to Installation and Maintenance of NOx Control Equipmen t This section discusses employment related to installation of NOx controls on coal and

gas

- fired electric generating units, industrial boilers, and cement kilns, which are among the highest NOx

- emitting source categories in EPA’s emissions inventory (see chapter 3 for more detail on emissions). Sections 10 .3.1 and 10 .3.2 below contain estimates of the number of direct
short

- term and long

- term jobs that would be created by addition of NOx controls at these three categories of emissions sources, for various size units. Because the apportionment of emissions control across emissions sources in this RIA analysis is illustrative and not necessarily representative of the controls that will be required in individual state SIPs, EPA did not estimate
short

- term or long

- term employment that would result from addition of NOx controls at these three source categories at the national level.

10.3.1 Employment resulting from addition of NOx controls at EGUs

Coal

- fired (EGUs are likely to apply additional NOx controls in response to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) approved pursuant to a revised ozone standard. While many EGUs have already installed and operate various NOx control devices, there are additional existing
coal

- fired EGU units that could decrease NOx emissio ns by installing or upgrading their NOx reducing systems. While all existing coal fired EGUs already have low nox burners, there are EGUs that could have a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system installed, or could improve
their NO x emissions by repla cing an existing selective non

- catalytic reduction (SNCR) system

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- 9 with an SCR system. The EPA identified 159 existing coal

- fired EGUs, with a total of 55.4 GW of capacity, that (1) are in areas anticipated to need additional NOx reductions under the most

st ringent revised ozone standard under consideration, and (b) do not already have an SCR emission control system. While there are currently SNCR systems in use that could be upgraded to an SCR system, the EPA’s 2025 baseline analysis 20 

### estimates that the rema ining SNCR systems will already be upgraded by 2025 in response to existing emission control programs.
The EPA used a bottom up engineering analysis using data on labor productivity, engineering estimates of the types of labor needed to manufacture, constr uct and operate SCRs on EGUs. The EPA’s labor estimates include not only labor directly involved with installing
SCRs on EGUs and on

- site labor used to operate the SCRs once they become operational, but also include the labor requirements in selected major upstream sectors directly involved manufacturing the materials used in SCR systems (steel), as well as the chemicals used to operate an SCR system (ammonia and the catalyst used to in the construction and operation of SCR systems, including such as steel, concrete, or chemicals used to manufacture NOx controls.
This section presents an illustrative analysis of the direct labor needs to install and operate SCRs at 3 common sizes of coal

- fired EGUs: 300 MW, 500 MW and 1000 MW. As discussed below, the illus trative analysis is for a “model plant” of each size, using consistent assumptions about the plant’s operation that impact the material and labor needs of an representative plant such as the capacity factor, heat rate, and type of coal. The analysis does n ot include an estimate of the aggregate total of the labor needed for installing and running SCRs in any particular level of the revised ozone standard, nor does it reflect plant

- specific variations in labor needs due to regional differences in prices and labor availability, existing control technology at the plant, etc.
The analysis draws on information from four primary sources:

 Documentation for EPA Base Case v.5.13 Using the Integrated Planning Model. November, 2013

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- 10  “ENGINEERING AND ECONOMIC FACTORS AFF ECTING THE INSTALLATION OF CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES: An Update”. By James E. Staudt, Andover Technology Partners. December, 2011

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 “Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for the final Transport Rule”. June 2011

 “Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Power Plants and Emission Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Power Plants”.
June 2013

10.3.1.1 Existing EGUs Without SCR Systems
The EPA identified 159 existing coal

- fired EGU units that are estimated to continue to be in operation in 2025 under the “business as usual” base case that are located in areas considered likely to be affected by State Implementation Plans developed for a 60 ppb ozone standard. The size distribution of the 159 units are shown in Figure 6.6. x

- 1. The 159 units have a total generating capacity of 55.4 GW, and are anticipated to generate 309,000 GWh of electricity in
20 25. With the current level of NO x controls installed (or anticipated to be installed by 2025 to meet existing environmental reg ulations), these 159 units are es timated to emit 323.4 tons of
NO x in 2025.
With the current level of NOx controls installed (or anticipated to be installed by 2025 to meet existing environmental regulations), these 159 units are estimated to emit [X] tons of NOx
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- 1

. Size Distribution of 159 Existing Coal

- Fired EGU Units without SCR NOx

Controls

10.3.1 .2 Labor Estimates for Installing and Operating SCR Systems
All labor estimates in this illustrative analysis are in terms of person

- years (i.e., full time equivalents, or FTEs).
The labor involved with manufacturing a nd installing the SCRs is a one

- time l abor need, and occurs over a 2 to 3 year construction period; the estimated FTEs during the construction phase are presented as the cumulative amount of labor over the multi

- year period. The construction phase labor includes both labor directly involved wi th installing the SCR on site (including boiler makers, general labor and engineering), as well as the labor needed to manufacture steel (the largest component of SCRs).
There are three types of annual labor estimated to operate the SCRs, and will be need ed each year the EGU is in operation. The largest category is on

- site labor at the EGU. The other two labor categories are needed in the manufacturing of two chemicals used as inputs to the operation of an SCR: ammonia and the catalyst. The estimated amoun ts of direct labor involved with installing SCR systems is shown in Table 10

- 1. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

0 - 150 MW 150 - 250

MW 250 - 350

MW 350 - 450

MW 450 - 550

MW 550 - 650

MW 650 - 750

MW 750 - 1350 MW # of Units 

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- 1. Summary of Dire ct Labor Impacts for SCR installation at EGUs Plant Size

300 MW 500 MW 1000 MW

Construction Phase (One time, Total Labor over 2

- 3 Year Period) Direct Construction

- related E mployment 158.7 264.4 528.8

Steel

- related Employment 0.9 1.5 3.0
Total 159.6 265.9 531 .9 Operation Phase (Annual Operations)

5.5

0.8 Operation and Maintenance 1.9 2.8 4.6 Ammonia Supply 0.2 0.4 0.8 Catalyst Supply 1.2 1.9 3.8 Total 3.4 5 .1 9.2



### The key assumptions used in the labor analysis are presented in Table 10

- 2.

Table 10

- 2. Key Assumptions in Labor Analysis for EGUs
Assumptions Key Factor Source 300 MW 500 MW 1000 MW

Capital Investment to Install SCR Utility

- owned Capital

Recovery Rate for Environmental Retrofits (12.1%) IPM 5/13 Base Case Documentation $86.1

million $133 million $244 million

Result: FTEs to Install SCR 1,100 hours/MW Staudt, 2011 158.65 264.42 528.85

Steel Needed per MW 2.5 tons/MW, cost =

$550/ton Staudt, 2011 FTEs per $1 million of Steel 2.2 FTE per $1

million Staudt, 2011

Result: FTEs for Steel Manufacture 0.91 1.51 3.03

Result: Total FTEs to Install Installation assumed

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Labor Cost (fixed O&M) per Year IPM analysis of CPP baseline $218,000 $310,500 $513,000

Result: FTEs per Year 8.9 FTEs per $1

million of Fixed O&M CSAPR RIA 1.95 2.76 4.57

Ammonia Used per Year 0.39 lbs NH 3 per lbs

NOx reduced; cost = $150/ton; 90% NOx control CSAPR RIA $87,925 $208,745 $398,505

Result: FTEs to Manufacture Ammonia 2.1 FTE per $1

million NH 3 0.18 0.44 0.84

Catalyst Used per Year 0.00002 m 3 per MW

generated; cost = $8,475 per m 3 ; 90% Capacity Factor CSAPR RIA $382,684 $603,697 $1,180,711

Result: FTEs to Manufacture Catalyst 3.2 FTE per $1

million catalyst CSAPR RIA 1.22 1.93 3.78

Result: Total FTES to Operate Annually 3.36 5.13 9.18



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Facilities other than electric power generators are likely to apply NOx controls in response to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) approve d pursuant to a revised ozone standard. In addition to EGUs, the EPA estimated the amount and types of direct labor that might be used to apply and operate NOX controls for ICI boilers and for cement kilns. As with EGUs, the EPA used a bottom up engineer ing analysis using data on labor productivity, engineering estimates of the types of labor needed to manufacture, construct and operate NOx controls on ICI boilers and cement kilns. No estimates were made for labor requirements in upstream sectors such as steel, concrete, or chemicals used to manufacture or search as inputs to NOx controls. In addition, the numbers presented in this section are only indicative of the relative number and types of labor***E.O. 12866 Review

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.
10.3.2.1 ICI Boilers
There are a number of control technologies available to reduce NOx emissions from ICI boilers. The EPA anticipates that the most commonly applied control technology for ICI boilers that could require NOx reductions as part of an ozone SIP will be selective catalytic reduction (SCR). The analysis calculates s labor requirements to fabricate, install, and operate different
sizes of SCR for coal, oil and natural gas ICI boilers. Estimated total labor costs are a function of total capital costs and boiler size in EPA’s Coal Utility Environmental Cost (CUECost) model. Total SCR capital costs of ICI boilers was estimated using the EPA’s Control Strategy tool (CoST) model. Labor is estimated to be about 50% of the total capital costs of an SCR. (SC&A, 2014).
Just over 24% of total capital costs are for labor used in SCR fabrication. This percentage was multiplied by the total capital co st, and the resulting dollar amount was converted into full time equivalents (FTE) based on the average annual salary of workers (as outlined in IEC, 2011). The annual compensation came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This salary number was ad justed to account for benefits also based on BLS data. The total fabrication expenditures were divided by the average fabrication labor compensation to estimate the number of full time equivalent workers in SCR fabrication.

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- 3 below provides summary labor estimates for SCR at varying sized ICI boilers.

Table 10

- 3. Summary of Direct Labor Impacts for ICI Boilers

Plant Type Boiler Size (MMBtu/hr) One

- Time Employment Impacts 1 (Annual FTEs) Recurring Annual Employment Impacts 2 (FTEs per year)

Coal

- fired 750 19.5 1.2 500 15.2 1.1 400 13.6 1.0 250 10.7 0.9 Oil

- fired 250 9.8 0.9 150 7.3 0.9 100 5.5 0.8 50 3.2 0.8 Natural Gas

- fired 250 10.5 0.9 150 11.0 0.9 100 8.4 0.9 50 6.5 0.8
1. 

### Includes Fabrication and Installation Labor

2. 

### Includes Operations, Maintenance, and Administrative Support

10.3.2.2 Cement Kilns
There are a number of technologies that can be used to control NOx emissions at cement kilns. The analysis focused on synthetic non

- catalytic reduction (SNCR) as the most likely
choice for future NOx controls at cement kilns affected by requirements in ozone SIPs. Although SNCR is not considered an appropriate technology for wet and long dry kilns, most new or recently constructed kilns will likely be preheater and precalciner kilns, and these kilns will likely operate using SNCR as a control technology

. Fabrication capital cost was estimated for an SNCR system for a mid

- sized preheater and precalciner kiln (125 to 208 tons of clinker per hour). The percent of capital cost of these systems attributable to labor is 44% based on vendo r supplied estimates. (Wojichowski, 2014). This labor cost was converted to FTE using BLS data. A similar methodology was used to estimate installation labor. Labor costs for SNCR installation was estimated by the vendor to be 17% of the capital cost. That was converted to FTE using BLS data. This information is
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- 4. Estimated Direct Labor Impacts for SNCR Applied to Mid

- Sized Cement

Kilns (125

- 208 tons clinker/hr) Kiln Type Preheater / Precalciner Manufacturing FTE 1.5 Installation FTE 0.9 O&M Annual Recurring FTE 13



### 10 .4 References
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011. “National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2010.” Located online at: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2010.htm#Wage_Tables Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014. “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation”. Released September 10, 2014. Located online at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.toc.htm

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