SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart FFFF) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart FFFF) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2164.04, OPM Control Number 2060-0562

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart FFFF) were proposed on December 9, 2004 (69 FR 71471), promulgated on December 16, 

2005 (70 FR 74892), and amended on November 24, 2006 (71 FR 67806). The regulated OSWI

units include two subcategories: very small municipal waste combustion (VSMWC) units that 

combust less that 35 tons per day of waste and institutional waste incineration (IWI) units. This 

standard applies to any air quality program in a state or United States protectorate with one or more 

existing other solid waste incineration (OSWI) units or air curtain incinerators that commenced 

construction on or before December 9, 2004. This subpart does not directly affect incineration unit 

owners and operators; however, they must comply with the state’s plan that was developed by the 

air quality program administrator to implement the emission guidelines. This information is being 

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

In general, all New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) require initial notifications, 

performance tests, one-time and periodic reports. 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 the NSPS. 

Any owners or operators subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these 

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

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

In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Over the next three years, an average of 99 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and no additional respondents will become subject to the standard. This standard applies 

to OSWI units that commenced construction on or before December 9, 2004. Therefore, there will 

be no new units constructed during the period covered by this ICR.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently active ICR without 
any “Terms of Clearance.”

All of the other solid waste incineration (OSWI) units in the United States, are owned and 

operated by the solid waste incineration industry (the “Affected Public”). However, this ICR 

applies directly to the emission guidelines with most of the units regulated by either, state, local, 

tribal or the Federal government. They are considered not-for-profit businesses. The burden to the 

“Affected Public” is listed below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost − Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF)

(Renewal). The Federal government burden associated with the review of reports submitted by the 

respondent is shown below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF)

(Renewal).

 

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under section 111(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as 

amended, to:

. . . prescribe regulations which shall establish a procedure similar to 

that provided by section 110 under which each State shall submit to 

the Administrator a plan which (A) establishes standards of 

performance for any existing source for any air pollutant (i) for 

which air quality criteria have not been issued or which is not 

included on a list published under section 108(a) . . . but (ii) to 

which a standard of performance under this section would apply if 

such existing source were a new source, and (B) provides for the 

implementation and enforcement of such standards of performance.

The EPA is required under section 129 of the Act, to establish guidelines for existing 

stationary sources that reflect the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for achieving 

continuous emission reductions:

Section 129(a)(1)(A) states:

The Administrator shall establish performance standards and other 

requirements pursuant to section 111 and this section for each 

category of solid waste incineration units. Such standards shall 

include emissions limitations and other requirements applicable to 

new units and guidelines (under section 111(d) and this section) and 

other requirements applicable to existing units.

Section 129(a)(2) states:

Standards applicable to solid waste incineration units promulgated 
under section 111 and this section shall reflect the maximum degree 

of reduction in emissions of air pollutants listed under section (a)(4) 

that the Administrator, taking into consideration the cost of 

achieving such emission reduction, and any non-air quality health 

and environmental impacts and energy requirements, determines is 

achievable for new or existing units in each category.

Section 129(b)(1) states:

Performance standards under this section and section 111 for solid 

waste incineration units shall include guidelines promulgated 

pursuant to section 111(d) and this section applicable to existing 

units. Such guidelines shall include, as provided in this section, 

each of the elements required by subsection (a) (emissions 

limitations, notwithstanding any restriction in section 111(d) 

regarding issuance of such limitations), subsection (c) (monitoring), 

subsection (d) (operator training), subsection (e) (permits), and 

subsection (h)(4) (residual risk).

Subpart B of 40 CFR part 60 requires State plans to include monitoring, recordkeeping, 

and reporting provisions consistent with the emission guidelines. In addition, section 114(a)(1) 

states that:

the Administrator may require any person who owns or operates any 

emission source, who manufactures emission control equipment or 

process equipment, who the Administrator believes may have 

information necessary for the purposes set forth in this subsection, 

or who is subject to any requirement of this Act (other than a 

manufacturer subject to the provisions of section 206(c) or 208 with 

respect to a provision of title II) on a one-time, periodic or 

continuous basis 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 Administer 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
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(G) provide such other information, as the 

Administrator may reasonably require; . . . .

In the Administrator's judgment, pollutant emissions from other solid waste incineration 

units cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 

health or welfare. Therefore, the emission guidelines were promulgated for this source category 

at 40 CFR part 60, subpart FFFF.

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 used also 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 tests, 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 ensure that the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that 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 

FFFF.

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 their 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 exists.
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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 (76 FR 26900) on May 9, 2011. 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 Online Tracking Information System (OTIS), which is operated 

and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, 

maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data. The growth rate for the industry is based on our 

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 National Solid Waste Management 

Association (NSWMA), at (202) 364-3773; and 2) the Solid Waste Association of North America 

(SWANA), at (240) 494-2253. EPA did not receive any comments from the consultations. 

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. 

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 were 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 

established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

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

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

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

70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based. 

The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, 

any pattern of non-compliance, and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. EPA 
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has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond the five years. 

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

nonexistence of essential records.

3(f) Confidentiality

Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will 

be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B -

Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; 

amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 

March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive 

questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are other solid waste 

incineration units. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the 

respondents affected by the standards, which correspond to the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) codes, are listed in the following table.

Standard (40 CFR, part 60, subpart FFFF) SIC Codes NAICS 

Codes

Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators 4953 562213

Administration of Air and Waste Resource and Solid 

Waste Management Programs

9511 924110

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 8051, 8052, 8059, 

8361

623

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities 9211, 9221, 9222, 

9223, 9224, 9229, 

8322

922

National Security and International Affairs 9711, 9721 928

Elementary and Secondary Schools 8211 611110

Junior Colleges 8222 611210

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 8221 611310

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions 8412, 8422, 7999 7121

Religious Organizations 8661 813110

Civic and Social Organizations 8641, 8699 813410
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4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data recorded or reported is required by the Emission Guidelines for 

Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Waste management plan 60.3010, 60.3011, 60.3012

Notification of operating limit deviation report 60.3052 and 60.3053

Notification of deviation 60.3054(a)(1)

Notification of status report 60.3054(a)(2)

Notification of resumed operation 60.3054(b)

Reports

Initial performance test and report 60.3049, 60.8(a)

Annual compliance test report 60.3050, 60.3053

Semiannual report of deviation 60.3052

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping 

Maintain records of all test reports 60.3068(a)

Records are required to be retained for five years 60.3068(e)

Maintain waste management plan records 60.3010

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 not widely 

used. At this time, it is estimated that 10 per cent of the respondents use electronic reporting.
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(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a coil coating line at their metal coil surface coating 

plants.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods, 3A, 3B, 26A tests, 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.

Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides 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

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, excess emissions reports, 

required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS).
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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 operational. Performance 

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

emission standard, and note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. 

Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance 

and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check 

on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

Information contained in the reports is entered into OTIS, which is operated and 

maintained by the EPA 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 OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and 

enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters. 

EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for five 

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

The 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 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 − Emission Guidelines for Existing Other 

Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF) (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 
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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 70,132 (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 $121.42 ($57.82 + 110%)

Technical $99.14 ($47.21 + 110%)

Clerical $49.81 ($23.27 + 110%)

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

September 2011 “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)

Continuous 

emission 

monitoring 

system 

$44,445 0 $0 $5,000 99 $495,000

$0 $495,000
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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 are $495,000. 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 $495,000.

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 

$389,912.

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), 2011 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 − Emission Guidelines for 

Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF) (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 99 

existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that no additional respondents 

per year will become subject to the standard. The average number of respondents, as shown in the 

table below, is 99 per year. 

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three 

years covered by this ICR.
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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 99 0 0 99

2 0 99 0 0 99

3 0 99 0 0 99

Average 0 99 0 0 99

1 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 99.

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 final compliance 82.7 0 0 0

Initial compliance report 82.7 0 0 0

Waste management plan 82.7 0 0 0

Annual compliance reports 99 2 0 198

Semiannual deviation reports 99 1 0 99

Total 297

The number of Total Annual Responses is 297.

The total annual labor costs are $6,720,028. Details regarding these estimates will be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost − Emission Guidelines for Existing 

Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF) (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours 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 70,132, at a cost of $6,720,028. Details regarding these 
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estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost − Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF)

(Renewal). 

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

of information is estimated to average 236 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $495,000. 

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 8,653

labor hours, at a cost of $389,912. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost −

Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

FFFF) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is a decrease in the total estimated burden for both the respondents and the Agency

from the most recently approved ICR due to a decrease in the number of sources. At the time of 

rule promulgation, EPA estimated that 248 respondents were subject to the standard. However, 

many facilities have shut down or ceased operation since 2005. In recent years in support of 

potential OSWI regulatory development, the Agency consulted with internal data experts and 

conducted data and permits searches to inventory the number of existing OSWI units. The data 

collection activities in 2010 suggest that only 99 VSMWC and IWI sources are subject to the 

standard. This represents an approximately 60 percent decrease in the respondent universe since 

2005. 

The decrease in the respondent universe also results in significant reduction of the overall 

O&M costs to the respondents. 

Additionally, this ICR corrects a mathematical error in the previous ICR’s estimate for the 

respondent recordkeeping burden. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

estimated to average 236 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 
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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’s 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-2011-0256. 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 content of the docket, 

and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the 

system, select “search” than 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 Avenue, N.W., 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 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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, N.W., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0256 and OMB 

Control Number 2060-0562 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.
Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required activities

 1) Initial performance test and reports

 a) Initial performance tests and test reports

 (PM, dioxins/furans, opacity, fugitives,

 HCI, Cd, Pb, Hg) c, d

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 b) Repeat of initial performance tests d, e 24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) CEMS demonstration (CO, 02)

 a) Repeat of initial demonstration e229 1 229 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Annual performance tests and test reports

 (PM, dioxins/furans, opacity, fugitives,

 HCI, Cd, Pb, Hg) 

24 1 24

99 2,376 118.8 237.6 $261,819.28 

 4) Quarterly Appendix F audits of CEMS 

 (CO) 

 a) RATA audit (one per year) f4 1 4 99 396 19.8 39.6 $43,636.55 

 b) RAA audit (three per year) f4 3 12 99 1,188 59.4 118.8 $130,909.64 

 c) Daily calibration and operation f, g 1 250 250 99 24,750 1,237.5 2,475 $2,727,284.18 

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather information See 3E

 E. Report preparation

 1) Contract or secure alternative means of 

 disposal d

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) Notification of final compliance c, d 1.5 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Initial compliance report c, d 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 4) Waste management plan c, d 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 5) Annual compliance reports 40 1 40 99 3,960 198 396 $436,365.47 
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Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

 6) Semiannual deviation reports 24 2 48 99 4,752 237.6 475.2 $523,638.56 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 43,035.3

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 3B

 C. Implement Activities See 3B

 D. Develop record system N/A

 E. Record information

 1) Records of SSM h1.5 52 78 99 7,722 386.1 772.2 $850,912.66 

 2) Records of emission rate computations,

 all emission exceedances and periods when

 there is no data h

1.5 52 78

99 7,722 386.1 772.2 $850,912.66 

 3) Records of employee review of operations

 manual 

4 1 4

99 396 19.8 39.6 $43,636.55 

 4) Record of control devices operating 

 parameters h

1.5 52 78

99 7,722 386.1 772.2 $850,912.66 

 F. Personnel training N/A

 G. Time for audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 27,096.3

60,984 3,049.3 6,098.4

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

70,132 $6,720,028

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are approximately 99 respondents, with no additional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule over the next three years. 

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $121.42 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $99.14 per hour for Technical labor, and $49.81 per 

hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2011 “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 have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d

 This is the fifth year when a respondent will have reached the compliant date for the emission guidelines.

e

 We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will repeat initial tests due to failure.
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f

 We have assumed that RATA audits are performed for one of the four quarterly audits, and RAA tests are performed for three of the four quarterly audits.

g We have assumed that each operation day requires a CEMS calibration; Combustor models 2, 3, and 4 assume 250 days of operation per year, Model 1 = 121 days/yr. 

For consistency, 250 operating days are assumed for all models. Emission testing hours (0.25 hr/occurrence) accounts for periodic contractor operation and maintenance 

support. Annual hours averaged to a daily basis.

h We have assumed that each respondent will record information 52 times per year.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C)

EPA 

personhours per 

plant per 

year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per 

year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ b

1. Applications N/A

2. Read and understand rule requirements 16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0

3. Required activities

 A. Create information N/A

 B. Gather information See 3A & 3F

 C. Report reviews

 1) Notification of final compliance c1.5 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 $0

 2) Review initial compliance test report c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

 3) Review annual compliance report 40 1 40 99 3,960 198 396 $205,216.70

 4) Review semiannual deviation reports 16 2 32 99 3,168 158.4 316.8 $164,173.36

 5) Review waste management plan c16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0.00

 D. Annual summary report d4 1 4 99 396 19.8 39.6 $20,521.67

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST

(rounded)

8,653 $389,912

Assumptions:

a We have assumed that there are approximately 99 respondents, with no additional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule over the next three 

years. For the purpose of the burden calculation, we are averaging the number of respondents over the three years period of this ICR. In year two and three of this ICR 

all respondents will have reached the compliant date for the emission guidelines, which is five years after promulgation.

b

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

Managerial (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from 

the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2011 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d We have assumed that all affected facilities in the states will be required to prepare an annual summary plan.

Designated Administrator refers to the person indicated by each State plan as the compliance authority or to the USEPA Administrator in the event that a Federal

plan must be developed.