**SUPPORTING STATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY**  **NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na)**  **(Renewal) 1. Identification of the Information Collection**  **1(a) Title of the Information Collection**  NSPS for Primary

and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1069.1 1 , OMB Control Number 2060

- 0029

. **1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract**

The New Source Perfo rmance Standards (NSPS) f or Primary

and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Ox ygen Furnaces were proposed on June 11, 1973, promulgated on March 8, 1974, and amended on October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to each basic oxygen process furnace (BOPF) in an iron and steel plant that commenced construction, modification , or reconstruction after the date of proposal. An opacity limit was promulgated on April 13, 1978 as a supplement to the mass standard. On January 20, 1983, amendments to the Standards of Pe rformance for Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces merged with Standards of Performance for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Steelmaking Facilities (Subpart Na). Subpart Na is applicable to any top

- blown BOPF, and hot metal tr ansfer station or skimming station s used with bottom

- blown or top

- blown BOPF's for which construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after January 20, 1983. Subpart Na was promulgated on January 2, 1986. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart s N and Na

. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by

the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility , or any period during which the monitoring sy stem is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining comp liance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS

. Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority . In the event that there is no such delegated authorit y, the reports are sent directly to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EP A) regional office. Over the next three ye ars, an average of 18 respondents per ye ar will be subject to the standard , and no additional respondents per y ear will become subject to the standard. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the cur rentl y active I CR2

without any

“Terms of Clearance.” The 18 respondents are owned and operated b y the iron and steel industry (the “Affected Public”). None of the facilities in the United States are owned b y either state, local, tribal or the Federal go vernment; all are privatel y - owned, for

- profit businesses.
**2. Need for and Use of the Collection 2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection**  The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect:

**. . .** application of the best technological sy stem of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or an y non - air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrat or determines has been adequatel y demonstrated. Section 111(a)(l). The Agency

refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards e very four years. In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require an y 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 moni toring 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 reasonabl y require. In the Administrator's judgment , particulate matter emissions from BOPFs at iron and steel plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonabl y be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. T herefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart s N and Na. **2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data**3

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which w ere 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 capabil ity to comply

with the emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standards at all times. The notifications required in the standards 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 properl y installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and 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. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria** 
**3(a) Nonduplication** If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directl y to the appropriate EPA regional office. Otherwise, the information is sent directl y to the delegated s tate or local agency . If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a cop y of the report submitted to the state or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the F ederal standards. Therefore, no duplication exists. **3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB** An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this I CR was published in the Federal Register ( 79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register

. **3(c) Consultations**
T he Agency ’s industry

experts have been consulted, and the Agency ’s internal data sources and projections of industry growth over the next three y ears have been considered. The primary source of information as reported b y industry , in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in the standard, is the Online Tracking Information System (OTI S) 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.4

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 I CR, we contacted the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) at (202) 945

- 4777 , and North Start BlueS cope Steel at ( 419 ) 822

- 2200

. After a thorough review, it is our policy to respond to comments received since the last ICR renewal as well as to 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 was collected less frequentl y, the proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and the possibility

of detecting violations would be less likel y. **3(e) General Guidelines**
T hese reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated b y OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5. **3(f) Confidentiality** Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B

- Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended b y 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979). **3(g) Sensitive Questions**
T he 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 BOPFs at iron and steel plants . The United States Standard Industrial Classification ( SI C ) code s for the respondents affected b y the standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification Sy stem (NAICS ) codes are listed in the table below

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**Standard ( 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na**  **) SIC Codes**  **NAICS Codes** Iron and Steel Mills 3312, 3399 331111 Steel Wire Drawing 3315 331222 Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing 3312, 3316, 3399 331221 Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel 3317 33121 0
**4(b) Information Requested (i) Data Items** 
In this ICR , all the data that is recorded or reported is required b y the NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na). A source must make the following reports:

**Notification s**  Notification of construction/reconstruction 60.7(a)(1) Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3) Notification of ph ys ical or operational change 60.7(a)(4) Notification of monitoring s ys tem performance commencement 60.7(a)(5) Performance test results 60.8(a) Notification of performance test 60.8(d) Demonstration of continuous monitoring sy stem 60.7(a)(5) Semiannual compliance reports of all measurements over an y 3

- hour period that average more than 10 percent below the average level maintained during the most recent performance test in which the facility demonstrated compliance with the standard 60.7(c), 60.143(c

- e)

A source must keep the following records:
**Recordkeeping** Maintain records of startup, shutdown, or malfunction period where the continuous monitoring s ys tem is inoperative 60.7(b)
Emission test results, continuous monitoring sy stem data, performance test results and other data needed to determine compliance with mass 60.7(f), 60.145a6 **Recordkeeping** and visible emission limits Time and duration of each steel production cycle 60.143(a) Record the time and duration of the rates or levels of any diversion of exhaust gases from the main stack servicing the BOPF 60.143(a) Record the various rates or levels of exhaust ventilation at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission capture sy s tem 60.143a(a)

Record of time and duration of the visible emission data sets 60.145a(d) Record the particulate matter concentration (i.e., opacity levels) exiting the control device and discharge into the atmosphere 60.142(a

- b) Record the pressure loss through the venture constriction of the scrubber continuously 60.143(a)(1) Record the water suppl y pressure to the venture scrubber control equipment continuously 60.143(a)(2) Records are required to be retained for 2 ye ars 60.7(f) Electronic Reporting Some of the r espondents 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 monitori ng and recordkeeping at a plant site. Also, regulatory

agencies in cooperation with th e respondents continue to create reporting sy stems to transmit data electronically . However, electronic reporting s ys tems are still not widely used. At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.

**(ii) Respondent Activities**

**Respondent Activities** Read instructions. Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity , or for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for venture scrubber. Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 5, 9, and 2 test, and repeat performance7 **Respondent Activities** 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 sy stems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying infor mation. Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and sy stems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information. Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and sy stems 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 s ys tem. Although personnel at the source still need to evaluate the data, this t ype 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, anal yz e, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information Sy stem (OTI S). **5(b) Collection Methodology and Management** Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to8

determine whether the pollution control devices are properl y installed and operated. Performance test reports are used b y the Agency to discern a source’s initial capability to compl y with the emission standard and note the operating conditions under whi ch 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 maintena nce, and for compliance determinations.
In formation contained in the reports is entered into OTI S which is operated and maintained by

EPA's Office of Compliance. OT IS 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 OTI S for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement b y local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters. EPA and its delegated Authoritie s can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data. The records required b y this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for two ye ars. **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 ty pes of control equipment employ ed, the recordk eeping 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 larg er businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced. **5(d) Collection Schedule** The specific frequency

for each information collection activity within this request is shown in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost

– NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (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 each of the subparts included in this I CR. 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

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**6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden** The av erage annual burden to industry over the next three y ears from these recordkeeping and reporting requirement s is estimated to be 6,263 ( Total Labor Hours from Table 1). T hese 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 an y comments received. **6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs (i) Estimating Labor Costs**  This I CR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $1 2 8

. 0 2 ($ 60.98 + 110%) Technical $ 10 1

. 05 ($4 8

. 12 + 110%) Clerical $ 5 1

. 37 ($2 4

. 46 + 110%) These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2014 , “ Table 2. Civilian Workers, by occupational and industry group. ” The rates are from column 1, “ Total compensation. ” The rates have been increased b y 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employ ed by private industry

. **(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs** The ty pe of industry

costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standards are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this I CR 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 Maintena nce (O&M) Costs** 10 **Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs** (A) Continuous Monitoring Device (B)

Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent (C)

Number of New Respondents (D)

Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C) (E)

Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent (F)

Number of Respondents with O&M (G)

Total O&M, (E X F)
Flow meters to measure exhaust gas flow rate $18,000 0 $0 $900 18 $16,200
Flow meters to measure pressure flow rate 0 0 $0 $900 15 $13,500
Total $0 $29,700
The total capital/startup costs for this I CR are $ 0 . This is the total o f column D in the above table. The total operation and maintenance ( O&M) costs for this I CR are $ 29,700

. 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 y ears of the IC R is estimated to be $ 29,700

. **6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost** The only costs to the Agency

are those costs associated with anal ys is of the reported information. EP A's overall compliance and enforcement program i ncludes activities such as the examination of records maint ained 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 y ears of the ICR is estimated to be $ 9,421

. This cost is based on the average hourl y labor rate as follows: Managerial $ 6 2. 90 (GS

- 13, Step 5, $ 3 9.31 + 60% ) Technical $ 4 6

. 67 (GS

- 12, Step 1, $ 2 9

. 17 + 60% ) Clerical $2 5. 25 (GS

- 6, Step 3, $ 15. 78 + 60% ) These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) , 20 1 4 General Schedule , which excludes locality

rates of pay

. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages avail able to government employ ees
. Details upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost

– NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal).11

**6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs**  Based on our research for this I CR, on average over the next three ye ars, approximately 18 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that no additional respondents per ye ar will become subject. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 18 per year. The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three ye ars covered b y this ICR.

**Number of Respondents** 

Respondents That Submit Reports Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports

Year (A) Number of Ne w 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 18 0 0 18
2 0 18 0 0 18
3 0 18 0 0 18 Average 0 18 0 0 18 1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. C olumn D is subtracted to avoid double

- counting respondents

. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three ye ar period of this ICR is 18

. The total number of annual responses per ye ar is calculated using the following table:
**Total Annual Responses** (A) Information Collection Activity (B) Number of Respondents (C)

Number of Responses (D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports (E) Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D

Notification of construction or mo dification 0 1 0 0 Notification of performance test 0 1 0 0 Report results of performance test 0 1 0 012 **Total Annual Responses** Semiannual report 18 2 0 36 Total 36 The number of Total Annual Responses is 36

. The total annual labor costs are $613,126

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

– NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (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, respectivel y, and summarize d below. **(i) Respondent Tally** The total annual labor hours are 6,263

. Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost

– NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Ox ygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal)

. Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 174 hours per response

. The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity ar e $29,700

. 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 y ears is estimated to be 207 labor hours at a cost of $9,421 . See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost

– NSPS for Primary and Secondary

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal). **6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden** There is no change in labor hours in this I CR compared to the previous I CR. The slight increase in respondent and Agency burden costs is due to an adjustment in labor rates used in the burden calculations

. The labor rates have been adjusted to reflect the most recent labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and OPM

. **6(g) Burden Statement**13

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 174 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended b y 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 s ys tems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing way s to compl y with any previously

applicable instructions and require ments; 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 display s 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 I CR under Docket ID Number EPA

- HQ

- OECA

- 201 4

- 0037. 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 l isting of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically

. When in the sy stem , 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), WJC 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 holiday s. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566

- 1744, and the telephone number for the docket center i s (202) 566

- 1927

. 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

- 2014

- 0037 and OMB Control Number 2060

- 0029 in an y correspondence. **Part B of th e Supporting Statement**  This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.14

**Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost** 

**– NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40**  **CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (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 person**  **** **hours per year**  **(E=CxD) (F)** 

**Managem ent**  **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 c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0 B. Required activities Performance tests d 194 1 194 0 0 0 0 $0 Repeat of performance test e 194 1 194 0 0 0 0 $0 Daily monitoring of emissions and operations See 4E C. Create information See 3B and 4E D. Gather existing information See 3B and 4E E. Write Report Notification of reconstruction or mo dification 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 Notification of performance test 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 Performance test results 32 1 32 0 0 0 0 $0 Semiannual report of excess emissions f 10 2 20 18 360 18 36 $40,531.68 **Subtotal for Reporting Requirements**  414 $40,531.68 4. Recordkeeping requirements15

**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 person**  **** **hours per year**  **(E=CxD) (F)** 

**Managem ent**  **person hours per year**  **(Ex0.05) (G)** 

**Clerical person**  **hours per**  **year (Ex0.1)**  **(H)**

**Total Cost per year**  **b**

A. Read instructions See 3A B. Plan activities See 3B C. Implement Activities See 3B D. Develop record system N/A E. Time to enter information Records of operating parameters Exhaust ventilation rate g 0.25 365 91.25 18 1,642.5 82.13 164.25 $184,925.79 Across the venture scrubber (i.e., pressuredrop and w ater supply pressure) h 0.25 365 91.25 15 1,368.75 68.44 136.88 $154,104.83 Records of performance test See 3B Records of duration of each steel production cycle, and time and duration of any diversion of exhaust gases from the main stack serving the BOPF i 0.25 365 91.25 18 1,642.5 82.13 164.25 $184,925.79

Recalibrate and check mo nitoring devices j 8 1 8 18 144 7.2 14.4 $16,212.67 F. Time to train personnel Certification of opacity observer k 8 2 16 18 288 14.4 28.8 $32,425.34 G. Time for audits N/A **Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements**  5,84 9 $572,594.42 **TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST**  **(rounded) 6,263**  **$613,126**

**Assu mptions:** 16

a We have assumed that there are approximately 18 respondents (i.e., BOPF shops) that are subject to the regulation, with no ad ditional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule over the next three years. b This ICR uses the following lab or rates: $128.02 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $101.05 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.37 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 20 14, Table 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry groups. The rates are from column 1, Total Compensation. The rates have been increase d by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry. c We h ave assumed that it will take one hour for each respondent to read instructions. d We have assumed that it will take 194 hours for each respondent to complete a performance test. e We have assumed that it will take 10 percent of respondents to repeat performance test due to failures. f We have assumed that it will take 10 hours twice per year for each respondent to write the semiannual reports if excess emiss ion. g We have assumed that it will take each of the eighteen respondent 0.25 hours, 365 times per year, to record the exhaust ventilation rate. h We have assumed that it will take each of the fifteen respondent 0.25 hours, 365 times per year, will enter information on re co rds of CMS operating parameters across the venture scrubber. Fifteen of the existing respondents will use venture scrubbers as primary emission control syst ems. i We have assumed that it will take each respondent 0.25 hours, 365 days per year, to recor d the duration of each steel production cycle. j We have assumed that it will take each respondent eight hours once per year to recalibrate and check monitoring devices. k We have assumed that it will take each respondent eight hours twice per year to train personnel on certification of opacity observer.17

**Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost**

**– NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces**  **(40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal)**

**Activity (A)**  **EPA person**
  ** hours per** **occurrence (B)** 

**No. of occurrences**  **per plant per year**  **(C)**

**EPA person hours per**  **plant per year (AxB)**  **(D)**

**Plants per**  **year a**  **(E) Technical**  **person**   ** hours per** **year (CxD)**  **(F)**

**Managem ent**  **person**   ** hours per** **year (Ex0.05)**  **(G)**

**Clerical person**  **** **hours per year**  **(Ex0.1) (H)** 

**Cost, $ b** 

New facility Notification of performance test c 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 Report of performance test results d 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 Notification of reconstruction/modification e 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 Revie w reports: Existing and new sources Semiannual reports of excess emissions and mo nitoring systems performance f 5 2 10 18 180 9 18 $9,421.20

**TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded)**  **207 $9,421** 

**Assu mptions**  **:** a We have assumed that there are approximately 18 respondents (i.e., BOPF shops) that are subject to the regulation, with no ad ditional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule over the next three years. b This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government o verhead expenses: $62.90 for Managerial, $46.67 for Technical, and $25.25 for Clerical. These rates are from the Office of Pers onnel Management (OPM) “2014 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.
c We have assumed that it will take two hours once per year for each respondent to perform the performance test. d We have assumed that it will take eight hours once per year for each respondent to report the performance test results.
e We have assumed that it will take two hours once per year for each respondent to comply with the notification requirements of the rule. f We have assumed that it will take five hours twi ce per year for each respondent to submit semiannual reports of excess emissions and monitoring systems with all measurements over any three hour period (e.g., of low pressure) that average more than 10 percent below the averages during the most recent pe rformance test.