SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) 

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 2163.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0563. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Other Solid Waste Incineration

(OSWI) Units (40 CFR Part 60 Subpart EEEE) were proposed on December 9, 2004, 

promulgated on December 16, 2005, and revised on November 24, 2006. These regulations 

apply to very small municipal waste combustion units and institutional waste incineration units. 

A new incineration unit subject to this subpart should meet either of the two criteria: 1) 

commenced construction after December 9, 2004; or 2) commenced reconstruction or 

modification on or after June 16, 2006. A very small municipal waste combustion unit is any

municipal waste combustion unit that has the capacity to combust less than 35 tons per day of 

municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel. An institutional waste incineration unit is any

combustion unit that combusts institutional waste and is a distinct operating unit of the 

institutional facility that generated the waste. Institutional waste is solid waste that is combusted 

at any institutional facility using controlled flame combustion in an enclosed, distinct operating 

unit: whose design does not provide for energy recovery; operated without energy recovery; or 

operated with only waste heat recovery. Institutional waste also means solid waste combusted 

on site in an air curtain incinerator that is a distinct operating unit of any institutional facility.

This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE.

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

periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 

operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.

Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these 

measurements, and retain the file for at least five 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.

Currently there are no OSWI units that subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that 

no additional respondents per year will become subject to the regulation over the next three 
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years. The economical cost of complying with the proposed NSPS makes it more likely that 

sources will select an alternative method of waste disposal.

Based on the information gathered including the results of our consultations, we have 

concluded that, to date, no new OSWI units are being constructed, even in the absence of 

regulations, because other waste disposal alternatives, such as landfills, are more economical. 

Therefore, the number of respondents remains at zero. 

The active ICR had the following Terms of Clearance (TOC):

When this ICR is renewed, EPA should review the respondent burden, 

universe, response number, labor rates, and capital costs and ensure these 

estimates have been updated. In particular, EPA should reevaluate the 

universe in light of the definition of non-hazardous waste regulation.

EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC by consulting our internal experts 

and industry trade associations. We believe the respondent universe remains to be zero. 

All of the OSWI units in the United States are owned and operated by the solid waste 

incineration industry (the “Affected Public”), which is privately- owned, for-profit businesses. 

None of the facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, tribal or the Federal 

government. The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found in Table 1: Annual Respondent 

Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

EEEE) (Renewal). The burden to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work 

performed by federal employees or government contractors and can be found in Table 2: 

Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Renewal). 

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
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four years.

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, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, 

nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, mercury, and dioxin/furans emissions from 

OSWI units cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS was promulgated for this source category at 40 

CFR Part 63, Subpart EEEE.

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 

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

The performance test may also be observed.

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

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

determinations.
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3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart

EEEE.

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. Two comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register and is addressed in section 3(c) below.

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.

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 National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA) at (202) 

364-3773, and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) at (240) 494-2253. The 

EPA did not receive any comments from the consultations.

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. EPA 

received two comments in response in the first Federal Register notice, but the comments do not 

contain any substantive recommendations specific to this NSPS and did not result in changes to 

this ICR. 

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that 
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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).

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 OSWI units. The 

United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the corresponding North 

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for the respondents affected by the 

standards are listed below.
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Standard (40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart FFFF) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators 4953 562213

Administration of Air and Waste Resource and 

Solid Waste Management Programs None 92411

Elementary and Secondary Schools None 6111

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities None 623

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities None 922

National Security and International Affairs None 928

Junior Colleges None 6112

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools None 6113

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar 

Institutions None 7121

Religious Organizations None 8131

Civic and Social Organizations None 8134

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Notification to commence construction 60.2952 (a)-(e)

Notification of initial startup 60.2953

Notification of qualified operator deviation 60.2959(a)(1)

Notification of resumed operation 60.2959(b)

Reports

Pre-construction report 60.2952

Initial test report 60.2954

Annual report 60.2955, 60.2956

Qualified operation deviation status report 60.2959(a)(2)

Semiannual report of deviation 60.2957, 60.2958
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Reports

Waste management plan 60.2900

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

The OSWI unit charge dates, times, weights, and hourly charge rates. 60.2949(b)(1)

Liquor flow rate to the wet scrubber inlet, pressure drop across the wet 

scrubber system or amperage to the wet scrubber, and liquor pH as 

introduced to the wet scrubber every 15 minutes of operation, as 

applicable.

60.2949(b)(2) – (4)

Data collected for all operating parameters used to determine 

compliance with the operating limits. 60.2949(b)(5)

Average concentrations of carbon monoxide emissions and 

continuously monitored operating parameters.

60.2949(b)(6) – (7)

Records of the dates, times, and durations of any bypass of the control 

device. 60.2949(b)(8)

Dates, times, durations and descriptions of malfunctions or when 

monitoring systems were inoperative, inactive, or out of control. A 

description of corrective actions taken.

60.2949(c), (d)

Dates, times and descriptions of monitoring data deviations from 

emissions or operating limits, and description of corrective actions 

taken.

60.2949(e)

Maintain records of all initial, annual and occasional performance test 

reports. 60.2949(i)

Records of operator training and qualifications. 60.2949(k), (l), (m)

Procedures for receiving, handling, and charging waste; incinerator 

startup, shutdown; maintaining proper combustion air supply levels; 

operating the incinerator and control systems; monitoring, reporting 

and recordkeeping; and ash handling.

60.2910(a)

Maintain waste management plan records 60.2901

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

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) for 

carbon monoxide and oxygen.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1, 3A, 3B, and 26A tests, 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.
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Agency Activities

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions 

reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

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. 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 are no small entities affected by this regulation. 

5(d) Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is 

shown in below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste 

Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)(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 
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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.

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 zero (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 $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 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)

Continuous 

emission 

monitoring 

system 

$44,445 0 $0 $5,000 0 $0

$0 $0

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are zero. This is the total of column D in the 

above table. 

The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are zero. 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 zero because there are no 

respondents subject to this standard. These are recordkeeping costs.

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 zero. 

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 – NSPS for Other Solid 

Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)(Renewal).

6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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Based on our research for this ICR, no respondent will be subject to this standard in the 

next three years. It is estimated that no additional respondents per year will become subject. 

The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is zero 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 reports

(D)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1

0 0 0 0 0

2

0 0 0 0 0

3

0 0 0 0 0

Average 0 0 0 0 0

1

New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. 

Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the 

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

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

construction 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of deviation 0 1 0 0

Initial test report 0 0 0 0

Waste management plan 0 1 0 0

Annual compliance reports 0 0 0 0

Semiannual deviation reports 0 0 0 0

Total 0

The number of Total Annual Responses is zero.

The total annual labor costs are zero. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste 

Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)(Renewal).

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the 

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

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are zero. Details regarding these estimates may be found in 

Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units 

(40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)(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 zero hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are zero. The cost 

calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance 

(O&M) Costs.
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(ii) The Agency Tally

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

labor hours at a cost of $0. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for 

Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE)(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.

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. 

At present, there are no OSWI units subject to the regulations, and no new units are expected to 

be constructed or operated over the next three years. It is assumed that potential respondents 

would use alternative methods of waste disposal that are more economical, e.g. landfills, rather 

than replacing existing OSWI units. As a result, no respondent or agency burdens or costs have 

been estimated, and no annual burden is expected. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average zero 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-2014-0094. 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 
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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 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-2014-0094 and OMB Control Number 2060-0563 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 – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

EEEE)(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 c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

 B. Required activities

1) Initial performance test and 

reports

a) Initial performance tests and 

test reports (PM, 

dioxins/furans, opacity, 

fugitives, HCl, Cd, Pb, Hg) c

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0 

b) Repeat of initial performance 

tests 

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0 

2) CEMS demonstration (CO, 02)

a) Repeat of initial 

demonstration 

229 1 229 0 0 0 0 $0 

3) Annual performance tests and 

test reports (PM, 

dioxins/furans, opacity, 

fugitives, HCl, Cd, Pb, Hg)

24 1 24 0 0 0 0 $0 

4) Daily calibration and operation

d

1 250 250 0 0 0 0 $0 

 C. Create information See 3B

 D. Gather existing information See 3E

 E. Write Report

1) Preconstruction report 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

2) Startup notification 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

3) Initial test report c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 
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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

4) Annual compliance reports 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

5) Semiannual deviation reports 24 2 48 0 0 0 0 $0 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 0 $0

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. Record information

1) Records of SSM e1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0 

2) Records of emission rate 

computations, all emission 

exceedances and periods when 

there is no data e

1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0 

3) Records of employee review of 

operations manual 

4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0 

4) Record of control devices 

operating parameters e

1.5 52 78 0 0 0 0 $0 

F. Perform Audits N/A

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 0 $0

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 0 $0

Capital and O&M Cost $0

GRAND TOTAL (Labor Cost + Capital/O&M) $0

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are no OSWI units that are currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that no new units are expected to be constructed 

or in operation over the next three years.
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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

 We have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d

 We have assumed that each respondent will take 1 hour 250 times per year to record daily calibration and operation.

e We have assumed that each respondent will record information 52 times per year.

Note: Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 

EEEE)(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

1. Applications N/A

2. Read and understand rule requirements 16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0 

3. Required activities

 A. Create information N/A

 B. Gather information See 3A & 

3F

 C. Report reviews

 1) Notification of final compliance c1.5 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

2) Review initial compliance test 

report c

40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

 3) Review annual compliance report 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

4) Review semiannual deviation 

reports

16 2 32 0 0 0 0 $0 

 5) Review waste management plan c16 1 16 0 0 0 0 $0 

 D. Annual summary report d4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 0 $0

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are no OSWI units that are currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that no new units are expected to be constructed 

or in operation 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%), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) 

and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2014 General Schedule”, which excludes 

locality rates of pay. These rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees. 

c

 We have assumed that this is a one-time only cost.

d

 We have assumed that all affected facilities will be required to prepare an annual summary plan.