SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH) 

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH)(Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1789.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0418. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

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

Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH) were proposed on February 6, 

1998, promulgated on June 17, 1999, and amended on August 16, 2012. The 2012 amendment

eliminates the startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) exemption and establishes MACT 

standards for “small” glycol dehydration units (glycol dehydrators with an actual annual average 

natural gas flowrate less than 283,000 scmd or actual average benzene emissions less than 0.9 

Mg/yr), which were unregulated under the initial NESHAP. In addition, it requires facilities 

using carbon adsorbers as a control device to keep records of their carbon replacement schedule. 

Owners and operators are also expected to keep records of the occurrence and duration of each 

malfunction of operation or the air pollution control equipment and monitoring equipment, and 

owners and operators of small glycol dehydration units must submit an initial notification within 

1 year after the unit becomes subject to the regulation; including additional content to periodic 

reports. 

This ICR is updated to reflect the addition of ICR 2439.02 (2060-0670), which 

documents the burden of the 2012 amendment. The burden from 2060-0670 was already

transfered to 2060-0418 via a change worksheet (1789.08). These regulations apply to existing 

facilities and new facilities that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and that 

either transport or store natural gas prior to entering the pipeline to a local distribution company

or to a final end user (if there is no local distribution company). New facilities include those that 

commenced construction, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is 

collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH. 

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

periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. Respondents are 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.

Over the next three years, an average of 37 existing respondents per year shall maintain a 

file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such 
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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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office. 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.

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

affected facilities at each plant site and that each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the 

owner/operator of the plant site).

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

without any Terms of Clearance.

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 natural gas transmission and 

storage facilities 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 HHH.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the

applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The 
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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 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. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

3(a) Nonduplication

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, 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 ICR was published 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014. EPA received one comment in 

response in the first Federal Register notice, but the comment does not contain any substantive 

recommendations and did not result in changes to this ICR.

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 Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), 

which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ECHO 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.
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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 the American Gas Association (AGA) at (202) 824-7340 and the 

Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) at (202) 216-5926. EPA received 

comments from INGAA stating that the estimated number of respondents and estimated burden 

was too low. However, INGAA did not provide quantitative recommendations for the number of 

respondents or cost estimate, so no revisions were made to the ICR renewal as a result of the 

comment.

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last 

ICR renewal as well as those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice.

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that 

facilities are continuing to meet the standards. Requirements for information gathering and 

recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are 

applied and emission limitations are met. If the information required by these standards 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 (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).
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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 natural gas 

transmission and storage facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

code for the respondents affected by the standards, and the corresponding to the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, are listed below.

Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 

HHH)

SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas 4922 48621

Natural Gas Distribution 4923 22121, 48621

 

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Initial notification that a source is subject to the provisions in subpart 

HHH.

63.9(b)(2), 

63.1274(a), 

63.1285(b)(1-2)

Notification of the date of a performance test. 63.7(b-c), 63.8(e)(2), 

63.9(e), 63.9(g)(1), 

63.1274(a), 

63.1285(b)(3)

Notification of Compliance Status Report, including the results of any 

continuous monitoring system performance evaluations and 

inspection results.

63.9(h), 63.1270(d), 

63.1283(c)(2)(ii)(A), 

63.1285(b)(4), 
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Notifications

63.1274(a), 

63.1285(d)(1-10)

Notification of change in compliance demonstration methods for 

control device performance (submit with Periodic Report).

63.1282(e)

Performance test results for closed-vent systems using flares as the 

control device (submit with Notification of Compliance Status 

Report).

63.7(g), 63.10(d)(2), 

63.1274, 

63.1282(d)(3), 

63.1285(d)(2)

Design analysis documentation, including operating parameters and 

calculations, for closed-vent systems using control devices other than 

flares (submit with Notification of Compliance Status Report).

63.1274, 

63.1282(d)(4), 

63.1285(d)(4)(i) 

through (d)(4)(iii)

One complete test report for each test method used for a particular 

source (submit with Notification of Compliance Status Report).

63.1285(d)(3)

Analysis demonstrating whether an affected source is a major source 

(submit with Notification of Compliance Status Report).

63.1285(d)(8)

Statement of compliance with subpart HHH (submit with Notification 

of Compliance Status Report).

63.1285(d)(9)

Notification of any process change. 63.1285(f)

Application for approval of construction or reconstruction. 63.5(d)(1), 

63.1274(a)

Notification of intent to construct or reconstruct. 63.9(b)(5)(i), 

63.9(d)(4)(i), 

63.1274(a)

Notification of actual date of startup. 63.9(b)(4)(v), 

63.9(b)(5)(ii), 

63.1274(a)

Results of performance evaluation. 63.8(e)(5), 63.10(e), 

63.1274(a)

Notification of special compliance requirements. 63.9(d), 63.1274(a)

Reports
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Reports

Semiannual Periodic Reports. 63.10(e), 

63.1274(a), 

63.1285(e)

Report to demonstrate compliance with benzene emission limit 

(alternative standards) (submit with Notification of Compliance Status 

Report).

63.1285(d)(7)

Analysis that demonstrates conditions under which the facility reduces 

95.0 percent of its HAP emissions (submit with Notification of 

Compliance Status Report).

63.1281(e)(2), 

63.1285(d)(10)

Semiannual excess emissions and continuous monitoring system 

performance report.

63.9(c)(8), 

63.10(e)(3), 

63.1274(a)

Semiannual HAP summary report. 63.10(e)(3)(vi), 

63.1274(a)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Records for each monitoring system including documentation of 

incidents such as breakdowns, repairs, calibration checks, startup, 

shutdown, malfunctions, and other down time.

63.10(b)(2), 

63.10(c), 

63.1272(d), 

63.1274(a), 

63.1283(d), 

63.1284(b)(3) 

Continuous records of equipment operating parameters and daily 

average values of the parameters.

63.1284(b)(4)(i) and 

(ii)

Records of the times and duration of all periods during which pilot 

flames are absent.

63.1284(b)(4)(ii), 

63.1284(e)(3)

Records of flow indicator operation, detection, and vent stream 

diversions.

63.1284(b)(4)(iii)

Records of inspections of seals or closure mechanisms and records of 

broken or changed seals, valves, or locks.

63.1284(b)(4)(iv)

Continuous monitoring system quality control program. 63.8(d), 63.1274(a)

Records of the occurrence and duration of each malfunction of 63.1284(f)
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Recordkeeping

operation (i.e., process equipment) or the air pollution control 

equipment and monitoring equipment. 

Records of control device activities, malfunctions, and down time. 63.1274, 

63.1281(c)(3), 

63.1283(d), 

63.1284(b)(3) and 

(b)(4)

Records pertaining to the inspection of closed-vent systems including 

maintenance, leaks, repairs, delays, and shutdowns. This also applies 

to parts that are difficult or unsafe to inspect and those where a leak or 

defect is detected.

63.1283(c)(3-7), 

63.1284(b)(5-8)

Records of glycol dehydration unit baseline operations, throughput 

quantity, and emissions information.

63.1281(e)(1-2), 

63.1284(b)(9-10),

63.1284(d)

Records of compliance with benzene emission limit (alternative 

standards).

63.1281(e)(2), 

63.1284(c)

Throughput and emissions records of exempt glycol dehydration units. 63.1274(c-d), 

63.1284(d)

Records of flare design and emissions. 63.1284(e)

Records of leak or defect detection, severity (maximum instrument 

reading), and date of repair.

63.1284(b)(7-8)

Site-specific performance evaluation test plan. 63.7(c)(2), 

63.8(d)(2), 

63.8(e)(3)(i), 

63.1274(a)

Record of results of performance test. 63.7(g)(3), 

63.1274(a)

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. 

(ii) Respondent Activities
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Respondent Activities

Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate closed vent systems and CMS to: 1) achieve a 95% 

reduction in HAP, TOC, or total HAP, for control devices and vapor recovery devices; 2) 

achieve a reduction to 20 ppm of TOC or total HAP, and operates at a minimum residence

time of 0.5 seconds at a minimum temperature of 760 degrees Celsius for combustion devices.

Perform initial performance test, using the procedures listed in 40 CFR 63.1282(d), 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.

5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and 

Information Management

5(a) Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, 

storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, 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 Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) and 

ECHO. 

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 serve as a record of 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 reported by state and local governments in the 

ICIS Air database which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ICIS is 

EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial 

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

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

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

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

There is a distribution of business sizes among the respondents. 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. The Agency estimates that 49 percent of the parent companies affected by proposed 

action are small entities as defined by the Small Business Administration. 

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 Natural Gas 

Transmission and Storage (Renewal).
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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.

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 2,000 (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 $129.93 ($61.87 + 110%) 

Technical $103.97 ($49.51 + 110%)

Clerical $51.79 ($24.66 + 110%)

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

2014, “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 only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standard are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance costs incurred as a result of this standard because the industry has primarily

installed flares to control emissions.

(iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the 

regulations is labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost
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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 

$11,500.

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

Managerial $62.90 (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%) 

Technical $46.67 (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 60%)

Clerical $25.25 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2014 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 Natural 

Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart HHH) (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

31 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that an additional 6

respondents per year will become subject. The new respondents consist of 1 new facility and 5 

existing facilities. 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

Respondents That Submit Reports Respondents That Do 

Not Submit Any Reports

Year

(A)

Number of New 

Respondents 1

(B)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing 

Respondents that keep 

records but do not 

submit reports2

(D)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents3

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1

6 25 N/A N/A 31

2 6 31 N/A N/A 37
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Number of Respondents

3 6 37 N/A N/A 42

Average 6 31 N/A N/A 37

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New respondents include one new facility and five existing facilities that became subject to the rule for the first 

time (i.e. existing facilities with glycol dehydrators that are now affected units per 2012 amendment). 

2

Column C does not apply as there are no existing respondents that are required to keep records only on an annual 

basis since major source determination is a one-time activity to determine rule applicability.

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Column D does not apply because the facilities that became subject to the rule due to the 2012 amendment were 

not previously subject to the rule.

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

Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of 

Respondents

(C)

Number of 

Responses

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Keep Records But Do 

Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification of intent to 

construct/reconstruct 

6 1 N/A 6

Notification of actual date of 

startup

6 1 N/A 6

Notification of date of 

continuous monitoring system 

performance evaluation

6 1 N/A 6

Notification of planned date of 

performance test

6 1 N/A 6

Notification of compliance 

status report

6 1 N/A 6

Semiannual reports 37 2 N/A 74

Total 104

The number of Total Annual Responses is 104. 

The total annual labor costs are $205,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Natural Gas 

Transmission and Storage (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables
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The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the 

Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 2,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found in 

Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and 

Storage (Renewal). We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required 

for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. 

Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the 

typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records. 

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

information is estimated to average 20 hours per response.

There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 250

labor hours at a cost of $11,500. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP 

for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is a decrease of 391 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. The decrease occurred due to consolidation of two ICRs –

EPA ICR Number 1789.07 (existing rule) and EPA ICR Number 2349.02 (2012 amendment), 

and a correction in burden estimates. 

We made corrections to the recordkeeping burden calculation that erroneously included 

an annual burden associated with respondents that only had recordkeeping requirements. This is 

incorrect because major source determination, which requires assessing throughput for rule 

applicability, is an initial rule requirement that has already been implemented. Keeping records

of actual throughput is a standard business practice with no additional burden under this rule. 

Only when an area source that is not subject to the rule conducts a process change would it need 

to reassess its throughput threshold to determine if it is now subject to the NESHAP Subpart 

HHH rule. If that is the case, then such burden is accounted for in this ICR as a new respondent. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 20 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, 
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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-2014-0059. 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 WJC 

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) 566-1927. 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-2014-0059 and OMB Control Number 2060-0418 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 Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart HHH) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

(C)

Person 

hours per 

respondent

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

 A. Read instructions 2 1 2 37 74 3.7 7.4 $8,557.77 

 B. Required activities N/A

 C. Create information N/A 

 D. Gather existing information 4 1 4 37 148 7.4 14.8 $17,115.53 

 E. Write Report

i. Notification of construction/ 

reconstruction 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $1,387.75 

ii. Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $1,387.75 

iii. Notification of date of CMS 

performance evaluation 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $1,387.75 

iv. Notification of planned date of 

performance test 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $1,387.75 

v. Notification of compliance 

status report 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $2,775.49 

vi. Semiannual Periodic Report 4 2 8 37 296 14.8 29.6 $34,231.07 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 678.5 $68,230.85 

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities 16 1 16 6 96 4.8 9.6 $11,101.97 

 C. Implement activities N/A

 D. Develop record system

i. Control equipment 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $2,775.49 

 E. Time to enter information

i. Control device design 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $2,775.49 
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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

ii. Control equipment testing 1 1 1 6 6 0.3 0.6 $693.87 

iii. Control equipment inspection 8 2 16 37 592 29.6 59.2 $68,462.14 

iv. Control equipment monitoring 1 2 2 37 74 3.7 7.4 $8,557.77 

v. Control device CMS 1 6 6 37 222 11.1 22.2 $25,673.30 

 F. Time to train personnel 4 1 4 37 148 7.4 14.8 $17,115.53 

G. Perform Audits N/A

H. Retain records of actual 

throughput (facilities exempt under 

63.1270(f)c N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 1,363.9 $137,155.56 

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 2,042 $205,386 

Capital and O&M Cost $0 

GRAND TOTAL (Labor Cost + Capital/O&M)1,2 $205,386 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are approximately 37 respondents subject to the rule, with 6 additional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule 

annually over the next three years. 

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $129.93 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $103.97 per hour for Technical labor, and 

$51.79 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2014, “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

 Respondents are expected to maintain records of actual annual throughput as a standard business practice; therefore, there is no additional burden associated 

with these records under this rule.

 Note: Totals in the text have been rounded to 3 significant values. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding. 
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart HHH) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C)

EPA 

personhours per 

plant per 

year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants 

per 

year 

a

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost, $ b

Review reports 

a. Initial notification 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $628.08 

b. Preconstruction review application 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $1,256.16 

c. Performance test notification 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $628.08 

d. Compliance status notification 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $1,256.16 

e. Semiannual periodic reports 2 2 4 37 148 7.4 14.8 $7,746.32 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST1,2 253 $11,515 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are approximately 37 respondents, with 6 additional new or reconstructed sources becoming subject to the rule annually over the 

next three years. 

b

 This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates: $62.90 for Managerial (GS-13, Step 5, $39.31 + 60%), $46.67 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $29.17 + 

60%) and $25.25 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.78 + 60). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2014 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.

Note: Totals in the text have been rounded to 3 significant values. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.