SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 1131.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0054.

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Glass Manufacturing Plants were 

proposed on June 15, 1979, promulgated on October 7, 1980, and amended on both October 19, 

1984, and October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to each glass melting furnace located at a 

glass manufacturing plant. New facilities include those that commenced construction, 

modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC.

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.

 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, an average of 41 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and no 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.” 

There are approximately 41 glass manufacturing facilities, which are owned and operated 

by the glass manufacturing industry. None of the 41 facilities in the United States are owned by

state, local, tribal or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-
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owned, for-profit businesses. 

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 

compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); 

and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may

reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from glass melting furnaces

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

or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 60,

Subpart CC.

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.
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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 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.

3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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. 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 and growth over the next three years have been considered. 

The primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping 

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

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

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

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

Industry trade associations and other parties were provided an opportunity to comment on 

the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed. In developing this ICR, we 
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reviewed information available from the U. S. Census Bureau, and websites covering glass 

manufacturing plants. We also consulted the National Glass Association (NGA) at (703) 442-

4890 and the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) at (614) 818-9423.

After a thorough review, it is our policy to respond to comments received since the last 

ICR renewal, as well as to those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice. 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 

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 glass melting 

furnaces. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents 

affected by the standards and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System

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

Flat Glass Manufacturing 3211 327211

Glass Container Manufacturing 3221 327213

Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 

Manufacturing 3229 327212

Mineral Wool Manufacturing 3296 327993

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC). 

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

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

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

Notification of initial performance test 60.8(d)

Initial performance test results 60.8(a)

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

Notification of physical or operational change 60.6(a)(4)

Routine maintenance report 60.292(e)(3)

Request for alternative CMS 60.293(d)

Excess emissions report 60.7(c), 60.293(c)(5)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Startup, shutdown, malfunction periods where the CMS is inoperative 60.7(b)

Records are required to be retained for two years 60.7(f)

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

a plant site. 

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

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

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

electronic reporting.

(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid 

supply pressure for control device. 

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 5 and 9 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.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

Currently sources are using monitoring and reporting equipment that provide parameter 

data in an automated way e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system. Although personnel at 

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

reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping. 

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

Information Management

5(a) Agency Activities
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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 Online Tracking Information System (OTIS). 

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

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

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

maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. OTIS is EPA’s database for the collection, 

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

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

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

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

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

All 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.
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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 Glass Manufacturing 

Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (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.

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 803 (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 $128.02 ($60.98 + 110%) 

Technical $101.05 ($48.12 + 110%)

Clerical $51.37 ($24.46 + 110%)

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

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 incurred

when a facility becomes subject to the regulation. The annual operation and maintenance costs 
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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

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 

Opacity

Monitors

$15,000 0 0 $5,800 41 $237,800

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 $237,800. 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 $237,800. 

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 

$19,366. 

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 Glass 

Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (Renewal).
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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

41 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. 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 41 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 41 0 0 41

2

0 41 0 0 41

3

0 41 0 0 41

Average 0 41 0 0 41

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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 41. 

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

Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity

(B)

Number of 

Respondents

(C)

Number of 

Responses

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Keep Records But Do 

Not Submit Reports

(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification of construction/ 

reconstruction or modification 0 1 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 1 0 0

Notification of demonstration 0 1 0 0
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Total Annual Responses

of CMS

Notification of physical or 

operation change 0 1 0 0

Notification of initial 

performance test 0 1 0 0

Request for alternative CMS 0 1 0 0

Routine maintenance report 21 1 0 21

Semiannual report of excess

emission 41 2 0 82

Total Number of Annual 

Responses 103

The number of Total Annual Responses is 103. 

The total annual labor costs are $78,586. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants 

(40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (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, respectively, and summarized below. 

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor hours are 803. Details regarding these estimates may be found in 

Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subpart CC) (Renewal). 

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

information is estimated to average 8 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $237,800. 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 426

labor hours at a cost of $19,366. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS 

for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) (Renewal).
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6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

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

increase in respondent and Agency burden costs is due to an adjustment in labor rates and 

corrections to rounding differences in the burden calculations. The labor rates have been 

updated to reflect the most recent labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and OPM. The 

rounding differences in the most recently approved ICR have been corrected in the Industry

burden calculations. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 8 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-2014-0041. 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-2014-0041 and OMB Control Number 2060-0054 in any

correspondence. 
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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 Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) 

(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 

person- hours 

per year 

(E=CxD)

(F) 

Management 

person hours 

per year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

person 

hours per 

year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Total Cost 

per year b

1. Applications N/A

2. Survey and Studies N/A

3. Reporting Requirements 

 A. Read Instructions c1 1 1 0 0 0 0 $0

 B. Required Activities 

 Initial performance test d160 1 160 0 0 0 0 $0

 Repeat of performance test e160 0.2 32 0 0 0 0 $0

 C. Create Information Included in 

3B

 D. Gather existing information Included in 

3B

 E. Write report

 Notification of construction/ reconstruction 

or modification 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of actual startup f2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of demonstration of CMS 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

 Notification of physical or operation change g2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

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

 Performance test report Included in 

3B

 Demonstration of CMS Included in 

3B

 Request for alternative CMS 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0
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 Routine maintenance report h2 1 2 21 42 2.1 4.2 $4,728.70

 Semiannual report 8 2 16 41 656 32.8 65.6 $73,857.73

Subtotal Reporting 803 $78,586.42

4. Recordkeeping requirements 

 A. Read Instructions Included in 

3A

 B. Plan activities Included in 

3B

 C. Implement activities Included in 

3B

 D. Develop record system N/A

 E. Time to enter information Included in 

3E

 F. Train personnel N/A

 G. Audits N/A

Subtotal Recordkeeping 0 $0

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded) 803 $78,586

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of existing respondents is 41, and that no additional new sources will become subject to the rule over the three-year 

period of this ICR.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $128.02 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $101.05 per hour for Technical labor, and $51.37

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 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 one hour to read instructions as part of their reporting requirements.

d

 We have assumed that it will take 160 hours to complete a performance test.

e

 We have assumed that 20 percent will fail the performance tests.

f

 We have assumed that it will take two hours to write notification of actual startup report.

g

 We have assumed that it will take two hours to write notification report of physical or operation change.

h

 We have assumed that 50 percent of respondents will submit routine maintenance reports.
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) 

(Renewal)

Activity

(A) 

EPA 

personhours per 

occurrence

(B) 

No. of 

occurrences 

per plant 

per year

(C) 

EPA 

person 

hours per 

plant per 

year 

(AxB)

(D) 

Plants per 

year a 

(E) 

Technical 

personhours per 

year

(CxD)

(F) 

Management 

personhours per 

year 

(Ex0.05)

(G) 

Clerical 

personhours 

per year 

(Ex0.1)

(H) 

Cost, $ b

Initial performance tests

New or modified facility c40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0 

Repeat performance test

New or modified facility c,d 40 0.2 8 0 0 0 0 $0 

Report review

New or Modified Facility

Modification of construction/ reconstruction or 

modification e 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of actual startup f0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of demonstration of CMS f0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of physical or operational change f0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 $0 

Notification of initial performance test f0.5 1.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review of performance test results g8 1.2 9.6 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review demonstration of CMS Included in review of performance test results

Review request for alternative CMS 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 $0 

Review of routine maintenance report h2 1 2 21 42 2.1 4.2 $2,198.28 

Review of semiannual reports 4 2 8 41 328 16.4 32.8 $17,167.52 

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST 

(rounded) 426 $19,366 

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of existing respondents is 41, and that no additional new sources will become subject to the rule over the three-year 

period of this ICR.
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b

 This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.90 for 

Managerial, $46.67 for Technical, and $25.25 for Clerical. These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2014 General Schedule” which 

excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that it will take 40 hours to participate with the performance tests.

d

 We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will repeat performance tests because of failure.

e

 We have assumed that it will take two hours to review construction report.

f

 It will take each respondent 0.5 hours to review actual startup report, CMS report, physical or operational change report, and initial performance test report.

g

 We have assumed that it will take eight hours to review performance test results. 

h

 We have assumed that 50 percent of respondents will submit routine maintenance reports.