SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO)

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO)

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1869.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0434

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

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

Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins were: proposed on December 14, 1998; promulgated on 

January 20, 2000; and last amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations apply to both existing 

facilities and new facilities that engage in the manufacture of amino/phenolic resins. New 

facilities include those that either commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of 

proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

OOO.

In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and 

periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 

operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

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

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

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

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

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

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

affected facility 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 37 respondents per year will be subject to the 

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

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

without any “Terms of Clearance.”

The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent 
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Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart OOO) (Renewal). The burden to the “Federal Government” burden 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 – NESHAP for the Manufacture of 

Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) (Renewal). 

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

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

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

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

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

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

of this Act to: 

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

(C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use 

such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in 

accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at 

such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the 

Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control 

equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data 

when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit 

compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); 

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

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from 

facilities that manufacture of amino/phenolic resins cause or contribute to air pollution that 

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

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

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. 
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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, operated, and/or leaks are being detected and repaired and the standard is being met. 

The performance test may also be observed.

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

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

determinations.

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

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

OOO.

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.

3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published 

in the Federal Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register.

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 EPA's Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the 

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

based on our 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 standards as it was being developed and the 

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

compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Technical Association of 

Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI), at (800) 332-8686; and 2) the American Foam Technologies, 
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Incorporated, at (304) 497-3000.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

nonexistence of essential records.

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.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners and 

operators of amino/phenolic resins manufacturing operations. The United States Standard 

Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 2821 

which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 325211 for 

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications/Reports

Notification of intent to construct or reconstruct 63.05, 63.1417(d)

Notification and report of construction date 63.05, 63.1400(j)

Notification of anticipated startup 63.05, 63.1400(j)

Actual startup notification 63.05, 63.1400(j)

Notification of modification 63.05, 63.1400(j)

Notification and report of performance tests and results 63.07 (b), 63.1417(e)

Pre-compliance report 63.1417(d)

Notification and report of compliance status 63.1417(e)

Periodic reports (semiannual) including statement of compliance (if 

no exceedances occurred), daily, hatch cycle, and block average 

monitoring data for any periods where exceedances or excursions 

occur, periods of monitoring system downtime.

63.1417(f)

Quarterly reports upon request of the Administrator 63.1416(f)(2)

Develop startup, shutdown, malfunction plan 63.6(e)(3), 63.10(d)(5), 

63.1417(g)

Notification of storage vessel inspection 63.1417(h)(1)

Site-specific test plan 63.1417(h)(2)

Notification of planned performance test 63.1417(h)(3)
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Notifications/Reports

Notification of change in primary product 63.1417(h)(4), 

63.1400(g)(7-8)

Notification of added emission points 63.1417(h)(5)

Notification that a small control device has been re-designated as a 

large control device.

63.1417(h)(6)

Notification of process change 63.1417(h)(7) 

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Five-year retention of records 63.1416(a)

Records of monitored values, maintenance, startup, shutdown, 

malfunction

63.1416(b), 63.6

Monitoring records 63.1416(c)

Batch process vent records 63.1416(d)

Aggregate batch vent stream records 63.1416(e)

Continuous process vent records 63.1416(f)

Other records or documentation 63.1416(g)

Reduced recordkeeping program 63.1416(h)

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.
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Respondent Activities

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate compliance monitoring system (CMS) for pH, flow, 

temperature, or specific gravity, or organic monitoring device for control options as 

applicable.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 2C, 2D, 3, 4, 18, 308, 316, 

or 320 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.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the 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.
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Agency Activities

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

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to

determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated. 

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

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

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

compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem 

identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance 

determinations.

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

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

maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and 

government-owned facilities. EPA uses the OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and 

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

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

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). According to the 

Final Rule (65 FR 3276): 

We have determined that, of the twenty affected firms, only six are 

small businesses . . . . Although this final rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 

entities, EPA nonetheless has tried to reduce the impact of this rule 

on small entities. In order to minimize the impact of the rule for 

leaking equipment, we have exempted firms producing less than 

881 tpy (800 Mg/yr) from complying with the requirements to 

have a leak detection and repair program.

Therefore, this ICR estimates approximately 30 percent of respondents, or 11 of the 37

respondents, may be small 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.
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5(d) Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is 

shown in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the Manufacture 

of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) (Renewal).

6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. The 

individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the 

concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks and 

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

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

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

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 22,370 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1). 

These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of 

the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, the previously 

approved ICR, and any comments received.

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $122.49 ($58.33+ 110%) 

Technical $101.28 ($48.23 + 110%)

Clerical $50.80 ($24.19 + 110%)

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

September 2012, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are 

from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account 

for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the 

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

pH 

Monitor $1,000 0 $0 $300 37 $11,100

Liquid 

Flow

Monitor

$500 0 $0 $100 37 $3,700

Total $0 $14,800

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

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $14,800. 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 $14,800. These are the costs 

of recordkeeping. 

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 

$15,819. 

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%)
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These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2012 General Schedule,

which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for 

the benefit packages available to government employees. Details upon which this estimate is 

based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the 

Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) (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

37 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 37 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 37 0 0 37

2 0 37 0 0 37

3 0 37 0 0 37

Average 0 37 0 0 37

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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 37. 

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

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of 

Respondents

(C)

Number of 

Responses

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Keep Records But Do 

Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Initial notification and 

performance tests 0 5 0 0

Repeat performance test a37 0.05 0 1.85

Semiannual compliance reports 37 2 0 74

Total 75.85

 a

 We assume that 5 percent of the initial tests will be repeated during each successive year.

The number of Total Annual Responses is 76 (rounded).

The total annual labor costs are $2,188,093. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the Manufacture of 

Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) (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 22,370 at a cost of $2,188,093. Details regarding these 

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

the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 294 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $14,800. 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 351

labor hours at a cost of $15,819. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart OOO) 

(Renewal).
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6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an overall decrease in both burden and cost for the respondent and Agency. This 

is not due to any program changes. The burden decreased since the last ICR renewal due to a 

revision in the number of respondents. Based on recent industry data and Agency estimates, we 

have revised the number of affected sources from 40 to 37. This revision also resulted in a 

corresponding decrease in the total O&M costs. 

In addition, this ICR corrects the Agency burden associated with the review of repeat 

performance tests. This ICR assumes that only 5 percent of respondents will conduct these tests. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 294 hours per response. “Burden” means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 

transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 

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

Numbers for EPA regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided 

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 

use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0338. An electronic version of the public docket is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov/, which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 

contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 

electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified 

in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 

number for the docket center is (202) 566-1752. Also, you can send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID 
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Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0338 and OMB Control Number 2060-0434 in any

correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this 

information.
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Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart OOO) (Renewal)

Burden Item

(A) 

Respondent 

Hours Per 

Occurrence

(B) 

Number of 

Occurrences 

per 

Respondent 

per year

(C) 

Hours per 

Respondent 

Per Year 

(AxB)

(D) 

Number of 

Respondents 

per Year c

(E) 

Technical 

Hours 

Per Year 

(CxD)

(F) 

Managerial 

Hours Per 

Year 

(E x 0.05) b

(G) 

Clerical 

Hours 

per Year 

(E x 0.1) b

(H) 

Total Cost 

Per Year a

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

Read instructions d16 1 16 37 592 29.6 59.2 $66,590.82 

Plan activities 8 1 8 37 296 14.8 29.6 $33,295.41 

Training 16 1 16 37 592 29.6 59.2 $66,590.82 

Create, test and research development e, f320 1 320 1.85 592 29.6 59.2 $66,590.82 

Gather, monitor and inspect information 208 1 208 37 7,696 384.8 769.6 $865,680.71 

Process, compile and review 48 2 96 37 3,552 177.6 355.2 $399,544.94 

Complete reports g40 2 80 37 2,960 148 296 $332,954.12 

Record/disclose information 16 2 32 37 1,184 59.2 118.4 $133,181.65 

Store, file, maintain information h4 2 8 37 296 14.8 29.6 $33,295.41 

Leak detection and repair (LDAR) reporting i60 1 60 25 1,500 75 150 $168,726.75 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 22,149 $2,166,451.45

4. Recordkeeping Requirements

Leak detection and repair (LDAR) recordkeeping i 104 1 104 1.85 192.4 9.62 19.24 $21,642.02 

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 221.26 $21,642.02

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 22,370 $2,188,093 
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Assumptions:

a.

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $122.49 ; Technical $101.28; and Clerical $50.80. These rates are from the United States Department of 

Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2012, “Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total 

compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

b.

 This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of Technical hours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours.

c.

 We have assume that there are 37 affected sources with no new, modified or reconstructed facility expected to be constructed over the next three years.

d.

 We assume that it will take 16 hours for each respondent to read instructions.

e.

 Initial performance testing was assumed to take 280 technical hours (1 test leader for two weeks and 5 feet crew for one week), with an additional 40 hours for 

the establishment of parameter monitoring levels for a total of 320 respondent hours per occurrence.

f.

 We assume that 5 percent of the initial tests will be repeated during each successive year.

g.

 We assume that it will take each respondent 40 hours two times per year to complete reports (semiannual reporting).

h.

 We assume that it will take 4 hours two times per year to gather monitoring information and maintain monitoring equipment.

i.

 We assume that there are 27 affected sources that will be required to comply with the equipment leaks LDAR program; 25 have less than 500 components and 2 

have more than 500 components. The typical affected source has four reactor batch process vents, three non-reactor batch process vents, and no affected storage 

vessels or heat exchange systems.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart OOO) (Renewal)

Activity

(A) 

EPA Hours 

Occurrence

(B) 

Occurrences 

Plant/ Year

(C) 

EPA 

Hours/Year

(AxB)

(D) 

Plants/ 

Year

(E) 

Technical 

Hours/Year

(E=C x D) b

(F) 

Managerial 

Hours/Year 

(E x 0.05) b

(G) 

Clerical 

Hours/Year

(E x 0.1) b

(H) 

Costs, $ (a)

Initial performance test N/A

Repeat performance test d, c 0.5 2 1 1.85 1.85 0.09 0.19 $95.88 

Report review

 a) Notification of construction/reconstruction N/A

 b) Notification of anticipated startup N/A

 c) Notification of actual startup N/A

 d) Notification of modification N/A

 e) Notification of compliance status N/A

 f) Notification of performance test e, g 2 2 4 1.85 7.4 0.37 0.74 $383.50 

 g) Notification of process change N/A

 h) Notification of inspection of storage vessel N/A

 i) Notification of change in primary product N/A

 j) Pre-compliance report N/A

 k) Storage vessel initial compliance demonstration N/A

 l) Periodic reports of compliance status f, c 4 2 8 37 296 14.8 29.6 $15,340.05 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 351 $15,819 

Assumptions:

a We assumed a technical labor rate of $46.21, managerial rate $62.27, and clerical rate of $25.01 from the United States Department of Labor. 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. These rates can be obtained from the OPM web site, http/www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index/htm.

b This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of technical hours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours.

c

 We assume that there are 37 affected sources with no new, modified or reconstruction facility expected to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR.

d We assume that it would take 0.5 hours two times per year for respondent to complete repeat performance test.

e

 We assume that it will take two hours two times per year for respondent to review the notification of performance test report.

f 

 We assume that it will take 4 hours 80 times per year for respondent to review the periodic report of compliance status.

g We assume that there are 27 affected sources that will be required to comply with the equipment leaks LDAR program; 25 have less that 500 components and two 

have more than 500 components.