SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 1783.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0357

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Flexible 

Polyurethane Foam Product were proposed on December 27, 1996 and promulgated on October 7, 

1998. These regulations apply to new and existing facilities that engage in the manufacture of 

flexible polyurethane foam products that are a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). 

This includes facilities making slabstock flexible polyurethane foam (slabstock foam), rebond 

flexible polyurethane foam (rebond foam), and/or molded flexible polyurethane foam (molded 

foam). New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date 

of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, 

Subpart III.

In general, all NESHAP 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 NESHAP.

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

measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, 

maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. 

In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U. S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Over the next three years, an average of 132 respondents per year will be subject to the 

standard, and no new additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard. 

The Office of Management and Budget approved the currently active ICR without any

“Terms of Clearance”.

The “Affected Public” are publicly owned and operated by flexible polyurethane foam 

production facilities. None of the facilities are owned by either state, local and tribal agencies or 

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

Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR 
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Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal). The burden to the Federal Government is attributed entirely to 

work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 

Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal).

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish 

standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of 

hazardous air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous air 

pollutants and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. 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, HAP emissions from flexible polyurethane foam 

production facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 

endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for this source 

category at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with 

the applicable regulations which where 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.
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The notifications required in the standard are used to inform either 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 semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, 

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

determinations.

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

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, subpart III.

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 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 (77 FR 63813) on October 17, 2012. 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 Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is operated 

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

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

our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts. 

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

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

been previously reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. 

In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the Polyurethane Foam Association, at (865) 657-9840;

and 2) the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance, at (800) 523-6154. 
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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.

These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and 

notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to 

the standards. EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with 

the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is 

based. The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a 

source, any pattern of non-compliance and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. 

EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years. In 

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

nonexistence of essential records.

3(f) Confidentiality

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

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

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

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

March 23, 1979).

3(g) Sensitive Questions

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

questions.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners or operators of 

flexible polyurethane foam production facilities. The United States Standard Industrial 

Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3086, which 

corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 326150 for 

Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data Items

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

Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Initial notification 63.1306(a)

Application for approval of construction or reconstruction 63.1306(b)

Pre-compliance report 63.1306(c)

Notification of compliance status 63.1306(d)

Change in selected emission limitation/compliance method 63.1306(f)(1)&(2)

Request for extension of compliance, adjustments to time periods, and 

changes in information

63.9(c), 63.9(i), 

63.9(j)

Reports

Semiannual compliance reports 63.1306(e)

Annual compliance certification 63.1306(g)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous 

monitoring system is inoperative

63.10(b)(2) 

All reports and notifications 63.10(b)
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Recordkeeping

Record of applicability 63.10(a)

Slabstock sources shall maintain storage vessel records, equipment 

leaks record, HAP auxiliary blowing unit (ABA) records for emission 

point specific limitations or source-wide limitations, records of 

product data sheet for HAP cleaners, and if using a recovery device, 

the records of the recovered HAP ABA recordkeeping program, the 

monitoring device’s Quality Assurance (QA) data, parameter 

monitoring, and the HAP ABA recovered.

63.1307(a-f)

Molded/rebond foam sources shall maintain records of product data 

sheets for each compound other than diisocyanates used to flush the 

mixhead and associated piping during periods of startup or 

maintenance, and the product data sheets for each mold release agent 

used that has HAPs.

63.1307(g-h)

Records are required to be retained for five years; however, only the 

data of the most recent two years must be kept on-site

63.10(b)(1)

Electronic Reporting

Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

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

automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping 

at a plant site. 

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

systems to transmit data electronically. However, electronic reporting systems are 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.

Slabstock foam sources shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate Continuous Monitoring 

System (CMS) for flow rate or pump revolutions to monitor continuously the amount of 

polyol added and for HAP ABA.

Performance tests are not required by MACT, Subpart III. However, sources are required to 

use Reference Method 18 of part 60 for HAP concentration; Method 25A of part 60 for 

organic compounds measurements; Method 21 of part 60 for equipment leaks; and American 

Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) method D3574-91, Standard Test methods for 

Flexible Cellular Materials-Slab, Bonded, and Molded.
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Respondent Activities

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

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

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

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

maintaining information.

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

providing information.

Adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 

requirements.

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

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

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

automated way (e.g., flow rate monitoring and pump revolution per minute monitoring). 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 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. 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 
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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 five

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

There is a distribution of business sizes. EPA estimates that approximately 59 percent of 

currently affected facilities, or 77 facilities, may be small entities (i.e., small businesses). During 

this renewal, the proposed and final rules were reviewed to estimate the number of small entities 

potentially affected. According to the Proposed Rule (61 FR 68406): 

Due to insufficient data on the ownership of plants in the flexible 

polyurethane foam industry, an analysis of each parent company in 

the industry was not feasible. Consequently, the EPA used data 

collected in the section 114 survey to evaluate the impact on small 

businesses based on model facilities. That analysis indicates that 

there is a total of approximately 121 businesses (31 slabstock, 90 

molded) that are affected by the proposed regulation, of which 

approximately 71 are small businesses (18 slabstock, 53 molded). 

Given the results of the analysis and the use of worst-case 

assumptions in the closure analysis, the EPA believes that the affect

of the proposed regulation on small businesses will be minimal.

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.

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 – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 

Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal).
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6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR. The 

individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the 

concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Wherever appropriate, specific tasks and 

major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.

The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements is estimated to be 9,047 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 1 below). 

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

regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP 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 $121.44 ($57.83+ 110%) 

Technical $100.23 ($47.73 + 110%)

Clerical $50.51 ($24.05 + 110%)

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

2012, “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 only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities 

required by the subject standard are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance costs. 

(iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the 
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regulations is labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs. We 

estimate that $29,786 is required to purchase each leak detector and $5,250 is required for annual 

operation and maintenance of the detector. However, we have also assumed that no new sources 

will become subject to these standards and that the existing sources conducting modifications will 

not be purchasing new monitoring equipment. Additionally, sources are electing to comply with 

the source-wide emission limit and are not using bag leak detectors, and the monitors were already 

in place prior to promulgation of this rule. 

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 

$21,870.

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%) 

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2012 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 – NESHAP for Flexible 

Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (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 132

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 132 per year.

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three 

years covered by this ICR. 
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Number of Respondents

Year

(A)

Number of New 

Respondents 1

(B)

Number of 

Existing 

Respondents

(C)

Number of Existing 

Respondents that keep 

records but do not 

submit reports

(D)

Number of Existing 

Respondents That 

Are Also New

Respondents

(E)

Number of 

Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1 6 132 0 6 132

2 6 132 0 6 132

3 6 132 0 6 132

Average 6 132 0 6 132

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New respondent include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. We assume that 6 of 

the existing sources will reconstruct or modify their facility. 

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 132.

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 modification / 

reconstruction 1

6 1 0 6

Pre-compliance report 16 1 0 6

Notification of compliance status 16 1 0 6

Semiannual reports259 2 0 118

Annual compliance certification273 1 0 73

Total 209

1 New respondents are defined for this calculation as sources that recently became subject to the rule and existing 

sources that have modified/reconstructed their facilities.

2 There are 59 existing slabstock foam producers and 73 existing molded/rebond foam producers which total 132 

respondents.

The number of Total Annual Responses is 209.

The total annual labor costs are $874,812. Details regarding these estimates may be found 

below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 
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Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (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 9,047 hours at a cost of $874,812. Details regarding these 

estimates may be found below in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NESHAP for 

Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal).

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

information is estimated to average 43 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $0. 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 485

labor hours at a cost of $21,870. See Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP 

for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in the labor hours in this ICR 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 industry is very low, 

negative or non-existent. Therefore, the labor hours in the previous ICR reflect the current burden 

and are reiterated in this ICR. 

There is an increase in total labor costs to the respondents and the Agency due to an increase 

in labor rates. The increase is not due to any program changes. 

6(g) Burden Statement

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

estimated to average 43 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 
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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-2012-0668. 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) 566-1752. 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-2012-0668 and 

OMB Control Number 2060-0357 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 – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart

III) (Renewal)

A B C D E F G H

Burden Items

Person

Hours per

Occurrence

No, of 

occurrences

per 

respondent

per year

Person 

hours per 

respondent

per year

(C = A x B)

Respondents

per year a

Technical

person

hours

per year

(E=CxD)

Managerial

person

hours per

year

(Ex0.05)

Clerical

person

hours

per 

year

(Ex0.1)

Total

Costs

per year

($) b

1. Applications N/A $0

2. Survey and studies N/A $0

3. Reporting Requirements

A. Read Instructions 1 1 1 6 6 0.3 0.6 $668.12

B. Required Activities

i. Monitoring of emissions

 operations c, d

 Slabstock Sources

 Metering pump calculations 4 2 8 59 472 23.6 47.2 $52,558.62

 Storage tank measurements 1 12 12 59 708 35.4 70.8 $78,837.92

ii. Molded/Rebond Sources Included in 4E

C. Create Information Included in 3B and 4E

D. Gather Existing Information Included in 3B and 4E

E. Write Report

Initial notification e2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of modification/ 

reconstruction a 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $1,336.24

 Pre-compliance Report 4 1 4 6 24 1.2 2.4 $2,672.47

 Notification of Compliance 

 status a

 i. Stablestock foam producers 16 1 16 3 48 2.4 4.8 $5,344.94

 ii. Molded/rebond foam 

producers 4 1 4 3 12 0.6 1.2 $1,336.24

Semiannual reportsf4 2 8 59 472 23.6 47.2 $52,558.62

Annual compliance 

certifications g 2 1 2 73 146 7.3 14.6 $16,257.54
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Notification of special 

compliance requirements h 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Request for extension of 

compliance, adjustments to 

the time periods, and 

changes in information i

2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $22.71

Change in selected compliance

method or emission limit j 1 1 1 1 1 0.05 0.1 $111.35

Progress report for extensions 4 2 8 1 8 0.4 0.8 $890.82

Subtotal for Reporting Requirements 2,198 $211,593.42

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 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

E. Time to enter and transit

 information: records of

 monitoring and operations k

 Slabstock foam producers 8 12 96 59 5,664 283.2 566.4 $630,703.39

 Molded/rebond foam producers 4 1 4 73 292 14.6 29.2 $32,515.08

F. Train personnel 40 1 40 0 0 0 0 $0

G. Audits N/A $0

Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements 6,849 $663,218.47

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN and COST 

(rounded) 9,047 $874,812

Assumptions:

a) We have assumed that there are approximately 59 existing slabstock foam producers and 73 existing rebond/molded foam producers for a total of 132 existing foam 

producers (i.e., respondents) that are major sources and subject to the NESHAP subpart III. We have further assumed that there will be no new foam producers 

commencing operations over the period of this ICR. However, we have assumed that 6 existing respondents (3 slabstock foam producers and 3 molded/rebound foam 

producers) a year will be conducting some type of modification but they will continue to meet compliance requirements while the reconstruction/modification 

application is under review. Therefore, the average number of respondents per year for this ICR is estimated to be 132.

b) This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $121.44 ($57.83 + 110%); Technical $100.23 ($47.73 + 110%); and Clerical $50.51 ($24.05 + 110%). These rates 

are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2012, 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. This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of Technical hours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours.
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c) We have assumed that all slabstock foam producers are meeting the source-wide emission limit and control diisocyanate emissions monitoring, recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements. Molded/rebond foam producers are required to eliminate the use of HAP or HAP-based materials, cleaners or agents and only have 

recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

d) Sources are required to use Method 21 of Appendix A of part 63 for equipment leaks; Standard Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials for determining foam 

properties, ASTM D3574-91; Method 18 of part 60 for HAP concentration; and Method 25A of 40 CFR part 60 for organic compounds.

e) We have assumed that all existing sources are in compliance with the initial rule requirements.

f) Slabstock foam producers (i.e., 59 respondents) are required to submit semiannual reports.

g) All sources are required to submit compliance certifications annually. However, we have assumed that all of the existing molded foam producer sources that are major 

sources are collocated at slabstock foam production sites, and therefore, there won't be an additional reporting burden due to meeting this requirement concurrently with 

the semiannual compliance status reports.

h) We have determined that there will be no sources submitting a special compliance report for this ICR since the compliance date for this rule has passed. Owners or 

operators of an affected source for which reconstruction occurs after the proposal date of the subject rule under 40 CFR part 63 and before the promulgation of such rule 

or before the proposal date of a relevant standard established pursuant to section of 112(f) of the Clean Air Act, is required to submit this report, as described in section 

63.6(b)(3) and (4) of the General Provisions of part 63.

i) This notification is required when an owner or operator requests approval of an extension of a time period or postmark deadline, according to section 63.9(i) of the 

General Provisions under 

part 63.

j) We have assumed that one existing source will be changing its compliance period from monthly rolling to annual rolling or vice-versa.

k) The types of records include: storage vessel records; equipment leak records; HAP ABA records for point-specific and source-wide limitations for both rolling annual 

compliance and monthly compliance alternative records; recovery device records, and proper maintenance of product data sheets.

N/A = Not applicable
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Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR Part 63, 

 Subpart III) (Renewal)

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

Activity

EPA

Hours/

Occurrence

Occurrences/

Plant/Year

EPA

Hours/Year

(C=A*B)

Plants/

Year a

Technical

Hours/Year

(C*D)

Managerial

Hours/Year

(E*0.05)

Clerical

Hours/Year

(E*0.10)

Total

Costs/Year 

($) b

Initial Notification c2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of Reconstruction/

Modification 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $621.89

Pre-compliance Report 2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $621.89

Notification of Special Compliance 

Requirements d 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

Notification of Compliance Status d2 1 2 6 12 0.6 1.2 $621.89

Semiannual Reports e2 2 4 59 236 11.8 23.6 $12,230.58

Annual Compliance Certificationsf2 1 2 73 146 7.3 14.6 $7,566.38

Change in Selected Compliance 

Method or Emission Limit g 2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $103.65

Progress Report for Extensions, 

Adjustments to Time Periods, and 

Changes in Information g

2 1 2 1 2 0.1 0.2 $103.65

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN 485 $21,870

Assumptions:

a) We have assumed that there are approximately 59 existing slabstock foam producers and 73 existing rebond/molded foam producers for a total of 132 respondents. We have 

further assumed that about 6 existing respondents a year will be conducting some type of modification at its facility and that there will be no new sources over the period of this 

ICR. Therefore, the average number of respondents per year is estimated to be 132.

b) This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%); Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%); and Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 

3, $15.63 + 60%). These rates are from the OPM, 2013 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. This ICR assumes that Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours and Managerial hours are 5 percent of Technical 

hours.
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c) We have assumed that all existing sources are in compliance with the initial rule requirements. In addition, we have assumed that facilities seeking to reconstruct will continue 

to meet compliance requirements while application is under review.

d) We have determined that there will be no sources submitting a special compliance report for this ICR since the compliance date for this rule has passed.

e) Slabstock foam producers (i.e., 59 sources) are required to submit semiannual reports.

f) All respondents (i.e., 132 foam producers) are required to submit annual compliance certifications. However, we have assumed that slabstock sources will be complying with 

this requirement concurrently when submitting semiannual reports. Molded foam producers would still need to meet this requirement separately.

g) We have assumed that one existing source will be changing its compliance period from monthly rolling to annual.