SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal), EPA 

ICR Number 1506.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0210

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for subpart Ea and subpart Eb were 

proposed on December 20, 1980 and September 20, 1994 (respectively), and promulgated on 

February 11, 1991 and December 19, 1995 (respectively). Municipal waste combustor (MWC) 

facilities that commenced construction after December 20, 1989 and on or before September 20, 

1994, or commenced modification or reconstruction after December 20, 1989 and on or before 

June 19, 1996, are subject to the regulations in 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ea. MWC facilities which 

commenced construction after September 20, 1994, or commenced modification or reconstruction 

after June 19, 1996, are subject to the regulations in 40 CFR part 60, subpart Eb. This information 

is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ea and Eb.

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

reports by the owners or operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain 

records of the occurrence and duration of any start-up, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation 

of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These 

notifications and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources 

subject to the NSPS.

Owners or operators subject to the provisions of subpart Ea will 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. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of subpart Eb

will 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. In addition, annual compliance 

reports are required for respondents (i.e., sources), along with semiannual reports of excess 

emissions, and quarterly reports for both subparts Ea and Eb.

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

sources that are subject to subparts Ea and Eb. There are seven sources that are subject to Ea, and 

it is estimated that no additional sources will become subject to the regulation in the next three 

years, since the latest applicability date was June 19, 1996. It is further assumed that there are two 

affected facilities per plant per respondent (i.e., the owner or operator of the plant site). The 

remaining five sources are subject to subpart Eb, and it is estimated that one additional source per 

year will become subject to the standard over the next three years. It is further assumed that there 
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is an average of two affected facilities per plant.

In the United States, there are approximately 12 municipal waste combustor plants that are 

all publicly owned and operated by the municipal waste combustor industry. None of these

facilities are owned by either state, local, tribal, or the Federal governments. They are all owned 

and operated solely by privately owned for-profit businesses. You can find the burden to the 

“Affected Public” listed below in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost - NSPS for Municipal 

Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb). The Federal government burden does 

not include work performed by Federal employees only work performed by contractors, which 

could be found listed below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Municipal Waste 

Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb).

In the development of the Information Collection Request (ICR), we addressed the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) “Terms of Clearance (TOC)” on the active ICR. The TOC are 

as follows:

When this ICR is renewed, EPA should review the respondent 

burden, universe, labor rates, and capital costs and ensure these 

estimates have been updated.

EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC. The respondent burden, universe, 

labor rates, and capital cost, have been thoroughly checked and all estimates updated.

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 system of continuous 

emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 

achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health 

and environmental impact and energy requirements) the 

Administrator determines has been adequately 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 

every four years. 

In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner or 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 
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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, organic, acid gas, and nitrogen oxide emissions from 

MWCs cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 

health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 

60, subparts Ea and Eb.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

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

applicable regulations. 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 tests, 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 ensure that the pollution control devices are properly 

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

The performance test may also be observed.

The required semiannual and quarterly 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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ea 

and Eb.

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 
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or local agency. If a state or local agency has adopted their 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 (76 FR 26900) on May 9, 2011. No comments were received on the burden 

published in the Federal Register.

3(c) Consultations

The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal data 

sources and projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. The 

primary source of information as reported by industry 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, in part, with our consultations with the Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (OAQPS).

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 the 

ICR, we contacted the Integrated Waste Service Association at (202) 467-6240.

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of 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 

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.

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; 
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amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 

March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are municipal waste 

combustors. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes which correspond to 

the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes could be found in the 

following table:

Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management 9511 924110

Refuse Systems (hazardous waste treatment and disposal) 4953 562211

Refuse Systems (material recovery facilities) 4953 562920

Refuse Systems (other hazardous waste treatment and disposal) 4953 562219

Refuse Systems (solid waste combustors and incinerators) 4953 562213

Refuse Systems (solid waste landfills) 4953 562212

4(b) Information Requested

None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations 

established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

(i) Data Items

In this ICR, all the data recorded or reported is required by the New Source Performance 

Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb).

A source must make the following reports:

Notification

Notification of construction/reconstruction or modification 60.7(a)(1), 60.59a(a), 

60.59b(a-c)

Notification of preconstruction plans and public meeting material 60.59b(a)
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Notification

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3), 60.59a(a),

60.9b(c)

Notification related to siting analysis 60.59b(a)

Notification of initial performance tests 60.8(d)

Notification of initial performance tests results 60.8(a)

Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system 60.7(a)(5)

Notification of physical or operational change 60.7(a)(4)

Notification related to opacity 60.7(a)(6), 60.59b(c)

Reports

Report on initial performance test results 60.8(a), 60.59a(c),

60.59b(f)

Report on public meeting (notification and transcript) 60.59b(a)(2-3),

Report on responses to public comment 60.59b(a)(4)

Report on preliminary and final draft materials separation plans 60.59b(a)(1)

Report on weights of municipal solid waste and other fuels fired 60.59a(b)(3)

Report on performance tests/compliance report 60.8(a), 60.59a(e), 

60.59a(g), 60.59b(g)

Report excess emissions 60.59a(f), 60.59b(h)

Report on continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) 

demonstration and test data

60.8(a), 60.59b(f)

Report of emission levels during annual test (if necessary) 60.59b(d)

Semiannual report and explanation for excess emissions (if 

necessary)

60.59b(d)

Semiannual carbon report for mercury control (if necessary) 60.59b(d)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping 

Initial performance tests and annual performance tests 60.59b(d)

Records of periodic testing for fugitive ash emissions 60.59b(d)

Startup, shutdown, malfunction periods where the continuous 

monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Occurrence, duration of interruption in operation 60.7(b)

Records of sources with continuous monitoring systems 60.59a(i)

Results of daily CEMs drift tests and Appendix F accuracy

assessment

60.59b(d)
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Recordkeeping 

Amounts of sorbent used for mercury (Hg) control 60.59b(d)

Persons reviewing operating material 60.59a(j), 60.59b(d)

Records are required to be retained for two years (subpart Ea) 60.59a(b)

Records are required to be retained for five years (subpart Eb) 60.59b(d-e)

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods 19 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.

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

maintaining 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.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Perform site selection analysis.

Hold public meeting on site analysis and material separation plan.

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents use monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter 

data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation 

has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.

Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting 

systems to transmit data electronically. However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely 

used. At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic 

reporting.

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

Management

5(a) Agency Activities
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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, 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 might inspect the source to 

determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operational. Performance 

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

emission standard, and note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. Data 

and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and 

enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on 

source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

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

by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is an EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and 

retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned 

facilities. EPA uses OTIS 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 or operator for two 

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

The 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 
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below in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden for NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (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 20,421 (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 NSPS 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 $118.92 ($56.63 + 110%) 

Technical $97.78 ($46.56 + 110%)

Clerical $48.76 ($23.22 + 110%)

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

2010, “Table 10. Private industry, 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. 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 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.
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(iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

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

(A)

Continuous 

Monitoring 

Device

(B)

Capital/Startup 

Cost for One 

Respondent

(C)

Number of 

New

Respondents 

(D)

Total 

Capital/Startup 

Cost,

(B X C)

(E)

Annual 

O&M Costs 

for One 

Respondent

(F)

Number of 

Respondents 

with O&M

(G)

Total 

O&M,

(E X F)

CEMs for 

subpart Ea $60,000 0 $0 $8,972 7 $62,804

CEMs for 

subpart Eb $60,000 1 $60,000 $8.972 4 $35,888

Total $60,000 $98,692

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $60,000. This is the total of column D in the 

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs which consist of photocopying and 

postage are $98,692. 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 $158,692.

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 

$36,556.

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

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%) 

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

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

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2011 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 in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden, NSPS for Municipal Waste 

Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal).

6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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Based on our research for this ICR, approximately 198 respondents are currently subject to 

the standard. It is estimated that an additional one source per year under subpart Eb will become 

subject to the standard in the next three years. The average number of respondents per year is, 

therefore: 1) subpart Ea - 7 existing, and zero new; and 2) subpart Eb - 4 existing, and one new. 

The average number of existing respondents per year is 11, with one new for a total of 12 sources. 

This is illustrated below.

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-Ea 0 7 0 0 7

2-Ea 0 7 0 0 7

3-Ea 0 7 0 0 7

1-Eb 21 4 0 1 4

2-Eb 1 5 0 1 5

3-Eb 1 6 0 1 6

Average 1 12 0 1 12

1 The new respondent includes sources with constructed, reconstructed, and modified affected facilities.

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The average number of existing respondents for subpart Eb is four. 

To avoid double-counting respondents, column D is subtracted. As shown above, the 

average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 12.

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 construction/reconstruction for 

Ea

0 0 N/A 0

Notification of actual startup for Ea 0 0 N/A 0

Notification of initial performance test for Ea 0 0 N/A 0

Notification of CMS demonstration for Ea 0 0 N/A 0
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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

Notification of construction/reconstruction for 

Eb

1 1 N/A 1

Notification of initial performance test for Eb 1 1 N/A 1

Compliance reports for Ea 7 1 N/A 7

Opacity reports for Ea (no excess emission) 5.6 1 N/A 5.6

Opacity reports for Ea (excess emission) 1.4 1 N/A 1.4

Report of daily weight of municipal solid waste 

(MSW) and fuel for Ea

7 4 N/A 28

Appendix F reports for Ea 7 4 N/A 28

Initial compliance reports for Eb 1 1 N/A 1

Annual compliance reports for Eb 4 1 N/A 4

Semiannual excess emission reports Eb 4 2 N/A 8

Appendix F quarterly reports for Eb 4 4 N/A 16

Initial report on site selection analysis for Eb 1 1 N/A 1

Public meetings and comment responses for Eb 1 1 N/A 1

Total 103

The number of Total Annual Responses is 103.

The total annual labor costs are $1,757,811. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost - NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 

CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours 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 costs are $1,757,811. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors

(40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 198 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs to the 
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regulated entity are $159,000 (rounded).

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 785 

labor hours at a cost of $36,556. See Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost: NSPS for 

Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in the labor hours or cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 

This is due to two considerations: 1) the regulations have not changed over the past three years and 

are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 2) the growth rate for the industry is 

very low, negative, or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. There 

is, however, an increase in the estimated burden cost as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 

of approved Burdens. The increase is not due to any program changes. The change in burden cost 

is due to the use of the most updated labor rates. 

Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant 

industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and 

there is no change in burden to industry.

6(g) Burden Statement

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

estimated to average 198 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-2011-0210. 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 content of the docket, 

and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the 
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system, select “search” than 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 Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20503, Attention: Desk 

Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0210 and 

OMB Control Number 2060-0210 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

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

information.
Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 60, subparts Ea and Eb)

Burden item

(A)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Occurrence

(B)

Number of

Occurrences

Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Number of

Respondents

Per Year a

(E)

Technical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E=CxD)b

(F)

Management

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.05)

b

(G)

Clerical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.1)b

(H)

Total

Labor Costs

Per Year b

(I)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hours Per

Occurrence

(J)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(J= IxB)

(K)

Contractor

PersonHour

Per Year

(K= JxD)

(L)

Total

Contractor

Cost

Per Year

(L=Kx$80) c

1. Applications N/A 

2. Survey and Studies N/A 

3. Reporting requirements 

 A. Read instructions 1 1 1 2 2 0.1 0.2 $217.20 1 1 2 $160.00

 B. Required activities

 Initial performance test 

 for Eb d, e 24 1 24 1 24 1.2 2.4 $2,576.44 1,053 1,053 1,053 $84,240.00

 Repeat performance

 test for Eb f, e 

24 1 24 0.2 4.8 0.24 0.48 $521.76 1,053 1,053 210.6 $16,848.00

 Demonstration/CEMS for Eb 24 1 24 1 24 1.2 2.4 $2,606.44 470 470 470 $37,600.00

 Repeat CEM

 demonstration Eb g 24 1 24 0.2 4.8 0.24 0.48 $521.76 470 470 94 $7,520.00

 Annual compliance test

 for Ea h, i 24 1 24 7 168 8.4 16.8 $18,245.14 826 826 5,782 $462,560.00

 Annual compliance test

 for Eb j, e 24 1 24 4 96 4.8 9.6 $10,425.80 1,053 1,053 4,212 $336,960.00

 Appendix F audit for Ea

 (in-situ) 125 8 1,000 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 Appendix F audit for Ea

 (extractive) 36 8 288 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 C. Create Information See 3B

 D. Gather information See 3B

 E. Write report 

 Notification of construction/

 reconstruction for Ea 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of actual 

 startup – Ea 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial

 performance test - Ea 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of CMS

 demonstration for Ea 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of construction/

 reconstruction for Eb 2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $217.20 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial

 performance test – Eb 2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $217.20 0 0 0 $0
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Burden item

(A)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Occurrence

(B)

Number of

Occurrences

Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Number of

Respondents

Per Year a

(E)

Technical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E=CxD)b

(F)

Management

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.05)

b

(G)

Clerical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.1)b

(H)

Total

Labor Costs

Per Year b

(I)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hours Per

Occurrence

(J)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(J= IxB)

(K)

Contractor

PersonHour

Per Year

(K= JxD)

(L)

Total

Contractor

Cost

Per Year

(L=Kx$80) c

 Annual compliance

 reports for Ea 16 1 16 7 112 5.6 11.2 $12,163.42 0 0 0 $0

 Annual opacity report of 

 no excess emission for Ea k 8 1 8 5.6 44.8 2.24 4.48 $4,865.36 0 0 0 $0

 Annual opacity report for

 excess emission for Ea l 16 1 16 1.4 22.4 1.12 2.24 $2,432.68 0 0 0 $0

 Report of daily weight of

 MSW and fuel for Ea 34 4 136 7 952 47.6 95.2 $103,389.10 0 0 0 $0

 Appendix F reports for Ea 11 4 44 7 308 15.4 30.8 $33,449.42 0 0 0 $0

 Initial compliance report

 for Eb 40 1 40 4 160 8 16 $17,376.32 0 0 0 $0

 Annual compliance report

 for Eb 40 1 40 4 160 8 16 $17,376.32 0 0 0 $0

 Semiannual excess 

 emission report Eb m 17 2 34 4 136 6.8 13.6 $ 14,769.88 0 0 0 $0

 Appendix F reports for Eb n11 4 44 4 176 8.8 17.6 $19,113.96 0 0 0 $0

 Initial site selection

 analysis/report for Eb 270 1 270 4 1,080 54 108 $117,290.16 0 0 0 $0

 Public meeting and

 comment response for Eb 140 1 140 4 560 28 56 $60,817.12 0 0 0 $0

Subtotal for reporting 4,644.62 11,823.6

4. Recordkeeping requirements

A. Read instructions See 3A

 B. Plan activities See 4E 

 C. Implement activities See 4E 

D. Develop record system See 4E 

E. Time to enter information

Records of SSM for Ea o1.5 104 156 7 1,092 54.6 109.2 $118,593.38 0 0 0 $0

Record emission

measurements Ea o 1.5 104 156 7 1,092 54.6 109.2 $118,593.38 0 0 0 $0

Record of employee 

review of operation for Ea p 4 2 8 7 56 2.8 5.6 $6,081.72 0 0 0 $0

Record of emission rates,

and computation tests for Eb q 1.5 94 141 4 564 28.2 56.4 $61,251.52 0 0 0 $0

Record of SSM for Eb q1.5 94 141 4 564 28.2 56.4 $61,251.52 0 0 0 $0
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Burden item

(A)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Occurrence

(B)

Number of

Occurrences

Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C)

Technical

PersonHour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Number of

Respondents

Per Year a

(E)

Technical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E=CxD)b

(F)

Management

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.05)

b

(G)

Clerical

PersonHour

Per Year

(E x 0.1)b

(H)

Total

Labor Costs

Per Year b

(I)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hours Per

Occurrence

(J)

Emission

Testing

Contractor

Hour Per

Respondent

Per Year

(J= IxB)

(K)

Contractor

PersonHour

Per Year

(K= JxD)

(L)

Total

Contractor

Cost

Per Year

(L=Kx$80) c

Record of employee

review of operation for Eb r 4 2 8 4 32 1.6 3.2 $3,475.26 0 0 0 $0

Record amount of sorbent

for Hg control for Eb 0.1 94 9.4 4 37.6 1.88 3.76 $4,083.44 0 0 0 $0

 F. Train personnel See 4E

 G. Audits See 4E

Subtotal for recordkeeping 3,953.24

Subtotal 7,476.4 373.82 747.64 $811,922.90 11,823.6 $945,888.00

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

Labor Hours (E+F+G) 8,597.86 Labor Cost $811,922.90

Contractor Labor Hours 11,823.6 Contractor Labor Cost $945,888.00

Total Hours 20,421.46 Total Cost $1,757,810.90

Total Hours (rounded) 20,421 Labor Cost $811,922.90

Assumptions:

a

 We have estimated that an average of 12 sources are subject to subparts Ea and Eb. Seven of these sources are currently subject to subpart Ea, with no additional sources

becoming subject to the regulation in the next three years. The remaining five sources are subject to subpart Eb (4 existing and 1 new). We have assumed that one additional

source per year will become subject to the standard over the next three years. It is further assumed that there is an average of two affected facilities per plant per respondent.

 b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $118.92 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $97.78 per hour for Technical labor, and $48.76 per hour

 for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December, 2010, Table 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational

 and Industry groups. 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 We have estimated that the contractors’ rate would be $80.00 per hour.

d

 We have assumed that one respondent will take 24 hours to perform initial performance test.

e We have assume that it will take an emission testing contractor 1,053 hours to perform both initial performance test and repeat performance test for subpart Eb.

f We have assumed that 20 percent of the respondents will repeat performance test for Eb.

g We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will repeat CEM demonstration activity for Eb.

h

 We have assumed that all of the seven respondents for subpart Ea will have to complete an annual compliance test.

i We have assumed that it will take an emission testing contractor 826 hours to complete an annual compliance test for Eb.

j

 We have assume that four respondents for subpart Eb will have to complete an annual compliance test.

k We have assumed that 80 percent of respondents will file an opacity report of no excess emission for Ea.

l We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will file an opacity report of excess emission for Ea.

m We have assumed that four of the respondents will be required to write semiannual excess emission report for Eb two times per year.

n

 We have assumed that four of the respondents will write the appendix F reports four times per year.

o

 We have assumed that all seven respondents for subpart Ea will each take 104 hours to complete task.

p

 We have assumed that all respondents for subpart Ea will each take 4 hours two times per year to record employee review of operations.
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q We have assumed that each of the four respondents will take 1.5 hours 94 times per year to enter information.

r

 We have assumed that each of the four respondents for subpart Eb will take four hours two times per year to enter employee review of operation information.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden – NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 60, subparts Ea and Eb)

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 

person-hours 

per year 

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Cost ($) b

Initial performance tests for Ea 180 1 180 0 0 0 0 $0

Review report of initial performance test for Ea 24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0

Repeat performance test for Ea 12 1 12 0 0 0 0 $0

Repeat performance test for Eb c

12 1 12 0.2 2.4 0.12 0.24 $124.37

Report review for Ea

 Notification of construction 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of initial test 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of CMS demonstration 12 1 12 0 0 0 0 $0

Review of CEMS demonstration for Ea 96 1 96 0 0 0 0 $0

Report review for Eb d

 Notification of construction 2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $103.65

 Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $103.65

 Notification of initial performance test 8 1 8 1 8 0.4 0.8 $414.60

 Notification of CEMS demonstration 5 1 5 1 5 0.25 0.5 $256.62

Review CEMS demonstration for Eb 40 1 40 1 40 2 4 $2,072.98

Review excess emission reports for Ea

 No excess emission report e

8 1 8 5.6 44.8 2.24 4.48 $2,321.73

 Excess emission report f

2 1 2 1.4 2.8 0.14 0.28 $1,309.60

Review semiannual excess emission reports for Eb g

12 2 24 4 96 4.8 9.6 $4,973.16

Review quarterly appendix F reports for Ea h

0.5 4 2 7 14 0.7 1.4 $725.54

Review quarterly compliance report for Ea h

8 4 32 7 224 11.2 22.4 $11,608.68

Review annual compliance reports for Eb i

5 1 5 4 20 1 2 $1,036.49

Review annual compliance tests for Ea j

18 1 18 7 126 6.3 12.6 $6,529.89

Review siting requirements study for Eb k

24 1 24 4 96 4.8 9.6 $4,975.16

Subtotal 683 34.15 68.3 $36,556.12

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST

(rounded)

785.45

785 (rounded) $36,556
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Assumptions:

a.

 We have estimated that an average of 12 sources are subject to subparts Ea and Eb. Seven of these sources are currently subject to subpart Ea, with no additional sources

becoming subject to the regulation in the next three years. The remaining five sources are subject to subpart Eb (4 existing and 1 new). We have assumed that one additional

source per year will become subject to the standard over the next three years. It is further assumed that there is an average of two affected facilities per plant per respondent.

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) 2011 General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay

c

It is estimated that respondents will take 12 hours once per year to perform retest preparations and observance for subpart Eb.

d We have assumed that only one respondent will be required to perform report review for Eb.

e.

It is estimated that 80 percent of respondents will review reports for no excess emission for subpart Ea.

f

It is assumed that 20 percent of respondents will review reports for excess emission for subpart Ea.

g.

 We have assumed that all four respondents that are subject to subpart EB will review semiannual excess emission reports.

h.

 We have assumed that all seven respondents that are currently subject to subpart Ea will have to review quarterly reports.

i

 We have assumed that all four respondents that are subject to subpart Eb will have to review annual compliance reports.

j We have assumed that it will take 18 hours to review the annual compliance test for Ea.

k

 All of the four respondents that are subject to subpart Eb will have to review the siting requirement’s study.