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 1069.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0029

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the regulations published at 40 CFR 

part 60, subparts N and Na 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 commencing construction, modification, or reconstruction after 

the date of a 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 Performance 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, hot metal transfer station or skimming station for which 

construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after January 20, 1983. These 

amendments were promulgated on January 2, 1986. This information is being collected to assure 

compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts N and Na.

The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined in these rules are 

similar to those required for other NSPS regulations. Consistent with the NSPS General 

Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), respondents would submit initial notifications, conduct 

performance tests and report test results for the primary emission control devices, and submit 

periodic reports. Sources also must develop and implement a startup, shutdown, and malfunction 

plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual reports of any event where the procedures in the plan were 

not followed. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all sources 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 authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Approximately 18 sources are currently subject to the regulation, and it is estimated that no 

additional respondents per year will become subject to the regulation in the next three years. This 
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information was confirmed with the rule lead addressing this source category at the Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS).

There are approximately 18 primary and secondary emissions from basic oxygen furnaces

in the United States, which are owned and operated by the primary and secondary emissions from 

basic oxygen furnaces industry (the “Affected Public”). None of the facilities in the United States 

are owned by state, local, tribal or the Federal government; all are privately, owned for-profit 

businesses. The burden to the “Affected Public” is listed in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and 

Cost – NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subparts N and Na) (Renewal). The Federal government burden associated with the review of 

reports submitted by the respondent is shown in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden – NSPS for 

Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and 

Na) (Renewal).

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:

This collection of information is approved for 3 years. Before 

resubmission of this ICR, the Agency should update wage estimates, 

continuing to refer to most recently available data from Bureau of 

Labor Statistics. In addition, the agency should verify the number 

of respondent entities.

EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC. The updated labor rates and the 

number of respondents have been thoroughly checked, and all estimates have been 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 
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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, particulate matter emissions from primary and secondary 

emissions from basic oxygen process furnaces 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 N and Na.

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. In addition, 

the collected information is 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 standards are being 

met. The performance test may also be observed.

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

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

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

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

and Na.

3(a) Non-duplication
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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 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, in compliance with the recordkeeping and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

ICR, we contacted the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) at (202) 945-4777, and the Steel 

Manufacturers Association (SMA) at (202) 296-1515.

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 

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.
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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 the 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 the five 

years. In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the destruction or

nonexistence of essential records.

3(f) Confidentiality

Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will 

be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B -

Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; 

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

March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive 

questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are basic oxygen process 

furnace shops at iron and steel plants with furnaces, skimming stations and/or hot metal transfer 

stations. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code could be found in the 

following table:

Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N, and Na) NAICS Codes

Iron and Steel Mills 331111

Steel Wire Drawing 331222

Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing 331221

Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel 33121

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
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In this ICR, all the data that is recorded or reported is required by NSPS for Primary and 

Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subparts N and Na) 

(Renewal).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification of construction/reconstruction 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

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

Notification of monitoring system performance commencement 60.7(a)(5) 

Performance test results 60.8(a)

Notification of performance test 60.8(d)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system 60.7(a)(5)

Semiannual compliance reports of all measurements over any 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 system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Emission test results, continuous monitoring system data, performance 

test results and other data needed to determine compliance with mass and 

visible emission limits

60.7(f), 60.145a

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 system

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 supply pressure to the venture scrubber control 

equipment continuously

60.143(a)(2)

Records are required to be retained for 2 years 60.7(f)
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Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

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

automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at 

a plant site.

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

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

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

reporting.

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system for pressure loss 

through the constriction of the venture scrubber and the water supply pressure to the venture 

scrubber.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 5 test, for determination of particulate 

matter concentration, Method 9 determination of opacity, Method 2 for determination of the 

various rates of exhaust ventilation, and repeat performance tests.

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.

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.

Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides parameter data in an 

automated way (e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system). Although personnel at the source 

still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the 

burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping.

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

Management

5(a) Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, 
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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 could 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 to 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 the 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 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 

in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden for NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic 

Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (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. 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 6,263 (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 $119.36 ($56.84 + 110%) 

Technical $99.18 ($47.23 + 110%)

Clerical $49.35 ($23.50 + 110%)

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

2011, "Table 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry group." The rates are from 

column 1, "Total Compensation." The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the 

benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

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

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

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

associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are 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 Maintenance (O&M) Costs
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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 ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the above 

table.

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR 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 years of the ICR is estimated to be $29,700.

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 

$9,328.

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 Primary and Secondary Emissions 

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

6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 18

existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that no additional respondent 

per year will become subject to the standard. 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 

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 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.

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 18.

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 or modification 0 1 0 0

Notification of performance test 0 1 0 0

Report results of performance test 0 1 0 0

Semiannual report 18 2 0 36

Total 36

The number of Total Annual Responses is 36.

The total annual labor costs are $599,483. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

in Table 1: Annual Industry 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 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, respectively, and summarized 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 Oxygen 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 operation and maintenance (O&M) costs to the 

regulated entity are $29,700.

(ii) The Agency Tally

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

207 labor hours at a cost of $9,328. See Table 2: Annual Agency 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

The adjustment increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to a more 

accurate estimate of existing sources. Consulations with OAQPS and trade associations revealed 

that there are approximately eighteen sources subject to the rule, as compared with the active ICR 

that shows five sources. There are no new facilities expected to be constructed over the next three 

years of this ICR. There is also 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.

Because there are no new sources with reporting requirements, no capital/startup costs are 

incurred. The only cost that is incurred is for the O&M of the monitoring equipment.

6(g) Burden Statement

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 by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 
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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’s 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-2011-0219. 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 

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-2011-0219 and 

OMB Control Number 2060-0029 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 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 

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 c1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required activities

 Performance tests d194 1 194 0 0 0 0 $0

 Repeat of performance test e194 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 modification 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 f10 2 20 18 360 18 36 $39,629.88

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 414

4. Recordkeeping requirements

 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 g0.25 365 91.25 18 1,642.5 82.125 164.25 $180,811.33

- Across the venture scrubber (i.e., pressure

 drop and water supply pressure) h

0.25 365 91.25 15 1,368.75 68.43 136.87 $150,674.21

 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

0.25 365 91.25 18 1,642.5 82.125 164.25 $180.811.33
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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

 the BOPF i

 Recalibrate and check monitoring devices j8 1 8 18 144 7.2 14.4 $15,851.95

 F. Time to train personnel 

- Certification of opacity observer k8 2 16 18 288 14.4 28.8 $31,703.90

 G. Time for audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 5,848.6

Subtotals: Labor Burden and costs 5,445.75 272.28 544.57 $599,483.34

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

6,262.6

6,263

 (rounded) 

$599,483

Assumptions:

 a We have assumed that there are approximately 18 respondents (i.e., BOPF shops) that are subject to the regulation, with no additional new or reconstructed 

sources becoming subject to the rule over the next three years.

 b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $119.36 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $99.18 per hour for Technical labor, and $49.35 

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011, 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 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 emission.

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 records of CMS operating parameters across 

the venture scrubber. Fifteen of the existing respondents will use venture scrubbers as primary emission control systems.

i 

 We have assumed that it will take each respondent 0.25 hours, 365 days per year, to record 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.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subparts N and Na) (Renewal)

Activity

(A)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrence

s 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

New facility

 Notification of performance test c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Report of performance test results d8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of reconstruction/modification e2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Review reports: Existing and new sources 

 Semiannual reports of excess emissions and

 monitoring systems performance f

5 2 10 18 180 9 18 $9,328.41

Subtotals Labor Burden and cost 180 9 18 $9,328.41

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

207 $9,328

Assumptions:

 a

 We have assumed that there are approximately 18 respondents (i.e., BOPF shops) that are subject to the regulation, with no additional 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 overhead expenses: $62.27 for Managerial 

(GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 1.6). These rates are from the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) A2011 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 twice 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 performance test.