SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart IIII) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart IIII) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2196.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0590. 

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Stationary Compression Ignition 

Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) were proposed on July 11, 2005, 

promulgated on July 11, 2006, and amended on June 28, 2011 and January 30, 2013. The 2013 

amendment provides a rule clarification for stationary CI engines less than 30 liters per cylinder 

that use diesel fuel to help maintain consistency with the National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE NESHAP). This 

amendment does not impact the requirements of this information collection request.

These regulations apply to manufacturers, owners and operators of new stationary 

compression ignition (CI) internal combustion engines (ICE). New sources include those that 

commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. For the 

purposes of this subpart, the date that construction commences is the date the engine is ordered 

by the owner or operator. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 

Part 60, Subpart IIII.

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 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.

All of the CI ICE units in the United States are owned and operated by the CI ICE 

industry (the “Affected Public”). These facilities in the United States are owned by either 

industry, state, local, tribal government. The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found in 

Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition 
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Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (Renewal). The burden to the 

“Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or 

government contractors and may be found in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost –

NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, 

Subpart IIII) (Renewal). 

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

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

owner/operator of the plant site).

Over the next three years, approximately 206,530 respondents per year will be subject to 

the standard, and 40 additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard.

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

without any “Terms of Clearance”.

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 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/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 
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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, hazardous air pollutant emissions from CI ICE engines 

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,

Subpart IIII.

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, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard is being met. The 

performance test may also be observed.

The required annual 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, Subpart

IIII.

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.
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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 (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register. 

3(c) Consultations

The Agency has consulted industry experts and internal data sources to project the 

number of affected facilities and industry growth over the next three years. The primary source 

of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting 

provisions in the standard, is the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is 

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

and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations 

with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

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

comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed and the standard 

has been previously reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance 

purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Engine Manufacturers Association 

(EMA), at (312) 929-1970; and 2) Cummins Incorporated, at (800) 343-7357.

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. In this 

case, no comments were received. 

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 
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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 stationary 

compression ignition internal combustion engines. The United States Standard Industrial 

Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by the standard and the corresponding 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below for stationary 

source compression ignition internal combustion engines.

Standard (40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart IIII) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, or 

Distribution 4911, 4931, 4939 2211

Medical and Surgical Hospitals 8062, 8069 622110

Motor and Generator Manufacturing 3621, 7694 335312

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing 3561, 3743 33391

Welding and Soldering Equipment 

Manufacturing 3548, 3699 333992

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Initial notification requirements for owners/operators of non- 60.7(a)(1), 
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Notifications

emergency stationary CI ICE greater than 3,000 HP, or have a 

displacement of greater than 10 liters per cylinder; or are pre-2007 

model year engines that are greater than 175 HP and not certified.

60.4214(a)(1)

Reports

Annual report for owners/operators of emergency stationary CI ICE with 

a maximum engine power more than 100 HP that operates or is 

contractually obligated to be available for more than 15 hours per 

calendar year.

60.4214(d)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of notifications and maintenance conducted on the 

engine for owners/operators of non-emergency stationary CI ICE 

greater than 3,000 HP, or have a displacement of greater than 10 liters 

per cylinder; or are pre-2007 model year engines that are greater than 

175 HP and not certified.

60.4214(a)(2)

Maintain records of the hours of operation spent for emergency 

stationary CI ICE and the reason the engine was in operation during 

that time.

60.4214(b)

Maintain records of any corrective action taken after the backpressure 

monitor has notified the owner operator that the high backpressure 

limit of the engine is approached for stationary CI ICE equipped with 

diesel particulate filter (DPF).

60.4214(c)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

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

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

a plant site.

(ii) Respondent Activities
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Respondent Activities

Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Methods, 1, 1A, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 7E 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.

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 the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) 

and ICIS. 

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management
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Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to 

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

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

emission standard, and 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 annual 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 two

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A 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 below Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary 

Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (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. 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 
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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 408,000 (Total Labor Hours from Table 1). These 

hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the 

regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the 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 monitors 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)

Certification/

Durability Testing

$0 0 $0 $28.40 5,880 $167,000

Selective 

Enforcement Audits $0 0 $0 $375.50 1 $375.50

TOTAL $0 $167,000

 Note: Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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 $167,000. 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 $167,000. 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 

$18,300. 

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 Stationary 
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Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (Renewal).

6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 

206,490 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that an additional 40

respondents per year will become subject. The overall average number of respondents, as shown 

in the table below, is 206,530 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 40 235 206,215 0 206,490

2 40 235 206,255 0 206,530

3 40 235 206,295 0 206,570

Average 40 235 206,255 0 206,530

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 206,530. 

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

Certification for stationary use 35 1 0 35

Certification for 

stationary/non-road use 200 1 0 200

Notification for nonemergency stationary CI ICE 

>3,000 hp, prime

32 1 0 32

Notification for nonemergency stationary CI ICE 

with a displacement >10 l/cyl, 

prime

8 1 0 8

Annual report for emergency 

stationary CI ICE >100 hp that 

operates >15 hours/yr

10,327 1 0 10,327

Total 10,602

The number of Total Annual Responses is 10,602.

The total annual labor costs are $41,000,000. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary 

Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (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 408,000. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition 

Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (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 
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information is estimated to average 38 hour per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $167,000. The 

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

(O&M) Costs.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 403

labor hours at a cost of $18,300. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS 

for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) 

(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 an increase in the respondent burden hours from the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. The increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is primarily due to

accounting for burden items that became applicable as sources came into full compliance with 

the rule. In this ICR period, owners/operators of emergency stationary CI ICE must begin 

submitting annual reports. The first annual report must cover the calendar year 2015 and must be 

submitted no later than March 31, 2016. In addition, this ICR includes the burden for 

owners/operators of stationary CI ICE equipped with diesel particulate filter to maintain records 

of any corrective action taken after the high backpressure limit of the engine is approached, 

which became applicable in 2011.

There is a decrease in the estimated number of responses and the O&M cost due to 

corrections to the Agency’s estimates. The decrease is not due to any program changes. The 

previous ICR incorrectly included responses for non-emergency operations, and had an 

inconsistency in calculating the O&M cost for selective enforcement audit. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 38 hour 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 
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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-2011-0264. An electronic version of the public docket is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov/ which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 

contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 

electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified 

in this document. The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 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-2011-0264 and OMB Control Number 2060-0590 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 Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

Respondents 

per year a

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

Managemen

t person 

hours per 

year

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

Total Cost 

Per year b

1. Applications N/A

A. Certification for stationary use

 - Certification application c 44 1 44 35 1,540 77 154 $178,094.07 

 - Recordkeeping 4.4 1 4.4 154 678 33.88 67.76 $78,361.39 

 - Certificate/durability testing d 168 1 168 35 5,880 294 588 $679,995.54 

 - Selective enforcement audits 115 1 115 1 115 5.75 11.5 $13,299.23 

 - Defect reporting e 125 1 125 4 500 25 50 $57,822.75 

B. Certification for stationary/

non-road use 1 1 1 200 200 10 20 $23,129.10 

2. Surveys and studies N/A

3. Reporting requirements

A. Read and understand rule 

requirement f 1 1 1 40 40 2 4 $4,625.82 

 B. Required activities See 3D

 C. Gather existing information See 3D

 D. Write report 

 Initial notification

 >3,000 hp, prime g 2 1 2 32 64 3.2 6.4 $7,401.31 

 >10 l/cyl, prime h 2 1 2 8 16 0.8 1.6 $1,850.33 

Pre-2007, not certified, 

prime, >175 hp N/A

E. Annual report for emergency 

stationary CI ICE i 16 1 16 10,327 165,224 8,261.2 16,522.4 $19,107,412.09 

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 200,395 $20,151,992 

4. Recordkeeping requirements
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Burden item

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

Person 

hours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per 

respondent 

per year

Person 

hours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

Respondents 

per year a

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

Managemen

t person 

hours per 

year

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

person 

hours 

per year

(Ex0.1)

Total Cost 

Per year b

A. Read and understand rule 

requirement j 1 1 1 56,204 56,204 2810.2 5620.4 $6,499,739.68 

 B. Train personnel N/A

C. Recording CDPF corrective 

action k 1 1 1 20,653 20,653 1,032.65 2,065.3 $2,388,426.51 

D. Recording hours in nonemergency operation l 0.5 1 0.5 206,530 103,265 5163.25 10326.5 $11,942,132.56 

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 207,140 $20,830,299 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST (rounded m) 408,000 $41,000,000 

Total Capital/O&M Costs (rounded m) $167,000 

Grand Total (Labor and Capital/O&M Costs) (rounded m) $41,200,000 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are 206,530 sources currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that 40 new sources are expected each year over the 

next three years.

b

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

$51.79 per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2014 “Table 2. Civilian 

Workers, by Occupational and Industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account 

for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

c

 We have assumed that it will take 44 hours for all affected facilities to complete the certification application.

d

 We have assumed that it will take 168 hours for all affected facilities to complete the certificate/durability testing.

e We have assumed that it will take 125 hours for all affected facilities to complete the defect report.

f

 We have assumed that each of the 40 respondents will take one hour to read instructions.

g

 We have assumed that 80 percent of the 40 affected facilities are required to write the >3,000 hp, prime report.

h

 We have assumed that 20 percent of the 40 affected facilities will write the 10 l/cyl prime report.
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i We have assumed 16 hours per annual report based on ICR 1975.06 (NESHAP For Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines 40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart ZZZZ) and that 5% of respondents must submit an annual report. 

j

 We have assumed that on average 56,204 of the 206,530 respondents will read rule instructions each year.

k We have assumed that it will take 10% of respondents 1 hour to keep records of corrective actions taken for CI ICE equipped with diesel particulate filters.

l

 We have assumed that respondents are required to keep the records for the recording hours in non-emergency operation.

m Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 

CFR Part 60, Subpart IIII) (Renewal)

Activity

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H)

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

EPA 

personhours per 

plant per 

year

(C=AxB)

Plants 

per 

year a

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

Clerical 

personhours 

per 

year

(Ex0.1)

Cost, $ b

Report Review

1. Initial notification of compliance c 2 1 2 40 80 4 8 $4,187.20 

2. Certification application

 A. Certification for stationary use d 2 1 2 35 70 3.5 7 $3,663.80 

 B. Certification for stationary/non-road 

use e 1 1 1 200 200 10 20 $10,468.00 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)f 403 $18,300 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that there are 206,530 sources currently subject to the regulations, and it is estimated that 40 new sources are expected each year over the 

next three years.

b

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

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

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

c We have assumed that each of the 40 affected facilities would have to submit the initial notification of compliance report.

d

 We have assumed that it will take 2 hours to review the certification for stationary use report for each respondent.

e

 We have assumed that it will take one hour one time per year to review the certification for stationary/non-road use for each respondent.

f Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.