SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

FFFF) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF) 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number1969.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0533.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

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

Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF) were proposed 

on April 4, 2002 and promulgated on November 10, 2003. These regulations apply to new and 

existing facilities that manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and that are located at, or 

are part of, major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. New facilities include 

those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information 

is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF.

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 263 respondents per year will be subject to 

the standard, and two additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard. 

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

When this ICR is renewed, EPA should review the respondent burden,

universe, labor rates, and capital costs and ensure these estimates have
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been updated.

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

All estimates have been thoroughly checked and updated where information is available. 

All of the miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing facilities in the United States 

are owned and operated by the organic chemical industry (the “Affected Public”). None of the 

facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, tribal, or the Federal government. 

They are all privately-owned, for-profit businesses. The burden to the “Affected Public” may 

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

Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF) (Renewal). The “Federal 

Government” burden is attributed entirely to work performed by other federal employees or 

government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

FFFF) (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, HAP emissions from miscellaneous organic chemical 

manufacturing 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 FFFF.
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2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with 

the applicable regulations which where promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The 

collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial 

capability to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to 

ensure compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance test a record of the 

operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to 

determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor. 

The notifications required in the standard are used to inform the Agency or delegated 

authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing 

authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard are being met. 

The performance test may also be observed.

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

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

determinations.

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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, 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 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 (77 FR 47631) on August 9, 2012. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register. 

3(c) Consultations

The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal data 
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sources and projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. The 

primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and 

reporting provisions in the standard, is the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is 

operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA database for the 

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

based on our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

 

Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to 

comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed. In developing 

this ICR, we contacted: 1) the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), at (703) 

527-6223; and 2) the American Chemistry Council, at (703) 741-5165.

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 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, 
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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 miscellaneous 

organic chemical manufacturers. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 

codes for the respondents affected by the standards and the corresponding North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for miscellaneous organic chemical 

manufacturers are listed in the table below.

Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic 

Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing 2821, 2822, 2823, 2824 3252

Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 2833, 283, 2835, 2836 3254

Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation 

Manufacturing 28,41, 2842, 2843, 2844 3256

Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing 2851, 2891 3255

Basic Chemical Manufacturing (Does not include 

325131-Inorganic Dye and Pigment 

Manufacturing or 325181- Alkalis and Chlorine 

Manufacturing)

2861, 2865, 2869 3251

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural 

Chemical Manufacturing 2873, 2874, 2875, 2879 3253

Other Chemical Product and Preparation 

Manufacturing 2892, 2893 3259

 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF). 
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A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Initial notification 63.5, 63.9(b), 

63.2515(a)-(c) 

Initial performance test , test plan, and emission profile 63.7(b)-(c), 63.9(e), 

63.2515(a), (d)

Notification of CMS performance evaluation 63.8(e)(2), 63.9(g)

Notification of compliance status (including performance test results) 63.9(h), 63.10(d)(2), 

63.2515(e)

Notification of process change 63.2515(f)

Emissions averaging plan 63.2500(c)

Pre-compliance report 63.2520(c)

Semiannual compliance report 63.10(e)(3), 

63.2520(b), (d)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Record retention 63.10(b)(1), 62.2530

Documentation supporting initial notification and notification of 

compliance status

63.10(b)(2)(xiv) and 

63.2525(a(1)

Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan 63.6(e)(3)

Record related to startup, shutdown, and malfunction 63.6(e)(3)(iii)-(iv), 

63.2525(a)(2)

Records of performance tests and CMS performance evaluations 63.10(b)(2)(viii), 

63.2525(a)(3)

Records for equipment leaks 63.1038(b-(c), 

63.2525(a)(4)

Daily schedule or log of each operating scenario 63.2525(a)(5)

Records for batch processes complying with process based emission 

limitations 63.2525(a)(6)-(7)

Planned routine maintenance records for storage tank control devices 63.2525(a)(8)

Maintenance wastewater plan 63.2525(a)(9)

Records for safety device openings 63.2525(a)(10)
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Recordkeeping

Results of each CMS calibration, validation check, and inspection 63.2475(c)(6)-(8), 

(d)(4)-(5), (e(4)-(7), 

(f)(3)-(4), 

63.2525(a)(11)

Records for emissions averaging 63.2500(d)

Records for each CMS 63.8(d)(3), 

63.8(f)(6)(i), 

63.10(b)(2)(vi)-(xi), 

63.2525(b) 

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 20 percent of the respondents use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid 

supply pressure for control device. 

Perform initial performance test and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and 

maintaining information.
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Respondent Activities

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.

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

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

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

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

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

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

published for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for 

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

determinations.

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

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

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

government-owned facilities. EPA uses the OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and 
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enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. 

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

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

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

the impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the 

development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations 

and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are 

the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum 

requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small 

entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, 

the overall burden will be reduced.

5(d) Collection Schedule

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

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

Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, 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 

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 426,474 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1

below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the 

development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, 

the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.
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6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

(i) Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates: 

Managerial $121.44 ($57.83 + 110%) 

Technical $100.23 ($47.73 + 110%)

Clerical $50.51 ($24.05 + 110%)

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

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

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

the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

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

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

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

associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are onetime 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

This ICR assumes capital costs are incurred as one-time costs for new facilities. 

The capital costs associated with monitoring equipment include the monitoring equipment,

installation, ancillary costs (planning and selection), and a data acquisition system (DAS) 

(data logger, computer, logging and reporting software, and printer). The capital costs for the 

monitoring equipment were estimated based on the following assumptions: (1) the monitoring 

equipment cost per process vent is $12,150, which includes the cost for thermocouple, wire, and 

DAS; (2) the monitoring equipment cost for each facility with wastewater systems is $20,100, 

which includes the cost for steam flow meter, liquid flow meter, thermocouple, wire, and DAS; 

(3) the monitoring equipment cost for each storage tank with separate emission controls is $780, 

which includes the cost for thermocouple and wire to connect to the DAS for process vents; and 

(4) two new facilities will purchase this equipment for process vents, wastewater systems, and 

storage tanks in each of the three years covered by this ICR. The monitoring equipment costs 

were applied to the impacted process vents, wastewater systems, and storage tanks to determine 

an average capital cost per facility for monitoring equipment. In this way, the average capital 

cost per facility was estimated to be $17,174. The capital costs associated with file cabinets for 

storing collected data and reports include the purchase of one standard four-drawer file cabinet 

for each facility (assume $235 per file cabinet). 

Operation and maintenance costs associated with materials and supplies were estimated 
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at $500. The O&M cost associated with the monitoring equipment is $15,875 for process vents, 

$20,510 for wastewater systems, and $5,825 for storage tanks. The O&M costs were applied to 

the impacted process vents, wastewater systems, and storage tanks to determine an average 

O&M cost of $21,209 per facility for monitoring equipment. O&M costs associated with the 

paperwork requirement such as photocopying and postage are estimated to be approximately

$46 per facility. 

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)

Monitoring 

equipment $17,174 2 $34,348 NA NA $0

File cabinet $235 2 $470 NA NA $0

Material, supply, 

and equipment 

maintenance 

NA NA $0 $21,209 263 $5,577,967

Photocopying 

and postage NA NA $0 $46 263 $12,098

Total $17,409 2 $34,818 $21,255 263 $5,590,065

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $34,818. This is the total of column D in 

the above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $5,590,065. 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 $5,624,883. These are 

recordkeeping costs. 

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported 

information. EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as the 

examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of 

emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information. 

The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be 

$381,097. 

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
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Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%) 

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, 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

261 existing respondents will be subject to the standards in the initial year of the three-year 

period. It is estimated that an additional two respondents per year will become subject. The 

overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 263 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 2 259 0 0 261

2 2 261 0 0 263

3 2 263 0 0 265

Average 2 261 0 0 263

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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 263. 

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

Read rule and instructions 2 1 0 2

Required activities

 Initial performance test 

process vents 2 1 0 2

 Initial performance test 

wastewater 2 1 0 2

 Initial CMS performance 

evaluation 0 1 0 0

 Repeat performance test 2 1 0 2

Create information See 3E

Gather existing information See 3E

Write reports

 Notification of 

construction/reconstruction 2 1 0 2

 Notification of actual 

startup 2 1 0 2

 Initial notification 2 1 0 2

 Emission Averaging plan 0 1 0 0

 Pre-compliance report 1 1 0 1

 Notification of performance 

test 2 1 0 2

 Notification of initial CMS 

performance evaluation 0 1 0 0

 Notification of compliance 

status

 a. With performance test 2 1 0 2

 b. Without performance 

test 0 1 0 0

 Notification of 

physical/operational change 26 1 0 26

 Semiannual summary 

reports

 a. No deviations 237 2 0 474

 b. Deviations 26 2 0 52

 c. SS&M report 263 2 0 526

 d. Leak detention and 

repair (LDAR) report 263 2 0 526

 e. Emission averaging 

report 26 2 0 52

Total 1,675
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The number of Total Annual Responses is 1,675.

The total annual labor costs are $41,294,926. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Miscellaneous 

Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFF) (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 426,474 hours at a cost of $41,294,926. Details 

regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and 

Cost – NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

FFFF) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 255 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $5,624,883. 

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 

8,457 labor hours at a cost of $381,097. See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and 

Cost – NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

FFFF) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an increase in burden hours and costs for both the respondents and the Agency. 

This increase in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is due to adjustments in labor rates 

and an increase in the estimated number of respondents subject to the regulations. This ICR uses 

updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate all burden costs. 

Additionally, this ICR assumes the respondent universe has increased by six sources (growth rate 

of two sources per year) since the last renewal. The growth in the number of respondents also 

results in a corresponding increase in the total O&M costs. 

However, there is a decrease in the total capital/startup costs from the most recently 

approved ICR. The previous ICR calculated annualized capital costs over 15 years, using an 

interest rate of 7 percent, and assumed the costs were incurred by both new and existing sources. 
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This ICR assumes capital costs are one-time costs for new respondents only. This assumption 

results in a decrease in the total capital costs because only new sources are subject to these costs. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 255 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 

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

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

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

verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing 

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

requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data 

sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose 

the information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0519. 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 

Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0519 and OMB Control Number 2060-0533 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 Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 

63, 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. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 a. Read rule and instructions c

1 1 1 2 2 0.1 0.2 $222.71 

 b. Required activities

 i. Initial performance test – process vents 480 1 480 2 960 48 96 $106,898.88

 ii. Initial performance test – wastewater 160 1 160 2 320 16 32 $35,632.96

 iii. Initial CMS performance evaluation d

10 1 10 0 0 0 0 $0 

 iv. Repeat performance test 20 1 20 2 40 2 4 $4,454.12

 c. Create information See 3E

 d. Gather existing information See 3E

 e. Write report

 i. Notification of constructio/reconstruction 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $445.41

 ii. Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $445.41

 iii. Initial notification 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $445.41

 iv. Emissions averaging plan e

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

 v. Pre-compliance report f

40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $4,454.12

 vi. Performance test notification g

2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $445.41

 vii. Notification of initial CMS 

 performance evaluation 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

viii. Notification of compliance status

 a. With performance test g

80 1 80 2 160 8 16 $17,816.48
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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

 b. Without performance test h

120 1 120 0 0 0 0 $0 

 ix. Notification of physical/operational change i

8 1 8 26.3 210.4 10.52 21.04 $23,428.67

 x. Semiannual summary report

 a. No deviations j

8 2 16 236.7 3,787.2 189.36 378.72 $421,716.08

 b. Deviations j

24 2 48 26.3 1,262.4 63.12 126.24 $140,572.03

 c. SS&M report k

8 2 16 263 4,208 210.4 420.8 $468,573.42

 d. LDAR report l

404 2 808 263 212,504 10,625.2 21,250.4 $23,662,957.91

 e. Emission averaging report m

20 2 40 26.1 1,044 52.2 104.4 $116,252.53

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 258,237 $25,004,761.56

4 Recordkeeping requirements

 a. Read rules and instructions See 3E

 b. Plan activities N/A

 c. Implement activities N/A

 d. Develop record system n

40 1 40 2 80 4 8 $8,908.24

 e. Develop SS&M plan o

100 1 100 2 200 10 20 $22,270.60

 f. Develop QA/QC plan for CMS p

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

 g. Time to train personnel q

40 1 40 2 80 4 8 $8,908.24

 h. Time to retrain/refresh personnel r

16 1 16 261 4,176 208.8 417.6 $465,010.13

 i. Time to enter information

 i. Records of SS&M 1.5 52 78 263 20,514 1,025.7 2,051.4 $2,284,295.44

 ii. Records of CMS data s

a. Record of continuously monitored

parameters 

1 365 365 263 95,995 4,799.75 9,599.5 $10,689,331.24
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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

 b. Compile data 24 2 48 263 12,624 631.2 1,262.4 $1,405,720.27

c. Enter/verify information for semiannual report 16 2 32 263 8,416 420.8 841.6 $937,146.85

 j. Calibration of CMS t

16 1 16 263 4,208 210.4 420.8 $468,573.42

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 168,237 $16,290,164.43

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded) 426,474 $41,294,926

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are 261 existing facilities subject to the rule, and that two new major sources per year will become subject. Therefore, the average 

number of respondents that are subject to this rule is 263.

b

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

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2012, Table 2. Civilian Workers, by 

Occupational and Industry group. The rates are from column 1, Total Compensation. The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages 

available to those employed by private industry.

c

 This will occur only in the first year after a facility becomes subject to the rule. 

d

 Person-hours per occurrence are based on the performance specification costs to certify CMS ($500) divided by the composite hourly labor rate. No performance 

evaluations are required for the parameter monitoring systems included in the rule. Assumes no facilities will use the alternative standard, which required CEMS and 

performance evaluations.

e

 We have assumed that 10 percent of existing facilities will comply with emissions averaging requirements; new facilities are not allowed to use emissions averaging.

f

 Assumed 50 percent of new facilities will submit a pre-compliance report (2 x 50% = 1 Facility).

g

 We have assumed that 90 percent of facilities will comply by conducting a performance test(s). The notification of compliance status includes the report of the 

performance test(s) (2 x 90% = 2 Facilities).

h

 We have assumed that 10 percent of facilities will comply by submitting engineering calculations, design calculations, etc. with no performance tests. The 

notification of compliance status includes those calculations. 

i

 We have assumed that 10 percent of facilities will implement process changes (263 x 10% = 26.3 Facilities).

j

 We have assumed that 90 percent of facilities will have no deviations (263 x 90% = 236.7 Facilities), only 10 percent will have deviations (263 x 10% = 26.3

Facilities).

k We assume that all facilities will report actions taken during startup, shutdown, or malfunction that are consistent with the SS&M plan.

l According to EPA guidance, annual recordkeeping and reporting costs for LDAR programs are estimated to be 40 percent of monitoring and repair labor, which 
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averages $51,681 per facility, or $20,672 per facility (40*51,681=20,672) person hours per occurrence are based on this cost divided by the composite hourly labor rate. 

m

 We have assumed that 10 percent of existing facilities (261 x 10% = 26.1 Facilities) will comply with emissions averaging requirements; new facilities are not 

allowed to use emissions averaging.

n

 We have assumed that it will take 40 hours for each respondent to develop a record system for recording parameter monitoring information. 

o

 We have assumed that it will take 80 hours for each respondent to draft the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan and another 20 hours of review/revisions, for a 

total of 100 hours.

p

 We have assumed that it will take 40 hours to develop and review the QA/QC plan for the CMS. No QA/QC plan is required for the parameter monitoring systems 

included in the rule. We have assumed that no facility will use the alternative standard, which requires CEMS and QA/QC plans.

q

 We have assumed that it will take 40 hours to train personnel.

r

 We have assumed it will take 20 days (16 hours) to provide refresher training for personnel.

s The record of continuously monitored parameters includes: process vent, storage tank, and wastewater monitoring and inspections.

t

 We have assumed that calibration of CMS will require 8 hours per year for each monitor. We are assuming a total of 2 CMS for each facility, for a total requirement 

of 16 hours per year per facility.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40 CFR Part

63, Subpart FFFF) (Renewal)

Activity

(A) 

EPA 

person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C) 

EPA 

person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year 

(C=AxB)

(D) 

Plants 

per yeara

(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. Review notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $207.30

2. Review notification of actual startup 1 1 1 2 2 0.1 0.2 $103.65

3. Review initial notification 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $207.30

4. Review emissions averaging plan c20 1 20 0 0 0 0 $0

5. Review pre-compliance report d4 1 4 1 4 0.2 0.4 $207.30

6. Review notification of initial performance test 2 1 2 2 4 0.2 0.4 $207.30

7. Review notification of initial CMS demonstration 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

8. Review notification of compliance status report

 i. With performance test e40 1 40 2 80 4 8 $4,145.96

 ii. Without performance test f40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

9. Review notification physical/operational change g8 1 8 26.3 210.4 10.52 21.04 $10,903.87

10. Review semiannual summary report

 i. No deviations h2 2 4 236.7 946.8 47.34 94.68 $49,067.44

 ii. Deviations h8 2 16 26.3 420.8 21.04 42.08 $21,807.75

 iii. SS&M report i2 2 4 263 1,052 52.60 105.20 $54,519.37

 iv. LDAR report j8 2 16 263 4,208 210.40 420.80 $218,077.50

 v. Emission averaging report c8 2 16 26.1 417.6 20.88 41.76 $21,641.91

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

8,457 $381,097

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are 261 existing facilities subject to the rule, and that two new major sources per year will become subject. Therefore, the average 

number of respondents that are subject to this rule is 263. 
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b

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

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

are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2012 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that 10 percent of existing facilities will comply with emissions averaging requirements (261 x 10% = 26 Facilities).

d

 We have assumed that 50 percent of new facilities will submit a pre-compliance report (2 x 50% = 1 Facility).

e

 We have assumed that 90 percent of facilities will comply by conducting a performance test(s). The notification of compliance status includes the report of the 

performance test(s) (2 x 90% = 2 Facilities).

f

 We have assumed that 10 percent of facilities will comply by submitting engineering calculations, design calculation, etc., with no performance tests. The notification 

of compliance status includes those calculations.

g

 We have assumed that 10 percent of facilities will implement process changes (263 x 10% = 26.3 Facilities).

h

 We have assumed that 90 percent of facilities will have no deviations (263 x 90% = 236.7 Facilities), 10 percent will have deviations (263 x 10% = 26 Facilities).

i

 We have assumed that all facilities will report actions taken during startup, shutdown, or malfunction that are consistent with the SS&M plan.

j

 We have assumed that all facilities will report the specified information for processes subject to the equipment leak standards.