### EPA ICR No. 1139.11; OMB Control No. 2070 **- 0033** 

**ATTACHMENT 3 Economic Analysis Tables** 

### Table A: Burden and Cost, per Activity **Collection Activity Per Activity Labor**  **Per****** **Activity Supply**  **Costs** (y) **Total per******

**Activity Costs Type**  **a Hours**  **Rate Cost**  (x) (x+y) **CDX REGISTRATION** CDX Registration T 0.180 $72.22 $13.00 $0.00 $13.00 CDX Electronic Signature T 0.350 $72.22 $25.28 $0.00 $25.28 **CDX Registration and e****** **Signature Total** 0.530 $144.44 $38.28 $0.00 $38.28 **TEST RULES AND TESTING AGREEMENT:**  **Interim Reports** Letter of Intent with Study Plans T 40 $72.22 $2,888.80 $0.00 $2,888.80 Prepare Progress Report T 8 $72.22 $577.76 $0.00 $577.76 **Final Reports Short** **- term** **Studies** Record and Prepare Test for Submission T 40 $72.22 $2,888.80 $0.00 $2,888.80 Laboratory Revie w T 6 $72.22 $433.32 $0.00 $433.32 Corporate Review M 6 $80.22 $481.32 $0.00 $481.32 Recordkeeping C 0.5 $31.26 $15.63 $0.00 $15.63 **Short -** **term Studies' Final Reports Total** 52.5 $3,819.07 $0.00 $3,819.07 **Long -**  **term Studies**  Record and Prepare Test for Submission T 80 $72.22 $5,777.60 $0.00 $5,777.60 Corporate Review M 9 $80.22 $721.98 $0.00 $721.98 Recordkeeping C 0.5 $31.26 $15.63 $0.00 $15.63 **Long -** **term Studies' Final Reports Total** 89.5 $6,515.21 $0.00 $6,515.21 **Robust Summaries** T 12 $72.22 $866.64 $0.00 $866.64 **VOLUNTARY SUBMISSIONS: b**  Robust Summaries T 12 $72.22 $866.64 $0.00 $866.64 Submission of Final Reports C 10 $31.26 $312.60 $8.41 $321.01 Recordkeeping C 1 $31.26 $31.26 $0.00 $31.26 **EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS:** Prepare Exemption Applications T 2 $72.22 $144.44 0.00 $144.44 Corporate Review M 6 $80.22 $481.32 0.00 $481.32 Recordkeeping C 0.5 $31.26 $15.63 $0.00 $15.63 Exemption Applications, Total 8.5 $641.39 $0.00 $641.39
a Labor Type Codes are as follows: T = Technical; M = Managerial; C = Clericalb Voluntary Submissions are the only type of TSCA Section 4 submission that not required to be submitted electronically.

Paper and postage costs are estimated under "Per
-Ac tivity Supply Cost." These costs assumed that a voluntary submission contains: ten final reports averaging 35 pages, plus a cover letter and robust summary, totaling 362 pages. Paper costs at $.0092 per page total $3.30 (Staples 2015). Postage via 2 day FedEx Ground for the .4 lb package totals $8.41 (FedEx 2015). Unit supply costs for "Robust Summaries" and "Recordkeeping" were removed from voluntary submissions ( com pared to the estimates in the last IC period) because the costs are accounted for under "Submission of Final Reports." 

### Table B: Industry Wage Rates (Dec 2014)

**Labor Category Fringe**  **Benefits ($/hour)**  **1 Fringes as** 

**% Wage Overhead %** 

**Wage 2**  **Fringe + Overhead** 

**Factor Loaded** 

**Wages ($/hour)**  **Wage ($/hour)**  **1 (a)**  **(b) (c) = (b)/(a)**  **(d) (e)=(1)+(c)+(d)**  **(f) = (a)** x **(e)** Managerial $47.90 $24.18 50% 17% 1.67 $80.22 Technical $42.19 $22.86 54% 17% 1.71 $72.22 Clerical $18.68 $9.40 50% 17% 1.67 $31.26 Notes : 1 Source: Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Supplementary Tables: December 2006

– December 2014 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015). 2An overhead rate of 17% is used based on assumptions in Wage Rates for Economic Analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory Program (Rice, 2002), and the Revised Economic Analysis for the Amended Inventory Update Rule: Final Report (US EPA, 2002). 

### Table C: Agency Wage Rate (Jan 2015)

**Labor Category**  **Data Source for**

**Wage Inform** **ation Wage** 

**($/hour) Fringe** 

**Benefit Fringes as** 

**% wage Overhead** 

**as % wage Fringe +** 

**Overhead Factor**  **Loaded**

**Wage ($) (a)**  **(b) (c) = (b) /**  **(a) (d)**  **(e) = (c) + (d) + 1**  **(f) = (a) ***

**(e)**

EPA staff Annual federal

staff cost: OPM Washington
Baltimore
Northern Virginia, DC
MD
- PA
- VA
-WV area, GS
- 13 Step 1 pay rates a $43.52 Included in 60% overhead N/A 60% b 1.6 $69.63

a Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. (2014). Salary Table 2014
- DCB. Retrieved March 19, 2015 from Pay & Leave: Salaries & Wages: www.opm.gov/policy
- data
- oversight/pay
- leave/salaries
- wages/salary
- tables/14Tables/html/DCB_h.aspx. b The 60 percent fringes
- and
- overhead rate is from an EPA guide, Instructions for Preparing ICRs (US EPA, 2009).

### Table D: Comparison of Burden: **Previous ICR Versus Current e -** **Reporting, Per Activity Previous ICR**  **Post e -** **Reporting Rule Collection Activity**  **Per Activity Labor**  **Per -** **Activity**

**Supply Costs** (y) **Per Activity**

**Labor Per** **- Activity** 

**Supply Costs**  (y) **Type a**  **Hours Type**  **a Hours**  **CDX REGISTRATION** CDX Registration N/A N/A N/A T 0.18 $0.00 CDX Electronic Signature N/A N/A N/A T 0.35 $0.00 **CDX Registration and e -**  **Signature Total** 0.53 $0.00 **TEST RULES AND TESTING AGREEMENTS: Interim Reports**  Letter of Intent with Study Plans T 40 $21.91 T 40 $0.00 Prepare Progress Report T 8 $5.48 T 8 $0.00 **Final Reports Short** **- term** **Studies** Record and Prepare Test for Submission T 40 $0.00 T 40 $0.00 Laboratory Revie w T 6 $0.00 T 6 $0.00 Corporate Review M 6 $0.00 M 6 $0.00 Ty pe and Print Results C 20 $0.00 N/A 0 $0.00 Recordkeeping C 1 $5.48 C 0.5 $0.00 **Short -** **term Studies Total** 73 $5.48 52.5 $0.00 **Long -**  **term Studies**  Record and Prepare Test for Submission T 80 $0.00 T 80 $0.00 Corporate Review M 9 $0.00 M 9 $0.00 Ty pe and Print Results C 40 $0.00 N/A 0 $0.00 Recordkeeping C 1 $5.48 C 0.5 $0.00 **Long -** **term Studies Total** 130 $5.48 89.5 $0.00 **Robust Summaries** T 12 $0.00 T 12 $0.00 **VOLUNTARY SUBMISSIONS:** Robust Summaries T 12 $0.00 T 12 $0.00 Submission of Final Reports C 10 $0.00 C 10 $8.41 Recordkeeping C 1 $5.48 C 1 $0.00 **EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS:** Prepare Exemption Applications T 2 0.00 T 2 0.00 Corporate Review M 6 0.00 M 6 0.00 Recordkeeping C 1 $5.48 C 0.5 $0.00 **Exemption Application Total** 9 $5.48 8.5 $0.00
a Labor Type Codes are as follows: T = Technical; M = Managerial; C = Clerical