SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart E) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart E), EPA ICR Number 1058.10, OMB Control 

Number 2060-0040

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Incinerators were promulgated on 

July 25, 1977. These standards apply to incinerators that charge more than 45 metric tons per 

day (50 tons per day) of solid waste for the purpose of reducing the volume of the waste after 

promulgation of NSPS. Solid waste is defined as refuse that is more than 50 percent municipal 

wastes. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart 

E.

Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make one-time-only

notifications including: (1) notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 

facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; (2) notification of the initial 

performance test, including information necessary to determine the conditions of the 

performance test; and (3) performance test measurements and results. Owners or operators are 

also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction (SSM) in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 

monitoring system is inoperative. Monitoring requirements specific to NSPS, subpart E, 

provides information on daily charging rates and the hours of operation.

Approximately 82 sources are currently subject to the regulation. It is estimated that no 

new sources will become subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart E, in the next three years, as new 

sources will be subject to either 40 CFR part 60, subpart Eb, or 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAAA. 

Large Municipal Waste Combustors (MWC) with a capacity greater than 250 tons per day that 

are constructed, modified, or reconstructed after September 20, 1994 are subject to 40 CFR part 

60, subpart Eb. Small MWCs with capacities of 35 to 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste 

that commenced construction after August 30, 1999, or commenced reconstruction or 

modification after June 6, 2001, are subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAAA. While it is not 

anticipated that new sources will be subject to reporting requirements, existing sources will still 

need to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of the regulations. The average annual 

labor cost to industry over the next three years of this Information Collection Request (ICR) is 

estimated to be $793,858. Annual operation and maintenance costs are estimated to be 

$205,000, and there are no capital/startup costs associated with this ICR renewal.

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part will maintain a file of these 
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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.

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

The burden and cost assumptions and calculations for the 

respondents and the agency should be updated in the next renewal.

EPA has addressed the TOC by updating respondent assumptions using September 2009 

labor rates from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Agency

assumptions were updated using the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2010 General 

Schedule for Agency labor. Respondent and Agency cost assumptions are provided in Sections 

6(b)(i) and 6(c) of this document. 

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

Burden and Cost - NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) (Renewal). The burden to 

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

government contractors; this burden may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA 

Burden - NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) (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

four years.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from municipal incinerators 

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 E.
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2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The control of emissions of particulate matter from municipal incinerators requires not 

only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of 

that equipment. Emissions of particulate matter from municipal incinerators are the result of 

operation of the affected facilities. The subject standards are achieved by the reduction of 

particulate matter emissions using control technology and leak detection and repair (LDAR) 

procedures. The notifications required in the applicable regulations 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 and leaks are being detected and repaired and 

the regulations are being met.

Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial 

capability to comply with the emission standards, and serve as a record of the operating 

conditions under which compliance was achieved. The information generated by the monitoring, 

recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure 

that facilities that are affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment in 

compliance with the regulation. Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting are 

necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable regulations, as required by the Clean Air Act. 

The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for 

targeting inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.

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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 60, subpart E.

3(a) Non-duplication

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 a 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 on July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38004). 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 during 
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a previous renewal of this ICR. The primary source of information as reported by industry, in 

compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in the standard, was the Air Facility 

System (AFS) which is operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. AFS is the 

EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data. The growth 

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

Approximately 82 respondents would be subject to the standard over the three-year period 

covered by this ICR.

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 and the standard 

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

purposes.

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 likelihood of detecting poor operation and maintenance of control 

equipment and noncompliance would decrease.

3(e) General Guidelines

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

established by OMB at 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).

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

None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes
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The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are incinerators. The 

United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the 

standards, which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

codes, are listed below for source category description.

Standard (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) SIC Codes NAICS Codes

Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management 9511 924110

Refuse Systems (hazardous waste treatment and disposal) 4953 562211

Refuse Systems (material recovery facilities) 4953 562920

Refuse Systems (other nonhazardous waste treatment and 

disposal)

4953 562219

Refuse Systems (solid waste combustors and incinerators) 4953 562213

Refuse Systems (solid waste landfills) 4953 562212

Data from the year 2000 inventory of large municipal waste combustors (MWCs) and the 

year 2001 inventory of small MWCs indicated that on average 75.5 percent of large and small 

MWCs are publicly owned, while the remaining 24.5 percent are privately owned.

4(b) Information Requested

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

established by OMB at 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).

(i) Data Items

All data in this ICR that is recorded and/or reported is required by New Source 

Performance Standards, for Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E).

A source must make the following reports:

Notification Reports Standard Citation 

by Section

Notification and application of construction or modification. 60.7(a)(1)

Notification of anticipated date of startup. 60.7(a)(2)

Notification of actual startup. 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the 

regulated pollutant emission rate. 60.7(a)(4)

Notification of initial performance tests. 60.8(d), 60.52(a), and 

60.54(a)

Initial performance test results, to determine the conditions of the 

performance test, and performance test measurements and results.

60.8(d), 60.52(a), and 

60.54(a)
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A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in operation of an affected facility.

60.7(b)

Records of malfunctions of the air pollution control equipment. 60.7(b)

Records of periods when the system is inoperative. 60.7(b)

Records of daily charging rates and hours of operation. 60.53(a)

Records of the initial performance test and performance test 

measurements and results.

60.8(c), 60.52(a) 

and 60.54(a)

Maintain records for two years 60.7(f)

Electronic Reporting

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

automated way, e.g., gases which contain particulate matter. 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. In addition, some regulatory agencies are 

setting up electronic reporting systems to allow sources to report electronically which is reducing 

the reporting burden. However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used by the 

regulatory agencies. It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use 

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate compliance monitoring system (CMS) for opacity, or 

for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for wet scrubber.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1, 2, 3B, and 5 test, and repeat 

performance tests if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

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

maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 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.
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Respondent Activities

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently, sources are using automated monitoring equipment that provides parameter 

data. 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, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

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

reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Air Facility System.

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might inspect the source to 

determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and 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 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 the AFS which is operated and 

maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. AFS is the EPA database for the collection, 

maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and 

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

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

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

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for two 

years.
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5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the affected facilities are large entities (e.g., 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 requirements the 

minimum 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.

Data from a 1996 inventory of municipal waste combustors indicated that 21 percent of 

affected sources were located in an area with less than 50,000 people. This was the basis of our 

estimate for affected small businesses for this ICR renewal.

5(d) Collection Schedule

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

shown below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost - NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR 

part 60, subpart E) (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 

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 8,393 (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: 
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Managerial $114.49 ($54.52 + 110%) 

Technical $98.20 ($46.76 + 110%)

Clerical $48.53 ($23.11 + 110%)

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

September 2009, “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 types of industry cost 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 cost 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

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)

Particulate 

Matter $5,000 0 0 $2,500 82 $205,000

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 $205,000. This 

is the total of column G. 

The total respondent costs have been calculated as the addition of the capital/startup 

costs, and the annual operation and maintenance costs. The average annual cost for 

capital/startup and operation and maintenance cost to industry over the next three years of the 

ICR is estimated to be $205,000. 

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported 

information. The EPA 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 $0. 

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
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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) “2010 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 - NSPS for Incinerators, (40 CFR 

part 60, subpart E) (Renewal).

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

Based on our research for this ICR, approximately 82 existing sources are currently 

subject to the standard. It is estimated that no expected additional sources per year will become 

subject to the standard in the next three years.

Number of respondents is calculated using the following table which 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 82 0 0 82

2 0 82 0 0 82

3 0 82 0 0 82

Average 0 82 0 0 82

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 82. The number of 

respondents is calculated using the following table which addresses each of the three years 

covered by this ICR.

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 reports 0 0 0 0

Compliance reports 0 0 0 0

Recordkeeping:

- Records of SSM, emissions 

monitoring system, and initial 

performance test results

0 0 82 82

- Records of daily charging 

rates and hours of operation 0 0 82 82

Total 164

The number of Total Annual Responses is 164. The total annual labor costs are 

$793,858. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent 

Burden and Cost - NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) (Renewal). Note that the 

total annual capital and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $205,000. These costs are detailed 

in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The bottom line burden hours and cost tables for both the Agency and the respondents are 

attached. The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 

information are estimated to average 51 hours per response.

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There are no changes to the labor hours for the respondents in this ICR as compared to 

the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations: 1) the regulations have not changed over

the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 2) the growth 

rate for the respondents is very low, negative or non-existent. 

There is, however, an increase in respondent labor costs due to labor rate increases from 

2003 to the most recent available labor rate data. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 51 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 
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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-2009-0526. 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 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 docket center is (202) 566-1752. 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-2009-0526 and OMB Control Number 2060-0040 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 Incinerators (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart E) (Renewal).

Burden item

(A)

Technical 

Person-hours 

per occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per respondent 

per year

(C)

Technical 

Personhours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours per 

year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per Year a

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements

A. Read instructions 1 1 1 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

B. Required activities

Initial performance test d200 1 200 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

C. Create information on performance test Included in 3B 

D. Gather existing information Included in 3E

E. Write Report

Notification of construction/reconstruction 2 1 2 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Notification of physical and operational 

changes which may increase emission rates 

of any regulated pollutants

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of initial performance test 2 1 2 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Report of initial performance test results 4 1 4 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Compliance status reports e4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0

Subtotal Reporting 0 $0

4. Recordkeeping Requirements

A. Read instructions Included in 4E

B. Plan activities Included in 4E

C. Implement activities Included in 4E
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Burden item

(A)

Technical 

Person-hours 

per occurrence

(B)

No. of 

occurrences 

per respondent 

per year

(C)

Technical 

Personhours per 

respondent 

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondents 

per year

(E)

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

person-hours 

per year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical 

personhours per 

year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost 

Per Year a

D. Develop record system N/A

E. Time to enter information

a. Record of occurrence and duration of 

startup, shutdown, or malfunction, 

emissions monitoring system, and initial 

performance test results.

1.5 1 1.5 82f123 6.15 12.3 $13,379.63

b. Records of daily charging grates and 

hours of operation

.25 350 87.5 82f7,175 358.75 717.5 $780,478.56

F. Time to train personnel N/A

G. Time for audits N/A

Subtotal Recordkeeping 8,392.7 $793,858.19

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded)

8,393

(rounded)

$793,858 

(rounded)

Assumptions:

a

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $114.49 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $98.2 per hour for Technical labor, and $48.53 per hour 

for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009, ”Table 2. Civilian workers, by Occupational 

and Industry group.”

b

 Assume that there will be no new, modified or reconstructed facility constructed for the next three years.

c

 Assume that this is a one-time-only cost.

d

 Assume it takes 60 technical person-hours for pretests/test preparation, 60 hours for testing, and 80 hours for analysis and report preparation.

e This rule does not require semiannual reporting, just recordkeeping.

f

 Assume that there are 82 sources subject to this rule.

g

 Assume it will take .25 hours per day for 350 days to record daily charging rates.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart E) (Renewal) 

Burden Item

(A)

Technical 

Person Hours 

Per 

Occurrence

(B)

Number of 

Occurrences 

Per Year

(C)

Technical 

Person Hours 

Per Plant Per 

Year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Plants Per 

Year

(E)

Technical 

Hours Per 

Year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management 

Hours Per Year

(F=0.05xE)

(G)

Clerical 

Hours Per 

Year

(G=0.1xE)

(H)

Total a 

Costs Per 

Year

Report Review

Notification of construction/ 

reconstruction

2 1 2 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Notification of actual startup 2 1 2 0

b,c 0 0 0 $0

Notification of physical and operational 

changes which may increase emission 

rates of any regulated pollutant

2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Compliance status report e4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0

Test results e8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0

Audit and review facility records 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 $0

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN and COST (rounded) 0 $0

Assumptions:

a 

 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 + 60%), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%). These rates are from the Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) A2010 General Schedule@ which excludes locality rates of pay.

b Assume that there will be one new, modified or reconstructed facility constructed over the next three years.

c

 Assume that this is a one-time-only cost.

d

 This rule does not require semiannual reporting, just recordkeeping.

e

 Assume that it will take eight hours to review test results.