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SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) 

(Renewal)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 0746.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0251

1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 

Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) were proposed on April 23, 1986 and promulgated on 

September 28, 1992. These standards apply to new, modified and reconstructed Calciners and 

Dryers at mineral processing plants that either process or produce any of the following minerals 

and their concentrates or any mixture of which the majority is any of the following minerals or a 

combination of these minerals: alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fire clay, 

fuller’s earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight aggregate, magnesium compounds, 

perlite, roofing granules, talc, titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. Particulate matter is the 

pollutant regulated under this subpart. Feed and product conveyors are not considered part of the 

affected facility. Facilities subject to NSPS Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants are 

not subject to this standard. There are additional processes and process units at mineral 

processing plants listed at section 60.730(b) which are not subject to the provisions of this 

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

UUU.

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

periodic reports. Owners or operators 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.

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part will 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).
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Approximately 167 respondents are currently subject to the regulation, and it is estimated 

that no additional respondents will become subject to the regulation in the next three years. This 

information was confirmed with the rule lead addressing this source category of the Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS).

In the United States, there are approximately 167 calciners and dryers in mineral 

facilities, which are owned and operated by the calciners and dryers industry (the “Affected 

Public”). None of the facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, tribal, or the 

Federal government; all are privately owned for-profit businesses. The burden to the “Affected 

Public” is listed in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers 

in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal). The Federal government 

burden associated with the review of reports submitted by the respondent is shown in Table 2: 

Average Annual EPA Burden – NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR 

Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal).

In the development of the Information Collection Request (ICR), we addressed the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) “Terms of Clearance (TOC)” on the active ICR. The TOC 

are as follows:

This collection of information is approved for 3 years. Before

resubmission of this ICR, the Agency should update wage

estimates, continuing to refer most recently available date from

Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the agency should verify

the number of respondent entities.

EPA has addressed each item of concern in the TOC. The respondent burden, universe, 

labor rates, and capital cost have been thoroughly checked, and all estimates updated.

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.
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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 calciners and dryers in 

mineral industries 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 UUU.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the 

applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The 

collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial 

capability to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to 

ensure compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance test, a record of the 

operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to 

determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.

The notifications required in the standards 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 ensure that the pollution control devices are properly 

installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standards 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. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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

UUU.
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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 (76 FR 26900) on May 9, 2011. No comments were received on the 

burden published in the Federal Register.

3(c) Consultations

For this information collection, we referenced the most recent ICR, which had been 

updated based on consultation with the preparer of the active ICR and other resources to obtain 

the most recent data available. Information was available from the United States Census Bureau 

and 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, the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Refining and Chemicals Group. 

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 

reviewed information available from the United States Census Bureau, and websites covering the 

industry. We also consulted with the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Information Transfer, Program Integration Division; the National Stone, Sand & Gravel

Association, (703)526-1065; the Van Horn Metz, LLC, (610) 828-4500; and Perry Videx, LLC, 

609-267-1600.

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 likelihood of detecting poor operation and maintenance of control 
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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 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 (CBI) (see CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, 

September 1, 1976, amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 

197; 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

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

Industrial Sand Mining 1446 212322

Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining 1455 212324

Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying 1499 212319

All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 1499 212399

Inorganic dye and Pigment Manufacturing 2816 325131

Ground or Treated Mineral and Earth Manufacturing 3295 327992

Other chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining 3295 327992

Clay and Ceramic and Refractory Minerals Mining 3295 212325

Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining 3295 212324

All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 3295 212399

4(b) Information Requested

None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations 
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established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

(i) Data Items

All data in this ICR that are recorded and/or reported are required by NSPS for Calciners

and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal).

A source must make the following reports:

Notifications

Standard Citation 

by Section

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

Notification of actual startup 60.7(a)(3)

Notification of physical or operational change 60.7(a)(4)

Initial performance test results 60.8(a)

Notification of initial performance test and repeat of test 60.8(d)

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

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Maintain records of startup, shutdown, malfunction period where the 

continuous monitoring system is inoperative

60.7(b)

Record opacity using continuous opacity monitors (COM) 60.734(a)

Observe and record Method 9 opacities 60.734(b)

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device that continuously 

measures and records the pressure loss of the gas stream through the 

scrubber

60.734(d)

Semiannual reports 60.7(c), 60.735(c)

Daily recording of the two-hours average of the change in the pressure of 

the gas stream across the scrubber and flow rates of the scrubbing liquid 60.735(b)

Electronic Reporting

At the present, respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records 

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

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

the plant site.
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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 wet scrubber.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 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.

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 automated monitoring equipment that provides parameter 

data. Although personnel at the sources 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.
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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 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 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.

The Agency’s experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal sources and 

projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. The primary

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

reporting provisions in the standards 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. 

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

years.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However, the 

impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the 

development of the regulation. The number of small entities affected by this rule could not be 

determined, based on review of the following sources: the promulgated rule notice in the Federal 

Register (57 FR 44496) on Monday, September 28, 1992; the Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 

Industries Background Information for Proposed Standards (1985); and a search of publicly 

available current data sources. Based on the Background Information document, most of the 

mineral dryer and calciner industries do include small businesses.

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 
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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 Table 1: Annual Industry Burden for NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 

Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (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 6,434 (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 $119.36 ($56.84 + 110%)

Technical $99.18 ($47.23 + 110%)

Clerical $49.35 ($23.50 + 110%)

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

March 2011, “Table 2: Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry group.” The rates are 

from Column 1, “Total Compensation.” The rates have been increased by 110 percent to 

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

(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the 

subject standard are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs 

associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a 
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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)

CMS $4,000 0 $0 $650 167 $108,550

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 $108,550 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 $108,550.

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 

$138,476.

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

Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6)

Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6)

Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2011 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 in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 

Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal), attached.

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

Based on previous research, on average over the next three years, approximately 167
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existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that no additional 

respondents per year will become subject to the standard. The overall average number of 

respondents, as shown in the table below is 167 per year.

The number of respondents is calculated using the following table which addresses the 

three years covered by this ICR.

Number of Respondents

Year

(A)

Number of New 

Respondents

(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 0 167 0 0 167

2 0 167 0 0 167

3 0 167 0 0 167

Average 0 167 0 0 167

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 167. 

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 

Response

s

(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 0 0 0

Notification of actual startup 0 0 0 0

Notification of demonstration of CMS 0 0 0 0

Notification of physical or operational change 0 0 0 0

Notification of initial performance test 0 0 0 0

Notification of the repeat of the performance 

test

0 0 0 0

Repeat of performance test results 0 0 0 0

Semiannual reports 167 2 0 334

Total 334
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The number of Total Annual Responses is 334.

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours 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 costs are $615,860. Details regarding these estimates may be 

found in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 

Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal). Furthermore, the annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 19

hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $108,550. 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 

3,073 labor hours at a cost of $138,476. See Table 2: Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS 

for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal).

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden hours as currently identified 

in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The change was due to the fact that there are no 

new respondents. There is, however, an increase in the estimated labor cost. The increase is not 

due to any program changes. The change in burden is due to the use of the most updated labor 

rates. 

There is a change in the capital/startup costs vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs,

which could be attributed to the fact that no capital/startup costs are incurred because there are 

no new sources. The only cost that is incurred is for the O&M of the monitoring equipment.

6(g) Burden Statement

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

is estimated to average 19 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’s regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided 

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 

use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0224, which is available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket

is (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available at 

www.regulations.gov. This site can be used to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the public 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 above. 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-2011-0224 and OMB Control Number 2060-0251 in any

correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this 

information.
 Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost - NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal)

Burden item

(A)

Technical

Personhours per

occurrence

(B) 

No. of

occurrences

per respondent

per year

(C)

Technical

Personhours per

respondent

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondent

s

per year a

(E)

Technical

personhours per

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management

person-hours per

year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical

personhours per 

year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

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 d330 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0

 Repeat performance test 330 0.2 66 0 0 0 0

$0

 Scrubber demonstration f2 1 2 0 0 0 0

$0

 Reference Method 9 test g, h 18 1 18 0 0 0 0 $0

 Re-calibration of continuous opacity monitors (COM) i 4 2 8 0 0 0 0. $0

 Re-calibration of scrubber i, j 4 2 8 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
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Burden item

(A)

Technical

Personhours per

occurrence

(B) 

No. of

occurrences

per respondent

per year

(C)

Technical

Personhours per

respondent

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondent

s

per year a

(E)

Technical

personhours per

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management

person-hours per

year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical

personhours per 

year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost

per year b

 Notification of actual startup 2 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 k2 1 2 0 0 0 0 $0

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

 Notification of repeat performance test 2 0.2 0.4 0 0 0 0 $0

 Performance test report 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 $0

 Semiannual reports l16 2 32 167 5,344 267.2 534.4 $588,283.55

Subtotal for Reporting 6,145.6

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

 Records of startup, shutdowns, malfunctions m1.5 1 1.5 167 250.50 12.53 25.05 $27,576..39

 F. Train personnel N/A

 G. Audits N/A
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Burden item

(A)

Technical

Personhours per

occurrence

(B) 

No. of

occurrences

per respondent

per year

(C)

Technical

Personhours per

respondent

per year

(C=AxB)

(D)

Respondent

s

per year a

(E)

Technical

personhours per

year

(E=CxD)

(F)

Management

person-hours per

year

(Ex0.05)

(G)

Clerical

personhours per 

year

(Ex0.1)

(H)

Total Cost

per year b

Subtotal for Recordkeeping 288.08 $27,576.39

Subtotal Labor Burden 5594.50 279.73 559.45 $588,283.55

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) 6,433.72

6,434.(rounded)

$615,859.94

$615,860

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR will be 167. It is estimated that no additional respondents will 

become subject to the regulation in the next three years.

b

 This ICR uses the following labor rates: $119.36 per hour for Executive Administrative /Managerial labor; $99.18 per hour; for Technical labor ; and $49.35

per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011, “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 sources will read instructions as part of their reporting requirements.

d

 We have assumed that it will take 330 hours to complete a performance test.

e

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will have to conduct a CMS demonstration.

f

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will take two hours to conduct a scrubber demonstration.

g

 We have assumed that 80 percent of new respondents will conduct a reference Method 9 test.

h It will take respondents 18 hours to conduct a reference Method 9 test.

i It will take 4 hours to re-calibrate either the COM or the scrubber.

j

 We have assumed that 20 percent of new respondents will re-calibrate the scrubber.

k

 We have assumed that one respondents will notify the Agency regarding a physical or operational change.

l We have assumed that it will take 16 hours for each respondent to complete the semiannual report of exceedances.

m

 It will take each respondent 1.5 hours to record SSM information.

 Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) (Renewal) 
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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 a

(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

Cost, 

Per Yearb

Initial performance tests 

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

Repeat performance test 0 0 0 0

 New or modified facility 40 0.2 8 0 0 0 0$ 0

Report review

 New or Modified Facility

 Modification of construction/reconstruction or 

modification

2 1 2 0 0 0 0$0

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

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

 Notification of physical or operational change c2 1 2 0 0 0 0$0

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

 Review demonstration of CMS d4 1 4 0 0 0 0$0

 Review test results e8 1.2 9.6 0 0 0 0$0

 Review of semiannual report of exceedances f8 2 16 167 2,672 133.6 267.2 $138,475.06

Subtotals Labor Burden and Cost 2,672 133.6 267.2 $138,475.06
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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 a

(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

Cost, 

Per Yearb

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST

(rounded)

3,072.08

3,073 (rounded)

$138,476.

Assumptions:

a

 We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR will be 167. There are 167 existing respondents with no

addition facility per year over the next three years.

b

 This cost is based on the following hourly labor rates times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.27 for Managerial (GS-13, Step 5, 

$38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 for Technical (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6) and $25.01 Clerical (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2011

General Schedule@ which excludes locality rates of pay.

c

 We have assumed that one respondents will submit a notification of physical or operational change.

d

 We have assumed that it will take four hours to review the CMS demonstration report.

e

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

f

 It will take eight hours to review semiannual report of exceedances.