Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0033-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-06-16T04:00Z

Draft
for
public
review
with
First
Federal
Register
Notice
B
Has
not
been
submitted
to
OMB
April
2005
Table
below
represents
costs
in
2002­
2005.
Highlighted
info
is
estimated
cost
for
POTWs
to
implement
their
monitoring
programs
for
the
universe
of
small
and
large
301(
h)
POTWs.
See
footnotes
a,
b,
c
below.
I've
re­
calculated
based
on
2005
labor
costs.
Draft
for
public
review
with
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Federal
Register
Notice
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Has
not
been
submitted
to
OMB
April
2005
TABLE
A­
2.
COST
TO
POTW
AND
STATE
RESPONDENTS
Activity
Average
Annual
Burden
Hours
Hourly
Cost
Average
Annual
Cost
COST
TO
POTW
RESPONDENTS
Application
Revision
2,559
$
55.20
a
$
141,257
Reapplication
4,218
$
55.20
a
$
232,834
Monitoring
Program
30,960
$
14.74
b
$
456,350
Toxics
Control
Program
25,440
$
14.74
b
$
374,986
TOTAL
63,177
$
1,205,426
COST
TO
STATE
RESPONDENTS
Determination
1,410
20.30
c
$
28,623
Certification
470
20.30
c
$
9,541
TOTAL
1,880
$
38,164
TOTAL
POTW
AND
STATE
RESPONDENTS
65,057
$
1,243,590
a
It
is
assumed
that
much
of
the
reapplication
and
additional
information
is
prepared
by
a
contractor
with
specialized
expertise
and
equipment.
It
is
further
assumed
that
the
salary
level
of
a
contractor
working
on
the
301(
h)
program
is
15
percent
higher
than
that
of
a
GS­
9,
Step
10,
or
$
57,412/
year.
Thus,
based
on
2,080
working
hours/
year,
the
average
hourly
salary
of
a
contractor
is
$
27.60/
hour.
Assuming
100
percent
overhead
costs
for
the
private
sector,
the
labor
cost
for
contractors
is
$
55.20/
hour.
***

b
It
is
assumed
that
the
salary
level
of
a
typical
local
government
employee
working
on
the
301(
h)
program
is
a
GS­
5,
Step
4,
or
$
27,882.
Based
on
2,080
working
hours/
year,
the
average
hourly
salary
of
a
local
employee
is
$
13.40/
hour.
Assuming
10
percent
overhead
costs,
the
labor
cost
for
local
government
employees
is
$
14.74/
hour.
*

c
It
is
assumed
that
the
salary
level
of
a
typical
State
government
employee
working
on
the
301(
h)
program
is
a
GS­
9,
Step
1,
or
$
38,406/
year.
Based
on
2,080
working
hours/
year,
the
average
hourly
salary
of
a
State
government
employee
is
$
18.46/
hour.
Assuming
10
percent
overhead
costs,
the
labor
cost
for
State
government
employees
is
$
20.30/
hour.
**

*
2005
GS­
5,
step
4
=
$
31484/
yr.;
$
15.14/
hr.
+
10%
overhead
($
1.51)
=
$
16.65/
hr.
X
30960
hrs
=
$
515,484;
$
16.65
X
25440
hrs
=
$
423,576
**
2005
GS­
9,
step
1
=
$
43365/
yr.
$
20.85
/
hr
+
10
percent
overhead
($
2.09)
=
$
22.94
/
hr
X
1410
hrs
=
$
32345;
$
22.94
/
hr
X470
hrs
=
$
10,782
***
2005
GS­
9,
step
10
=
$
56371/
yr.;
$
27.10
/
hr
X
15
percent
($
4.07)
=
$
31.17/
hr
+
100percent
overhead
($
31.17)
=
$
62.34/
hr
X
2559
=
$
159,528;
$
62.34
/
hr
X
4218
=
$
262,950